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We whose Names are here
under-written, Justices
Of the Peace for the County
aforesaid (whereof one Is
of the Quorum) Do consent to
the putting forth Ann BENNETT
an Apprentice According to the
Intent and Meaning of this
Indenture.
(Signed): W. H. HORNDON
(Signed): J. T. CORYTON |
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THIS INDENTURE made the Thirteenth
day of April, in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
nine BETWEEN WILLIAM PODE Esqr. and JOHN BRADFORD Churchwardens of the
Parish of Saint Dominick in the County of Cornwall and WILLIAM BRENT and
JOHN WORTH Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish by and with the
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 ANN BENNETT aged nine Years or thereabouts, a poor
Child of the said Parish, Apprentice to JOHN TAYLOR 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 said 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
herself towards her said Master during the said Term. And the said JOHN
TAYLOR 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 JOHN TAYLOR the said Apprentice in housewifery 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 TAYLOR, 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 TAYLOR in case the said JOHN TAYLOR 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 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 of Saint Dominick harmless and indemnified during the
said Term;
IN WITNESS whereof, the Parties aforesaid to these Presents their Hands,
and Seals have set the Day and Year first above written.
(Signed) JOHN TAYLOR (and Sealed)
On the Reverse:
Ann Bennett
To Mr. Taylor
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