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We, whose Names are here-under written, Justices
of the Peace (whereof one is of the Quorum) do consent to and allow the putting forth
the said BENJAMIN JOPE 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 Third Day of August in the
first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the fourth by the
Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King,
Defender of the Faith, and in the Year of our Lord, One thousand Eight
Hundred and twenty Witnesseth, That in Pursuance and in Execution of an
Order under the Hands of WILLIAM HICKES HORNDON and JOHN TILLIE CORYTON,
Esquires, two of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, acting in and for
the County of Cornwall, bearing even date herewith (made according to
the Provisions of an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Reign of
his late Majesty, King GEORGE the Third, intitled “An Act to regulate
the binding of Parish Apprentices.” JOHN HERRING and JOHN WORTH
Churchwardens of the Parish of St. Dominick in the said County, And
EDWARD COUCHE and ABRAHAM CRADICK Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish, have put and placed, and by these Presents do put and place
BENJAMIN JOPE aged ten years, and upwards, a poor Child of the said
Parish of Saint Dominick Apprentice to BENJAMIN WORTH 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 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 BENJAMIN WORTH 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 BENJAMIN WORTH
the said Apprentice in Husbandry shall and will teach and instruct, or
cause to be taught and instructed in the best Way and Manner that he can
during the said Term. 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 : Provided always, That the
last-mentioned Covenant on the part and behalf of the said BENJAMIN
WORTH 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 BENJAMIN WORTH in Case the said
BENJAMIN WORTH 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, intitled, (“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 Parish, 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
above-written.(Signed) BENJAMIN WORTH (and
Sealed)
On the Reverse:
Benjamin Jope
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