Wills Index
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAYER, Thomas | Winkfield | 1546 | D/A1/233/258 | MF96132 | |
| SAYER, Thomas | Winkfield | Yeoman | 1557 | D/A1/3/261 | MF604 |
| SAYER, Thomas | Winkfield | 1557 | D/A1/233/324 | MF96132 | |
| SAYER, Thomas | Bourton, Shrivenham | 1585 | D/A1/115/213 D/A1/11/032 | MF538 MF10047B | |
| SAYER, Thomas | Milton | 1593 | D/A1/212/166 | MF96093 | |
| SAYER, Thomas | Milton | 1593 | D/A1/12/109 | MF10048 | |
| SAYER, Thomas | Elcot, Kintbury | 1593 | D/A1/12/108 | MF10048 | |
| SAYER, Thomas | Uffington | Yeoman | 1699 | D/A1/122/86 | MF542 |
| SAYER, Thomas | East Hagbourne, Hagbourne | Yeoman | 1700 | D/A1/122/94 | MF542 |
| SAYER, Thomas | Lambourn | Wheelwright | 1734 | D/A1/216/129 | MF96101 |
| SAYER, Thomas Snr | Elcot, Kintbury | 1593 | D/A1/212/164 | MF96093 | |
| SAYER, William | Chipping Lamborne, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1758 | D/A1/125/19 | MF544 |
| SAYERE, Robert | Hagbourne | 1557 | D/A1/212/034 | MF96092 | |
| SAYLE, John | Letcombe Regis | 1545 | D/A1/212/008 | MF96092 | |
| SCAIFE, Thomas | Longworth | 1803 | D/A1/231/34 | MF96129 | |
| SCALLEA, Anthony | Benham Valence, Speen | Yeoman | 1621 | D/A1/118/034 | MF540 |
| SCAPELAND, Thomas | South Hinksey, Cumnor | Labourer | 1637 | D/A1/214/031 D/A1/169/083 | MF96096 MF96002 |
| SCAPES, John | West Woodhay | Husbandman | 1618 | D/A1/117/159 D/A1/15/920 | MF539 MF10065 |
| SCAPLEHORN, Sarah | Compton Beauchamp | 1763 | D/A1/125/51 | MF544 | |
| SCAPLEHORNE, John | Bradfield | 1585 | D/A1/212/122 | MF96092 | |
| SCAPLEHORNE, John | Bradfield | 1585 | D/A1/11/002 | MF10047B | |
| SCAPPES, Anne | Woolstone, Uffington | 1623 | D/A1/213/128 | MF96095 | |
| SCARLET, Matthew | West Bockhampton, Lambourn | Husbandman | 1608 | D/A1/117/015 D/A1/14/464 | MF539 MF10064 |
| SCARLETT, Alice | Lambourn | 1662 | D/A1/214/94 | MF96097 | |
| SCARLOCKE, Elizabeth | West Bockhampton, Lambourn | 1613 | D/A1/117/101 D/A1/15/367 | MF539 MF10065 | |
| SCATE, John | Kintbury | Labourer | 1827 | D/A1/162/43 | MF583 |
| SCHEPWAY, Agnes | Reading St Mary | 1557 | D/A1/3/176 | MF604 | |
| SCHERDE, John | Kingston Bagpuize | 1546 | D/A1/3/147 | MF604 | |
| SCHOCHYN, Thomas | Reading St Giles | 1512 | D/A1/1/019 | MF10041 | |
| SCHOLES, Jasper | Charlton, Wantage | 1636 | D/A1/119/053 | MF540 | |
| SCHORIE, John | Thatcham | 1601 | D/A1/213/016 D/A1/13/716 | MF96094 MF10049 | |
| SCOCHY, John | 1547 | D/A1/212/012 | MF96092 | ||
| SCOLLES, John | Sotwell, Wallingford St Leonard | Husbandman | 1572 | D/A1/115/088 D/A1/9/313 | MF538 MF10046 |
| SCORIARE, Maude | Newbury | 1560 | D/A1/114/215 D/A1/6/195 | MF537 MF10043B | |
| SCORIER, Martha | Abingdon St Helen | 1632 | D/A1/213/167 D/A1/168/220 | MF96095 MF96001 | |
| SCOTFORD, Ann | Newbury | 1824 | D/A1/162/58 | MF583 | |
| SCOTT, Elizabeth | Stratfield Mortimer | 1725 | D/A1/123/125 | MF543 | |
| SCOTT, James | Speenhamland, Speen | Tailor | 1739 | D/A1/124/93 | MF544 |
| SCOTT, James | Newbury | Victualler | 1758 | D/A1/125/27 | MF544 |
| SCOTT, John | New Windsor, Windsor | 1520 | D/A1/1/031 | MF10041 | |
| SCOTT, John | Abingdon | Victualler | 1696 | D/A1/215/108 | MF96098 |
| SCOTT, John | Windsor | Gardener | 1728 | D/A1/123/157 | MF544 |
| SCOTT, Robert | East Oakley, Bray | 1581 | D/A1/212/104 D/A1/10/260 | MF96092 MF10047A | |
| SCOTT, William | Sonning | 1777 | D/A1/216/242 | MF96102 | |
| SCOTTESFORD, Stephen | Abingdon St Helen | Clerk, Vicar | 1598 | D/A1/212/189 D/A1/13/322 D/A1/213/032 | MF96093 MF10049 MF96094 |
| SCRIBBENS, Mary | Fawley | 1845 | D/A1/162/105 | MF583 | |
| SCRIVEN, Elizabeth | Ardington | 1635 | D/A1/16/399 | MF10066 | |
| SCRIVEN, James | Reading | Tailor | 1845 | D/A1/162/102 | MF583 |
| SCRIVEN, William | Reading | Yeoman | 1666 | D/A1/214/122 | MF96097 |
| SCRIVENER, Robert | Speen | Draper | 1797 | D/A1/216/268 | MF96102 |
| SCRUBY, Robert | Grandpont, Oxfordshire | 1712 | D/A1/123/17 | MF543 | |
| SCUDAMORE, Mary | Bayworth, Sunningwell | 1632 | D/A1/119/018 | MF540 | |
| SCUTFEELDE, William | White Waltham | Husbandman | 1568 | D/A1/115/042 D/A1/9/118 | MF538 MF10046 |
| SCUTTS, William | Wallingford | 1835 | D/A1/162/9 | MF583 | |
| SEALY, John | Kingston Bagpuize | Husbandman | 1600 | D/A1/116/192 D/A1/13/589 | MF539 MF10049 |
| SEALY, Mary | Kingston Bagpuize | 1663 | D/A1/214/109 | MF96097 | |
| SEAMAN, Agnes | Reading St Laurence | Servant | 1590 | D/A1/116/026 D/A1/11/320 | MF538 MF10047B |
| SEAMAN, Alice | Long Wittenham | 1629 | D/A1/213/158 | MF96095 | |
| SEAMAN, William | Long Wittenham | Yeoman | 1611 | D/A1/117/051 D/A1/15/117 | MF539 MF10065 |
| SEAMER, Anthony | Shinfield | Husbandman | 1589 | D/A1/116/017 D/A1/11/222 | MF538 MF10047B |
| SEAMER, John | Lambourn | 1590 | D/A1/212/150 D/A1/11/371 | MF96092 MF10047B | |
| SEAMER, Nicholas | Cumnor | Husbandman | 1612 | D/A1/117/066 D/A1/15/214 | MF539 MF10065 |
| SEAMOR, Philip | Lambourn Woodlands, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1592 | D/A1/116/030 D/A1/12/023 | MF538 MF10048 |
| SEARE, Robert | Botley, Cumnor | Miller | 1622 | D/A1/213/125 | MF96095 |
| SEARES, John | Waltham St Lawrence | Husbandman | 1639 | D/A1/119/109 | MF540 |
| SEARGENT, Thomas | Abingdon | 1589 | D/A1/11/368 | MF10047B | |
| SEARLE, Henry | Beech Hill, Stratfield Saye, Hampshire | Husbandman | 1694 | D/A1/122/61 | MF542 |
| SEARLE, James | Newbury | Clothier | 1627 | D/A1/118/100 | MF540 |
| SEARLE, John | Sunninghill | Weaver | 1644 | D/A1/120/001/2 | MF541 |
| SEARLE, John | Stratfield Mortimer | Tanner | 1685 | D/A1/215/32 | MF96098 |
| SEARY, Aaron | Great Coxwell | Labourer | 1757 | D/A1/216/212 | MF96102 |
| SEARY, John | Frilford, Marcham | Yeoman | 1748 | D/A1/124/162 | MF544 |
| SEARY, John Snr | Frilford, Marcham | Wheelwright | 1686 | D/A1/215/45 | MF96098 |
| SEARY, Mary | Fyfield | 1716 | D/A1/123/40 | MF543 | |
| SEAWARD, Thomas | Shellingford | Clerk, Parson | 1602 | D/A1/116/213 D/A1/13/827 | MF539 MF10049 |
| SEBLEY, John | Steventon | Husbandman | 1689 | D/A1/215/64 | MF96098 |
| SECROTH, William | Stanford In The Vale | Husbandman | 1564 | D/A1/114/276 D/A1/8/340 | MF537 MF10043C |
| SED, Joan | Shellingford | 1701 | D/A1/198/10 | MF96054 | |
| SEDD, Margaret | Shellingford | 1591 | D/A1/116/034 D/A1/11/310 | MF538 MF10047B | |
| SEDDEN, Richard | Cookham | Husbandman | 1743 | D/A1/216/177 | MF96101 |
| SEDDYN, Paul | Reading St Laurence | Shearman | 1598 | D/A1/116/157 D/A1/13/342 | MF539 MF10049 |
| SEEDWELL, Thomas | Childrey | Yeoman | 1733 | D/A1/124/56 | MF544 |
| SEELEY, Thomas | Marcham | Butcher | 1726 | D/A1/123/143 | MF543 |
| SEELIE, Humphrey | Newbury | Broad Weaver | 1619 | D/A1/118/007 | MF540 |
| SEELWOOD, Ann | Boxford | 1731 | D/A1/124/37 | MF544 | |
| SEELWOOD, John | Boxford | Yeoman | 1743 | D/A1/124/136 | MF544 |
| SEELY, Esther | Lambourn Woodlands, Lambourn | 1802 | D/A1/161/132 | MF583 | |
| SEELY, Gillian | Kingston Bagpuize | 1603 | D/A1/116/219 D/A1/13/1315 | MF539 MF10049 | |
| SEELY, James Snr | Newbury | Clothier | 1684 | D/A1/121/142 | MF542 |
| SEELY, Mary | Shaw Cum Donnington | 1742 | D/A1/124/118 | MF544 | |
| SEELY, Thomas | Newbury | 1709 | D/A1/122/180 | MF543 | |
| SEGAR, Henry | New Windsor, Windsor | 1558 | D/A1/167/101 | MF96000 | |
| SEGAR, John | Reading | 1565 | D/A1/167/126 | MF96000 | |
| SEGAR, Thomas | Newbury | 1591 | D/A1/212/156 | MF96092 | |
| SEGAR, Thomas | Newbury | 1591 | D/A1/11/373 | MF10047B | |
| SEGER, Henry | New Windsor, Windsor | Tailor | 1558 | D/A1/212/042 | MF96092 |
| SEGER, John | Reading | 1564 | D/A1/212/063 D/A1/167/124 | MF96092 MF96000 | |
| SEGHBORO, Richard | Old Windsor | 1541 | D/A1/212/004 | MF96092 | |
| SEGORY, Richard | Barkham | Yeoman | 1703 | D/A1/122/126 | MF543 |
| SELEE, Richard | Kingston Bagpuize | 1545 | D/A1/233/250 | MF96132 |