a rate made the 4.9.1732 by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Earls Colne in the county of Essex for and towards the relief of the poor of the said parish to be gathered at nine quarters and a half as follows imprimis Jn Wale esq and for two thirds of Chalkney Wood and Hancers Hedge 3s10d Jn May for part of the priory estate 5s11d for his own land 1s Thos Sewell for part of the priory estate 2s4d for mrs Cressener's 7s9d Rich Stringer cleric 9d Ambr Towers 1s Jn Pratt 9d Jn Fenn 1s7d mr Morley or tenant 9s7d Thos Mann for Newhouse 3s6d Sam Gyon 8d Sam Parmenter for late Frith's 5d for his office 2d Jn Moss or tenants for the Malting 7d for the barn 3d Edw Spel for Lowefields 1s Jn Newton for Mallories 5s7d for Bullock's 2d Jn Leaper 7s9d mr Angier 1s Jn Hatch 3s8d1h for the Kilne Croft 1d Jos Bott 9d Jas Brawbrook 1s10d Edw Wash 2s Thos Tiffin 5s6d for Rayner's 2d Edw Osbourne 2s Robt Newman or tenant 2s8d Ambr Browtey 3d widow Parmenter 2d the house where Eagling lived 1d Jn Scott 2s6d for mrs Cressener's land 8d Dan Gibson 6d Sam Burton for part of Math Fletcher's land 9d Jas Vince for the Lyon 11d for part of Math Fletcher's land 3d for mrs Newman's 6d for mrs Harris land 9d Jn Page 5 d Jn Unwin 1s9d Sam Shelley 2d mrs Harris 3d Robt Tweed esq for the Blew Bore 6d Wm Peartree 5d Wm Long 4d for the Maltings 4d Jn Harrington 5s9d Oliver Johnson 6s2d Sam Smith for late Adams 2s6d Rich Barnard for the fens 7d Geo Wall and tenant 10d widow Bott 1d1h Adam Polley 3d Wm Harvey 4d Rich Fossett 2d Thos King for the George 8d for mr Bell's and for Loveland 7d Jn Porter 6d Dan Smith 2s Thos Hale 1s brought over widow Hatch 2d Sam Chrismas 2d Thos Sexton 3d Sam Hall 4d Jn Cook and for late Crow's 1s8d for late Gosslyn's 6d widow Brewster 4d Jas Merridith 10d Wm Dore 3d widow Gibbs 2d Dan King 2d widow Raven 3d Edw Fell 2d Jas Bullard 6d Jas Savill 3d Dan London 4d Wm Ellis 2d Isaac Potter 2d widow Patten 2d Robt Hum junior 4d Wm Crabb 2d Jas Rayner for Stebbing's land 4d Sam Fitch 8d Peter Coney 2d widow Bowtall 2d Wm Benson 4d Rich Argent 7d Jarvis Willistone 2d Wm Sucklyn 1d Rich Morris 3d Ben Crabb 10d Edw Crabb 1s Ambr Wright 4d for one third of Chalkney Wood 1s6d Thos Brackley 1d1h Hen Adams or Thos Moss 5d Thos Byford or Cobb 2d out leets Jas Brown for Kembal Meadow 1s6d Francis Green 6d Thos Grimwood 8d Thos Chitterfield 1d Wm Myall 7d Jn Smith 7d Robt Prentice 6d Jn Lay gentleman 1s6d Thos Wash 1s2d seen and allowed by us Jn Wale Robt Tweed