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Sheviock Parish Page Apprenticeship Indenture for Mary Bever, dated 15 October 1795This Indenture, made the fifteenth day of
October in the thirty fifth 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 ninety
five Witnesseth that Daniel Cock Church-Wardens of the Parish
of Sheviock in the County of Cornwall and Thomas Bewes
and Robert Warren Overseers of the Poor for the said Parish, by and
with consent of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said
County whose Names are hereunto subscribed, have put and placed, and
by these Presents do put and place Mary Bever aged nine years a
poor Child of the said Parish, Apprentice to Samuel Littleton of the
Parish aforesaid 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 be married
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 Business, according to her Power, Wit, and
Ability: and honestly, orderly, and obediently, in all things demean and
behave herself towards her said Master and all his
during the said Term. And the said Samuel Littleton for himself,
his Executors, and Administrators, doth Covenant and Grant, to
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
Samuel Littleton the said Apprentice in Houswifery shall 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 provide so provide for the said
Apprentice, that he be not in 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 Parishoners harmless and imdemnified 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.
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