a rate made the 20.4.1747 by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Earls Colne for the relief of the poor to be gathered at twelve quarters viz Jn Wale esq and for two thirds of Chalkney Wood and Hancers Hedge 3s10d same for land late held by mr Sewell 2s4d same for land late held by Jn May 5s11d madam Biddulph 6d mr Stringer 9d mr Sewel for madam Cressener's land 7s9d same for his house in the street 10d mr Johnson 6s2d mr Newton and for Maleries 5s7d same for late Bullock's 2d mr Harrington 7s3d same for Jn May's land 1s same for land late Root's 2s8d and for mrs Grimston's 6d total 3s2d mr Hatch 7d mr Robinson for his house 6d same for Gilberts 2s same for Buroughs 1s mr Sam Smith surgeon 1s same for mr Sewel's land 2s Jn Tiffen 5s6d Jn Leaper 6s9d Jn Williamson and for Cressener's land 3s2d Jn Osborne 2s Thos Hales 1s mr Unwin 1s9d same for the house where London lived 4d Edw Wash 2s Rich Ruffle 1s10d Jas Braybrooke for Lowfields 1s Sam Halls for Highfield and Kiln Croft 1s6d Sam Perkinson for Harvey's land 1s4d same for mrs Harris land 9d Thos Man and for Kiln Field 3s6d same for the fens 7d Thos King for The Lyon 11d mr Fromont 6d mr Elliot's house where mrs Abbot Sam Shelly and Wendon lives 6d Thos Paschal 3s6d Francis Martin for his house 4d for the hopground 1d 5d Math Moul 2s Ben Crabb 10d Edw Crabb 1s Wm Crabb 2d Rich Pratt 5d Edw Johnson for Lowfields 6d Johnson Frith for his house by the bridge 6d Jn White 2d Hen Mays and for Spriggs Marsh 4d 1s4d Jos Bott 9d widow Gibson 6d Geo Wall 10d Sam Fitch and for Tiffen's 9d Sam Tunbridge 8d Jn Betts 1s Jeff Cooke 3d mr Morris 4d and for Mulberrie Croft 3d total 7d mrs Harris 3d Thos Smith 3d Wm Long for The Malting 4d Jos Pond 3d Jn Deardsley 2d Wm Harvey 4d Wm Harvey 4d mr Angier's house 6d Wm Gladwin 2d Edw Fell's house where Gladwin lived 2d Dan London junior 4d widow Rayner for Stebbing's land 6d Plampton Wendon 2d Jn Brasier 4d Edw Marven 2d Thos Rayner 2d Jehu Shave 6d Jas Rayner 2d Abraham Dugarde 2d Jas Savil 3d Isaac Potter 2d Wm Ellis 2d Wm Benson 4d late Abraham Hart and for Crow's 8d Jarvis Willaston 2d mr Snelling's house 2d Jn Buck 1d1h and for mr Sewell's orchard Thos Sexton 3d Edw Spells or Johnson Frith 2d Thos Brewster 4d Wm Peartry 2d mrs Harris's house late old Shelly's 2d Sam Guyon junior 5d Wm Wagstaffe 2d out leets madam Eldred for one third of Chalkney Wood 1s6d Robt Tweed esq for The Boar 4d1h mr Morley for mr Jacob's estate 9s7d Jn Lay 1s6d Robt Lay 5d Phil Lugar 2d Peter Weaver 5d mrs Sewell for Kemball Meadow 1s6d Rich Dutton 6d Jn Smith 7d Robt Prentice 6d Rich Bridge 1d