a rate made 2.9.1734 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 twelve quarters and an half quarter as follows imprimis Jn Wale esq and for 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 Cliffords 7s9d mr Sewell or mr Robinson 9d Jn Pratt 9d Rich Stringer cleric 9d mr Angier 1s Jn Porter and Jn Cranfield for late Towers 1s Jn Leeper senior for Jn Pratt's farm 1s7d mr Morley or tenants 9s7d Sam Gyon 8d Sam Parmenter and for Mulbury Croft 7d Thos Bannister 6d Edw Spel 1s Jn Newton and for Mallories 5s7d for Bullock's 2d Jn Leeper 7s9d Jos Bott 9d Jn Hatch and for the Kilne Croft 3s9d1h Jas Brawbrook 1s10d Edw Wash 2s Jn Tiffin 5s6d Jn Osbourne 2s Jas Rayner and for Stebbing's land 6d Jn Granger 2s8d widow Browtey 3d for late Parmenter's 2d for late widow Wades 1d Jn Williamson and for mrs Cliffords land 3s2d Dan Gibson 6d Sam Burton for part of Fletcher's land 9d Jas Vince for the Lyon Fletcher's Newman's and Harris land 2s5d Jeff Cook 3d Jn Page 4d Jn Unwin 1s9d Sam Shelley 2d mrs Harris 3d Robt Tweed esq 4d1h Wm Peartree 5d Wm Long and for the Malting and mrs Harris 1s1d Jn Harrington 5s9d Sam Smith for late Adams 2s6d Rich Barnard for the fen 7d Geo Wall or tenant 10d mr Johnson 6s2d Rich Morris and Sam Fitch 3d widow Bott 1d1h Wm Harvey 4d Rich Fossett 2d Thos King 1s Ambr Wright Dan Smith (inserted) Ambr Wright 4d Thos Hale 1s widow Hatch 2d brought over Sam Chrismas 2d Jos Cook 2s Scott 6d Jn Porter and tenants 6d widow Brewster 4d Jas for late Merridith's 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 4d Wm Ellis 2d Isaac Potter 2d Robt Hum junior 4d Sam Fitch 8d Wm Benson 4d Ben Crabb 10d Wm Crabb 2d Edw Crabb 1s Jarvis Willistone 2d Jn Edwards 1s Wm Sucklyn 1d Thos Byford 2d Thos Pattorick for one third of Chalkney Wood 1s6d widow Brackley 1d1h Thos Sexton 3d Jn Marvin 1d Jn Collier 2d widow Mann or mr Morley 3s6d Sam Halls and for Crow's 7d Edw Frith 2d out leets Geo Barnard junior for the Kembal Meadow 1s6d Thos Grimwood 8d widow Green 6d Dan Cowland 1d Dan Smith 7d Robt Prentice 6d mr Lay 1s6d Thos Wash 1s2d Wm Myall 7d Jn Wale H Summers