a rate made 11.4.1726 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 nine quarters imprimis mrs Mary Androwes and for two thirds of Chalkney Wood and Hancers Hedge 3s10d Jn May for part of the priory estate 5s11d Thos Sewell 7s9d of him for part of priory estate 2s4d mr Angier 1s widow Harris and for her own land 1s7d of her for the fens 7d Jn Pratt and for his own land 2s Rich Stringer clerk 9d Ambr Stowers 1s9d Ben Crabbe 1s5d Jn Raven 2d Sam Gyon and for his hopground 11d mr Morley and tenants 6s7d for the Kilne Farm 3s2d for New House 3s6d Edw Frith 1s4d Jn Newton and for Mallories 4s7d for late Smith's 1s for Pease's 2d Jn Pattorick for one third of Chalkney Wood 1s2d widow Bridge 7s9d Jn Hatch 3s7d for the Kilne Croft 1d Jn May and Barker 1s9d Edw Wash 2s widow Walker 1s10d Thos Tiffin 5s6d Rayner for Thos Tiffin 2d Edw Osbourne 2s Math Newman and for Curds 7s4d Math Sarjant 6d Jn Scott 2s6d for mrs Cressener's land 8d Wm Peartree 3d Wm Eagling 1d Jos Bott 6d Sam Burton and Jas Vince 1s Edw Crabbe 10d Rich Morris 2d Sam Shelly 3d Jn Unwin 2s Dan Cook =d Wm Long =d Wm Peartree on the green =d Rich Barnard 4s8d Oliver Johnson 3s Hen Adams senior 5d# Hen Adams junior 3s2d Geo Wall 10d widow Bott 4d Jas Vince 11d Francis Halliday and Hen Wenden 3d Wm Harvey 4d1h Rich Fossett 2d Robt Warren and his hopground 1d1h Rich Edwards 8d Jn Porter 6d mr Poulter or tenants 4d widow Bullard 1s Thos Hale for his own land 1s Sam Chrismas 2d widow Hatch 2d Sam Halls 4d Thos Sexton 3d Jn Cook 1s6d for late Crow's 2d Jn Brewster 4d Jon Gosselyn 6d for Merryday's land 10d Wm Dore 3d Wm Gibbs 2d Dan King 2d widow Raven 3d Edw Fell 2d Jas Savill 3d Dan London 4d the tenants of Mayhew's house 3d Wm Ellis 2d W Dan Halls 2d widow Paine 4d Dan Patten 2d Jn Bullock junior 6d Sam Fitch 8d Thos King and tenants 4d Jn Bowtall 2d out leets Thos Little gentleman 1s6d Green 6d Thos Grimwood 8d mrs Cockerill's tenant 1d Robt Prentice 6d Myall 7d Jn Smith 7d Dan Mead 1s6d 19.4.1726 seen and allowed by us Rich Androwes Jn Eldred