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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WYNCHCOMBE, John Snr | Henwick, Thatcham | 1612 | D/A1/134/079 D/A1/15/250 | MF551 MF10065 | |
WYNCHE, James | Warfield | Husbandman | 1618 | D/A1/134/151 D/A1/15/776 | MF551 MF10065 |
WYNCHE, John | Bray | 1559 | D/A1/132/130 D/A1/7/282 | MF550 MF10040 | |
WYNCHE, Richard | Cookham | Husbandman | 1557 | D/A1/6/093 | MF10043B |
WYNCHE, Robert | Bray | Yeoman | 1619 | D/A1/134/163 D/A1/15/853 | MF551 MF10065 |
WYNCKWORTHE, Joan | Ardington | 1591 | D/A1/133/129 D/A1/11/309 | MF551 MF10047B | |
WYNCORTH, Richard | East Garston | Husbandman | 1609 | D/A1/134/048 D/A1/14/539 | MF551 MF10064 |
WYNG, Peter | Brightwell | Husbandman | 1559 | D/A1/132/132 D/A1/7/268 | MF550 MF10040 |
WYNGAT, William | Aston Tirrold | 1544 | D/A1/3/224 | MF604 | |
WYNKWORTHE, Richard | 1555 | D/A1/220/026 | MF96110 | ||
WYNSPURR, Thomas | Easthampstead | Yeoman | 1624 | D/A1/135/033 | MF552 |
WYNTARBORNE, John | Buckland Marsh, Buckland | Husbandman | 1575 | D/A1/132/266 D/A1/9/448 | MF550 MF10046 |
WYNTER, Walter | Westcot, Sparsholt | 1554 | D/A1/132/056 D/A1/7/055 | MF550 MF10040 | |
WYNTERBERN, Helen | Buckland Marsh, Buckland | 1575 | D/A1/132/280 D/A1/10/020 | MF550 MF10047A | |
WYNTERBURNE, Alice | Letcombe Regis | 1588 | D/A1/133/115 D/A1/11/300 | MF551 MF10047B | |
WYNTERBURNE, William | Buckland | 1559 | D/A1/132/141 D/A1/8/055 | MF550 MF10043C | |
WYOTT, John | Reading St Laurence | Cloth Worker | 1632 | D/A1/135/118 | MF552 |
WYRDNAM, John | East Ilsley | Yeoman | 1592 | D/A1/133/148 D/A1/12/039 | MF551 MF10048 |
WYRDNAM, Ralph | Beedon | Shepherd | 1622 | D/A1/134/198 | MF552 |
WYRDNAM, Richard | Beedon | Husbandman | 1584 | D/A1/133/075 D/A1/10/418 | MF550 MF10047A |
WYRDNAM, Thomas | Sutton Courtenay | Husbandman | 1570 | D/A1/132/234 D/A1/9/188 | MF550 MF10046 |
WYSE, Elizabeth | Shippon, Abingdon St Helen | 1558 | D/A1/132/096 D/A1/8/005 | MF550 MF10043C | |
WYSE, Ellen | Harwell | 1584 | D/A1/133/080 D/A1/10/428 | MF550 MF10047A | |
WYSE, Emma | Hagbourne | 1558 | D/A1/6/100 | MF10043B | |
WYSE, John | Hagbourne | 1557 | D/A1/3/239 | MF604 | |
WYSE, Robert | Winkfield | 1552 | D/A1/4/166 | MF604 | |
WYSE, Robert | Winkfield | 1552 | D/A1/233/421 | MF96132 | |
WYSE, Thomas | Goosey, Stanford In The Vale | 1547 | D/A1/233/305 | MF96132 | |
WYSE, Thomas | Winkfield | Freemason | 1648 | D/A1/137/042 | MF553 |
WYSEMAN, Dorothy | Garford, Marcham | 1607 | D/A1/134/036 D/A1/14/297 | MF551 MF10064 | |
WYSSE, Emma | Hagbourne | 1558 | D/A1/132/084 | MF550 | |
WYSSE, Harry | Winkfield | 1546 | D/A1/132/018 D/A1/5/025 | MF550 MF10043A | |
WYSSE, Thomas | Winkfield | Husbandman | 1559 | D/A1/132/143 D/A1/7/280 | MF550 MF10040 |
WYTCOME, Alice | Hamstead Marshall | 1554 | D/A1/132/058 D/A1/7/038 | MF550 MF10040 | |
WYTH, Nicholas | Shinfield | 1559 | D/A1/132/113 D/A1/7/165 | MF550 MF10040 | |
WYTHE , Henry | Shinfield | Labourer | 1597 | D/A1/133/201 D/A1/13/201 | MF551 MF10049 |
WYTHE , John | Stratfield Mortimer | 1562 | D/A1/132/172 D/A1/2/012 | MF550 MF603 | |
WYTHER, Thomas | Faringdon | 1559 | D/A1/132/124 | MF550 | |
WYTHERS, Edmund | Inkpen | Yeoman | 1609 | D/A1/134/051 D/A1/14/609 | MF551 MF10064 |
WYTHERS, John | Abingdon St Helen | Husbandman | 1628 | D/A1/221/111 | MF96113 |
WYTT, Anne | Radley | 1531 | D/A1/1/160 | MF10042 | |
WYTT, Richard | Radley | 1587 | D/A1/11/159 | MF10047B | |
WYTT, Thomas | Thrupp, Radley | Husbandman | 1540 | D/A1/132/004 | MF550 |
WYTT, Thomas | Radley | 1587 | D/A1/220/122 | MF96111 | |
WYTT, William | East Hendred | 1587 | D/A1/220/123 | MF96111 | |
WYTT, William | East Hendred | 1587 | D/A1/11/161 | MF10047B | |
WYTTE, John | Shinfield | 1566 | D/A1/132/200 D/A1/8/369 | MF550 MF10043C | |
WYX, John | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1559 | D/A1/132/098 D/A1/8/030 | MF550 MF10043C | |
WYZE, Thomas | Goosey, Stanford In The Vale | 1548 | D/A1/3/223 | MF604 | |
YANDELL, John Snr | New Windsor, Windsor | Baker | 1679 | D/A1/143/17 | MF556 |
YARDLAY, William | Stanford | 1584 | D/A1/225/007 | MF96121 | |
YARRE, William | Reading | Bell Founder | 1616 | D/A1/15/955 D/A1/142/066 | MF10065 MF556 |
YARROD, Richard | Englefield | 1574 | D/A1/142/028 D/A1/9/418 | MF556 MF10046 | |
YAT , John | The Ferrers, Stanford In The Vale | 1555 | D/A1/142/005 D/A1/7/102 | MF556 MF10040 | |
YAT, James | Stanford In The Vale | Husbandman | 1565 | D/A1/142/017 D/A1/8/353 | MF556 MF10043C |
YAT, Paul | Garford, Marcham | 1570 | D/A1/142/022 | MF556 | |
YATE , Helen | Buckland | Gentlewoman | 1580 | D/A1/225/005 | MF96121 |
YATE , William | Long Wittenham | 1557 | D/A1/142/006 D/A1/8/143 | MF556 MF10043C | |
YATE (ALIAS STANDFORD), Ann | Stanford In The Vale | 1711 | D/A1/225/45 | MF96121 | |
YATE, Alexander | West Woodhay | Cloth Worker | 1638 | D/A1/142/086 | MF556 |
YATE, Alice | Garford, Marcham | 1588 | D/A1/142/039 D/A1/11/290 | MF556 MF10047B | |
YATE, Bartholomew | Fernham, Shrivenham | 1600 | D/A1/142/047 D/A1/13/517 | MF556 MF10049 | |
YATE, Bartholomew | Newbury | 1622 | D/A1/142/069 | MF556 | |
YATE, Bridget | Appleton | 1623 | D/A1/142/070 | MF556 | |
YATE, Charles | Lyford, East Hanney | 1696 | D/A1/143/34 | MF556 | |
YATE, Edward | Lyford, Hanney | 1598 | D/A1/142/045 D/A1/13/243 | MF556 MF10049 | |
YATE, Elizabeth | Stanford | 1602 | D/A1/142/048 D/A1/13/794 | MF556 MF10049 | |
YATE, Ellen | Long Wittenham | 1559 | D/A1/7/300 | MF10040 | |
YATE, Frances | Buckland | 1593 | D/A1/142/044 D/A1/12/102 | MF556 MF10048 | |
YATE, Frideswide | Stanford In The Vale | 1564 | D/A1/142/015 D/A1/8/314 D/A1/8/310 | MF556 MF10043C MF10043C | |
YATE, Helen | Long Wittenham | 1559 | D/A1/142/011 | MF556 | |
YATE, Helen | Buckland | 1580 | D/A1/10/221 | MF10047A | |
YATE, Henry | Stanford In The Vale | Yeoman | 1632 | D/A1/142/077 | MF556 |
YATE, Henry | Stanford In The Vale | Yeoman | 1719 | D/A1/143/48 | MF556 |
YATE, James | Stanford In The Vale | Yeoman | 1558 | D/A1/8/314 | MF10043C |
YATE, Jane | Stanford In The Vale | 1647 | D/A1/225/028 | MF96121 | |
YATE, John | Parsonage, Buckland | 1575 | D/A1/142/029 D/A1/10/068 | MF556 MF10047A | |
YATE, John | Buckland | 1587 | D/A1/142/034 | MF556 | |
YATE, John | Buckland | 1587 | D/A1/11/132 | MF10047B | |
YATE, John | Long Wittenham | Yeoman | 1601 | D/A1/142/049 D/A1/13/702 | MF556 MF10049 |
YATE, John | Stanford In The Vale | Day Labourer | 1604 | D/A1/142/052 D/A1/13/1235 | MF556 MF10049 |
YATE, Mary | Buckland | 1546 | D/A1/6/001 | MF10043B | |
YATE, Mary | Buckland | 1546 | D/A1/3/255 | MF604 | |
YATE, Paul | Garford, Marcham | 1569 | D/A1/5/230 D/A1/5/233 D/A1/9/304 | MF10043A MF10043A MF10046 | |
YATE, Peter | Appleton | Parson | 1619 | D/A1/16/317 | MF10066 |
YATE, Peter | Longworth | 1680 | D/A1/225/36 | MF96121 | |
YATE, Richard Snr | Stanford In The Vale | Yeoman | 1676 | D/A1/143/14 | MF556 |
YATE, Robert | Stanford | Yeoman | 1587 | D/A1/142/035 D/A1/11/276 | MF556 MF10047B |
YATE, Thomas | Lyford, Hanney | 1571 | D/A1/9/264 D/A1/142/023 | MF10046 MF556 | |
YATE, Thomas | Petwick [West Challow], Letcombe Regis | 1589 | D/A1/142/041 | MF556 | |
YATE, Thomas | Long Wittenham | 1633 | D/A1/16/405 | MF10066 | |
YATE, Thomas | Long Wittenham | 1636 | D/A1/225/023 | MF96121 | |
YATE, Thomas | Witney, Oxfordshire | 1654 | D/A1/143/1 | MF556 | |
YATE, Thomas Snr | Shrivenham | 1572 | D/A1/142/024 D/A1/9/325 | MF556 MF10046 | |
YATE, William | Stanford | 1530 | D/A1/1/144 | MF10042 | |
YATE, William | Charney, Longworth | Yeoman | 1622 | D/A1/225/018 | MF96121 |
YATE, William | Stanford | Blacksmith | 1632 | D/A1/142/078 | MF556 |
YATE, William Snr | Stanford In The Vale | Yeoman | 1639 | D/A1/142/087 | MF556 |
YATE, William Snr | Stanford In The Vale | Blacksmith | 1690 | D/A1/143/24 | MF556 |
YATEMAN, Francis | Milton | 1668 | D/A1/225/30 | MF96121 |