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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIGOTT, Mary | Letcombe Regis | 1812 | D/A1/159/70 | MF582 | |
| PIGOTT, Ralph | West Challow, Letcombe Regis | 1662 | D/A1/107/32 | MF577 | |
| PIGOTT, Ralph | Marcham | 1705 | D/A1/108/138 | MF578 | |
| PIGOTT, Robert | Wargrave | 1572 | D/A1/167/150 | MF96000 | |
| PIGOTT, Robert | 1574 | D/A1/207/078 | MF96077 | ||
| PIGOTT, Roger | Bray | Yeoman | 1593 | D/A1/104/095/1 D/A1/104/097/2 D/A1/12/105 | MF575 MF575 MF10048 |
| PIGOTT, Sarah | Marcham | 1708 | D/A1/108/157 | MF578 | |
| PIGOTT, Sarah | East Hanney, West Hanney | 1839 | D/A1/160/37 | MF582 | |
| PIKE , Roger Snr | Buscot | Yeoman | 1762 | D/A1/109/217 | MF535 |
| PIKE , Roger Snr | Buscot | Farmer | 1818 | D/A1/159/86 | MF582 |
| PIKE, Andrew Snr | Thatcham | Cordwainer | 1676 | D/A1/107/138 | MF577 |
| PIKE, Edmund | Eastbury, Lambourn | Maltster | 1792 | D/A1/110/60 | MF535 |
| PIKE, Edmund | Buscot | 1789 | D/A1/210/118 | MF96086 | |
| PIKE, Elizabeth | Thatcham | 1676 | D/A1/209/32 | MF96082 | |
| PIKE, Elizabeth | Stanford In The Vale | 1794 | D/A1/110/65 | MF535 | |
| PIKE, James | Coleshill | Yeoman | 1714 | D/A1/108/194 | MF578 |
| PIKE, James | Sparsholt | Cordwainer | 1806 | D/A1/159/58 | MF582 |
| PIKE, Jane | Enborne | 1745 | D/A1/210/69 | MF96086 | |
| PIKE, Mary | Coleshill | 1719 | D/A1/109/9 | MF578 | |
| PIKE, Mary | Lyford, West Hanney | 1812 | D/A1/159/69 | MF582 | |
| PIKE, Peter | Childrey | Labourer | 1825 | D/A1/160/4 | MF582 |
| PIKE, Richard | Enborne | Maltster | 1733 | D/A1/109/99 | MF578 |
| PIKE, Robert | Eaton Hastings | Yeoman | 1676 | D/A1/107/145 | MF577 |
| PIKE, Sarah | Sparsholt | 1749 | D/A1/109/179 | MF535 | |
| PIKE, Stephen | Eaton, Appleton | Yeoman | 1704 | D/A1/108/135 | MF578 |
| PIKE, Stephen | Lyford, West Hanney | Yeoman | 1764 | D/A1/109/225 | MF535 |
| PIKE, Stephen | Frilford, Marcham | 1799 | D/A1/210/130 | MF96086 | |
| PIKE, Stephen | Lyford, West Hanney | Shopkeeper | 1848 | D/A1/160/78 | MF582 |
| PIKE, William | Enborne | Yeoman | 1674 | D/A1/107/121 | MF577 |
| PIKE, William | Fawler, Sparsholt | Carpenter | 1709 | D/A1/108/168 | MF578 |
| PIKE, William | Fawler, Sparsholt | Yeoman | 1794 | D/A1/110/64 | MF535 |
| PIKE, William | Uffington | 1838 | D/A1/160/35 | MF582 | |
| PIKEMAN, William | Beech Hill, Stratfield Saye, Hampshire | 1585 | D/A1/104/049 D/A1/11/024 | MF575 MF10047B | |
| PILDRIM , John Snr | Brimpton | Yeoman | 1682 | D/A1/108/11 | MF577 |
| PILDRIM, Richard | Tilehurst | 1575 | D/A1/207/074 | MF96077 | |
| PILGRIM, Grace | Reading | 1803 | D/A1/159/47 | MF582 | |
| PILGRIM, John | Crookham, Thatcham | Husbandman | 1629 | D/A1/208/051 | MF96080 |
| PILGRIM, John | Brimpton | Yeoman | 1689 | D/A1/209/84 | MF96083 |
| PILGRIM, Nathaniel | Reading | Brick Maker | 1772 | D/A1/110/10 | MF535 |
| PILGRIM, Nathaniel | Reading | Yeoman | 1810 | D/A1/230/81 | MF96127 |
| PILGRIM, Reynold | Sulhamstead Abbots | Husbandman | 1679 | D/A1/209/38 | MF96082 |
| PILGRIM, Thomas | Burghfield | Husbandman | 1698 | D/A1/209/118 | MF96083 |
| PILGRIM, Thomas | Bradfield | Yeoman | 1768 | D/A1/110/1 | MF535 |
| PILGRIM, William | Tilehurst | Yeoman | 1639 | D/A1/106/080 | MF576 |
| PILGRIM, William | Tilehurst | Yeoman | 1724 | D/A1/210/3 | MF96085 |
| PILKINGTON, Anne | Hampstead Norreys | 1634 | D/A1/106/040 | MF576 | |
| PINCHIN, Anthony | Watchfield, Shrivenham | Labourer | 1573 | D/A1/207/072 | MF96077 |
| PINCK, Henry | Hagbourne | Husbandman | 1644 | D/A1/208/108 | MF96080 |
| PINCK, Henry | Oakfield, Stratfield Mortimer | Blacksmith | 1668 | D/A1/208/173 | MF96081 |
| PINCK, Robert | University, Oxford, Oxfordshire | Doctor Of Divinity | 1647 | D/A1/16/662 | MF10066 |
| PINCKNEY, Thomas | Wallingford St Mary | Clerk, Minister | 1670 | D/A1/209/6 | MF96083 |
| PINELL, Edward | Reading St Laurence | Weaver | 1704 | D/A1/209/144 | MF96083 |
| PINELL, Jane | Bourton, Shrivenham | 1706 | D/A1/108/144 | MF578 | |
| PINELL, Joan | Sunningwell | 1684 | D/A1/108/26 | MF577 | |
| PINELL, John | Bourton, Shrivenham | Blacksmith | 1748 | D/A1/109/175 | MF535 |
| PINFALL, Richard | Wasing | 1605 | D/A1/207/145 D/A1/14/181 | MF96078 MF10064 | |
| PINFALL, Richard | Newbury | Ware Burner | 1624 | D/A1/208/032 | MF96079 |
| PINFAULD, William | Longcot, Shrivenham | Cordwainer | 1700 | D/A1/209/126 | MF96083 |
| PINFOLD , William Snr | Chieveley | Yeoman | 1780 | D/A1/110/38 | MF535 |
| PINFOLD, Joseph | Wallingford | Millwright | 1830 | D/A1/160/19 | MF582 |
| PINFOLD, Mary | Chieveley | 1784 | D/A1/110/48 | MF535 | |
| PINK, Agnes | Swallowfield | 1569 | D/A1/103/200 D/A1/9/168 | MF575 MF10046 | |
| PINK, Elizabeth | Abingdon | 1737 | D/A1/109/125 | MF578 | |
| PINK, John | Bucklebury | Labourer | 1726 | D/A1/210/10 | MF96085 |
| PINKE, Edward | Abingdon St Helen | Yeoman | 1723 | D/A1/109/34 | MF578 |
| PINKE, Ingram | Swallowfield | 1567 | D/A1/103/192 D/A1/9/096 | MF573 MF10046 | |
| PINKE, Richard | Cuttes, Appleton | 1621 | D/A1/105/067 | MF576 | |
| PINKE, William | Swallowfield | 1559 | D/A1/7/256 | MF10040 | |
| PINNACK, Richard | Cumnor | Husbandman | 1663 | D/A1/208/151 | MF96081 |
| PINNELL, Alice | Stanford In The Vale | 1640 | D/A1/106/093 | MF576 | |
| PINNELL, Elizabeth | Compton | 1822 | D/A1/159/100 | MF582 | |
| PINNELL, John | Woolhampton | Victualler | 1814 | D/A1/159/72 | MF582 |
| PINNELL, John | Lambourn | 1822 | D/A1/159/101 | MF582 | |
| PINNELL, John Snr | Stanford In The Vale | Husbandman | 1607 | D/A1/104/206 D/A1/14/309 | MF575 MF10064 |
| PINNELL, John Snr | Stanford In The Vale | 1625 | D/A1/105/098 | MF576 | |
| PINNELL, Mary | Stanford In The Vale | 1734 | D/A1/109/107 | MF578 | |
| PINNELL, Mary | Ashbury | 1822 | D/A1/159/102 | MF582 | |
| PINNELL, Pernell | Stanford In The Vale | 1608 | D/A1/104/212/recto D/A1/14/480 | MF575 MF10064 | |
| PINNELL, Richard | Lambourn | 1550 | D/A1/5/101 | MF10043A | |
| PINNELL, Richard | Stanford In The Vale | Husbandman | 1600 | D/A1/104/147 D/A1/13/574 | MF575 MF10049 |
| PINNELL, Richard | Stanford In The Vale | Husbandman | 1613 | D/A1/207/178 | MF96078 |
| PINNELL, Richard | Stanford In The Vale | 1613 | D/A1/168/102 | MF96001 | |
| PINNELL, Richard | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1748 | D/A1/109/172 | MF535 |
| PINNELL, Robert | Stanford In The Vale | Yeoman | 1673 | D/A1/107/111 | MF577 |
| PINNELL, Robert Snr | Stanford In The Vale | Yeoman | 1708 | D/A1/209/157 | MF96084 |
| PINNELL, Roger | Stanford In The Vale | Husbandman | 1605 | D/A1/104/190 D/A1/14/063 | MF575 MF10064 |
| PINNELL, Thomas | Upper Lambourn, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1622 | D/A1/16/074 | MF10066 |
| PINNELL, Thomas | Pusey | Cordwainer | 1650 | D/A1/208/126 D/A1/169/069 | MF96080 MF96002 |
| PINNELL, William | Upper Lambourn, Lambourn | 1568 | D/A1/103/197 D/A1/9/116 | MF575 MF10046 | |
| PINNELL, William | Upper Lambourn, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1635 | D/A1/106/052 | MF576 |
| PINNELL, William | Milton | 1719 | D/A1/209/199 | MF96084 | |
| PINNELL, William | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1732 | D/A1/210/35 | MF96085 |
| PINNELL, William | Ashbury | 1774 | D/A1/210/109 | MF96086 | |
| PINNICK, Joseph | Aldermaston | 1683 | D/A1/108/22 | MF577 | |
| PINNICK, Thomas | Reading St Laurence | Maltster | 1763 | D/A1/109/222 | MF535 |
| PINNOCK, Henry | Marcham | Husbandman | 1706 | D/A1/108/148 | MF578 |
| PINNOCK, Henry | Marcham | 1733 | D/A1/109/98 | MF578 | |
| PINNOCK, Henry | Marcham | Shepherd | 1810 | D/A1/159/65 | MF582 |
| PINNOCK, John | Uffington | 1721 | D/A1/209/206 | MF96084 | |
| PINNOCK, Thomas | Marcham | Shepherd | 1742 | D/A1/109/149 | MF578 |