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Richard Retallick to William Stephens, dated 26 February 1820
Document 1
This Indenture, made the twenty sixth Day
of February in the Year of our Lord 1820 WITNESSETH,
That John Robins and John Retallick Church-Wardens of the
parish of Roach in the County of Cornwall; And William
Stephens and William Faro Overseers of the Poor of the said
parish, in Pursuance and in Execution of an Order under the Hands
of Nicholas Kendall and Richard Gerveys Grylls the younger
Clerks two of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, acting in and
for the Hundred of Powder within the said County,
bearing Date the twenty first Day of February instant
(testified by their Allowance hereof) have put and placed, and by these
presents do put and place Richard Retallick aged Nine
years or thereabouts, a poor Child of the said parish,
Apprentice to William Stephens 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 William Stephens 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 he the said
William Stephens 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 William Stephens 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
William Stephens in case the said William Stephens 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 of the same; but of and from all charge shall and will save
the said Parishioners harmless and indemnified during the said
Term.
IN WITNESS whereof, the Parties abovesaid to these present Indentures
interchangeably have set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first
above written
Seal’d and deliver’d in the Presence of
(signed) John Rowe
(signed) Joanna Robins |
(signed) William
Stephens |
(In the left margin)
We whose Names are hereunder
written, Justices of the Peace for the
County aforesaid do consent to the putting forth
Richard Retallick an Apprentice, according to
the Intent and Meaning of the above Indenture
(signed) Nic. Kendall
(signed) R. Gerveys Grylls Jnr
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.
Source: LDS Film No. 1596395, CRO Ref P. 198/14/1/48
Document 2
CORNWALL to wit. To William Stephens and William
Faro Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Roach in the
said County
WHEREAS you the said Overseers having proposed unto us Nicholas
Kendall and Richard Gerveys Grylls the younger Clerks two
of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, acting in and for the Hundred of
Powder within the said County, under and by virtue of an Act of
Parliament, passed in the fifty-sixth Year of the Reign of his present
Majesty intitled "An Act to regulate the Binding of Parish Apprentices"
to bind Richard Retallick a poor child, aged Nine
Years, belonging to your said Parish, Apprentice to William Stephens
of the Parish of Roach in the said County yeoman
And whereas we the said Justices having this day enquired into the
propriety of binding the said Child Apprentice, and having particularly
examined and considered the several directions contained in the said
recited Act and also the circumstances and character of the said
William Stephens do hereby declare that the said William
Stephens is a fit person to take the said Richard Retallick
Apprentice as aforesaid; and do order that you the said Overseers shall
be at liberty to bind such Child Apprentice accordingly.
Given under our Hands, this twenty first Day of February
in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and twenty
(signed) Nic. Kendall
(signed) R. Gerveys Grylls Junr
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.
Source: LDS Film No. 1596395, CRO Ref P. 198/14/1/47
Contributed by John Evans
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