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Using the Wills Index

You can search this index of over 38,000 entries to see what Archdeaconry of Berkshire wills, administrations and inventories we have for the period 1480 to 1857.

Let's explain the difference between these records.

Wills: this is the most common record in which an individual sets out their intentions as to what should happen to their possessions after death and to appoint executors.

Administrations (admons): If a person died without making a will (intestate), the court had to appoint people to administer the estate and issued letters of administration. The appointed persons would then enter an administration bond to carry out various tasks. However, they do not reveal anything about actual possessions unless an inventory is included.

Inventories: This was made as a true record of the extent and value of the deceased’s estate and often included debts as well as possessions.

It's also worth noting that sometimes, all that survives is a registered copy of a probate record, which is a hand written version in a bound volume.

How to use the wills index:

The index is listed by surname, but also provides details of place name and occupation as well the document reference of the record and what microfilm/fiche (MF) copies we have.

To use the Name Search simply enter the name as surname, first name. For example: Blackmore, Dennis.

You can also search by surname only or first name only.

For place names or occupations please use the Keyword Search.

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Name	Place Name	Occupation	Year	BRO Ref	MF Copy
YEILDEN, Luke	Easthampstead	Yeoman	1693	D/A1/143/28	MF556
YELDAL, Gilbert	Warfield	Keeper	1648	D/A1/142/096	MF556
YELDALL , Richard	Winkfield		1584	D/A1/142/032 D/A1/10/461	MF556 MF10047A
YELDALL, Walter	Easthampstead	Husbandman	1590	D/A1/142/042 D/A1/11/348	MF556 MF10047B
YELDALL, William Snr	Winkfield	Yeoman	1624	D/A1/142/071	MF556
YELDALLE, Joan	Warfield		1567	D/A1/142/019 D/A1/9/064	MF556 MF10046
YELDALLE, Joan	Paddocks, Winkfield		1640	D/A1/142/091	MF556
YELDALLE, Nicholas	Warfield	Labourer	1564	D/A1/142/014 D/A1/8/315	MF556 MF10043C
YELDER, Cuthbert	Sutton Courtenay		1586	D/A1/11/081	MF10047B
YELDER, William	Winkfield	Keeper, Yeoman	1684	D/A1/143/20	MF556
YELDERD, Cuthbert	Sutton Courtenay		1586	D/A1/225/009	MF96121
YELES, Simon	Stratfield Mortimer		1565	D/A1/8/347	MF10043C
YELES, Thomas	Sotwell, Wallingford St Leonard		1617	D/A1/168/148	MF96001
YELLES, John	Burghfield		1587	D/A1/142/036 D/A1/11/144	MF556 MF10047B
YELLES, John	Sotwell, Wallingford St Leonard	Glover	1617	D/A1/225/015	MF96121
YELLS, William	Swallowfield		1604	D/A1/142/053 D/A1/13/1248	MF556 MF10049
YELSELE, John	Shinfield		1572	D/A1/142/025 D/A1/9/328	MF556 MF10046
YELYS, Robert	Uffington		1546	D/A1/142/001 D/A1/5/042 D/A1/6/006	MF556 MF10043A MF10043B
YELYS, Thomas	Shinfield		1538	D/A1/3/253	MF604
YELYS, William	Uffington		1550	D/A1/233/121	MF96132
YELYS, William	Uffington		1550	D/A1/2/215a D/A1/5/117	MF604 MF10043A
YEOMANS, John	Appleton	Labourer	1671	D/A1/143/9	MF556
YEOMANS, Richard	West Shefford		1589	D/A1/142/040 D/A1/11/206	MF556 MF10047B
YEONG, Joan	Winterbourne, Chieveley		1550	D/A1/3/258 D/A1/5/110 D/A1/1/281	MF604 MF10043A MF10042
YERE , Robert	Pusey	Husbandman	1571	D/A1/35/129 D/A1/9/300	MF459 MF10046
YERELEY, Thomas	Wytham		1552	D/A1/233/423	MF96132
YERELY, John	Bradfield		1580	D/A1/10/214	MF10047A
YERELY, Thomas	Wytham		1552	D/A1/4/168	MF604
YERLY, Thomas	Wytham		1552	D/A1/5/180	MF10043A
YERLYE, John	Bradfield	Clerk	1580	D/A1/225/004	MF96121
YERMONGER, Robert	Bucklebury		1558	D/A1/86/011 D/A1/7/224	MF530 MF10040
YERMONGER, Robert	Bucklebury		1558	D/A1/142/008	MF556
YERWORTH, James	Reading St Laurence	Yeoman	1638	D/A1/225/024 D/A1/169/044	MF96121 MF96002
YEWLE, Alice	New Windsor, Windsor		1563	D/A1/225/002	MF96121
YEWLE, Alice	Windsor		1563	D/A1/167/036	MF96000
YLBERY, Richard	Bray		1551	D/A1/233/384	MF96132
YLBERY, Richard	Maidenhead, Bray		1552	D/A1/4/098 D/A1/5/181	MF604 MF10043A
YLLYRE, Thomas	Waltham St Lawrence	Yeoman	1549	D/A1/5/083	MF10043A
YLSLEYE, William	Burghfield		1550	D/A1/142/002	MF556
YLYS, Richard	Longcot, Shrivenham		1533	D/A1/1/255	MF10042
YMMYN, John	Crookham, Thatcham		1561	D/A1/142/012 D/A1/8/191	MF556 MF10043C
YONG , John	Binfield		1562	D/A1/142/013	MF556
YONG , Richard	Newbury	Currier	1627	D/A1/225/019	MF96121
YONG, Francis	Brightwalton	Farmer	1552	D/A1/5/163	MF10043A
YONG, Henry	Brightwalton		1545	D/A1/3/254	MF604
YONG, Joan	Ruscombe		1557	D/A1/4/169	MF604
YONG, Joan	Ruscombe		1557	D/A1/233/424	MF96132
YONG, John	Ashbury		1569	D/A1/142/021 D/A1/9/207	MF556 MF10046
YONG, John	Chieveley	Husbandman	1584	D/A1/142/031 D/A1/10/458	MF556 MF10047A
YONG, Richard	Faringdon		1529	D/A1/1/101	MF10041
YONG, Thomas	Childrey		1583	D/A1/10/380	MF10047A
YONGE, Christian	Watchfield, Shrivenham		1630	D/A1/142/075	MF556
YONGE, Edward	East Hendred	Yeoman	1588	D/A1/142/037 D/A1/11/172	MF556 MF10047B
YONGE, Frances	East Hendred		1571	D/A1/167/145	MF96000
YONGE, Harry	Leckhampstead, Chieveley	Husbandman	1567	D/A1/142/020 D/A1/9/067	MF556 MF10046
YONGE, Jane	Streatley		1586	D/A1/142/033 D/A1/225/008 D/A1/11/078	MF556 MF96121 MF10047B
YONGE, John	Brimpton		1591	D/A1/225/012	MF96121
YONGE, John	Binfield	Yeoman	1613	D/A1/225/014	MF96121
YONGE, John	Watchfield, Shrivenham	Husbandman	1616	D/A1/142/064 D/A1/15/618	MF556 MF10065
YONGE, Richard	Inkpen	Husbandman	1559	D/A1/142/009 D/A1/7/286	MF556 MF10040
YONGE, Richard	North Mill, Ashbury		1566	D/A1/142/018 D/A1/8/375	MF556 MF10043C
YONGE, Richard	Binfield	Husbandman	1599	D/A1/142/046 D/A1/13/372	MF556 MF10049
YONGE, Stephen	White Waltham	Cooper	1615	D/A1/142/063/1 D/A1/15/510	MF556 MF10065
YONGE, Thomas	Watchfield, Shrivenham	Yeoman	1662	D/A1/143/5	MF556
YONGE, William	Abingdon	Woollen Draper	1613	D/A1/142/060 D/A1/15/330	MF556 MF10065
YORK , Elizabeth	East Hendred		1621	D/A1/142/068	MF556
YORK, Elizabeth	Inkpen		1833	D/A1/166/76	MF585
YORK, Richard	East Hendred	Yeoman	1658	D/A1/143/2	MF556
YORKE , Thomas Snr	East Hendred		1751	D/A1/143/58	MF556
YORKE, Ann	East Hendred		1762	D/A1/225/54	MF96121
YORKE, Elizabeth	East Hendred		1766	D/A1/143/63	MF556
YORKE, Humfrey	East Hagbourne, Hagbourne		1754	D/A1/143/59	MF556
YORKE, Humphrey	Clewer	Weaver	1642	D/A1/142/093	MF556
YORKE, Humphry	East Hendred	Yeoman	1671	D/A1/143/8	MF556
YORKE, Jane	East Hendred		1676	D/A1/225/34	MF96121
YORKE, John	East Hendred	Yeoman	1680	D/A1/143/19	MF556
YORKE, Richard	East Hendred		1611	D/A1/142/058 D/A1/15/134	MF556 MF10065
YORKE, Richard	East Hendred	Yeoman	1676	D/A1/225/35	MF96121
YORKE, Richard Jnr	East Hendred		1637	D/A1/142/083	MF556
YORKE, Thomas	New Windsor, Windsor	Whitear	1603	D/A1/142/050 D/A1/13/1053	MF556 MF10049
YORKE, Thomas	East Hendred		1633	D/A1/142/080	MF556
YORKE, Thomas	New Windsor, Windsor	Yeoman	1688	D/A1/143/22	MF556
YORKE, Thomas	East Hendred		1733	D/A1/143/51	MF556
YOUICK, John	Sutton Courtenay	Carpenter	1734	D/A1/225/51	MF96121
YOUNG , William	Binfield		1559	D/A1/142/007 D/A1/8/083	MF556 MF10043C
YOUNG , William Snr	Watchfield, Shrivenham	Yeoman	1718	D/A1/143/47	MF556
YOUNG, Alice	Leckhampstead, Chieveley		1573	D/A1/142/027 D/A1/9/351	MF556 MF10046
YOUNG, Ann	Greenham, Thatcham		1791	D/A1/143/69	MF556
YOUNG, Anne	West Shefford		1624	D/A1/142/073	MF556
YOUNG, Anthony	Hampstead Norris	Yeoman	1705	D/A1/143/40	MF556
YOUNG, Augustine	Reading	Sawyer	1748	D/A1/143/57	MF556
YOUNG, Catherine	Woolley Farm, Chaddleworth		1661	D/A1/225/29	MF96121
YOUNG, Charles	Woolstone, Uffington	Wheelwright	1783	D/A1/143/66	MF556
YOUNG, Charles	North Moreton		1784	D/A1/143/67	MF556
YOUNG, Edmund	Whatcombe, Fawley		1699	D/A1/143/37	MF556
YOUNG, Edward	Boxford	Yeoman	1674	D/A1/225/31	MF96121
YOUNG, Edward	Watchfield, Shrivenham	Husbandman	1685	D/A1/143/21	MF556
YOUNG, Edward	Abingdon	Innholder	1689	D/A1/225/40	MF96121
YOUNG, Edward	Welford	Yeoman	1711	D/A1/225/47	MF96121
YOUNG, Edward	Shrivenham	Yeoman	1782	D/A1/143/65	MF556