a rate made 21.1.1723 by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Colne Earls in the county of Essex for and towards the relief of the poor of the said parish to be gathered at one quarter as follows imprimis mrs Mary Androwes and for two thirds of Chalkney Wood and Hancers Hedge 3s10d Jn May for part of the priory estate 5s11d mrs Cressener or tenants 2s9d widow Sandal 5s the reverend mr Barnard for the school 1s Robt Harris 1s for his own land 7d for the fens 9d Thos Sewell for part of the priory lands 2s4d mr Angier 1s Jn Pratt and for his own land 2s Ben Crabbe 1s6d Ambr Stowers 1s9d Jn Raven 2d Sam Gyon and for mr Newton's land and hopground 1s11d mr Morley or tenants 6s7d and of the Kilne Farm 3s the tenants of mr Johnson's house and land 1s4d Jn Newton and for Mallories 4s7d for Pease's 2d Jn Pattorick for one third of Chalkney Wood 1s2d Thos Bridge 7s9d Jn Hatch and for Highfields 1s7d for the Kilne Croft 1d1h for mrs Parish's land 2s Rich Potter for his own land 1s9d for New House 3s6d Edw Wash 2s Wm Walker 1s10d Thos Tiffin 5s6d Wm Peartree junior 4d Thos Rainer 2d Edw Osbourne 2s Math Newman and for Curds Farm 6s10d for where Crabbe lived 6d Math Sarjant 6d Jn Scott 2s6d for mrs Cressener's land 8d Wm Peartree senior 3d Wm Eagling 1d Jos Bott 6d Sam Burton and Jas Vince 1s Edw Crabbe 10d Rich Morris 2d Sam Shelley 3d Jn Unwin 2s Thos Edwards 3d Wm Peartree on the green 5d Rich Barnard 4s8d Oliver Johnson for Hayhouse 3s Hen Adams senior 5d Hen Adams junior 3s2d widow Bott 4d Jas Vince 11d Hen Adams or Geo Wall 10d Francis Halliday and Hen Wenden 3d Wm Harvey 4d Rich Fossett 2d Robt Warren and for his hopground 9d1h mr Poulter or his tenants for late Abbott's 4d widow Cooke 6d Jn Porter 6d widow Bullard 1s Thos Hale for his own lands 1s Sam Cristmas 2d widow Hatch 2d Sam Halls 4d widow Peartree or daughter 3d Jn Cooke for late Johnson's 1s6d of him for late Crowe's 2d Jn Brewster 4d Jon Gosselyn 6d Wm Dore 3d Wm Gibbs 2d Dan King 2d widow Raven 3d Thos Nuttman 10d Edw Fell 2d Jas Savill 3d Dan London 4d Sam Paine 3d Thos Hutton 2d Abrm Hale 2d Wm Boosby 2d widow Paine 4d Dan Patten 2d Jn Bullock junior 6d Jn Leppingwell for the White Hart 8d out leets Thos Little gentleman 1s6d Thos Bridge 6d Thos Grimwood 8d Jn French 1d Isaac Grime 6d tenant of Lambards 7d widow Wodley 7d Dan Mead 1s6d 6li5s Rich Androwes Jn Eldred