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 |
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EGGLETON, Moses | Shaw Cum Donnington | Almsman | 1855 | D/A1/150/71 | MF559 |
EGGOTT, Mary Ann | Tilehurst | 1848 | D/A1/150/67 | MF559 | |
EGGUM, Thomas | Maidenhead, Bray | Yeoman | 1602 | D/A1/65/095 D/A1/13/782 | MF516 MF10049 |
EGLESTON, William | Reading St Giles | Yeoman | 1571 | D/A1/188/012 D/A1/167/146 | MF96033 MF96000 |
EGLIN, Mary | White Waltham | 1681 | D/A1/187/42 | MF96031 | |
EIRES, William | North Hinksey, Cumnor | Husbandman | 1632 | D/A1/65/149 | MF517 |
ELARIE, Edward | 1558 | D/A1/7/340a | MF10040 | ||
ELARY, Edward | 1558 | D/A1/167/098 | MF96000 | ||
ELARYE, Edward | White Waltham | 1558 | D/A1/188/005 | MF96033 | |
ELAYE, Richard | Enborne | Husbandman | 1551 | D/A1/65/015 | MF516 |
ELBERY, Henry | Pangbourne | Smith | 1573 | D/A1/65/055 D/A1/9/375 | MF516 MF10046 |
ELBOROUGH, Margaret | Abingdon | 1847 | D/A1/150/64 | MF559 | |
ELDERFELLD, Richard Snr | Harwell | Yeoman | 1687 | D/A1/189/18 | MF96035 |
ELDERFFIELD, William | Harwell | Yeoman | 1638 | D/A1/65/159 | MF517 |
ELDERFIELD , William Snr | East Garston | Yeoman | 1746 | D/A1/66/103 | MF517 |
ELDERFIELD, Alice | Letcombe Bassett | 1712 | D/A1/66/62 | MF517 | |
ELDERFIELD, Catherine | Harwell | 1759 | D/A1/66/111 | MF517 | |
ELDERFIELD, Isaac | Harwell | Schoolmaster | 1857 | D/A1/150/75 | MF559 |
ELDERFIELD, Lot | Chilton | Yeoman | 1848 | D/A1/150/65 | MF559 |
ELDERFIELD, Margaret | Harwell | 1829 | D/A1/150/49 | MF559 | |
ELDERFIELD, Mary | East Garston | 1751 | D/A1/66/107 | MF517 | |
ELDERFIELD, Richard | Letcombe Bassett | Yeoman | 1719 | D/A1/189/49 | MF96035 |
ELDERFIELD, Sarah | East Garston | 1762 | D/A1/189/72 | MF96035 | |
ELDERFIELD, William | Harwell | Yeoman | 1802 | D/A1/150/33 | MF559 |
ELDERFIELD, William | Harwell | Innholder | 1831 | D/A1/150/50 | MF559 |
ELDERIDGE, Charles | Shippon, Abingdon (Shippon) | Cordwainer | 1788 | D/A1/66/131 | MF517 |
ELDERIDGE, John | Cholsey | 1646 | D/A1/188/067 | MF96034 | |
ELDERIDGE, Thomas | Cholsey | Husbandman | 1583 | D/A1/65/067 D/A1/10/067 | MF516 MF10047A |
ELDERIDGE, Thomas | Cholsey | 1610 | D/A1/168/057 | MF96001 | |
ELDERTON, John | Buckland | Husbandman, Mason | 1572 | D/A1/65/053 D/A1/9/336 | MF516 MF10046 |
ELDERWILL, Alice | Bagnor, Speen | 1616 | D/A1/65/117 D/A1/15/649 | MF516 MF10065 | |
ELDREDGE, Frances | Beenham | 1709 | D/A1/189/40 | MF96035 | |
ELDREDGE, Thomas | Purley | Ploughwright | 1610 | D/A1/65/108 D/A1/15/080 | MF516 MF10065 |
ELDREGE, John | East Ilsley | Husbandman | 1572 | D/A1/9/310 | MF10046 |
ELDRIDG, Edmund | Cholsey | Yeoman | 1670 | D/A1/188/91 | MF96034 |
ELDRIDG, Margaret | South Hinksey | 1673 | D/A1/66/22 | MF517 | |
ELDRIDGE, Betty | Cholsey | 1808 | D/A1/150/36 | MF559 | |
ELDRIDGE, Charles | Abingdon St Helen | Shepherd | 1731 | D/A1/66/83 | MF517 |
ELDRIDGE, Christian | Tidmarsh | 1667 | D/A1/188/83 | MF96034 | |
ELDRIDGE, Edmund | Streatley | Husbandman | 1635 | D/A1/188/058 | MF96034 |
ELDRIDGE, Francis | Cholsey | 1806 | D/A1/227/119 | MF96124 | |
ELDRIDGE, Isabel | Cholsey | 1588 | D/A1/65/074 D/A1/11/299 | MF516 MF10047B | |
ELDRIDGE, John | Brightwell | Yeoman | 1703 | D/A1/66/53 | MF517 |
ELDRIDGE, John | Windsor | Painter | 1719 | D/A1/189/50 | MF96035 |
ELDRIDGE, John | South Hinksey | Husbandman | 1725 | D/A1/189/54 | MF96035 |
ELDRIDGE, John | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1798 | D/A1/66/136 | MF517 |
ELDRIDGE, John | Lambourn | 1837 | D/A1/150/58 | MF559 | |
ELDRIDGE, John Snr | South Hinksey | Yeoman | 1693 | D/A1/66/41 | MF517 |
ELDRIDGE, John Snr | Cholsey | Yeoman | 1698 | D/A1/66/47 | MF517 |
ELDRIDGE, Richard | Cholsey | Yeoman | 1619 | D/A1/188/047 | MF96033 |
ELDRIDGE, Richard | Cattesgrove, Reading St Giles | 1631 | D/A1/65/144 | MF517 | |
ELDRIDGE, Richard | Shotover, Oxford, Oxfordshire | 1670 | D/A1/66/18 | MF517 | |
ELDRIDGE, Richard | Cholsey | Yeoman | 1674 | D/A1/66/23 | MF517 |
ELDRIDGE, Richard Snr | Cholsey | Husbandman | 1629 | D/A1/188/053 | MF96034 |
ELDRIDGE, Richard Snr | Cholsey | Husbandman | 1664 | D/A1/188/82 | MF96034 |
ELDRIDGE, Thomas | Cholsey | 1610 | D/A1/188/039 | MF96033 | |
ELDRIDGE, Thomas | South Hinksey, Cumnor | 1612 | D/A1/65/112 D/A1/15/256 | MF516 MF10065 | |
ELDRIDGE, Thomas | South Hinksey, Cumnor | Husbandman | 1623 | D/A1/188/050 | MF96034 |
ELDRIDGE, Thomas | Wallingford | Joiner | 1668 | D/A1/66/13 | MF517 |
ELDRIDGE, Thomas | Cholsey | Yeoman | 1760 | D/A1/189/71 | MF96035 |
ELDRIDGE, Thomas | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1848 | D/A1/150/68 | MF559 |
ELDRIGE, Anne | Cholsey | 1661 | D/A1/188/72 | MF96034 | |
ELDRIGE, Joan | Brightwell | 1558 | D/A1/65/019 D/A1/7/150 | MF516 MF10040 | |
ELDRIGE, John | Cholsey | 1557 | D/A1/233/098 | MF96132 | |
ELDRIGE, John | Cholsey | Husbandman | 1557 | D/A1/2/181 | MF604 |
ELDRIGE, Thomas | Hell, Cholsey | 1550 | D/A1/65/003 | MF516 | |
ELDRYGE, Richard | Cholsey | Husbandman | 1556 | D/A1/65/014 D/A1/7/109 | MF516 MF10040 |
ELES, George | Stratfield Mortimer | 1577 | D/A1/188/018 | MF96033 | |
ELES, Joan | Uffington | 1618 | D/A1/65/121 D/A1/15/768 | MF517 MF10065 | |
ELES, Simon | Stratfield Mortimer | 1565 | D/A1/142/016 | MF556 | |
ELES, Thomas | Upper Lambourn, Lambourn | Husbandman | 1638 | D/A1/65/158 | MF517 |
ELES, William | Bucklebury | 1597 | D/A1/65/089 | MF516 | |
ELES, William | Ufton Robert, Ufton Nervet | 1665 | D/A1/66/5 | MF517 | |
ELETT, Humphrey | Inkpen | 1560 | D/A1/65/034 D/A1/6/069 | MF516 MF10043B | |
ELEY, Richard | Abingdon | Innholder | 1665 | D/A1/188/85 | MF96034 |
ELGAR , James Snr | East Garston | Yeoman | 1724 | D/A1/66/72 | MF517 |
ELGAR , James Snr | Kintbury | Yeoman | 1745 | D/A1/66/98 | MF517 |
ELGAR, Bartholomew | Speen Hill, Speen | 1559 | D/A1/65/025 D/A1/8/038 | MF516 MF10043C | |
ELGAR, Cicely | Kintbury | 1725 | D/A1/66/73 | MF517 | |
ELGAR, Elizabeth | Wormstall, Kintbury | 1673 | D/A1/188/94 | MF96034 | |
ELGAR, Helen | Speen | 1559 | D/A1/8/019 | MF10043C | |
ELGAR, James | Kintbury | Husbandman | 1764 | D/A1/189/73 | MF96035 |
ELGAR, James Snr | Elcot, Kintbury | Yeoman | 1709 | D/A1/189/39 | MF96035 |
ELGAR, John | Kintbury | Yeoman | 1577 | D/A1/65/060 D/A1/10/099 | MF516 MF10047A |
ELGAR, John | Elcot, Kintbury | 1648 | D/A1/188/068 | MF96034 | |
ELGAR, John | Elcot, Kintbury | Yeoman | 1675 | D/A1/188/96 | MF96034 |
ELGAR, John | Kintbury | Yeoman | 1733 | D/A1/66/87 | MF517 |
ELGAR, Margaret | Orpenham, Kintbury | 1594 | D/A1/65/083 D/A1/12/207 | MF516 MF10048 | |
ELGAR, Margaret | East Garston | 1739 | D/A1/66/94 | MF517 | |
ELGAR, Mary | Holt, Kintbury | 1699 | D/A1/189/31 | MF96035 | |
ELGAR, Maude | Elcot, Kintbury | 1630 | D/A1/65/142 | MF517 | |
ELGAR, Robert | Speen | Yeoman | 1558 | D/A1/65/027 D/A1/8/038 | MF516 MF10043C |
ELGAR, Robert | Speen | 1559 | D/A1/188/007 D/A1/167/105 | MF96033 MF96000 | |
ELGAR, Robert Snr | Clapton, Kintbury | Yeoman | 1664 | D/A1/66/3 | MF517 |
ELGAR, Thomas | Kintbury | 1734 | D/A1/66/88 | MF517 | |
ELGAR, Thomas | Shefford Woodlands, East Shefford | Yeoman | 1763 | D/A1/66/112 | MF517 |
ELGAR, William | West Shefford | 1548 | D/A1/2/177 | MF604 | |
ELGARE, Julian | Kintbury | 1567 | D/A1/65/045 D/A1/9/090 | MF516 MF10046 | |
ELGARE, Maude | West Shefford | 1557 | D/A1/233/096 | MF96132 | |
ELGARE, Maude | West Shefford | 1557 | D/A1/2/178 | MF604 |