RAYNE, a parish in the hundred of HINCKFORD,
county of ESSEX, 1 mile (W.) from Braintree, containing
343 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Middlesex, and diocese of London,
rated in the king's books at £ 14. 13. 4., and in the
patronage of the Earl of Essex. The church is dedicated
to All Saints; the nave is extremely ancient.