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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOODLEY, John | Harwell | Weaver | 1645 | D/A1/137/029 | MF553 |
| WOODLEY, John | Harwell | Yeoman | 1653 | D/A1/137/63 | MF553 |
| WOODLEY, John | Abingdon | Innholder | 1690 | D/A1/223/76 | MF96117 |
| WOODLEY, John | Harwell | Innholder | 1756 | D/A1/141/64 | MF555 |
| WOODLEY, John | Chaddleworth | Wheelwright | 1827 | D/A1/165/49 | MF584 |
| WOODLEY, John | Harwell | Yeoman | 1836 | D/A1/165/75 | MF585 |
| WOODLEY, Mary | Abingdon | 1708 | D/A1/223/180 | MF96118 | |
| WOODLEY, Mary | Harwell | 1745 | D/A1/140/218 | MF555 | |
| WOODLEY, Richard | West Hanney | Wheelwright | 1710 | D/A1/139/154 | MF554 |
| WOODLEY, Samuel | Didcot | Labourer | 1832 | D/A1/232/98 | MF96131 |
| WOODLEY, Thomas | Shrivenham | Tailor | 1694 | D/A1/139/7 | MF554 |
| WOODLEY, William | Wootton, Cumnor | Yeoman | 1647 | D/A1/222/028 D/A1/169/102 | MF96114 MF96002 |
| WOODLEY, William | Harwell | Yeoman | 1731 | D/A1/140/117 | MF555 |
| WOODLEY, William | East Hendred | Yeoman | 1749 | D/A1/224/144 | MF96120 |
| WOODLEY, William | Chaddleworth | 1777 | D/A1/224/193 | MF96120 | |
| WOODLEY, William | Chaddleworth | 1777 | D/A1/224/193 | MF96120 | |
| WOODLEY, William Snr | Abingdon | Hemp Dresser | 1703 | D/A1/139/89 | MF554 |
| WOODLIE, John | East Hendred | Yeoman | 1615 | D/A1/134/110 D/A1/15/526 | MF551 MF10065 |
| WOODLIFFE, John Snr | Harwell | Yeoman | 1575 | D/A1/132/270 | MF550 |
| WOODLIFFE, William | Chilton | Yeoman | 1630 | D/A1/221/115 | MF96113 |
| WOODLIFFE, William | Chilton | Yeoman | 1630 | D/A1/168/179 | MF96001 |
| WOODLY, John | West Shefford | Yeoman | 1685 | D/A1/223/41 | MF96117 |
| WOODLY, Richard | West Hanney | Wheelwright | 1710 | D/A1/139/154 | MF554 |
| WOODLY, Richard | East Hendred | Yeoman | 1741 | D/A1/140/187 | MF555 |
| WOODLY, William | Harwell | 1603 | D/A1/220/200 | MF96111 | |
| WOODLY, William | Harwell | 1603 | D/A1/13/1019 | MF10049 | |
| WOODLY, William | East Hanney, West Hanney | Yeoman | 1679 | D/A1/138/56 | MF553 |
| WOODLY, William | East Hendred | Yeoman | 1697 | D/A1/223/125 | MF96118 |
| WOODLY, William | Drayton | Yeoman | 1701 | D/A1/139/71 | MF554 |
| WOODLY, William Snr | East Hanney, West Hanney | Yeoman | 1661 | D/A1/137/79 | MF553 |
| WOODLY, William Snr | Harwell | Yeoman | 1702 | D/A1/139/84 | MF554 |
| WOODLY, William Snr | East Hendred | Yeoman | 1703 | D/A1/139/93 | MF554 |
| WOODLYE, Mary | Harwell | 1636 | D/A1/136/042 | MF552 | |
| WOODLYF, John | Princes Harwell, Harwell | 1555 | D/A1/132/069 D/A1/7/106 | MF550 MF10040 | |
| WOODLYFF, Stephen | Harwell | Yeoman | 1577 | D/A1/133/005 D/A1/10/108 | MF550 MF10047A |
| WOODMAN, William | New Windsor, Windsor | 1570 | D/A1/132/228 D/A1/9/195 | MF550 MF10046 | |
| WOODROFF, John | Chipping Lambourn, Lambourn | Plumber | 1710 | D/A1/139/152 | MF554 |
| WOODROFF, John | Woolstone, Uffington | 1722 | D/A1/140/42 | MF555 | |
| WOODROFF, Joseph | Uffington | Grocer | 1728 | D/A1/140/86 | MF555 |
| WOODROFF, Robert | Uffington | Yeoman | 1724 | D/A1/140/63 | MF555 |
| WOODROFF, Samuel | Uffington | Mercer | 1703 | D/A1/139/90 | MF554 |
| WOODROFFE, Anthony | Lambourn | Plumber, Glazier | 1669 | D/A1/137/156 | MF553 |
| WOODROFFE, Anthony | Lambourn | Mercer | 1701 | D/A1/223/145 | MF96118 |
| WOODROFFE, Eleanor | Lyford, Hanney | 1639 | D/A1/136/076 | MF552 | |
| WOODROFFE, Elizabeth | Newbury | 1710 | D/A1/139/153 | MF554 | |
| WOODROFFE, John | Lambourn | Plumber | 1710 | D/A1/139/152 | MF554 |
| WOODROFFE, John | Newbury | Boat Builder | 1827 | D/A1/232/85 | MF96131 |
| WOODROFFE, Joseph | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1721 | D/A1/140/40 | MF555 |
| WOODROFFE, Mary | Newbury | 1784 | D/A1/224/201 | MF96120 | |
| WOODROFFE, Thomas | Lyford, Hanney | Husbandman | 1638 | D/A1/136/063 D/A1/16/558 | MF552 MF10066 |
| WOODROOF, James | Marcham | 1812 | D/A1/232/61 | MF96131 | |
| WOODROOF, Lawrence | Sparsholt | Yeoman | 1821 | D/A1/165/21 | MF584 |
| WOODROOF, Petronella | Woolstone, Uffington | 1747 | D/A1/141/15 | MF555 | |
| WOODROOF, Thomas | Woolstone, Uffington | Carpenter | 1806 | D/A1/164/65 | MF584 |
| WOODROOFE, Elizabeth | Newbury | 1710 | D/A1/139/153 | MF554 | |
| WOODROUFE, Robert | Lambourn | Labourer | 1627 | D/A1/135/065 | MF552 |
| WOODROUFE, Thomas | Chipping Lambourn, Lambourn | Mercer | 1696 | D/A1/139/24 | MF554 |
| WOODROUFFE, William | Newbury | Plumber, Glazier | 1760 | D/A1/141/82 | MF555 |
| WOODROVE, Joseph Snr | Chipping Lambourn, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1696 | D/A1/139/31 | MF554 |
| WOODRUFFE, Anthony | Wallingford St Mary | Glazier | 1694 | D/A1/223/106 | MF96118 |
| WOODRUFFE, John | Abingdon | Fuller | 1604 | D/A1/220/195 | MF96111 |
| WOODS , John Jnr | Hamstead Marshall | Keeper | 1722 | D/A1/224/37 | MF96119 |
| WOODS, Aviling | Cookham | 1696 | D/A1/139/29 | MF554 | |
| WOODS, James | Warfield | Baker | 1787 | D/A1/142/109 | MF556 |
| WOODS, James | Warfield | Baker | 1815 | D/A1/165/1 | MF584 |
| WOODS, Jane | Reading St Giles | 1636 | D/A1/221/150 | MF96113 | |
| WOODS, Jane | Reading St Giles | 1636 | D/A1/169/102 | MF96002 | |
| WOODS, John | Buckland | Yeoman | 1693 | D/A1/138/157 | MF554 |
| WOODS, John | New Windsor, Windsor | Corn Chandler | 1706 | D/A1/139/115 | MF554 |
| WOODS, John | Hamstead Marshall | Keeper | 1708 | D/A1/223/178 | MF96118 |
| WOODS, Lancelot | Newbury | Bell Founder | 1605 | D/A1/220/203 D/A1/14/181 | MF96111 MF10064 |
| WOODS, Martha | Old Windsor | 1713 | D/A1/139/172 | MF554 | |
| WOODS, Mary | Reading | 1666 | D/A1/222/83 | MF96115 | |
| WOODS, Mary | Hamstead Marshall | 1708 | D/A1/139/132 | MF554 | |
| WOODS, Peter | Reading | Yeoman | 1715 | D/A1/139/189 | MF554 |
| WOODS, Richard | Cholsey | Husbandman | 1691 | D/A1/223/86 | MF96117 |
| WOODS, Robert | Greenham, Thatcham | Yeoman | 1739 | D/A1/140/174 | MF555 |
| WOODS, Samuel | Old Windsor | Husbandman | 1668 | D/A1/137/147 | MF553 |
| WOODS, Silvester | Bray | 1663 | D/A1/137/98 | MF553 | |
| WOODS, Ursula | Finchampstead | 1625 | D/A1/135/034 | MF552 | |
| WOODS, William | Tilehurst | Yeoman | 1671 | D/A1/222/105 | MF96115 |
| WOODS, William | Reading | Salter | 1685 | D/A1/223/44 | MF96117 |
| WOODSHAW, William | Winkfield | 1600 | D/A1/133/252 D/A1/13/565 | MF551 MF10049 | |
| WOODSTOCK, John | Reading St Mary | 1697 | D/A1/223/123 | MF96118 | |
| WOODWARD , Robert Jnr | East Hanney, West Hanney | 1732 | D/A1/140/127 | MF555 | |
| WOODWARD , Thomas | Ashbury | Husbandman | 1586 | D/A1/133/087 D/A1/11/045 | MF550 MF10047B |
| WOODWARD, Anne | New Windsor, Windsor | 1611 | D/A1/221/032 | MF96112 | |
| WOODWARD, Anne | New Windsor, Windsor | 1611 | D/A1/168/077 | MF96001 | |
| WOODWARD, Annis | Ashbury | 1633 | D/A1/135/128 | MF552 | |
| WOODWARD, Bridget | New Windsor, Windsor | 1637 | D/A1/136/046 | MF552 | |
| WOODWARD, Edward | Ashbury | Husbandman | 1710 | D/A1/139/156 | MF554 |
| WOODWARD, Elizabeth | Appleton | 1558 | D/A1/7/174 | MF10040 | |
| WOODWARD, Elizabeth | New Windsor, Windsor | 1632 | D/A1/16/289 | MF10066 | |
| WOODWARD, Elizabeth | New Windsor, Windsor | 1632 | D/A1/135/129 | MF552 | |
| WOODWARD, George | Abingdon | Barber | 1721 | D/A1/140/39 | MF555 |
| WOODWARD, John | Tilehurst | Butcher | 1663 | D/A1/222/69 | MF96114 |
| WOODWARD, John | Ashbury | Husbandman | 1676 | D/A1/138/25 | MF553 |
| WOODWARD, John | East Hanney, West Hanney | Carpenter | 1770 | D/A1/141/131 | MF556 |
| WOODWARD, Joseph | Boxford | Clerk | 1719 | D/A1/140/23 | MF555 |
| WOODWARD, Mary | Little Wittenham | 1737 | D/A1/140/159 | MF555 |