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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMTON , Richard Snr | Ufton Nervet | Yeoman | 1715 | D/A1/83/185 | MF529 |
| HAMYS, John | East Hendred | 1608 | D/A1/195/027 | MF96048 | |
| HAMYS, John | East Hendred | 1608 | D/A1/168/036 | MF96001 | |
| HANCKS, Bartholomew | Abingdon | Currier | 1611 | D/A1/195/040 D/A1/168/072 | MF96048 MF96001 |
| HANCOCK , William Snr | Speenhamland, Speen | Barber, Peruke Moker | 1758 | D/A1/85/10 | MF530 |
| HANCOCK, Charles | Reading St Giles | Husbandman | 1709 | D/A1/198/55 | MF96054 |
| HANCOCK, Elianor | Reading | 1713 | D/A1/198/78 | MF96054 | |
| HANCOCK, George | London | 1841 | D/A1/228/133 | MF96125 | |
| HANCOCK, John | Eastbury, Lambourn | Cordwainer | 1764 | D/A1/85/40 | MF530 |
| HANCOCK, Margaret | Reading | 1683 | D/A1/197/71 | MF96052 | |
| HANCOCK, Martha | Binfield | 1687 | D/A1/197/105 | MF96053 | |
| HANCOCK, Thomas | Newbury | Shepherd | 1574 | D/A1/193/226 | MF96045 |
| HANCOCK, Thomas | Shinfield | Husbandman | 1629 | D/A1/195/120 | MF96049 |
| HANCOCK, Thomas | Isbury, Lambourn | 1713 | D/A1/83/168 | MF528 | |
| HANCOCK, William | London | 1841 | D/A1/228/134 | MF96125 | |
| HANCOCKE, Edward | Easthampstead | Yeoman | 1639 | D/A1/79/155 | MF526 |
| HANCOCKE, John | Newbury | Broad Weaver | 1648 | D/A1/80/043 | MF526 |
| HAND, Jeremiah | Aldworth | 1671 | D/A1/81/25 | MF527 | |
| HANDE, William | Reading | 1557 | D/A1/75/069 | MF523 | |
| HANDE, William | Reading St Giles | 1557 | D/A1/6/112 | MF10043B | |
| HANDS , William Snr | Moulsford | Yeoman | 1772 | D/A1/85/77 | MF530 |
| HANDS, Charlotte | Moulsford | 1802 | D/A1/228/67 | MF96125 | |
| HANDS, Jeremiah | Moulsford | Yeoman | 1760 | D/A1/85/16 | MF530 |
| HANDS, John | Moulsford | Yeoman | 1775 | D/A1/85/98 | MF530 |
| HANDS, Mary | Moulsford | 1794 | D/A1/85/153 | MF530 | |
| HANE, John | Sparsholt | 1545 | D/A1/75/014 | MF523 | |
| HANINGTON, George | Reading | Shopkeeper | 1839 | D/A1/228/126 | MF96125 |
| HANINGTON, John | Finchampstead | Yeoman | 1661 | D/A1/80/90 | MF527 |
| HANINGTON, William | Thatcham | 1681 | D/A1/197/59 | MF96052 | |
| HANKIN, David | Reading | 1791 | D/A1/198/294 | MF96055 | |
| HANKIN, Thomas | Aldermaston | 1824 | D/A1/153/90 | MF560 | |
| HANKINS, Simon | Englefield | Butcher | 1682 | D/A1/197/65 | MF96052 |
| HANKINSON, Edward | Warfield | 1604 | D/A1/195/007 D/A1/14/176 | MF96048 MF10064 | |
| HANKS, Stephen | Reading | Stay Maker | 1738 | D/A1/84/154 | MF529 |
| HANKS, Stephen | Abingdon | 1818 | D/A1/228/93 | MF96125 | |
| HANKS, Tomson | Stanford In The Vale | 1700 | D/A1/197/184 | MF96053 | |
| HANKYNS, Henry | Long Wittenham | 1535 | D/A1/1/250 | MF10042 | |
| HANNEY, James | 1560 | D/A1/193/197 | MF96045 | ||
| HANNINGTON , Thomas Snr | Ashampstead | Cooper | 1760 | D/A1/85/18 | MF530 |
| HANNINGTON, Richard | Newbury | Fellmonger | 1809 | D/A1/153/35 | MF560 |
| HANNINGTON, Robert | Finchampstead | Yeoman | 1642 | D/A1/80/008 | MF526 |
| HANNIWELL, Edward | Sutton Courtenay | Labourer | 1726 | D/A1/84/58 | MF529 |
| HANNS, Mary | Moulsford | 1677 | D/A1/81/90 | MF527 | |
| HANSAKER, Charles | Chipping Lambourn, Lambourn | 1668 | D/A1/80/170 | MF527 | |
| HANSAKER, Charles Snr | Chipping Lambourn, Lambourn | 1662 | D/A1/80/101 | MF527 | |
| HANSAKER, Thomas | Lambourn | 1635 | D/A1/79/095 D/A1/196/036 | MF526 MF96050 | |
| HANSCOME, Robert | Purley | Yeoman | 1675 | D/A1/81/78 | MF527 |
| HANSLEY, Thomas | Fyfield | Yeoman | 1757 | D/A1/85/7 | MF530 |
| HANSLOW, William | Fyfield | Farmer | 1838 | D/A1/154/25 | MF580 |
| HANSON, Edward | Bradfield | Yeoman | 1818 | D/A1/153/56 | MF560 |
| HANSON, John | Abingdon | 1668 | D/A1/80/172 | MF527 | |
| HANSON, John | East Hendred | Weaver | 1719 | D/A1/84/5 | MF529 |
| HANSON, John | Thatcham | 1824 | D/A1/228/103 | MF96125 | |
| HANSON, Richard | Binfield | 1583 | D/A1/194/024 | MF96046 | |
| HANSON, Richard | Binfield | 1583 | D/A1/10/416 | MF10047A | |
| HANSON, Richard | Warfield | Tailor | 1676 | D/A1/81/84 | MF527 |
| HANSON, Richard | Reading | Haberdasher | 1841 | D/A1/154/48 | MF580 |
| HANWELL, Edmund | Cumnor | Wheelwright | 1619 | D/A1/195/081 | MF96049 |
| HANWELL, Edmund | Cumnor | 1619 | D/A1/168/163 | MF96001 | |
| HANWELL, Rachel | South Hinksey | 1733 | D/A1/84/117 | MF529 | |
| HANWELL, Thomas | South Hinksey | Yeoman | 1713 | D/A1/198/75 | MF96054 |
| HARBAD, Thomas | Draycott Moor, Longworth | Husbandman | 1621 | D/A1/78/134 | MF525 |
| HARBAR, Thomas | Faringdon | 1557 | D/A1/76/034 | MF524 | |
| HARBARD, Christian | Bucklebury | 1559 | D/A1/76/049 D/A1/8/161 | MF524 MF10043C | |
| HARBARD, Elizabeth | Courage, Chieveley | 1572 | D/A1/76/145 D/A1/9/317 | MF524 MF10046 | |
| HARBARD, Henry | Thatcham | 1542 | D/A1/1/216 | MF10042 | |
| HARBARD, Margaret | Weyfould [Wyfield], Boxford | 1613 | D/A1/78/035 D/A1/15/396 | MF525 MF10065 | |
| HARBARD, Ralph | Boxford | 1601 | D/A1/13/599 | MF10049 | |
| HARBARD, Richard | Chawley, Cumnor | 1579 | D/A1/10/187 | MF10047A | |
| HARBARDE, John | Bucklebury | 1571 | D/A1/76/139 D/A1/9/297 | MF524 MF10046 | |
| HARBART , William | Frilsham | 1557 | D/A1/75/070 | MF523 | |
| HARBART, John | Oare, Chieveley | Husbandman | 1563 | D/A1/8/259 | MF10043C |
| HARBART, John | Newbury | Weaver | 1571 | D/A1/6/079 D/A1/76/132 D/A1/9/303 | MF10043B MF524 MF10046 |
| HARBART, Margaret | Curridge, Chieveley | 1704 | D/A1/83/101 | MF528 | |
| HARBART, Walter | Stanford In The Vale | Yeoman | 1718 | D/A1/83/206 | MF529 |
| HARBART, William | Frilsham | Husbandman | 1557 | D/A1/6/117 | MF10043B |
| HARBARTE, Robert | Bucklebury | 1554 | D/A1/75/046 D/A1/7/058 | MF523 MF10040 | |
| HARBED, Richard | Thatcham | 1588 | D/A1/194/048 | MF96046 | |
| HARBER, Simon | Draycott Moor, Longworth | 1697 | D/A1/83/38 | MF528 | |
| HARBER, Thomas Snr | Waltham St. Lawrence | Yeoman | 1689 | D/A1/197/119 | MF96053 |
| HARBERD, John | 1571 | D/A1/193/212/1 | MF96045 | ||
| HARBERD, Mary | Curridge, Chieveley | 1661 | D/A1/80/86 | MF527 | |
| HARBERD, Susan | Curridge, Chieveley | 1691 | D/A1/83/3 | MF528 | |
| HARBERD, Thomas | Bucklebury | Yeoman | 1630 | D/A1/79/039 | MF526 |
| HARBERD, William Snr | Kingston Bagpuize | Yeoman | 1685 | D/A1/82/48 | MF528 |
| HARBERT (ALIAS SPENCER), Frances | Ufton Nervet | 1736 | D/A1/216/135 | MF96101 | |
| HARBERT, Ann | Stanford In The Vale | 1688 | D/A1/197/113 | MF96053 | |
| HARBERT, Ann | Ufton Nervet | 1787 | D/A1/198/288 | MF96055 | |
| HARBERT, Bridget | Wallingford Castle, Wallingford | 1669 | D/A1/81/11 | MF527 | |
| HARBERT, Edward | Curridge, Chieveley | Husbandman | 1633 | D/A1/196/019 | MF96050 |
| HARBERT, Edward | Chieveley | Farmer | 1633 | D/A1/168/248 | MF96001 |
| HARBERT, Elizabeth | Courage, Chieveley | 1630 | D/A1/79/040 | MF526 | |
| HARBERT, Elizabeth | Winterbourne, Chieveley | 1740 | D/A1/84/178 | MF529 | |
| HARBERT, Elizabeth | Winterbourne, Chieveley | 1768 | D/A1/85/60 | MF530 | |
| HARBERT, Henry | Southmoor, Longworth | Yeoman | 1682 | D/A1/82/17 | MF528 |
| HARBERT, Henry | Longworth | Yeoman | 1733 | D/A1/84/115 | MF529 |
| HARBERT, James Ward | East Garston | Yeoman | 1790 | D/A1/85/146 | MF530 |
| HARBERT, Jane | Longworth | 1722 | D/A1/84/28 | MF529 | |
| HARBERT, Joan | Bucklebury | 1663 | D/A1/196/123 | MF96051 | |
| HARBERT, Joan | Shellingford | 1701 | D/A1/198/10 | MF96054 |