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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WARREN, Henry | West Hendred | Miller | 1594 | D/A1/220/162 | MF96111 |
| WARREN, Henry | West Hendred | 1594 | D/A1/12/390 | MF10048 | |
| WARREN, Henry | Chilton | Husbandman | 1715 | D/A1/139/192 | MF554 |
| WARREN, John | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1614 | D/A1/221/045 D/A1/168/109 | MF96112 MF96001 |
| WARREN, Marian | West Hendred | 1602 | D/A1/133/240 D/A1/13/813 | MF551 MF10049 | |
| WARREN, Vincent | Marcham | Clergyman | 1739 | D/A1/224/114 | MF96119 |
| WARREN, William | Lambourn | Chandler | 1740 | D/A1/140/179 | MF555 |
| WARREN, William Snr | Shrivenham | 1679 | D/A1/223/6 | MF96116 | |
| WARRENER, William | Maidenhead | 1725 | D/A1/224/48 | MF96119 | |
| WARRILOW, John | Sonning | Yeoman | 1842 | D/A1/165/108 | MF585 |
| WARRYNER, Edward | Bray | Shoemaker | 1633 | D/A1/221/132 D/A1/168/255 | MF96113 MF96001 |
| WARWICK, John | Harwell | Husbandman | 1665 | D/A1/222/75 | MF96115 |
| WARWICK, William | Reading St Laurence | 1786 | D/A1/224/204 | MF96120 | |
| WARYN, Thomas | Tidmarsh | 1544 | D/A1/132/012 D/A1/1/004 | MF550 MF10041 | |
| WASE, Audrey | Sotwell, Wallingford St Leonard | 1568 | D/A1/132/215 D/A1/9/121 | MF550 MF10046 | |
| WASE, Edward | South Moreton | Husbandman | 1663 | D/A1/222/64 | MF96114 |
| WASE, John | Kintbury | 1582 | D/A1/220/107 | MF96111 | |
| WASE, John | Kintbury | 1582 | D/A1/10/331 | MF10047A | |
| WASH, Brian | Aldermaston | 1609 | D/A1/221/023 | MF96112 | |
| WASSE, Henry | South Moreton | Yeoman | 1608 | D/A1/134/043 D/A1/14/433 | MF551 MF10064 |
| WASTBROCK, Thomas | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | Husbandman | 1559 | D/A1/132/090 D/A1/8/080 | MF550 MF10043C |
| WASTELL, Tamsin | Bray | 1601 | D/A1/133/250 | MF551 | |
| WASTELL, Thomas | Warfield | 1592 | D/A1/133/136 D/A1/11/358 | MF551 MF10047B | |
| WASTIE, John | West Hendred | 1605 | D/A1/221/001 | MF96112 | |
| WASTIE, John | West Hendred | 1605 | D/A1/168/001 | MF96001 | |
| WASTYE, William | West Hendred | 1546 | D/A1/3/243 | MF604 | |
| WATER, Harry | Abingdon St Helen | Clerk, Mercer | 1553 | D/A1/132/052 D/A1/7/014 | MF550 MF10040 |
| WATERER, Henry | Wallingford St Mary | Mercer | 1592 | D/A1/220/151 D/A1/12/071 | MF96111 MF10048 |
| WATERHOUSE, John | Buscot | 1641 | D/A1/136/095 | MF552 | |
| WATERHOUSE, Mary | Ashbury | 1663 | D/A1/137/101 | MF553 | |
| WATERHOUSE, Thomas | Buscot | Yeoman | 1711 | D/A1/223/194 | MF96118 |
| WATERHOUSE, Thomas | Buscot | Husbandman | 1728 | D/A1/224/68 | MF96119 |
| WATERHOUSE, Walter | Buscot | Husbandman | 1636 | D/A1/221/148 D/A1/169/102 | MF96113 MF96002 |
| WATERHOUSSE, Thomas | Idstone, Ashbury | Husbandman | 1554 | D/A1/132/057 D/A1/7/049 | MF550 MF10040 |
| WATERMAN (ALIAS WHITE), Mary | East Hendred | 1725 | D/A1/224/52 | MF96119 | |
| WATERMAN, Alice | Brimpton | 1540 | D/A1/1/282 | MF10042 | |
| WATERMAN, Annis | Kingston Bagpuize | 1629 | D/A1/135/088 | MF552 | |
| WATERMAN, Edmund | Harwell | Husbandman | 1669 | D/A1/137/162 | MF553 |
| WATERMAN, Edward | Harwell | 1686 | D/A1/223/50 | MF96117 | |
| WATERMAN, Edward | Thatcham | Victualler | 1791 | D/A1/142/126 | MF556 |
| WATERMAN, Ellen | Chilton | 1639 | D/A1/136/060 | MF552 | |
| WATERMAN, Joan | Aldermaston | 1626 | D/A1/135/050 | MF552 | |
| WATERMAN, John | Aldermaston | Husbandman | 1595 | D/A1/133/187 D/A1/12/311 | MF551 MF10048 |
| WATERMAN, John | Eastbury, Lambourn | Husbandman | 1624 | D/A1/135/030 | MF552 |
| WATERMAN, John | Newbury | Weaver | 1698 | D/A1/223/129 | MF96118 |
| WATERMAN, John | Holt, Kintbury | 1700 | D/A1/223/138 | MF96118 | |
| WATERMAN, Jonathan | West Hendred | Carrier | 1711 | D/A1/139/159 | MF554 |
| WATERMAN, Joseph | Thatcham | Yeoman | 1717 | D/A1/140/2 | MF555 |
| WATERMAN, Martha | Harwell | 1686 | D/A1/223/46 | MF96117 | |
| WATERMAN, Mary | Reading | 1711 | D/A1/139/157 | MF554 | |
| WATERMAN, Richard | Aldermaston | 1592 | D/A1/133/152 D/A1/12/051 | MF551 MF10048 | |
| WATERMAN, Richard | Kingston Bagpuize | Husbandman | 1626 | D/A1/221/100 | MF96113 |
| WATERMAN, Richard | Harwell | Husbandman | 1634 | D/A1/136/023 | MF552 |
| WATERMAN, Robert | Harwell | 1750 | D/A1/141/29 | MF555 | |
| WATERMAN, Thomas | Newbury | 1567 | D/A1/220/062 | MF96110 | |
| WATERMAN, William | Reading St Mary | 1629 | D/A1/135/090 | MF552 | |
| WATERMAN, William | Burghfield | Yeoman | 1630 | D/A1/135/100 | MF552 |
| WATERMAN, William | Letcombe Regis | Yeoman | 1687 | D/A1/138/124 | MF554 |
| WATERS, Anne | Charney Bassett, Longworth | 1670 | D/A1/137/178 | MF553 | |
| WATERS, Anne | Charney Bassett, Longworth | 1671 | D/A1/222/106 | MF96115 | |
| WATERS, John | Newbury | Innholder | 1568 | D/A1/132/219 D/A1/9/125 | MF550 MF10046 |
| WATERS, John | Speenhamland, Speen | Labourer | 1597 | D/A1/220/176 D/A1/13/189 | MF96111 MF10049 |
| WATERS, John | Goosey, Stanford In The Vale | Labourer | 1675 | D/A1/222/140 | MF96115 |
| WATERS, Richard | Newbury | Shoemaker | 1553 | D/A1/132/054 D/A1/7/017 | MF550 MF10040 |
| WATERS, Robert | West Hanney | Weaver | 1719 | D/A1/140/15 | MF555 |
| WATERS, Thomas | Finchampstead | 1624 | D/A1/135/018 | MF552 | |
| WATERS, William | Charney, Longworth | Husbandman | 1614 | D/A1/221/040 D/A1/221/041 D/A1/168/104 D/A1/168/107 | MF96112 MF96112 MF96001 MF96001 |
| WATERS, William | Maidenhead | Mercer | 1691 | D/A1/223/88 | MF96117 |
| WATERTON, John | Speenhamland, Speen | Innkeeper | 1558 | D/A1/132/106 D/A1/7/181 | MF550 MF10040 |
| WATERTON, John | Speenhamland, Speen | 1561 | D/A1/167/116 | MF96000 | |
| WATES, Isabel | Winkfield | 1558 | D/A1/132/107 D/A1/7/164 | MF550 MF10040 | |
| WATES, John | Shinfield | Carpenter | 1644 | D/A1/137/025 | MF553 |
| WATES, Walter | Chaddleworth | 1557 | D/A1/220/030 | MF96110 | |
| WATFORD, Alice | Aston Tirrold | 1614 | D/A1/221/047 D/A1/168/110 | MF96112 MF96001 | |
| WATFORD, Alice | Aston Tirrold | 1618 | D/A1/221/065 D/A1/168/156 | MF96112 MF96001 | |
| WATFORD, Henry | Aston Tirrold | 1666 | D/A1/137/137 | MF553 | |
| WATFORD, John | Aston Tirrold | Smith | 1614 | D/A1/221/049 | MF96112 |
| WATFORD, John | Aston Tirrold | 1614 | D/A1/168/112 | MF96001 | |
| WATIRMAN, Thomas | Newbury | 1567 | D/A1/167/134 | MF96000 | |
| WATKINS, Anne | Chieveley | 1627 | D/A1/135/063 | MF552 | |
| WATKINS, Benjamin | Wellhouse, Hampstead Norreys | Turner | 1760 | D/A1/141/87 | MF555 |
| WATKINS, Clement | New Windsor, Windsor | 1625 | D/A1/221/102 | MF96113 | |
| WATKINS, John | White Waltham | Bricklayer | 1694 | D/A1/139/11 | MF554 |
| WATKINS, John | Shinfield | 1821 | D/A1/232/73 | MF96131 | |
| WATKINS, Thomas | Abingdon | 1793 | D/A1/142/128 | MF556 | |
| WATKINS, William | Newbury | Butcher | 1600 | D/A1/220/188 D/A1/13/442 | MF96111 MF10049 |
| WATKINS, William | Wargrave | Yeoman | 1786 | D/A1/142/105 | MF556 |
| WATKINS, William | White Waltham | 1825 | D/A1/165/37 | MF584 | |
| WATKYNS, Edward | Childrey | 1530 | D/A1/1/131 | MF10042 | |
| WATLINGTON, Ann | Reading | 1644 | D/A1/137/023 | MF553 | |
| WATLINGTON, George | Reading St Laurence | Broad Weaver | 1632 | D/A1/221/126 D/A1/168/219 | MF96113 MF96001 |
| WATLINGTON, Gilbert | Warfield | 1610 | D/A1/134/057 D/A1/15/040 | MF551 MF10065 | |
| WATLINGTON, John | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1566 | D/A1/220/064 | MF96110 | |
| WATLINGTON, John | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1566 | D/A1/167/129 | MF96000 | |
| WATLINGTON, John | Reading St Laurence | Yeoman | 1618 | D/A1/134/158 D/A1/15/860 | MF551 MF10065 |
| WATLINGTON, Martha | Reading | 1686 | D/A1/138/118 | MF554 | |
| WATLINGTON, Mary | Reading St Mary | 1607 | D/A1/134/039 D/A1/14/330 | MF551 MF10064 | |
| WATLINGTON, Ralph | Warfield | Carpenter | 1564 | D/A1/132/187 D/A1/8/305 | MF550 MF10043C |
| WATLINGTON, Robert | 1560 | D/A1/167/112 | MF96000 | ||
| WATLINGTON, Robert | Reading | Draper | 1560 | D/A1/132/162 | MF550 |