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.

If you would like to look at or order copies of any of the records listed, please Contact Us.

Name	Place Name	Occupation	Year	BRO Ref	MF Copy
BUCKERIDGE, John	Bagnor, Speen		1705	D/A1/179/155	MF96017
BUCKERIDGE, John	Bagnor, Speen	Yeoman	1709	D/A1/179/188	MF96018
BUCKERIDGE, Richard	Pangbourne	Wheeler	1709	D/A1/48/156	MF467
BUCKERIDGE, Sarah Eliz Roger	Speen		1841	D/A1/146/63	MF557
BUCKERIDGE, Simon	Ashampstead	Husbandman	1612	D/A1/176/041	MF96012
BUCKERIDGE, Simon	Ashampstead		1612	D/A1/168/083	MF96001
BUCKERIDGE, Thomas	Pangbourne	Yeoman	1607	D/A1/14/306	MF10064
BUCKERIDGE, William	Enborne	Yeoman	1713	D/A1/180/17	MF96019
BUCKERIDGE, William	Hampstead Norreys	Labourer	1736	D/A1/49/183	MF468
BUCKERIG, William	Chaddleworth	Husbandman	1667	D/A1/178/101	MF96015
BUCKERRIDG, John	Pangbourne	Husbandman	1709	D/A1/48/166	MF467
BUCKERYDGE, William	West Ilsley		1578	D/A1/40/075 D/A1/10/152	MF462 MF10047A
BUCKERYGE, Thomas	Pangbourne		1554	D/A1/39/066 D/A1/7/030	MF461 MF10040
BUCKINGAM, Christian	West Hanney, Hanney		1628	D/A1/43/175	MF464
BUCKINGAME, John	Cumnor	Labourer	1584	D/A1/40/119 D/A1/10/427	MF462 MF10047A
BUCKINGHAM, John	Radley	Yeoman	1674	D/A1/128/100	MF548
BUCKINGHAM, Thomas	West Hanney, Hanney	Husbandman	1626	D/A1/176/113	MF96012
BUCKLAND, Ann	Wallingford		1725	D/A1/49/90	MF468
BUCKLAND, Anthony	Aldermaston	Maltster	1768	D/A1/180/222	MF96020
BUCKLAND, Elizabeth	Reading		1822	D/A1/145/111	MF557
BUCKLAND, John	Basildon	Yeoman	1727	D/A1/180/97	MF96019
BUCKLE, Anne	Sutton Courtenay		1758	D/A1/180/203	MF96020
BUCKLE, Emma	Ufton Nervet		1586	D/A1/175/105	MF96010
BUCKLE, Jean	Tidmarsh		1691	D/A1/47/163	MF467
BUCKLE, John	Sparsholt	Day Labourer	1728	D/A1/49/114	MF468
BUCKLE, John Snr	Tidmarsh		1675	D/A1/46/117	MF466
BUCKLE, Matthew	Ufton Nervet	Yeoman	1686	D/A1/47/113	MF466
BUCKLE, Nicholas	Stratfield Mortimer		1603	D/A1/175/177 D/A1/13/1019	MF96011 MF10049
BUCKLE, Nicholas	Didcot	Husbandman	1606	D/A1/42/005 D/A1/14/238	MF463 MF10064
BUCKLE, Richard	Steventon	Yeoman	1837	D/A1/146/31	MF557
BUCKLE, Simon	Sutton Courtenay		1768	D/A1/50/118	MF469
BUCKLE, William	Sutton Courtenay	Paper Maker	1727	D/A1/180/95	MF96019
BUCKLEN, William	Padworth	Cordwainer	1704	D/A1/48/120	MF467
BUCKLER, John	Clewer	Cloth Worker	1601	D/A1/41/152 D/A1/13/674	MF463 MF10049
BUCKLEY, Agnes	Bray		1602	D/A1/41/160 D/A1/13/808	MF463 MF10049
BUCKLEY, Michael	Tidmarsh	Husbandman	1634	D/A1/177/049	MF96013
BUCKNER, Anthony	Cumnor	Husbandman	1643	D/A1/178/011	MF96015
BUCKNER, Dorothy	Cumnor		1586	D/A1/40/138 D/A1/11/093	MF462 MF10047B
BUCKNER, Dorothy	Whitley, Cumnor		1598	D/A1/41/116 D/A1/13/292	MF463 MF10049
BUCKNER, Edward	Pusey	Yeoman	1645	D/A1/178/022	MF96015
BUCKNER, James	East Lockinge	Carpenter	1822	D/A1/145/107	MF557
BUCKNER, James	Reading	Victualler	1839	D/A1/226/102	MF96123
BUCKNER, John	Wytham		1557	D/A1/175/026/2	MF96010
BUCKNER, John	Chawley, Cumnor		1599	D/A1/41/125 D/A1/13/495	MF463 MF10049
BUCKNER, John	Botley, Cumnor	Yeoman	1609	D/A1/42/042 D/A1/14/496	MF463 MF10064
BUCKNER, John	Chawley, Cumnor	Yeoman	1686	D/A1/47/112	MF466
BUCKNER, John	Cumnor	Yeoman	1707	D/A1/48/147	MF467
BUCKNER, John	Cumnor	Yeoman	1762	D/A1/50/98	MF469
BUCKNER, Thomas	Sutton Courtenay	Labourer	1719	D/A1/49/31	MF468
BUCKNER, William	Chawley, Cumnor	Husbandman	1618	D/A1/43/017	MF464
BUCKNER, William	Sutton Courtenay		1807	D/A1/226/37	MF96123
BUCKNOR, Mary	Sutton Courtenay		1745	D/A1/180/177	MF96020
BUCKNOR, William	Cumnor		1558	D/A1/39/104 D/A1/7/188	MF461 MF10040
BUCKREDGE, John	Tilehurst		1602	D/A1/41/176	MF463
BUCKREDGE, John	Tilehurst	Yeoman	1602	D/A1/13/725	MF10049
BUCKRIDGE, Francis	Pangbourne	Husbandman	1670	D/A1/46/64	MF466
BUCKRIDGE, Henry	Enborne	Husbandman	1683	D/A1/179/27	MF96016
BUCKRIDGE, John	Drayton, Abingdon St Helen	Husbandman	1638	D/A1/177/074	MF96014
BUCKRIDGE, John	Pangbourne	Wheelwright	1730	D/A1/49/133	MF468
BUCKRIDGE, Richard Snr	Ilsden [Ipsden], Oxfordshire	Yeoman	1617	D/A1/43/007/1 D/A1/15/736	MF464 MF10065
BUCKRIDGE, William	Leckhampstead, Chieveley	Husbandman	1631	D/A1/44/011	MF464
BUD, William	Clewer		1567	D/A1/167/135	MF96000
BUDD, Henry	Stratfield Mortimer		1810	D/A1/145/46	MF557
BUDD, Richard	Kintbury	Labourer	1774	D/A1/50/149	MF469
BUDDE, John	New Windsor, Windsor	Smith	1595	D/A1/41/059 D/A1/12/212	MF462 MF10048
BUDDE, William	Clewer		1567	D/A1/175/060	MF96010
BUDDING, Edward	Speen	Cordwainer	1749	D/A1/180/186	MF96020
BUFFON, Richard	Templeton Farm, Kintbury	Yeoman	1632	D/A1/44/034	MF464
BUFFORD, James	Boxford		1578	D/A1/10/124	MF10047A
BUKE, Richard	Thatcham		1510	D/A1/1/015	MF10041
BUKEREDG, Ann	Pangbourne		1676	D/A1/47/4	MF466
BUKEREDG, John	Pangbourne	Husbandman	1663	D/A1/45/126	MF465
BUKEREDG, John	Pangbourne	Husbandman	1675	D/A1/46/116	MF466
BUKRIGE, John	Basildon	Husbandman	1525	D/A1/1/312	MF10042
BULBROEK, Thomas	Binfield	Husbandman	1701	D/A1/48/84	MF467
BULFORD, John	Marcham		1780	D/A1/50/176	MF469
BULL , Robert	Reading St Mary	Broad Weaver	1606	D/A1/176/002	MF96012
BULL, Richard	Saint Mary, Oxford, Oxfordshire		1637	D/A1/16/446	MF10066
BULL, Robert	Reading St Mary		1606	D/A1/168/010	MF96001
BULL, Stephen	Newbury	Hot Presser	1754	D/A1/50/60	MF469
BULL, William	Hinton Waldrist		1839	D/A1/226/99	MF96123
BULLEE, William	Bray	Husbandman, Servant	1709	D/A1/48/162	MF467
BULLEY , William	Wallingford St Peter	Labourer	1660	D/A1/178/53	MF96015
BULLOCK, Benedict	Besselsleigh	Yeoman	1717	D/A1/49/12	MF468
BULLOCK, Edward	Finchampstead		1677	D/A1/47/11	MF466
BULLOCK, Edward	Fyfield	Yeoman	1720	D/A1/49/50	MF468
BULLOCK, Francis	Pangbourne	Cook	1730	D/A1/180/114	MF96020
BULLOCK, James	Sutton Courtenay		1824	D/A1/145/119	MF557
BULLOCK, John	Cumnor	Miller	1712	D/A1/180/13	MF96019
BULLOCK, John	Hinton Waldrist	Yeoman	1714	D/A1/180/23	MF96019
BULLOCK, John	Sutton Courtenay	Yeoman	1844	D/A1/226/117	MF96123
BULLOCK, Margaret	Duxford, Hinton Waldrist		1693	D/A1/48/15	MF467
BULLOCK, Mary	Fyfield		1712	D/A1/48/197	MF467
BULLOCK, Richard	Netherton, Fyfield	Yeoman	1676	D/A1/47/5	MF466
BULLOCK, Richard	Sutton Courtenay		1813	D/A1/226/45	MF96123
BULLOCK, William	Fyfield	Husbandman	1712	D/A1/48/188	MF467
BULLOCKE, Agnes	Newbury		1596	D/A1/41/075	MF462
BULLOCKE, Edmund	Appleton		1594	D/A1/41/054 D/A1/12/219	MF462 MF10048
BULLOCKE, Gabriel	Reading		1607	D/A1/42/028 D/A1/14/235	MF463 MF10064
BULLOCKE, Joan	Netherton, Fyfield		1624	D/A1/43/095	MF464

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