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Essex Record Office has a series of Roman Catholic records with the reference D/K which you can view online at SEAX. At first sight, at least, those archives do not seem to promise much and this seems the most promising:
Repository: Essex Record Office
Level: Category Roman Catholic records
Level: Fonds THORNDON HALL CHAPEL, WEST HORNDON
Level:
Item
Reference Code D/K 1/1
Dates of Creation 1759-1857
Extent 1 vol.
Scope and Content Register of Baptisms
Gives date of child's birth often and names of sponsors always; in Latin, 1814-6 and from 1829 onwards; from 1844 onwards including baptisms at Grays, Ingrave, E. Horndon etc.; including confirmation lists, 1762-1852; at front: marriage licence, 1838, and memoranda of marriages, 1788 and 1792 ( a few occur among baptismal entries; see P.F. Coverdate, `Note on the Baptismal Register of the Catholic Chapel of Thorndon Park...' Essex Recuscant vol. 1, no, 1, pp. 37-45)
Date From 1759
Date To 1857