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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LANE, Stephen | Whitley, Reading St Giles | 1558 | D/A1/91/036 D/A1/7/154 | MF533 MF10040 | |
LANE, Thomas | Winterbrook, Cholsey | Weaver | 1619 | D/A1/92/182 D/A1/15/889 | MF534 MF10065 |
LANE, Thomas | Stratfield Mortimer | Yeoman | 1667 | D/A1/202/131 | MF96065 |
LANE, Thomas | Shinfield | Yeoman | 1686 | D/A1/203/13 | MF96066 |
LANE, Thomas | Thames Side, Appleton | 1710 | D/A1/95/33 | MF568 | |
LANE, Thomas | Appleton | 1710 | D/A1/95/33 | MF568 | |
LANE, Thomas | Whitley, Reading St Giles | 1710 | D/A1/203/69 | MF96066 | |
LANE, Thomasine | Reading | 1662 | D/A1/202/124 | MF96065 | |
LANE, William | Littleworth, Faringdon | 1590 | D/A1/11/390 | MF10047B | |
LANE, William | Littleworth, Faringdon | 1591 | D/A1/92/079 | MF534 | |
LANE, William | Sulhamstead Abbots | Yeoman | 1640 | D/A1/16/584 | MF10066 |
LANE, William | Cumnor | 1681 | D/A1/94/93 | MF568 | |
LANE, William | Cumnor | Yeoman | 1708 | D/A1/203/66 | MF96066 |
LANE, William | Appleton | 1726 | D/A1/95/82 | MF568 | |
LANE, William | Reading | Tailor | 1842 | D/A1/157/19 | MF581 |
LANFORD, John | Childrey | Yeoman | 1588 | D/A1/92/066 D/A1/11/301 | MF534 MF10047B |
LANGBRIDG, John | Chaddleworth | Husbandman | 1600 | D/A1/92/125 D/A1/13/540 | MF534 MF10049 |
LANGBRYDGE, William | Chaddleworth | 1580 | D/A1/92/044 D/A1/10/256 | MF534 MF10047A | |
LANGDON, John | Speen | Sawyer | 1737 | D/A1/203/110 | MF96066 |
LANGEBRIGE, Alice | East Garston | 1544 | D/A1/201/115 | MF96062 | |
LANGEFIELD, Anthony | Appleton | Labourer | 1619 | D/A1/92/187 D/A1/15/885 | MF534 MF10065 |
LANGFIELD, William | Wantage | Currier | 1852 | D/A1/229/92 | MF96126 |
LANGFORD, Bridget | Stanford In The Vale | 1635 | D/A1/93/072 | MF534 | |
LANGFORD, Elizabeth | Childrey | 1597 | D/A1/202/003 | MF96064 | |
LANGFORD, Elizabeth | Brightwell | 1728 | D/A1/203/105 | MF96066 | |
LANGFORD, Hannah | Shefford Woodlands, East Shefford | 1664 | D/A1/94/26 | MF568 | |
LANGFORD, Henry | West Shefford | 1644 | D/A1/94/28 | MF568 | |
LANGFORD, James | Wallingford | 1742 | D/A1/203/124 | MF96066 | |
LANGFORD, James | Drayton | 1833 | D/A1/229/77 | MF96126 | |
LANGFORD, John | Sotwell | Yeoman | 1744 | D/A1/203/126 | MF96066 |
LANGFORD, John | Stanford Dingley | Butcher | 1842 | D/A1/157/16 | MF581 |
LANGFORD, Martha | Culham, Oxfordshire | 1838 | D/A1/157/9 | MF581 | |
LANGFORD, Nicholas | Wallingford | 1778 | D/A1/203/148 | MF96066 | |
LANGFORD, Nicholas | Wallingford | 1778 | D/A1/203/112 | MF96066 | |
LANGFORD, Nicholas | Aston Upthorpe, Blewbury | 1833 | D/A1/229/76 | MF96126 | |
LANGFORD, Richard | Stratfield Mortimer | 1805 | D/A1/229/51 | MF96126 | |
LANGFORD, Richard | Reading St Mary | Painter, Plumber And Glazier | 1820 | D/A1/156/63 | MF581 |
LANGFORD, Thomas | Stanford In The Vale | Yeoman | 1625 | D/A1/93/016 | MF534 |
LANGHAM, Diana | Longworth | 1837 | D/A1/157/8 | MF581 | |
LANGHAM, Dorothy | Ardington | 1671 | D/A1/202/141 | MF96065 | |
LANGHAM, John | Longworth | Cordwainer | 1672 | D/A1/94/59 | MF568 |
LANGHAM, John | Longworth | 1699 | D/A1/94/130 | MF568 | |
LANGHAM, Robert | Kingston Bagpuize | 1831 | D/A1/156/81 | MF581 | |
LANGHEST, Thomas | Reading St Laurence | Cooper | 1542 | D/A1/201/114 | MF96062 |
LANGHORNE, William | Aldermaston | Vicar | 1523 | D/A1/1/065 | MF10041 |
LANGLAY, Thomas | East Hendred | 1766 | D/A1/95/184 | MF569 | |
LANGLEY, Henry | Cumnor | Yeoman | 1582 | D/A1/92/050 D/A1/10/295 | MF534 MF10047A |
LANGLEY, Henry | Whitley, Cumnor | Husbandman | 1619 | D/A1/202/053 | MF96064 |
LANGLEY, Henry | Tubney | D.D. | 1679 | D/A1/94/87 | MF568 |
LANGLEY, Hugh | Shinfield | 1586 | D/A1/201/175 | MF96063 | |
LANGLEY, Hugh | Shinfield | 1586 | D/A1/11/047 | MF10047B | |
LANGLEY, James | Sutton Courtenay | Labourer | 1805 | D/A1/156/33 | MF581 |
LANGLEY, Joan | Abingdon St Helen | 1560 | D/A1/91/055 D/A1/6/082 | MF533 MF10043B | |
LANGLEY, John | Abingdon | Mercer | 1557 | D/A1/201/132 | MF96062 |
LANGLEY, John | West Hendred | 1785 | D/A1/95/221 | MF569 | |
LANGLEY, Margaret | Hill End, Cumnor | 1593 | D/A1/92/085 D/A1/12/130 | MF534 MF10048 | |
LANGLEY, Martin | Cumnor | 1562 | D/A1/201/147 D/A1/167/117 | MF96062 MF96000 | |
LANGLEY, Mary | Kingston Lisle, Sparsholt | 1666 | D/A1/94/34 | MF568 | |
LANGLEY, Mary | Stanford In The Vale | 1737 | D/A1/95/128 | MF569 | |
LANGLEY, Ralph | Whitley, Cumnor | 1604 | D/A1/202/013 D/A1/14/175 | MF96064 MF10064 | |
LANGLEY, Ralph | Eaton, Appleton | Husbandman | 1618 | D/A1/202/049 D/A1/168/156 | MF96064 MF96001 |
LANGLEY, Thomas | Abingdon | 1632 | D/A1/16/294 D/A1/93/064 | MF10066 MF534 | |
LANGLEY, Thomas | Kingston Lisle, Sparsholt | Yeoman | 1663 | D/A1/94/24 | MF568 |
LANGLEY, Thomas | Stanford In The Vale | Watchmaker | 1733 | D/A1/95/122 | MF569 |
LANGLEY, Thomas | Reading | Whitesmith | 1753 | D/A1/95/166 | MF569 |
LANGLEY, William | White Waltham | Labourer | 1638 | D/A1/93/092 | MF534 |
LANGLY, James | East Hendred | Shepherd , Yeoman | 1679 | D/A1/94/85 | MF568 |
LANGLY, Thomas | Stanford In The Vale | Mercer | 1685 | D/A1/203/12 | MF96066 |
LANGLYE, Henry | Little Wittenham | 1661 | D/A1/94/11 | MF568 | |
LANGLYE, Martin | Cumnor | 1612 | D/A1/92/169 D/A1/15/273 | MF534 MF10065 | |
LANGTON , Walter Snr | Cookham | Yeoman | 1710 | D/A1/95/31 | MF568 |
LANGTON, John | Maidenhead, Cookham | Brewer | 1643 | D/A1/202/103 | MF96065 |
LANGTON, Katherine | Stainswick, Shrivenham | 1681 | D/A1/94/92 | MF568 | |
LANGTON, Walter Snr | Spencers Farm, Cookham | Yeoman | 1710 | D/A1/95/31 | MF568 |
LANGTON, William | Stainswick, Shrivenham | 1669 | D/A1/94/44 | MF568 | |
LANKEFILD, Richard | Abingdon | White Baker | 1665 | D/A1/202/127 | MF96065 |
LANKSKER, John | Buckland | 1565 | D/A1/167/126 | MF96000 | |
LANNE, Richard Snr | Reading St Giles | Broad Weaver | 1644 | D/A1/93/124 | MF568 |
LANSKER, John | Buckland | 1565 | D/A1/201/152 | MF96063 | |
LANTOREN, William | Newbury | 1755 | D/A1/95/171 | MF569 | |
LAPWORTH, Robert | Abingdon | 1631 | D/A1/202/080 | MF96065 | |
LAPWORTH, Robert | Abingdon St Helen | 1631 | D/A1/168/215 | MF96001 | |
LAPWORTH, Thomas | Oxford St. Aldates, Oxfordshire | Yeoman | 1677 | D/A1/94/82 | MF568 |
LARANCE, John | Bucklebury | Sawyer | 1652 | D/A1/93/133 | MF568 |
LARANCE, Thomas | Pusey | Husbandman | 1625 | D/A1/93/021 | MF534 |
LARCKHAM, Christian | Ufton Nervet | 1596 | D/A1/202/001/1 D/A1/12/401 | MF96064 MF10048 | |
LARCOMBE, Roger | Ufton Nervet | Husbandman | 1616 | D/A1/92/181 D/A1/15/629 | MF534 MF10065 |
LARCUM, Mary | Wallingford St Mary | 1676 | D/A1/94/73 | MF568 | |
LARGE, Christopher | Abingdon St Nicholas | 1578 | D/A1/201/164 | MF96063 | |
LARGE, Richard | Abingdon | 1558 | D/A1/201/136 | MF96062 | |
LARGE, Richard | Abingdon | 1558 | D/A1/167/101 | MF96000 | |
LARGE, Richard | Abingdon | 1565 | D/A1/167/127 | MF96000 | |
LARKCOM, John | Compton | Yeoman | 1739 | D/A1/95/133 | MF569 |
LARKCOM, John | Cholsey | 1857 | D/A1/157/57 | MF581 | |
LARKHURST, John | Shellingford | Doctor Of Divinity | 1639 | D/A1/16/529 | MF10066 |
LARKING, Francis | Waltham St. Lawrence | Husbandman | 1692 | D/A1/203/38 | MF96066 |
LARMAR, Edward | Bromhall, Sunninghill | 1595 | D/A1/92/099 D/A1/12/249 | MF534 MF10048 | |
LARNER, Elizabeth | Speen | 1843 | D/A1/229/84 | MF96126 | |
LARRANCE, George | Bourton, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1781 | D/A1/95/212 | MF569 |
LARRANCE, William | Lambourn, Formerly Of Leverton, Chilton Foliat | 1690 | D/A1/203/31 | MF96066 |