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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READ, William | Longworth | 1722 | D/A1/211/127 | MF96091 | |
READ, William | Bourton, Shrivenham | Carpenter, Wheelwright | 1825 | D/A1/161/24 | MF583 |
READE , Henry Snr | Baulking, Uffington | Yeoman | 1805 | D/A1/161/5 | MF583 |
READE, Abraham | Uffington | Yeoman | 1762 | D/A1/211/157 | MF96091 |
READE, Alexander | Pomney, Abingdon St Helen | 1681 | D/A1/211/69 | MF96091 | |
READE, Alice | Newbury | 1667 | D/A1/113/22 | MF536 | |
READE, Elizabeth | Great Coxwell | 1606 | D/A1/210/229 | MF96089 | |
READE, Francis | Reading St Laurence | 1638 | D/A1/112/117 | MF536 | |
READE, Francis | Abingdon | Yeoman | 1640 | D/A1/112/124 | MF536 |
READE, John | Reading St Laurence | 1557 | D/A1/7/150 | MF10040 | |
READE, John | Compton Beauchamp | Clerk, Parson | 1581 | D/A1/111/060 D/A1/10/285 | MF535 MF10047A |
READE, John | Barton, Abingdon St Helen | 1605 | D/A1/210/222 D/A1/14/180 | MF96088 MF10064 | |
READE, John | Abingdon | Saddler | 1692 | D/A1/211/90 | MF96091 |
READE, Thomas | Newbury | Fuller | 1578 | D/A1/10/145 D/A1/111/051 | MF10047A MF535 |
READE, Thomas | Watchfield, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1611 | D/A1/111/172 D/A1/15/061 | MF536 MF10065 |
READE, Thomas | Clements Inn, Middlesex | 1626 | D/A1/16/084 | MF10066 | |
READE, Thomas | Crookham, Thatcham | Yeoman | 1701 | D/A1/113/106 | MF31702 |
READE, William | Colthrop, Thatcham | Yeoman | 1702 | D/A1/211/107 | MF96091 |
READE, William | Cookham | 1729 | D/A1/113/171 | MF537 | |
READING, Reynold Snr | Swallowfield | Yeoman, Lathe Maker | 1644 | D/A1/112/138 | MF536 |
READINGS, Benjamin | Wallingford St Leonard | Bargemaster | 1826 | D/A1/161/26 | MF583 |
REAMES, Thomas | Warfield | Tile Maker, Brickmaker | 1639 | D/A1/112/120 | MF536 |
REASON, Mary | Reading St Giles | 1723 | D/A1/113/156 | MF537 | |
REASON, Richard | Abingdon | Labourer | 1678 | D/A1/211/66 | MF96091 |
REASON, Robert | Great Coxwell | Husbandman | 1668 | D/A1/211/54 | MF96090 |
REASON, Thomas | Great Coxwell | Husbandman | 1700 | D/A1/211/102 | MF96091 |
REASON, William | Newbury | Yeoman | 1582 | D/A1/111/065 D/A1/10/339 | MF535 MF10047A |
REASON, William | Great Coxwell | 1679 | D/A1/113/57 | MF536 | |
REASON, William | Great Coxwell | Mason | 1700 | D/A1/211/103 | MF96091 |
REAYD, Thomas | Hanney | 1544 | D/A1/1/004 | MF10041 | |
RECARDES, Cecily | Inkpen | 1546 | D/A1/110/118 D/A1/5/034 | MF535 MF10043A | |
RECARDES, John | Inkpen | 1543 | D/A1/110/108 | MF535 | |
REDBURNE, John | Tidmarsh | Yeoman | 1675 | D/A1/211/62 | MF96091 |
REDDACH, Alice | Binfield | 1552 | D/A1/233/399 | MF96132 | |
REDDACHE, Richard | Binfield | 1541 | D/A1/3/135 | MF604 | |
REDDASHE, Alice | Binfield | 1552 | D/A1/4/131 D/A1/5/176 | MF604 MF10043A | |
REDDAT, Joan | Whitley, Reading St Giles | 1558 | D/A1/110/139 D/A1/7/166 | MF535 MF10040 | |
REDDAT, John | Whitley, Reading St Giles | Tailor | 1590 | D/A1/111/091 D/A1/11/320 | MF535 MF10047B |
REDDATTE, Richard | Reading St Laurence | Blacksmith | 1618 | D/A1/210/247 | MF96089 |
REDDATTE, Richard | Reading St Laurence | 1618 | D/A1/168/150 | MF96001 | |
REDDING , Thomas | Old Windsor | Yeoman | 1620 | D/A1/112/040 | MF536 |
REDDING, Clement | Clewer | Yeoman | 1615 | D/A1/112/011 D/A1/15/511 | MF536 MF10065 |
REDDUDE, Robert | Whitley, Reading St Giles | 1555 | D/A1/110/131 | MF535 | |
REDE, Alice | Reading | 1562 | D/A1/210/170 | MF96088 | |
REDE, Alice | 1562 | D/A1/167/119 | MF96000 | ||
REDE, Anne | Wallingford | Dame | 1550 | D/A1/5/132 | MF10043A |
REDE, John | Westmill, Shrivenham | 1559 | D/A1/110/155 D/A1/110/138 D/A1/8/037 | MF535 MF535 MF10043C | |
REDE, John | Swallowfield | Yeoman | 1569 | D/A1/210/181 | MF96088 |
REDE, John | Swallowfield | 1569 | D/A1/167/140 | MF96000 | |
REDE, Peter | Reading | Surgeon, Barber | 1556 | D/A1/110/134 D/A1/3/131 | MF535 MF604 |
REDE, Thomas | Ashbury | 1545 | D/A1/3/137 | MF604 | |
REDE, Thomas | Ashbury | 1545 | D/A1/233/238 | MF96132 | |
REDE, Thomas | Ashbury | Husbandman | 1572 | D/A1/111/038 D/A1/9/323 | MF535 MF10046 |
REDFERNE, Arthur | Baulking, Uffington | 1558 | D/A1/8/335 | MF10043C | |
REDFERNE, John | White Waltham | 1617 | D/A1/112/030 | MF536 | |
REDFORD, Anne | Reading | 1675 | D/A1/113/44 | MF536 | |
REDFORD, Christian | New Windsor, Windsor | 1607 | D/A1/111/152 D/A1/14/269 | MF536 MF10064 | |
REDFORD, Edward | Coleshill | 1664 | D/A1/211/41 | MF96090 | |
REDFORD, John Jnr | Reading St Mary | Fellmonger | 1672 | D/A1/211/59 | MF96091 |
REDIGE, Nicholas | Cookham | Yeoman | 1545 | D/A1/110/114 D/A1/5/055 | MF535 MF10043A |
REDING, John | Reading | 1564 | D/A1/210/177 | MF96088 | |
REDING, John | Hawkridge, Bucklebury | Yeoman | 1642 | D/A1/211/019 D/A1/169/078 | MF96090 MF96002 |
REDINGE, James | Finchampstead | Yeoman | 1603 | D/A1/111/135 D/A1/13/1094 | MF536 MF10049 |
REDMAN , Samuel | Wallingford | Glover | 1697 | D/A1/211/100 | MF96091 |
REDMAN, John | Windsor | 1722 | D/A1/211/126 | MF96091 | |
REDVIN, Thomas | Newbury | Weaver | 1621 | D/A1/112/043 | MF536 |
REDWAY, Samuel | Finchampstead | Husbandman | 1648 | D/A1/112/142 D/A1/16/675 | MF536 MF10066 |
REDWAYE, Thomas | New Windsor, Windsor | 1579 | D/A1/210/194 | MF96088 | |
REDWAYE, Thomas | New Windsor, Windsor | 1579 | D/A1/10/178 | MF10047A | |
REDWOOD , John Snr | West Hagbourne, Hagbourne | 1834 | D/A1/161/33 | MF583 | |
REDWOOD, Mary | Sparsholt | 1583 | D/A1/210/198 D/A1/210/200/1 D/A1/10/333 | MF96088 MF96088 MF10047A | |
REDWORTH, William | Cookham | Labourer | 1617 | D/A1/210/246 D/A1/168/140 | MF96001 MF96001 |
REDYCHE, Margaret | Binfield | 1584 | D/A1/111/070 D/A1/11/065 | MF535 MF10047B | |
REDYNG, George | Bray | Yeoman | 1545 | D/A1/3/128 | MF604 |
REDYNG, George | 1545 | D/A1/233/230 | MF96132 | ||
REDYSHE, John | Binfield | 1565 | D/A1/111/016 D/A1/8/345 | MF535 MF10043C | |
REDYTTY, Robert | Whitley | 1557 | D/A1/6/087 | MF10043B | |
REEDE, John | Idstone, Ashbury | Husbandman | 1562 | D/A1/8/257 D/A1/111/009 | MF10043C MF535 |
REEDE, Thomas | Cookham | Labourer | 1632 | D/A1/112/084 | MF536 |
REEMES, Thomas | Barkham | 1610 | D/A1/210/236 D/A1/168/059 | MF96089 MF96001 | |
REEVE, Alice | Reading | 1637 | D/A1/112/109 | MF536 | |
REEVE, Anne | Shottesbrooke | 1639 | D/A1/112/122 | MF536 | |
REEVE, John | Wallingford | Glover | 1771 | D/A1/114/55 | MF537 |
REEVE, Mary | Burghfield | 1661 | D/A1/211/30 | MF96090 | |
REEVE, Robert | Burghfield | 1658 | D/A1/113/1/1 | MF536 | |
REEVE, Sarah | Reading | 1824 | D/A1/161/23 | MF583 | |
REEVE, Thomas | Wallingford | Glover | 1736 | D/A1/113/184 | MF537 |
REEVE, William | Wootton, Cumnor | Husbandman | 1590 | D/A1/111/089 D/A1/11/234 | MF535 MF10047B |
REEVE, William | Baulking, Uffington | Husbandman | 1630 | D/A1/211/003 D/A1/168/190 | MF96090 MF96001 |
REEVE, William | Burghfield | 1704 | D/A1/113/113 | MF537 | |
REEVES, Edward | Newbury | Baker | 1785 | D/A1/114/73 | MF537 |
REEVES, Elizabeth | Hailey, Oxfordshire | 1850 | D/A1/161/59 | MF583 | |
REEVES, Francis | East Shefford | Gardener | 1846 | D/A1/231/25 | MF96129 |
REEVES, Hannah | East Garston | 1846 | D/A1/161/52 | MF583 | |
REEVES, John | Newbury | 1703 | D/A1/113/110 | MF537 | |
REEVES, John | Farnborough | Yeoman | 1846 | D/A1/161/50 | MF583 |
REEVES, Mary | Speen | 1809 | D/A1/231/8 | MF96129 | |
REEVES, Richard | Greenham, Thatcham | Yeoman | 1758 | D/A1/114/34 | MF537 |
REGGINS, Margaret | Abingdon | 1751 | D/A1/114/23 | MF537 | |
REID, Charles | Shinfield | 1849 | D/A1/161/57 | MF583 |