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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WAKE, George | Speen | Ex-Poorhouse-Keeper | 1845 | D/A1/166/15 | MF585 |
WAKE, Jane | Wasing | 1612 | D/A1/134/087 D/A1/15/308 | MF551 MF10065 | |
WAKE, Sarah | Longcot, Shrivenham | 1849 | D/A1/166/36 | MF585 | |
WAKE, William | Longcot, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1827 | D/A1/232/86 | MF96131 |
WAKEFIELD, Thomas | Wallingford | Yeoman | 1804 | D/A1/164/56 | MF584 |
WAKELAND, Richard | Abingdon St Helen | Fishmonger | 1641 | D/A1/136/097 D/A1/222/010 D/A1/169/103 | MF552 MF96114 MF96002 |
WAKER, John | Reading St Laurence | Vintner | 1637 | D/A1/221/155 D/A1/169/102 | MF96113 MF96002 |
WALCRAFT, Richard | Shellingford | Labourer | 1810 | D/A1/164/85 | MF584 |
WALDEN, Ann | Finchampstead | 1819 | D/A1/232/70 | MF96131 | |
WALDEN, John | Reading St Mary | Woollen Draper | 1674 | D/A1/222/134 | MF96115 |
WALDEN, Joseph | Shinfield | 1736 | D/A1/224/106 | MF96119 | |
WALDERNE, John | Maidencourt, East Garston | Husbandman | 1603 | D/A1/134/009 D/A1/13/1194 | MF551 MF10049 |
WALDORN, William | Upper Lambourn, Lambourn | 1558 | D/A1/132/121 D/A1/7/145b | MF550 MF10040 | |
WALDRAN, John | Upper Lambourn, Lambourn | 1579 | D/A1/133/021 D/A1/10/164 | MF550 MF10047A | |
WALDRAN, Robert | Lambourn | 1555 | D/A1/7/338c | MF10040 | |
WALDREN, Alice | Idstone, Ashbury | 1602 | D/A1/133/241 D/A1/13/837 | MF551 MF10049 | |
WALDREN, John | Shefford | 1591 | D/A1/220/143 | MF96111 | |
WALDREN, John | East Garston | Labourer | 1743 | D/A1/140/210 | MF555 |
WALDRON, Alice | 1586 | D/A1/133/098 D/A1/11/079 | MF550 MF10047B | ||
WALDRON, Bartholomew | Kintbury | Husbandman | 1573 | D/A1/132/252 D/A1/9/378 | MF550 MF10046 |
WALDRON, Elizabeth | Lambourn | 1583 | D/A1/133/064 D/A1/10/356 | MF550 MF10047A | |
WALDRON, Elizabeth | Letcombe Bassett | 1758 | D/A1/224/162 | MF96120 | |
WALDRON, Frances | West Shefford | Husbandman | 1671 | D/A1/222/103 | MF96115 |
WALDRON, Joan | Boxford | 1540 | D/A1/1/200 | MF10042 | |
WALDRON, Joan | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | 1546 | D/A1/6/183 | MF10043B | |
WALDRON, Joan | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | 1546 | D/A1/132/020 D/A1/5/042 | MF550 MF10043A | |
WALDRON, John | Eastbury, Lambourn | 1541 | D/A1/6/103 | MF10043B | |
WALDRON, John | Eastbury, Lambourn | 1541 | D/A1/132/009 | MF550 | |
WALDRON, John | Lambourn | 1546 | D/A1/5/220 | MF10043A | |
WALDRON, John | Idstone, Ashbury | Husbandman | 1585 | D/A1/133/084 D/A1/11/005 | MF550 MF10047B |
WALDRON, John | Upper Lambourn, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1603 | D/A1/134/008 D/A1/13/1143 | MF551 MF10049 |
WALDRON, John | Lambourn | Husbandman | 1609 | D/A1/134/050 D/A1/14/608 | MF551 MF10064 |
WALDRON, John | Chipping Lambourn, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1673 | D/A1/222/112 | MF96115 |
WALDRON, John | West Shefford | Husbandman | 1689 | D/A1/179/75 | MF96017 |
WALDRON, John | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1739 | D/A1/140/168 | MF555 |
WALDRON, John | Abingdon | 1743 | D/A1/140/202 | MF555 | |
WALDRON, John Jnr | Childrey | 1526 | D/A1/1/046 | MF10041 | |
WALDRON, John Jnr | Chipping Lambourn, Lambourn | 1669 | D/A1/137/154 | MF553 | |
WALDRON, John Snr | Chipping Lambourn, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1666 | D/A1/137/133 | MF553 |
WALDRON, John Snr | Uplambourn, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1697 | D/A1/139/36 | MF554 |
WALDRON, Lucy | Lambourn | 1718 | D/A1/140/7 | MF555 | |
WALDRON, Richard | Lambourn | 1580 | D/A1/10/238 | MF10047A | |
WALDRON, Richard | Uffington | Husbandman | 1615 | D/A1/134/108 D/A1/15/495 | MF551 MF10065 |
WALDRON, Richard | Benham Valence, Speen | Husbandman | 1618 | D/A1/134/152 D/A1/15/783 | MF551 MF10065 |
WALDRON, Richard | Upper Lambourn, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1626 | D/A1/135/049 | MF552 |
WALDRON, Richard | Lambourn | Farmer | 1834 | D/A1/165/69 | MF585 |
WALDRON, Richard | Lambourn | Farmer | 1838 | D/A1/165/88 | MF585 |
WALDRON, Robert | Eastbury, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1616 | D/A1/134/137 D/A1/15/643 | MF551 MF10065 |
WALDRON, Robert | Chipping Lambourn, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1668 | D/A1/137/145 | MF553 |
WALDRON, Robert | Uplambourn, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1673 | D/A1/138/3 | MF553 |
WALDRON, Robert | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1742 | D/A1/140/199 | MF555 |
WALDRON, Robert Jnr | Enborne | Yeoman | 1617 | D/A1/134/150 D/A1/15/757 | MF551 MF10065 |
WALDRON, Roger | Upper Lambourn, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1644 | D/A1/137/018 | MF553 |
WALDRON, Roger | Lambourn Woodlands, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1720 | D/A1/140/32 | MF555 |
WALDRON, Roger | Lambourn | 1727 | D/A1/224/59 | MF96119 | |
WALDRON, Sarah | Uplambourn, Lambourn | 1707 | D/A1/223/176 | MF96118 | |
WALDRON, Susannah | Newbury, Newbury | 1704 | D/A1/139/94 | MF554 | |
WALDRON, Thomas | East Garston | Husbandman | 1700 | D/A1/139/58 | MF554 |
WALDRON, Thomas | Lambourn | Glazier | 1743 | D/A1/140/205 | MF555 |
WALDRON, Walter | West Shefford | Labourer | 1732 | D/A1/224/90 | MF96119 |
WALDRON, William | Lambourn Woodlands, Lambourn | Husbandman | 1581 | D/A1/133/055 D/A1/10/324 | MF550 MF10047A |
WALDRON, William | Upper Lambourn, Lambourn | 1586 | D/A1/133/103 D/A1/11/080 | MF550 MF10047B | |
WALDRON, William | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1610 | D/A1/221/026 | MF96112 |
WALDRON, William | Lambourn | 1610 | D/A1/168/055 | MF96001 | |
WALDRON, William | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1804 | D/A1/164/60 | MF584 |
WALDRON, William | Ardington | Maltster | 1814 | D/A1/232/63 | MF96131 |
WALDROND, Zuriell | Lambourn | 1690 | D/A1/138/146 | MF554 | |
WALDRUNE, Robert | Upper Lambourn, Lambourn | 1555 | D/A1/220/022 | MF96110 | |
WALER, Henry | Bray | Husbandman | 1565 | D/A1/132/196 D/A1/8/358 | MF550 MF10043C |
WALINGTON, Annabel | Longworth | 1563 | D/A1/132/184 D/A1/8/279 | MF550 MF10043C | |
WALKAR , Thomas | Shinfield | Husbandman | 1558 | D/A1/132/123 D/A1/8/111 | MF550 MF10043C |
WALKAR, Agnes | Shinfield | 1567 | D/A1/132/213 D/A1/9/080 | MF550 MF10046 | |
WALKARE, John | 1533 | D/A1/132/002 | MF550 | ||
WALKER , William Snr | Reading | Maltster | 1713 | D/A1/139/169 | MF554 |
WALKER, Agnes | Shinfield | 1558 | D/A1/132/089 D/A1/8/072 D/A1/167/103 | MF550 MF10043C MF96000 | |
WALKER, Christopher | Newbury | Glover | 1608 | D/A1/221/020 | MF96112 |
WALKER, Christopher | Newbury | 1608 | D/A1/168/040 | MF96001 | |
WALKER, Edward | Chieveley | Husbandman | 1577 | D/A1/132/283 D/A1/10/071 | MF550 MF10047A |
WALKER, Elizabeth | Abingdon | 1677 | D/A1/138/46 | MF553 | |
WALKER, Elizabeth | Newbury | 1849 | D/A1/166/37 | MF585 | |
WALKER, Gertrude | Abingdon | 1728 | D/A1/140/84 | MF555 | |
WALKER, Gilbert | Shinfield | Husbandman | 1690 | D/A1/223/78 | MF96117 |
WALKER, Henry | Fyfield | Yeoman | 1727 | D/A1/224/56 | MF96119 |
WALKER, Henry Snr | Reading | Broad Weaver | 1649 | D/A1/137/052 | MF553 |
WALKER, Joan | Dry Sandford, Abingdon St Helen | 1700 | D/A1/139/60 | MF554 | |
WALKER, John | Shinfield | 1544 | D/A1/1/219 | MF10042 | |
WALKER, John | Shinfield | Husbandman | 1616 | D/A1/134/132 D/A1/15/630 | MF551 MF10065 |
WALKER, John | Reading | Schoolmaster, Yeoman | 1681 | D/A1/138/73 | MF553 |
WALKER, John | Abingdon St Helen | Yeoman | 1715 | D/A1/224/6 | MF96119 |
WALKER, John | Kintbury | Yeoman | 1728 | D/A1/224/62 | MF96119 |
WALKER, John | Abingdon St Helen | Yeoman | 1740 | D/A1/224/115 | MF96119 |
WALKER, Mary | Newbury | 1854 | D/A1/166/58 | MF585 | |
WALKER, Mary Ann | Abingdon | 1833 | D/A1/232/100 | MF96131 | |
WALKER, Nicholas | Shinfield | Yeoman | 1583 | D/A1/133/065 D/A1/10/360 | MF550 MF10047A |
WALKER, Phoebe | Shaw Cum Donnington | 1847 | D/A1/166/22 | MF585 | |
WALKER, Ralph | Purley | Yeoman | 1593 | D/A1/220/154 D/A1/12/108 | MF96111 MF10048 |
WALKER, Richard | Clewer | Fellmonger | 1638 | D/A1/136/058 | MF552 |
WALKER, Richard | Reading St Mary | Tailor | 1644 | D/A1/137/024 | MF553 |
WALKER, Richard | Wargrave | 1782 | D/A1/224/198 | MF96120 | |
WALKER, Richard | Wargrave | 1782 | D/A1/224/198 | MF96120 |