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Apprenticeship Indenture, Joan White
(Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown
in italics)
This Indenture made the Twenty first Day of June in
the 30th Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the
Second 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 fifty seven Witnesseth,
That Mark JOHNS of Perranarworthal Yeoman Church-Warden of the
Parish of aforesaid in the County of Cornwall And
John SPARGOE Yeoman of the said Parish 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,
Joan WHITE aged about thirteen a poor Child of the said Parish,
Apprentice to Robert LANYON of the said Parish Yeoman with
him to dwell and serve from the Day of the Date of these Presents,
until the said Apprentice shall accomplish her full age of
twenty one years or till she shall be marryed according to the
Statute in that Case made and provided. DURING all which Term the said
Apprentice her said Master faithfully shall serve in
all lawful Business, according to her Power, Wit and Ability;
and honestly, orderly and obediently, in all Things demean and behave her
self, towards her said Master and all his
during the said Term. And the said Robert LANYON for him
self, 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 Robert LANYON the said Apprentice in the Business
and Employment of an Housewife or some other Lawful calling shall and
will teach and Instruct or cause to be taught and Instructed to the best
of her skill 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 she 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
Willm. CORNISH (signed)
Robt. LANYON |
We whose Names are subscribed, Justices
of the Peace of the County aforesaid
do
consent to the putting forth of the
above-said Joan WHITE Apprentice,
according
to the
Intent and Meaning of the Indenture
abovesaid
J.HILLOP (signed)
Jno. ENYS (signed) |
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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