The Willats are a very small family based in Reading. Not to be confused with the commoner surname Willets. The majorty of the Willats / Willots are non-conformist townsman. I am from the side of the family associated with Lord Cadegan from Caversham. The Willats lived at Kidmore End and were High Sherifs of Oxfordshire. They lost their estates after bancrupty. Being of royal descent they were not sent to prison but allowed to live free in a street in London. The only member of the family I found later was Leut. Col. Peter Willats. The remainder of the family disappeared from the record, possibly emigrated.