we Bracken Brett Aaron Fossett Rich Instants and Jn Roberson churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of West Bergholt in the county of Essex do hereby acknowledge and own Wm Rayner and his family to be our inhabitants legally settled in the parish of West Bergholt in witness we have set our hands and seals 13.12.1724 Bracken Brett Rich Instance Jn Roberson attested by us Newton Tills Jn Eldred to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Earls Colne we justices of the peace do allow the certificate Jo Eldred Nath Laurence