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William Phillipps to John Knight, dated 16 May 1836Document 1 This Indenture, made the sixteenth Day
of May in the Year of our Lord 1836 WITNESSETH, That
John Robins and John Bate Churchwardens of the
Parish of Roach in the County of Cornwall, And
Stephen Cock and
Richard Varcoe Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish,
in pursuance and in execution of an Order, under the Hands and Seals
of Nicholas Kendall and Richard Gervys Grylls the younger
Clerks two of his Majesty’s Justices of
the Peace, acting in and for the Tywardreath Division
of the Hundred of Powder
within the said County, bearing date the said sixteenth day of
May 1836
(testified by their allowance hereof,) have put and placed,
and by these presents do put and place William Phillipps aged
eleven years or thereabout, a poor Child of the said Parish,
Apprentice to John Knight of the said Parish of Roach 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 himself towards his said Master
and all his during the said Term. AND the said John Knight for himself, his Executors and
Administrators doth covenant and grant to and with the said
Churchwardens 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 he the said
John Knight the said Apprentice in the art of Husbandry
shall and will teach, and instruct, or cause to be taught and instructed
in the best way and manner that he can;
AND shall and will during all the Term aforesaid, find, provide and
allow unto the said Apprentice meet, competent, and sufficient Meat,
Drink, Apparel, Lodging, Washing, and other things necessary and fit for
an Apprentice. PROVIDED ALWAYS, That the said last mentioned Covenant
on the said John Knight his Executors and Administrators, to
be done and performed, shall continue and be in force for no longer Time
than Three Calendar Months next after the Death of the said John
Knight in case the said John Knight shall happen to die
during the continuance of such Apprenticeship, according to the
Provisions of an Act passed in the Thirty-second Year of the Reign of
King George the Third, intituled "An Act for the further Regulation of
Parish Apprentices". 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 Parishioners harmless and indemnified during the said Term.
(In the left margin) We whose Names are
hereunder N.B. Printed form with hand-written
insertions, shown in italics.
Words in both italics and brackets are
inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed). Spellings are as
found. Document 2 CORNWALL to wit. To
Stephen Cock and
Richard Varcoe Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
Roach
in the said County. (signed & sealed) Nich. Kendall N.B. Printed form with hand-written
insertions, shown in italics.
Words in both italics and brackets are
inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed). Spellings are as
found. Contributed by John Evans | ||||||