to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Coggeshall we the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Earls Colne do hereby own and acknowledge Robt Pease (may be Robt Pease) to be an inhabitant legally settled in our said parish of Earls Colne whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 2.1.1741 Jn Newton Jn Hatch Jn Harrington Jn Unwin attested by us Sam Burton Dan Burton certificate allowed by two justices of the peace Robt Tweed A Wear