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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REIGHNOLD, John | New Windsor, Windsor | Wheelwright | 1679 | D/A1/211/68 | MF96091 |
REIGHNOLDE, William | Kingston Lisle, Sparsholt | Yeoman | 1607 | D/A1/111/151 D/A1/14/254 | MF536 MF10064 |
REIGHNOLDES, Joan | Kingston Lisle, Sparsholt | 1608 | D/A1/111/159 D/A1/14/453 | MF536 MF10064 | |
REIGNALLS, Richard | Compton | Husbandman | 1618 | D/A1/112/035 D/A1/15/920 | MF536 MF10065 |
REIGNOLS, Richard | Compton | 1605 | D/A1/210/226 D/A1/168/002 | MF96089 MF96001 | |
REINER, John | Shottesbrooke | Labourer | 1642 | D/A1/112/133 | MF536 |
REINOLDS, John | Uffington | Yeoman | 1681 | D/A1/113/65 | MF536 |
REINOLDS, John | Letcombe Regis | Yeoman | 1685 | D/A1/113/72 | MF536 |
REMNANT, John | Reading | Rope Maker, Collar Maker | 1624 | D/A1/112/056 | MF536 |
REMNANT, Stephen | London Street, Reading | Collar Maker, Rope Maker | 1635 | D/A1/112/096 | MF536 |
RENEGAR, Alice | West Challow, Letcombe Regis | 1623 | D/A1/112/052 | MF536 | |
RENIARD, Robert | Bray | 1596 | D/A1/12/405 | MF10048 | |
RENNEGAR, Thomas | West Challow, Letcombe Regis | Husbandman | 1624 | D/A1/112/057 | MF536 |
RENOLD, Robert | Kingston Lisle, Sparsholt | Husbandman | 1555 | D/A1/4/138 D/A1/110/129 D/A1/7/093 | MF604 MF535 MF10040 |
RENOLDS, Avery | West Hagbourne, Hagbourne | Husbandman | 1664 | D/A1/211/40 | MF96090 |
RENOLES, William | New Windsor, Windsor | Bargeman | 1598 | D/A1/111/121 D/A1/13/352 | MF535 MF10049 |
RENOLLES, Joan | West Hagbourne, Hagbourne | 1624 | D/A1/112/059 | MF536 | |
RENYEARDE, Robert | Maidenhead, Bray | 1596 | D/A1/210/213 | MF96088 | |
RESTALL, Agnes | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | 1624 | D/A1/112/055 | MF536 | |
RESTALL, Edward | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | Yeoman | 1746 | D/A1/114/18 | MF537 |
RESTALL, Elizabeth | Henwick, Thatcham | 1559 | D/A1/110/152 D/A1/8/118 | MF535 MF10043C | |
RESTALL, Elizabeth | Reading St Giles | 1702 | D/A1/113/108 | MF31702 | |
RESTALL, Joan | Thatcham | 1541 | D/A1/233/235 | MF96132 | |
RESTALL, John | Thatcham | Husbandman | 1541 | D/A1/3/134 | MF604 |
RESTALL, John | Pangbourne | Wheelwright | 1606 | D/A1/111/144 D/A1/14/160 | MF536 MF10064 |
RESTALL, Margaret | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | 1766 | D/A1/114/47 | MF537 | |
RESTALL, Richard | Thatcham | 1558 | D/A1/110/141 D/A1/7/242 | MF535 MF10040 | |
RESTALL, Richard | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | Husbandman | 1620 | D/A1/112/042 | MF536 |
RESTALL, Robert | Chieveley | 1528 | D/A1/1/086 | MF10041 | |
RESTALL, Thomas | Reading St Giles | Labourer | 1699 | D/A1/211/101 | MF96091 |
RESTALL, Thomas | Reading St Giles | Gardener | 1782 | D/A1/114/68 | MF537 |
RESTALL, Thomas Snr | Ufton Nervet | Blacksmith | 1686 | D/A1/211/77 | MF96091 |
RESTALL, William | Pangbourne | 1558 | D/A1/110/145 D/A1/7/202 | MF535 MF10040 | |
RESTALL, William | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | 1595 | D/A1/111/107 D/A1/12/285 | MF535 MF10048 | |
RESTALL, William | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | 1610 | D/A1/111/171 D/A1/15/058 | MF536 MF10065 | |
RESTALL, William | Henwick, Thatcham | Ploughwright | 1629 | D/A1/112/073 | MF536 |
RESTALL, William | Kingston Lisle, Sparsholt | Husbandman | 1633 | D/A1/112/091 | MF536 |
RESTALL, William | Kingston Lisle, Sparsholt | 1670 | D/A1/113/29 | MF536 | |
RESTELL, Edward | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | Weaver | 1667 | D/A1/113/21 | MF536 |
RESTOLLE, John | Bucklebury | 1575 | D/A1/111/046 D/A1/9/440 | MF535 MF10046 | |
RESTON, John | Culham, Oxford, Oxfordshire | Yeoman | 1623 | D/A1/16/664 | MF10066 |
RESTON, Thomas | Saint Peter In The East, Oxford, Oxfordshire | 1653 | D/A1/16/664 | MF10066 | |
RESTON, Thomas | Oxford St. Peter-In-The-East, Oxfordshire | 1653 | D/A1/16/664 | MF10066 | |
RESTTHRUPP, John | Ardington | Husbandman | 1620 | D/A1/112/039 | MF536 |
REVE , Robert | Wootton, Cumnor | 1566 | D/A1/111/020 D/A1/9/010 | MF535 MF10046 | |
REVE, Ann | New Windsor, Windsor | 1609 | D/A1/111/164 D/A1/14/552 | MF536 MF10064 | |
REVE, George | Baulking, Uffington | Yeoman | 1592 | D/A1/111/097 D/A1/12/027 | MF535 MF10048 |
REVE, John | Wootton, Cumnor | Husbandman | 1606 | D/A1/111/149 D/A1/14/193 | MF536 MF10064 |
REVE, Marian | Baulking, Uffington | 1598 | D/A1/111/118 D/A1/13/308 | MF535 MF10049 | |
REVE, Maude | Wootton, Cumnor | 1585 | D/A1/111/072 D/A1/11/016 | MF535 MF10047B | |
REVE, Robert Snr | Reading St Mary | Clothier | 1620 | D/A1/112/037 | MF536 |
REVELL, John | Reading St Mary | 1608 | D/A1/210/235 D/A1/168/036 | MF96089 MF96001 | |
REVER, John | Fawley | Husbandman | 1553 | D/A1/5/187 | MF10043A |
REVER, John | Fawley | 1553 | D/A1/110/126 | MF535 | |
REVER, William | Fawley | Husbandman | 1559 | D/A1/110/153 D/A1/8/119 | MF535 MF10043C |
REWER, Richard | Longcot, Shrivenham | 1545 | D/A1/110/116 D/A1/1/014 | MF535 MF10041 | |
REYNELL, Caren | Childrey | Clerk | 1755 | D/A1/114/30 | MF537 |
REYNNOULES, Elizabeth | Fawler, Sparsholt | 1626 | D/A1/112/064 | MF536 | |
REYNOLD, Thomas Snr | Compton | 1551 | D/A1/4/136 D/A1/5/136 | MF604 MF10043A | |
REYNOLD, William | Wallingford St Mary | 1550 | D/A1/5/118 | MF10043A | |
REYNOLD, William | Wallingford | 1550 | D/A1/110/124 | MF535 | |
REYNOLDE, John | Kingston Lisle, Sparsholt | Husbandman | 1554 | D/A1/110/128 D/A1/7/046 | MF535 MF10040 |
REYNOLDES, Avery Snr | West Hagbourne, Hagbourne | Husbandman | 1640 | D/A1/211/015 D/A1/169/078 | MF96090 MF96002 |
REYNOLDES, Henry | West Hagbourne, Hagbourne | Yeoman | 1617 | D/A1/112/021 D/A1/15/713 | MF536 MF10065 |
REYNOLDES, John | Uffington | Husbandman | 1609 | D/A1/111/165 D/A1/14/525 | MF536 MF10064 |
REYNOLDES, John | Speen | Husbandman | 1627 | D/A1/112/066 | MF536 |
REYNOLDES, Margaret | Westbrook, Faringdon | 1650 | D/A1/211/027 D/A1/169/078 | MF96090 MF96002 | |
REYNOLDES, Ralph | Winkfield | Wheelwright | 1617 | D/A1/112/025 D/A1/15/734 | MF536 MF10065 |
REYNOLDES, Thomas | Reading | 1586 | D/A1/11/077 | MF10047B | |
REYNOLDES, Thomas | Westbrook, Faringdon | Yeoman | 1650 | D/A1/211/028 D/A1/169/078 | MF96090 MF96002 |
REYNOLDES, William | Reading | 1580 | D/A1/210/195 | MF96088 | |
REYNOLDES, William | Reading | 1580 | D/A1/10/216 | MF10047A | |
REYNOLDS , John Snr | Hagbourne | Yeoman | 1720 | D/A1/211/124 | MF96091 |
REYNOLDS , William Jnr | Welford | Yeoman | 1744 | D/A1/100/68 | MF572 |
REYNOLDS (ALIAS COOPER), John | Compton | Husbandman | 1732 | D/A1/211/134 | MF96091 |
REYNOLDS (ALIAS COOPER), John | Compton | Husbandman | 1734 | D/A1/211/138 | MF96091 |
REYNOLDS, Anne | Chieveley | 1633 | D/A1/112/090 | MF536 | |
REYNOLDS, Charles | Faringdon | Yeoman | 1828 | D/A1/231/14 | MF96129 |
REYNOLDS, George | West Challow, Letcombe Regis | Husbandman | 1673 | D/A1/113/41 | MF536 |
REYNOLDS, Joan | Compton | 1666 | D/A1/211/47 | MF96090 | |
REYNOLDS, Joan | Compton | 1687 | D/A1/113/76 | MF536 | |
REYNOLDS, John | West Shefford | 1587 | D/A1/111/081 | MF535 | |
REYNOLDS, Mary | Sparsholt | Yeoman | 1704 | D/A1/199/167 | MF96058 |
REYNOLDS, Richard | Sutton Courtenay | Yeoman | 1715 | D/A1/123/30 | MF543 |
REYNOLDS, Thomas | East Ginge, West Hendred | Yeoman | 1697 | D/A1/113/100 | MF31702 |
REYNOLDS, Thomas | Kintbury | Yeoman | 1711 | D/A1/113/128 | MF537 |
REYNOLDS, Timothy | Uffington | 1666 | D/A1/113/20 | MF536 | |
REYNOLDS, William | Sutton Courtenay | Cordwainer | 1715 | D/A1/123/29 | MF543 |
REYNOLDS, William | Abingdon | Blacksmith | 1748 | D/A1/114/22 | MF537 |
RIBBICK, James | Trowbridge , Wiltshire | 1812 | D/A1/231/10 | MF96129 | |
RICARDES, Elizabeth | Inkpen | 1629 | D/A1/112/074 | MF536 | |
RICARDES, John | Inkpen | Yeoman | 1594 | D/A1/111/105 D/A1/12/196 | MF535 MF10048 |
RICARDES, Oliver | Longcot, Shrivenham | 1608 | D/A1/210/232 D/A1/168/029 | MF96089 MF96001 | |
RICARDES, Oliver | Longcot, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1631 | D/A1/112/085 | MF536 |
RICARDES, Richard | Shrivenham | 1559 | D/A1/210/164 | MF96088 | |
RICARDES, Richard | Shrivenham | 1559 | D/A1/167/108 | MF96000 | |
RICARDES, Richard | Shrivenham | 1562 | D/A1/167/118 | MF96000 | |
RICARDES, William | Inkpen | Yeoman | 1635 | D/A1/211/009 D/A1/168/268 | MF96090 MF96001 |
RICARDS, Christian | Longcot, Shrivenham | 1634 | D/A1/16/442 | MF10066 | |
RICARDS, Christian | Longcot, Shrivenham | 1637 | D/A1/169/078 | MF96002 |