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Apprenticeship Indenture, Benjamin Richards
(Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown
in italics)
This Indenture made the Eighth Day of November in the
twenty first Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George
the Third by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and
Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, and so forth; and in the Year of
our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty Witnesseth, That
Henry JORY Church-Warden of the Parish of Perran-Arworthal
in the County of Cornwall And Hugh BROWN Overseer of
the Poor of the said Parish, by and with the consent of his Majesty’s
Justices of the Peace of the said County whose Names are
hereunto subscribed, have put and placed, and by these Presents do put
and place, Benjamin RICHARDS aged eleven years, a poor Child of
the said Parish, Apprentice to Roger PEARCE of the sd. Parish Yeoman
with him to dwell and serve from the Day of the Date of these
Presents, until the said Apprentice shall accomplish his full
age of twenty one years according to the Statute in that Case
made and provided. DURING all which Term the said Apprentice his
said Master faithfully shall serve in all lawful Business,
according to his Power, Wit and Ability; and honestly, orderly and
obediently, in all Things demean and behave him self, towards his
said Master and all his during the said Term. And the
said Roger PEARCE for himself, his Executors
and Administrators, doth Covenant and Grant to and with the said
Church-Wardens and Overseers, and every of them, their, and every of
their Executors and Administrators, and their and every of their
Successors, for the Time being, by these Presents, That the said
Roger PEARCE the said Apprentice in the Business of Husbandry
which he now useth after the best manner that he can or may teach and
Instruct or cause to be taught and Instructed And shall and will
during all the Term aforesaid, find, provide and allow, unto the said
Apprentice, meet, competent and sufficient Meat, Drink and Apparel,
Lodging, Washing, and all other Things necessary and fit for an
Apprentice. And also shall and will so provide for the said Apprentice,
that he be not any way a Charge to the said Parish, or Parishioners of
the same, but of and from all Charge shall and will save the said Parish
and Parishioners harmless and indemnified during the said Term. IN
WITNESS whereof, the Parties abovesaid to these present Indentures
interchangeably have put their Hands and Seals the Day and Year above
written.
Seal’d & deliver’d
in the Presence
of by the above
named Henry Jory & Hugh Brown
Henry JORY (signed)
Hugh BROWN (signed)
Roger PEARCE (mark)
George QUASH (signed)
M ALLISON (signed)
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We whose Names are subscribed, Justices
of the Peace of the County aforesaid
(whereof one if of the Quorum)
do
consent to the putting forth of the
abovesaid Benjamin RICHARDS Apprentice,
according to the Intent and Meaning of
the above
Indenture
Philip ENOUFS (signed)
W H REYNOLDS (signed) |
| Sealed and Delivered by the
above named Roger PEARCE in the Presence of: |
| Thomas
BOUNDY |
Ann EDWARDS |
N.B. Words in italics are
insertions in a printed form, those in brackets and italics are inserted
by the transcriber
Source:- LDS Film No. 1596395
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