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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STONE, James | Fyfield | Husbandman | 1683 | D/A1/121/132 | MF542 |
STONE, James | Garford, Marcham | 1704 | D/A1/215/162 | MF96099 | |
STONE, James | Hinton Waldrist | Labourer | 1729 | D/A1/216/99 | MF96101 |
STONE, James | Steventon | Yeoman | 1764 | D/A1/125/56 | MF544 |
STONE, James | Marcham | Yeoman | 1833 | D/A1/162/15 | MF583 |
STONE, James Snr | Steventon | Yeoman | 1664 | D/A1/120/134 | MF541 |
STONE, Joan | Letcombe Regis | 1567 | D/A1/115/026 D/A1/9/083 | MF538 MF10046 | |
STONE, Joan | Goosey, Stanford In The Vale | 1611 | D/A1/117/050 D/A1/15/115 | MF539 MF10065 | |
STONE, Joan | Steventon | 1678 | D/A1/121/93 | MF542 | |
STONE, John | Stanford In The Vale | Husbandman | 1545 | D/A1/3/144 | MF604 |
STONE, John | Stanford In The Vale | Husbandman | 1545 | D/A1/233/245 | MF96132 |
STONE, John | Stanford In The Vale | 1555 | D/A1/114/148 D/A1/7/105 | MF537 MF10040 | |
STONE, John | Hinton Waldrist | Husbandman | 1556 | D/A1/114/152 D/A1/7/130 | MF537 MF10040 |
STONE, John | Uffington | 1557 | D/A1/114/161 D/A1/7/241 | MF537 MF10040 | |
STONE, John | Letcombe Regis | Husbandman | 1569 | D/A1/115/062 D/A1/9/165 | MF538 MF10046 |
STONE, John | Letcombe Regis | Miller | 1582 | D/A1/115/191 D/A1/10/338 | MF538 MF10047A |
STONE, John | Letcombe Regis | Husbandman | 1591 | D/A1/116/038 D/A1/11/393 | MF538 MF10047B |
STONE, John | Fawler, Sparsholt | Yeoman | 1592 | D/A1/212/155 | MF96092 |
STONE, John | Fawler, Sparsholt | 1592 | D/A1/11/377 | MF10047B | |
STONE, John | Reading St Laurence | 1593 | D/A1/212/163 | MF96093 | |
STONE, John | Denchworth | Husbandman | 1612 | D/A1/117/065 D/A1/15/203 | MF539 MF10065 |
STONE, John | East Hendred | Yeoman | 1621 | D/A1/118/013 | MF540 |
STONE, John | Steventon | Yeoman | 1636 | D/A1/214/027 | MF96096 |
STONE, John | Steventon | Yeoman | 1636 | D/A1/169/083 | MF96002 |
STONE, John | Abingdon St Nicholas | Clerk | 1643 | D/A1/120/006 | MF541 |
STONE, John | Woodhouse, Fyfield | Husbandman | 1685 | D/A1/121/154 | MF542 |
STONE, John | Kingston Bagpuize | Yeoman | 1722 | D/A1/123/100 | MF543 |
STONE, John | Ardington | Yeoman | 1730 | D/A1/124/11 | MF544 |
STONE, John | Wantage | Yeoman | 1769 | D/A1/125/79 | MF544 |
STONE, John | Marcham | Yeoman | 1793 | D/A1/125/166 | MF546 |
STONE, John | Bourton, Shrivenham | 1831 | D/A1/162/24 | MF583 | |
STONE, John | Wootton | 1833 | D/A1/231/83 | MF96129 | |
STONE, John | Appleton | 1843 | D/A1/162/91 | MF583 | |
STONE, John Jnr | Letcombe Regis | Husbandman | 1552 | D/A1/5/165 | MF10043A |
STONE, Judith | Fyfield | 1738 | D/A1/216/149 | MF96101 | |
STONE, Margaret | Longworth | 1606 | D/A1/15/067 | MF10065 | |
STONE, Margaret | Fyfield Wick, Fyfield | 1676 | D/A1/121/73 | MF542 | |
STONE, Margery | Fyfield | 1588 | D/A1/116/005 D/A1/11/178 | MF538 MF10047B | |
STONE, Martha George | North Fawley, Fawley | 1856 | D/A1/163/43 | MF584 | |
STONE, Mary | Stanford In The Vale | 1769 | D/A1/216/226 | MF96102 | |
STONE, Moses | Longworth | 1607 | D/A1/168/025 | MF96001 | |
STONE, Nicholas | Letcombe Regis | Husbandman | 1584 | D/A1/212/123 | MF96092 |
STONE, Nicholas | Letcombe Regis | 1584 | D/A1/10/445 | MF10047A | |
STONE, Paul | Radley | Yeoman | 1855 | D/A1/231/123 | MF96130 |
STONE, Pernell | Fyfield Wick, Fyfield | 1619 | D/A1/118/009 | MF540 | |
STONE, Rachel | Cumnor | 1814 | D/A1/161/99 | MF583 | |
STONE, Richard | Longworth | Yeoman | 1617 | D/A1/117/131 D/A1/15/661 | MF539 MF10065 |
STONE, Richard | Odstone, Ashbury | Yeoman | 1701 | D/A1/122/106 | MF542 |
STONE, Richard | Stanford In The Vale | Yeoman | 1728 | D/A1/123/152 | MF543 |
STONE, Richard | Milton | Yeoman | 1746 | D/A1/124/154 | MF544 |
STONE, Richard | Cumnor | 1784 | D/A1/216/251 | MF96102 | |
STONE, Richard | Marcham | Yeoman | 1854 | D/A1/163/37 | MF584 |
STONE, Robert | Stanford In The Vale | Husbandman | 1559 | D/A1/114/198 D/A1/7/320 | MF537 MF10040 |
STONE, Robert | Goosey, Stanford In The Vale | Carpenter | 1591 | D/A1/116/042 D/A1/11/359 | MF538 MF10047B |
STONE, Robert | Denchworth | Husbandman | 1635 | D/A1/214/018 D/A1/169/083 | MF96096 MF96002 |
STONE, Sarah | East Ilsley | 1765 | D/A1/125/61 | MF544 | |
STONE, Thomas | Letcombe Regis | 1564 | D/A1/8/321 D/A1/114/275 D/A1/167/124 D/A1/167/125 | MF10043C MF537 MF96000 MF96000 | |
STONE, Thomas | Fyfield | Husbandman | 1605 | D/A1/116/250 D/A1/13/1417 | MF539 MF10049 |
STONE, Thomas | Ardington | 1614 | D/A1/117/110 D/A1/15/480 | MF539 MF10065 | |
STONE, Thomas | Stanford In The Vale | 1625 | D/A1/16/081 | MF10066 | |
STONE, Thomas | Stanford In The Vale | Yeoman | 1625 | D/A1/118/085 | MF540 |
STONE, Thomas | Fyfield | Maltster | 1674 | D/A1/121/57 | MF542 |
STONE, Thomas | Marcham | 1796 | D/A1/216/266 | MF96102 | |
STONE, William | Fyfield | 1573 | D/A1/212/080 | MF96092 | |
STONE, William | Ardington | 1603 | D/A1/116/225 D/A1/13/1098 | MF539 MF10049 | |
STONE, William | Longworth | 1605 | D/A1/213/037 D/A1/14/183 | MF96094 MF10064 | |
STONE, William | Longworth | 1606 | D/A1/213/039 D/A1/168/005 D/A1/168/008 D/A1/168/026 | MF96094 MF96001 MF96001 MF96001 | |
STONE, William | Fyfield | Husbandman | 1616 | D/A1/117/123 D/A1/15/612 | MF539 MF10065 |
STONE, William | Letcombe Regis | Yeoman | 1639 | D/A1/119/107 | MF540 |
STONE, William | Fyfield Wick, Fyfield | Yeoman | 1669 | D/A1/120/170 | MF541 |
STONE, William | Marcham | Weaver | 1678 | D/A1/214/183 | MF96097 |
STONE, William | Longworth | 1680 | D/A1/214/201 | MF96097 | |
STONE, William | Ardington | Yeoman | 1688 | D/A1/122/3 | MF542 |
STONE, William | Fyfield | Yeoman | 1722 | D/A1/123/95 | MF543 |
STONE, William | Kingston Bagpuize | 1761 | D/A1/125/34 | MF544 | |
STONE, William | Cookham | 1794 | D/A1/216/263 | MF96102 | |
STONE, William | Charlton, Wantage | Yeoman | 1839 | D/A1/162/76 | MF583 |
STONE, William | Abingdon | Wheelwright | 1841 | D/A1/162/83 | MF583 |
STONE, William | Marcham | Maltster | 1844 | D/A1/231/105 | MF96130 |
STONE, William | Marcham | Maltster | 1856 | D/A1/231/126 | MF96130 |
STONE, William | Marcham | Yeoman | 1856 | D/A1/231/125 | MF96130 |
STONE, William Walker | Kingston Bagpuize | Innkeeper | 1855 | D/A1/231/121 | MF96130 |
STONEHAM, Elizabeth | Wootton St Lawrence, Hampshire | 1843 | D/A1/162/94 | MF583 | |
STONEHAM, Richard | Tilehurst | Yeoman | 1640 | D/A1/119/127 | MF541 |
STONEHOUSE, John | Radley | Curate | 1700 | D/A1/215/127 | MF96099 |
STONHOUSE, Dame Penelope | Radley | 1769 | D/A1/125/76 | MF544 | |
STONHOUSE, Sir John | Radley | Baronet | 1767 | D/A1/125/67 | MF544 |
STONHOUSE, Sir John | Radley | Baronet | 1767 | D/A1/125/67 | MF544 |
STONHOWSE, William | Radley | Baronet | 1632 | D/A1/16/291 | MF10066 |
STONIFORD, John | Shinfield | 1600 | D/A1/213/004 D/A1/13/439 | MF96094 MF10049 | |
STONIFORD, Nicholas | Shinfield | 1603 | D/A1/213/028 | MF96094 | |
STONIFORD, Nicholas | Shinfield | 1603 | D/A1/13/1119 | MF10049 | |
STONIFORD, Richard Snr | Stratfield Mortimer | Yeoman | 1591 | D/A1/116/040 D/A1/11/402 | MF538 MF10047B |
STONING, Thomas | Purley | Clerk, Vicar | 1585 | D/A1/212/118 D/A1/11/002 | MF96092 MF10047B |
STONINGFORD, Edward | Wokefield, Stratfield Mortimer | 1547 | D/A1/3/148 | MF604 | |
STONYFORD, Joan | Grazeley, Sulhamstead Abbots | 1587 | D/A1/115/241 D/A1/11/414 | MF538 MF10047B | |
STONYFORD, Reynold | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1558 | D/A1/114/193 D/A1/8/105 | MF537 MF10043C | |
STOPP, Robert | Chawley, Cumnor | Yeoman | 1706 | D/A1/215/180 | MF96099 |
STOREDGE, Thomas | Reading St Mary | Glover | 1565 | D/A1/115/005 D/A1/7/380 | MF538 MF10040 |
STOT, Elizabeth | Newbury | 1671 | D/A1/121/17 | MF542 |