a rate made 25.9.1739 by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Earls Colne in the county of Essex for and towards the necessary relief of the poor of the said parish to be gathered at ten quarters as follows imprimis Jn Wale esq and for two thirds of Chalkney Wood and Hancers Hedge 3s10d madam Biddulph 6d Jn May for part of the Priory estate 5s11d for his own land 1s mr Sewell for the other part of the Priory estate 2s4d for mrs Cressener's lands 7s9d for the house in the street 9d the rev mr Stringer 9d Jn Pratt 5d Hen May 1s Jn Leeper senior 1s7d Jn Leeper junior 6s9d mr Morley or tenants 9s7d Sam Guyon 8d widow Parmenter 4d mr Morris or his landlord 6d mr Newton and for Mallaries 5s7d for late Bullock's 2d Thos Mann for his house and field 1s6d Jos Bott 9d Jn Hatch and for Kilne Croft 3s8d Edw Wash 2s Jas Brawbrook and for Mulberrry Croft 2s1d Jn Tiffin 5s6d Jn Osborn 2s widow Rayner and for Stebbing's land 6d Wm Roolt 2s8d widow Browty 3d Soll Hitchcock 2d Jn Sillitoe 1d Jn Williamson and for mrs Cressener's land 3s2d Dan Gibson 6d Sam Burton for part of mr Robinson's land 9d Jas Vince for mr Robinson's mr Newman's mrs Harris and for The Lyon 2s5d Jeff Cook 3d Jn Page 4d Jn Unwin 1s9d Sam Shelley 2d mrs Harris 3d Robt Tweed esq 4d1h Wm Long and for the malting 9d mr Harrington 5s9d Sam Smith for Adam's 2s6d for The Fenns 7d Geo Wall 10d mr Johnson 6s2d Sam Fitch and Sam Potter 3d Sam Fitch 8d Jn Vince 2d Dan King 2d Thos Smith 3d Wm Harvey 4d Rich Fossett 2d Thos King for Lowfields and Loveland 1s4d Wm Peartree 5d Sam Tunbridge 8d Geo Fromond 4d Thos Hale Ambrose Wright 2s widow Hatch 2d Jehue Shave and Wm Eagleing 6d mr Robinson 6d mr Angier 1s Thos Rutlidge 2s Wm Dore 3d Jas Rayner 2d Dan London senior 4d Dan London junior 4d Wm Harvey for New House and the late hopground 3s7d widow Raven 3d Geo Clitter Harvey in another hand(inserted) 2d Jas Savill 3s3d Isaac Potter 4s2d Wm Ellis 2d Robt Humm junior 4d Wm Benson 4d Wm Wagstaff 2d Ben Crabb 10d Wm Crabb 2d Edw Crabb 1s Jarvis Williston 2d Jn Edwards 1s Thos Pattiswick for one third of Chalkney Wood 1s6d widow Brackley or tenant 1d1h Thos Sexton 3d Sam Halls 5d Thos Sted 2d Thos Williamson and for Crow's 8d Francis Halliday 2d Wm Willis 2s widow Brewster 4d Geo Rayner 1d out leets mr Jn Lay 1s6d Peter Weaver 6d mr Wm Sewell for Kemball Meadow 1s6d Thos Wash 1s2d Rich Dutton 6d Dan Smith 7d Wm Brett 1d Jn Smith 7d Robt Prentice 6d (in another hand) Wm Brett total 6li9s4d (amended total) 6li10s5d