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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THIRKELL, John | New Windsor, Windsor | Saddler | 1624 | D/A1/127/068 | MF547 |
THIRKITTLE, Mary | New Windsor, Windsor | 1629 | D/A1/217/133 | MF96104 | |
THOMAS , Augustine | Reading | Baker | 1675 | D/A1/218/36 | MF96106 |
THOMAS , John | Reading St Giles | Gardener | 1693 | D/A1/129/12 | MF548 |
THOMAS , Morgan | Reading | Harper | 1701 | D/A1/129/42 | MF548 |
THOMAS , Nicholas | Milton | Yeoman | 1688 | D/A1/128/158 | MF548 |
THOMAS , William | Reading | Baker | 1679 | D/A1/128/120 | MF548 |
THOMAS , William | Abingdon | Barber | 1707 | D/A1/218/124 | MF96107 |
THOMAS, Agnes | Letcombe Regis | 1620 | D/A1/127/052 | MF547 | |
THOMAS, Alexander | Letcombe Regis | Yeoman | 1609 | D/A1/127/003 D/A1/14/583 | MF547 MF10064 |
THOMAS, Christopher | Letcombe Regis | Yeoman | 1632 | D/A1/86/167 | MF531 |
THOMAS, Daniel | Newbury | Victualler | 1830 | D/A1/232/15 | MF96131 |
THOMAS, Edward | Hinton Waldrist | 1575 | D/A1/126/104 D/A1/10/014 | MF546 MF10047A | |
THOMAS, Edward | East Garston | 1821 | D/A1/232/10 | MF96131 | |
THOMAS, Elizabeth | Longworth | 1602 | D/A1/126/218 D/A1/13/910 | MF546 MF10049 | |
THOMAS, Elizabeth | Reading | 1739 | D/A1/130/76 | MF549 | |
THOMAS, Elizabeth | Aston Tirrold | 1816 | D/A1/232/9 | MF96131 | |
THOMAS, Frances | Whitley, Reading St Giles | 1639 | D/A1/217/157 D/A1/169/096 | MF96105 MF96002 | |
THOMAS, Griffith | Reading St Giles | Blacksmith | 1600 | D/A1/126/205 D/A1/13/523 | MF546 MF10049 |
THOMAS, Hannah | Peasemore | 1813 | D/A1/163/81 | MF584 | |
THOMAS, John | Hinton Waldrist | Husbandman | 1550 | D/A1/126/016 D/A1/5/116 | MF546 MF10043A |
THOMAS, John | Whitley, Reading St Giles | Husbandman | 1587 | D/A1/126/151 D/A1/11/140 | MF546 MF10047B |
THOMAS, John | Hinton Waldrist | Husbandman | 1598 | D/A1/126/196 D/A1/13/314 | MF546 MF10049 |
THOMAS, John | Whitley, Reading St Giles | Husbandman | 1606 | D/A1/126/238 D/A1/15/065 | MF546 MF10065 |
THOMAS, John | Harwell | Carpenter | 1730 | D/A1/219/19 | MF96108 |
THOMAS, John | Harwell | Carpenter | 1780 | D/A1/130/172 | MF549 |
THOMAS, Julian | Hinton Waldrist | 1595 | D/A1/126/181 D/A1/12/305 | MF546 MF10048 | |
THOMAS, Martha | Reading St Laurence | 1722 | D/A1/218/151 | MF96107 | |
THOMAS, Martha | Harwell | 1825 | D/A1/163/98 | MF584 | |
THOMAS, Nathan | Harwell | Miller, Farmer And Baker | 1854 | D/A1/164/36 | MF584 |
THOMAS, Richard | Winkfield | Yeoman | 1562 | D/A1/2/270 D/A1/7/358 | MF604 MF10040 |
THOMAS, Susannah | East Garston | 1714 | D/A1/218/134 | MF96107 | |
THOMAS, William | Wargrave | 1788 | D/A1/219/69 | MF96108 | |
THOMAS, William Snr | Whitley, Reading St Giles | Yeoman | 1636 | D/A1/127/119 | MF547 |
THOMES, Anne | Reading | 1698 | D/A1/129/30 | MF548 | |
THOMMAS, William | Whitley, Reading St Giles | Yeoman | 1670 | D/A1/128/76 | MF547 |
THOMPSON, Helen | White Waltham | 1672 | D/A1/222/115 | MF96115 | |
THOMPSON, Syndeney | Abingdon | 1631 | D/A1/16/348 | MF10066 | |
THOMPSON, Thomas | Baulking, Uffington | Yeoman | 1673 | D/A1/128/96 | MF548 |
THOMPSON, William | White Waltham | Husbandman | 1593 | D/A1/126/169 D/A1/12/125 | MF546 MF10048 |
THOMSON, Bryan | Aldermaston | 1567 | D/A1/126/077 D/A1/9/081 | MF546 MF10046 | |
THOMSON, Joan | Hurley | 1574 | D/A1/126/097 D/A1/9/428 | MF546 MF10046 | |
THOMSON, Katherine | White Waltham | 1691 | D/A1/218/86 | MF96107 | |
THOMSON, Ralph | Warfield | Yeoman | 1665 | D/A1/128/55 | MF547 |
THOMSON, William | Wargrave | 1559 | D/A1/8/023 D/A1/126/045 | MF10043C MF546 | |
THOMSONN, Thomas | Hurley | Husbandman | 1617 | D/A1/127/039 D/A1/15/687 | MF547 MF10065 |
THORBRAN, John | Speenhamland, Speen | Mercer | 1713 | D/A1/129/86 | MF548 |
THORMAR, Robert | Waltham St Lawrence | 1554 | D/A1/126/027 D/A1/7/032 | MF546 MF10040 | |
THORN, Robert | Bisham | Husbandman | 1677 | D/A1/218/45 | MF96106 |
THORNBURY, Mary | Clewer | 1614 | D/A1/127/023 D/A1/15/420 | MF547 MF10065 | |
THORNE , Alice | Reading | 1612 | D/A1/127/018 D/A1/15/277 | MF547 MF10065 | |
THORNE, Alice | Reading St Mary | 1670 | D/A1/218/25 | MF96106 | |
THORNE, Elizabeth | Bisham | 1713 | D/A1/129/87 | MF548 | |
THORNE, Elizabeth | Reading | 1738 | D/A1/130/67 | MF549 | |
THORNE, John | Idstone, Ashbury | Shepherd | 1627 | D/A1/127/076 D/A1/127/074 | MF547 MF547 |
THORNE, John Jnr | Reading St Laurence | Salesman | 1701 | D/A1/218/110 | MF96107 |
THORNE, Martha | Reading | 1742 | D/A1/130/92 | MF549 | |
THORNE, Mary | Reading | 1721 | D/A1/130/5 | MF549 | |
THORNE, Richard | Swallowfield | Husbandman | 1639 | D/A1/217/156 | MF96105 |
THORNE, Richard | Swallowfield | Husbandman | 1639 | D/A1/169/096 | MF96002 |
THORNE, Samuel | Reading St Giles | 1774 | D/A1/219/58 | MF96108 | |
THORNE, William | Aldermaston | Shoemaker | 1579 | D/A1/217/043 D/A1/10/161 | MF96103 MF10047A |
THORNE, William | Aldermaston | Shoemaker | 1618 | D/A1/127/044 D/A1/15/902 | MF547 MF10065 |
THORNE, William | Reading St Giles | Tanner | 1704 | D/A1/129/54 | MF548 |
THORNE, William Snr | New Windsor, Windsor | Bricklayer | 1631 | D/A1/217/139 D/A1/168/214 | MF96104 MF96001 |
THORNEBERY, Joan | Binfield | 1627 | D/A1/127/082 | MF547 | |
THORNEBROW, Joane | Speen | 1727 | D/A1/219/7 | MF96108 | |
THORNEBURIE, John | Binfield | Yeoman | 1606 | D/A1/126/235 D/A1/14/197 | MF546 MF10064 |
THORNEBURY, Joan | Binfield | 1672 | D/A1/128/95 | MF548 | |
THORNETON, John | Abingdon | Pipemaker | 1684 | D/A1/218/64 | MF96107 |
THORNETON, Mary | Abingdon | 1679 | D/A1/128/119 | MF548 | |
THORNTON, William | Stratfield Mortimer | Butler | 1844 | D/A1/232/31 | MF96131 |
THOROUGHGOOD, Mary | Abingdon | 1840 | D/A1/164/14 | MF584 | |
THOROWGOOD, Elizabeth | Billingbear, Waltham St. Lawrence | Dame | 1669 | D/A1/128/73 | MF547 |
THORPE, Dorothy | Basildon | 1680 | D/A1/128/122 | MF548 | |
THORPE, Jane | Stanford In The Vale | 1637 | D/A1/169/096 | MF96002 | |
THORPE, Robert | Stanford In The Vale | 1637 | D/A1/217/150 | MF96105 | |
THORPE, Stephen | 1542 | D/A1/217/004 | MF96103 | ||
THORPE, William | New Windsor, Windsor | 1545 | D/A1/217/008 | MF96103 | |
THREILL, James | Wasing | 1576 | D/A1/126/107 D/A1/10/035 | MF546 MF10047A | |
THRIELL, William | Wasing | Weaver | 1576 | D/A1/126/106 D/A1/10/031 | MF546 MF10047A |
THRIFT, Richard | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1592 | D/A1/217/060 | MF96104 |
THRIFTE, Nicholas | Lambourn | 1609 | D/A1/127/004 D/A1/14/610 | MF547 MF10064 | |
THRIFTE, Richard | Lambourn | 1592 | D/A1/12/070 | MF10048 | |
THRUP, James | Westcott, Sparsholt | Labourer | 1753 | D/A1/130/125 | MF549 |
THRUP, John | Sparsholt | 1608 | D/A1/168/031 | MF96001 | |
THRUP, John | Buckland | Wheelwright | 1693 | D/A1/218/95 | MF96107 |
THRUPE, John | Sparsholt | 1608 | D/A1/217/088 | MF96104 | |
THRUPP, William | Chieveley | 1768 | D/A1/219/51 | MF96108 | |
THUCKWELL, Richard | Appleford, Sutton Courtenay | Labourer | 1654 | D/A1/218/1 | MF96106 |
THUMWOOD, William | Cookham | Butcher | 1792 | D/A1/125/159 | MF546 |
THURMAN, Christopher | Burghfield | Husbandman | 1682 | D/A1/218/58 | MF96107 |
THURMER, John | Waltham St. Lawrence | Husbandman | 1702 | D/A1/129/49 | MF548 |
THURMER, Richard | Waltham St. Lawrence | Yeoman | 1662 | D/A1/128/43 | MF547 |
THURMER, Thomas Snr | Waltham St Lawrence | Bricklayer | 1612 | D/A1/127/016 D/A1/15/291 | MF547 MF10065 |
THURSTON, John | Reading St Mary | 1640 | D/A1/217/155 | MF96105 | |
THURSTON, John | Reading St Mary | 1640 | D/A1/169/096 | MF96002 | |
TIBBETS, Augustine | Sutton Courtenay | Butcher | 1669 | D/A1/218/23 | MF96106 |
TICKNER, John | Reading St Mary | Victualler | 1706 | D/A1/218/121 | MF96107 |
TICKNOLL, Henry | Binfield | Husbandman | 1554 | D/A1/126/025 D/A1/7/063 | MF546 MF10040 |