Just thought I'd mention that if you get stuck for somewhere to search for your Howards, I've noted some at Coggeshall which is none too far from Ardleigh and Colchester.
One of my ancestors Jane Anthony was first married to a John Howard in 1788 at Coggeshall before marrying my ancestor Michael Dalton, over the years there were quite a few Howards in Coggeshall registers. In her marriage banns for her marriage to Michael Dalton her surname was given as Anthony but in her marriage entry (to Michael Dalton) she was referred to as Jane Haward.
Regards.
