a rate made the 27.3.1734 by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of this 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 fourteen quarters and half as follows imprimis Jn Wale esq for two thirds of Chalkney Wood and Hancers Hedge 3s10d Jn May for part of the priory estate 5s11d for his own land 1s mr Sewell for part of the priory estate 2s4d for mrs Cressener's 6s8d Rich Stringer cleric 9d mr Angier 1s Ambr Towers 1s Jn Pratt 9d Jn Fenn 1s7d mr Morley or tenants 9s7d Thos Mann for Newhouse 3s6d Sam Gyon 8d Sam Parmenter 4d Thos Bannister for his house and malting 10d Edw Spel 1s Jn Newton and for Mallories 5s7d for Bullock's 2d Jn Leaper 7s9d Jn Hatch and for the Kilne Croft 3s9d1h Jos Bott 9d Jas Brawbrook 1s10d Edw Wash 2s Jn Tiffin 5s6d Jn Osbourne 2s Jas Rayner for Tiffin's and for Stebbing's land 6d mrs Newman or tenant 2s8d widow Browtey 3d late Parmenter's 2d the house where Eagling lived 1d Wm Williamson and for mrs Cressener's 3s2d Dan Gibson 6d Sam Burton 9d Jas Vince for the Lyon Fletcher's Newman and Harris land 2s5d Jn Page 4d Jn Unwin 1s9d Sam Shelley 2d mrs Harris 3d Robt Tweed esq for the Blew Bore 4d1h Wm Peartree 5d Wm Long and for the malting 6d Jn Harrington 5s9d Sam Smith for late Adams 2s6d Rich Barnard for the fens 7d Geo Wall or tenant 10d Oliver Johnson 6s2d Rich Morris and Sam Fitch for Tiffin's 3d widow Bott 1d1h Adam Polley 2d Peter Coney 2d Wm Harvey 4d Rich Fossett 2d Thos King for the George and Loveland 1s Dan Smith 2s Thos Hale 2s widow Hatch 2d brought over Sam Chrismas 2d Sam Hall 4d Jos Cook for Frith's and Gosslyn's 2s Mary Cook for Crow's 2d Jn Porter 6d widow Brewster 4d Jas Merrydith 10d Wm Dore 3d Dan London junior 2d Dan King 2d widow Raven 3d Edw Fell 2d Jas Savill 3d Jas Bullard 6d Dan London senior 4d Wm Ellis 2d Isaac Potter 2d Robt Hum junior 4d Sam Fitch 8d Wm Benson 4d Ben Crabb 10d Edw Crabb 1s Wm Crabb 2d the house late Argent's and Mulbury Croft 7d Jarvis Willistone 2d Wm Sucklyn 1d Jn Edwards 1s Thos Byford 2d Thos Pattorick for one third of Chalkney Wood 1s6d widow Brackley 1d1h Thos Moss or Hen Adams 5d Thos Sexton 3d Jn Marven 1d Jn Colyer 2d Ambr Wright 4d out leets Jas Brown for Kembal Mead 1s6d Thos Grimwood 8d widow Green 6d mrs Cockerill or tenant 1d Wm Myall 7d Jn Smith 7d Robt Prentice 6d Jn Lay gentleman 1s6d Thos Wash 1s2d 6li8s9d (no signatures)