a rate made 30.3.1742 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 seventeen quarters as follows imprimis Jn Wale esq and for two thirds of Chalkney Wood 8s10d for land late in the occupation of mr Sewell 2s4d for land late in the occupation of Jn May 5s11d madam Biddulph 6d mr Sewell for mrs Cressener's land 7s9d for his house in the street 9d the rev mr Stringer 9d mr Angier 6d Ed Johnson for Lowfields 6d Jn Pratt 6d Hen May 1s Jn Leaper junior 6s9d mr Morley or tenants 9s7d Sam Guyon 8d widow Parmenter 4d mr Morris or Johnson Frith 6d mr Newton and for Malleries 5s7d and for late Bullock's 8d Thos Mann for Adam's and Kiln Field 3s6d Jos Bott 5d Jn Hatch and mr Robinson 2s7d Sam Hall for Highfields and Kiln Croft 1s6d Ed Wash 2s Jas Brabrook and for Mulbury Croft 2s1d for Jn Harvey's land 1s6d Jn Tiffin 5s6d Jn Osborn 2s widow Reyner and for Stebbing's land 6d Wm Root and for mr Newman's land 3s2d Plampin Wendon 3d Jn Williamson and for mrs Cressener's land 3s2d Jas Robinson 6d for his brother's land 1s1d Thos King for The Lyon Lowfields and Lovelands 2s3d Jas Vince for mrs Harris land 9d Jeff Cook 3d Dan Gibson 6d Jn Page 4d Jn Unwin 1s9d Sam Shelly 2d mrs Harris 3d Robt Tweed esq 4d1h widow Long for The Malting 9d mr Harrington 5s9d Sam Smith and for the fens 7d Geo Wall 10d Jos Pond 2d Sam Fitch and for Tiffin's 9d Jn Vince 2d Thos Smith 8d Wm Harvey 4d Wm Peartree 8d Ed Marven 2d Sam Tunbridge 8d Geo Fromont 4d Thos Hale 1s mr Sam Smith for mr Sewell 2s and his own 1d 3s the house the late widow Hatch 2d Jehue Shave 6d Thos Ruttledge 1s mr Johnson 6s2d Jas Reyner 2d Hen Wendon 2d Wm Harvey and for Newhouse and late hopground 8s7d widow Raven 2d Geo Clitter 2d Jn Edwards and for Jn May's land 1s6d Dan London 4d Dan London 4d Jas Savill 8d Isaac Potter 2d Wm Ellis 2d late Robt Hum Wm Benson 4d Wm Waggstaff 2d Ben Crabb 10d Ed Crabb 1s Wm Crabb 2d Jarvis Williamson 2d madam Eldred and for one third of Chalkney Wood 1s6d Robt Hull 2d widow Brackley 1d1h Thos Sexton 8d Thos Williamson and for Crow's 8d Francis Halliday 2d Math Moul 2s widow Brewster 4d out leets mr Jn Lay 1s6d mr Robt Lay 5d Peter Weaver 5d Wm Sewell and for Kemball Meadow 1s6d Rich Dutton 6d Phil Leuger 2d Wm Brett 1d Jn Smith 7d Robt Prentice 6d