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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUCAS, Joan | Speen | 1578 | D/A1/10/143 D/A1/92/040 | MF10047A MF534 | |
| LUCAS, Joan | Brimpton | 1626 | D/A1/93/025 | MF534 | |
| LUCAS, John | Wallingford | 1544 | D/A1/201/118 | MF96062 | |
| LUCAS, John | Stanmore, Beedon | 1567 | D/A1/92/009 D/A1/9/093 | MF31701 MF10046 | |
| LUCAS, John | Stanmore, Beedon | Yeoman | 1604 | D/A1/92/139 D/A1/13/1308 | MF534 MF10049 |
| LUCAS, John | Stanmore, Beedon | Yeoman | 1701 | D/A1/95/4 | MF568 |
| LUCAS, John | Peasemore | Yeoman | 1713 | D/A1/95/39 | MF568 |
| LUCAS, John | Wytham | Weaver | 1775 | D/A1/95/204 | MF569 |
| LUCAS, John Snr | Stanmore, Beedon | Yeoman | 1647 | D/A1/202/112 | MF96065 |
| LUCAS, Joseph | East Ilsley | Maltster | 1752 | D/A1/95/161 | MF569 |
| LUCAS, Joseph | East Ilsley | 1768 | D/A1/203/140 | MF96066 | |
| LUCAS, Katherine | Newbury | 1737 | D/A1/95/131 | MF569 | |
| LUCAS, Mary | Stanmore, Beedon | 1619 | D/A1/202/054 | MF96064 | |
| LUCAS, Mary | Hampstead Norreys | 1738 | D/A1/95/132 | MF569 | |
| LUCAS, Ralph | Brimpton | 1618 | D/A1/92/184 D/A1/15/808 | MF534 MF10065 | |
| LUCAS, Ralph Snr | Chieveley | Husbandman, Maltster | 1665 | D/A1/94/29 | MF568 |
| LUCAS, Robert | Chieveley | Husbandman | 1581 | D/A1/92/051 D/A1/10/306 | MF534 MF10047A |
| LUCAS, Sarah | East Ilsley | 1767 | D/A1/203/139 | MF96066 | |
| LUCAS, William | Reading | 1564 | D/A1/167/125 | MF96000 | |
| LUCAS, William | Eling, Hampstead Norris | 1662 | D/A1/94/22 | MF568 | |
| LUCAS, William | Bucklebury | 1707 | D/A1/203/65 | MF96066 | |
| LUCKAS, Thomas | Midgham, Thatcham | 1635 | D/A1/93/070 | MF534 | |
| LUCKENS, David | Steventon | 1562 | D/A1/91/063 D/A1/7/348 | MF533 MF10040 | |
| LUCKENS, James | Barkham | Yeoman | 1700 | D/A1/95/1 | MF568 |
| LUCKINGE, Joan | Abingdon | 1593 | D/A1/201/185 | MF96063 | |
| LUCKINS, Joan | Abingdon | 1593 | D/A1/92/100 D/A1/12/072 | MF534 MF10048 | |
| LUCKINS, William | Abingdon St Helen | Mercer | 1586 | D/A1/92/060 D/A1/11/050 | MF534 MF10047B |
| LUCKINS, William | 1600 | D/A1/101/124/2 | MF573 | ||
| LUCKMAN, Margery | Ashbury | 1621 | D/A1/202/058 | MF96064 | |
| LUCKYNS, William | Sunningwell | 1521 | D/A1/1/037 | MF10041 | |
| LUDDAR, John | Cholsey | Labourer | 1630 | D/A1/93/047 | MF534 |
| LUDLO, Richard | East Hendred | Husbandman | 1706 | D/A1/95/18 | MF568 |
| LUDLOW, Anne | Westbrook, Boxford | 1707 | D/A1/95/20 | MF568 | |
| LUDLOW, John | East Hendred | 1774 | D/A1/203/144 | MF96066 | |
| LUDLOW, Joseph | East Hendred | Labourer | 1703 | D/A1/95/8 | MF568 |
| LUDLOW, Mary | Reading St Giles | 1834 | D/A1/229/78 | MF96126 | |
| LUDLOW, Richard | East Hendred | 1777 | D/A1/203/147 | MF96066 | |
| LUDLOW, Thomas | Thatcham | 1529 | D/A1/1/111 | MF10041 | |
| LUDLOW, Thomas | Steventon | 1590 | D/A1/92/074 | MF534 | |
| LUDLY, William | Westbrook, Boxford | Yeoman | 1686 | D/A1/94/102 | MF568 |
| LUDYARD, William | Enborne | Husbandman | 1599 | D/A1/92/120 D/A1/13/477 | MF534 MF10049 |
| LUEN, Anne | Kennington, Sunningwell | 1614 | D/A1/202/041 D/A1/168/110 | MF96064 MF96001 | |
| LUENDEN, John | Streatley | 1557 | D/A1/91/032 | MF533 | |
| LUENDEN, John | Streatley | 1567 | D/A1/9/048 D/A1/92/007 | MF10046 MF31701 | |
| LUENDEN, Richard | Streatley | Husbandman | 1559 | D/A1/91/045 D/A1/8/064 | MF533 MF10043C |
| LUENDEN, William | Chilton | Husbandman | 1612 | D/A1/92/167 D/A1/15/310 | MF534 MF10065 |
| LUENDENE, Richard | Aston Tirrold | Yeoman | 1613 | D/A1/92/170 D/A1/15/327 | MF534 MF10065 |
| LUENDON, Katherine | Chilton | 1622 | D/A1/202/059 | MF96064 | |
| LUENDON, Nicholas | Chilton | Husbandman | 1605 | D/A1/92/143 D/A1/13/1415 | MF534 MF10049 |
| LUENDON, Thomas | Chilton | 1580 | D/A1/10/246 | MF10047A | |
| LUGGINE, John | Newbury | Husbandman | 1600 | D/A1/92/126 | MF534 |
| LUGGROVE, Elizabeth | Swallowfield | 1721 | D/A1/95/66 | MF568 | |
| LUKE, Nicholas | Idstone, Ashbury | 1699 | D/A1/203/52 | MF96066 | |
| LUKER, James | Coleshill | Labourer | 1855 | D/A1/157/51 | MF581 |
| LUMBLEY, John Snr | Abingdon | Glazier | 1689 | D/A1/203/26 | MF96066 |
| LUMLEY, Richard Snr | Abingdon | Glazier | 1681 | D/A1/203/6 | MF96066 |
| LUN, Lettice | Hatford | 1681 | D/A1/203/4 | MF96066 | |
| LUNDEN, Gregory | Hoe Benham, Welford | 1596 | D/A1/202/001/2 D/A1/12/358 | MF96064 MF10048 | |
| LUNDON, Hugh | Chilton | Yeoman | 1594 | D/A1/92/092 D/A1/12/227 | MF534 MF10048 |
| LUNN, Henry | Marcham | Maltster | 1678 | D/A1/94/137 | MF568 |
| LUSH, Mary | Thatcham | 1710 | D/A1/95/36 | MF568 | |
| LUSH, Mary | Thatcham | 1710 | D/A1/95/36 | MF568 | |
| LUSH, Robert | Sparsholt | 1704 | D/A1/95/12 | MF568 | |
| LUSHE, Elizabeth | Sparsholt | 1633 | D/A1/202/085 | MF96065 | |
| LUSHE, Elizabeth | Sparsholt | 1633 | D/A1/16/420 | MF10066 | |
| LUSSHE, Alice | Abingdon | 1574 | D/A1/201/160 | MF96063 | |
| LUTMAN , Robert | Hurley | Husbandman | 1563 | D/A1/91/068 D/A1/8/260 | MF533 MF10043C |
| LUTMAN, George | Wargrave | Husbandman, Labourer | 1560 | D/A1/6/151 D/A1/91/058 | MF10043B MF533 |
| LUTMAN, Nicholas | Hurley | Husbandman | 1564 | D/A1/91/074 D/A1/8/291 | MF533 MF10043C |
| LUTMAN, Roger | Cookham | Yeoman | 1582 | D/A1/92/045 D/A1/11/011 | MF534 MF10047B |
| LUTMAN, Thomas | Cookham | Yeoman | 1556 | D/A1/3/051 | MF604 |
| LUTMAN, Thomas | 1557 | D/A1/233/183 | MF96132 | ||
| LUTMAN, Thomas | Finchampstead | Husbandman | 1559 | D/A1/91/043 D/A1/8/087 D/A1/201/141 | MF533 MF10043C MF96062 |
| LUTMAN, Thomas | Maidenhead, Cookham | 1588 | D/A1/201/177 | MF96063 | |
| LUTMAN, Thomas | Maidenhead | 1588 | D/A1/11/160 | MF10047B | |
| LUTMAN, William | Cookham | Basket Maker | 1607 | D/A1/202/023 D/A1/168/022 | MF96064 MF96001 |
| LUTMAN, William Jnr | Cookham | 1613 | D/A1/202/038 D/A1/168/100 | MF96064 MF96001 | |
| LUTTMAN, John | Waltham St. Lawrence | Yeoman | 1691 | D/A1/94/113 | MF568 |
| LUTTMAN, Nicholas | Ashbury | Glover | 1615 | D/A1/92/179 D/A1/15/557 | MF533 MF10065 |
| LWENDUN, Austin | Streatley | 1544 | D/A1/3/054 D/A1/6/161 D/A1/91/001 | MF604 MF10043B MF533 | |
| LYBBE, Charles | Reading | 1741 | D/A1/203/118 | MF96066 | |
| LYCHEPOLE, Denys | Newbury | 1558 | D/A1/91/034 D/A1/7/163 | MF533 MF10040 | |
| LYCKMAN, John | Bucklebury | Husbandman | 1630 | D/A1/93/054 | MF534 |
| LYDALL, Edward | Hampstead Norreys | 1557 | D/A1/91/028 | MF533 | |
| LYDALL, Edward | Hampstead Norreys | 1558 | D/A1/6/123 | MF10043B | |
| LYDALL, Joan | Reading St Giles | 1677 | D/A1/202/148 | MF96065 | |
| LYDALL, John | East Ilsley | Day Labourer | 1616 | D/A1/92/190 D/A1/15/591 | MF534 MF10065 |
| LYDALL, Martha | Didcot | 1725 | D/A1/95/76 | MF568 | |
| LYDE, Alice | Mackney, Brightwell | 1592 | D/A1/92/083 D/A1/12/038 | MF534 MF10048 | |
| LYDE, Christopher | Abingdon | Woollen Draper | 1613 | D/A1/92/171 D/A1/15/357 | MF534 MF10065 |
| LYDE, John | Swallowfield | Victualler | 1600 | D/A1/92/123 D/A1/13/534 | MF534 MF10049 |
| LYDE, Richard | Brightwell | 1567 | D/A1/92/010 D/A1/9/078 | MF31701 MF10046 | |
| LYDE, Robert | Brightwell | 1561 | D/A1/91/059 D/A1/8/221 | MF533 MF10043C | |
| LYDE, William | Brightwell | 1559 | D/A1/201/139 | MF96062 | |
| LYDEN, Thomas | Longcot, Shrivenham | Yarn Man | 1586 | D/A1/92/063 D/A1/11/104 | MF534 MF10047B |
| LYDFORD, Mary | Newbury | 1825 | D/A1/156/74 | MF581 | |
| LYDIATT, Clement | Enborne | 1613 | D/A1/202/039 D/A1/168/101 | MF96064 MF96001 | |
| LYDON, Arthur | Longcot, Shrivenham | Labourer | 1588 | D/A1/92/067 D/A1/11/155 | MF534 MF10047B |
| LYDYERD, Henry | Kintbury | 1554 | D/A1/91/020 D/A1/7/059 | MF533 MF10040 | |
| LYE, George | Bradfield | Husbandman | 1618 | D/A1/92/192 D/A1/15/915 | MF534 MF10065 |