Braintree

Braintree is a town in Essex, England. In the 19th century, it became an agricultural and textile town and a centre for silk manufacturing.

In London Labour and the London Poor edition: 

Phase 1

Statement of a Returned Convict. (Volume 3): "I stayed with this man and his wife two months. She was good-looking, so as to attract people. I thought they didn’t use me altogether right, so at Braintree I gave another man in the same way of business 25l. for his kit—horse, harness, tilted-cart, and table. I gave him two good 5l. notes and three bad ones, for I worked that way still, not throwing much of a chance away."