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WE whose names are hereunder written; Justices of the Peace for the
County of Cornwall (whereof one is of the Quorum) Do consent the putting
forth CHARLES DAWE an Apprentice according to the
Intent and Meaning of this Indenture; and do sign this our allowance of
such Indenture of Apprenticeship before the same hath been executed by
any of the other parties thereto, in pursuance of the Statute in such
case made and provided. Dated this Second Day of December in the Year of
our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty four
(Signed) J. K. FLETCHER
(Signed) HENRY WOOLLCOMBE |
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THIS INDENTURE made the Second Day of December in the
fifth 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 1824 Witnesseth, that
EDMUND HAMBLY and NICHOLAS BRENT Churchwardens of the Parish of Saint
Dominick in the County of Cornwall And EDMUND HAMBLY and RICHARD PIPER
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, and by virtue and in pursuance of an Order in
Writing made by and under the Hands and Seals of JOHN KENDALL FLETCHER,
Doctor in Divinity and HENRY WOOLLCOMBE Clerk Justices of the Peace in
and for the said County, in pursuance of the Statute in that case made
and provided, and bearing even date herewith, have put and placed, and
by these Presents do put and place CHARLES DAWE aged nine years, a poor
Child of the said Parish of Saint Dominick Apprentice to SAMPSON LUCAS
yeoman with him to dwell and serve from the Day of the Date of these
Presents, until the said Apprentice shall come to the 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 Businesses, 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 SAMPSON LUCAS 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 SAMPSON LUCAS
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
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 part of the said SAMPSON LUCAS his Executors and
Administrators, to be done and performed, shall continue to be in force
for no longer time than Three Calendar Months next after the death of
the said SAMPSON LUCAS in case he the said SAMPSON LUCAS 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 Saint
Dominick 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 WITNESS whereof, the Parties abovesaid to these present Indentures
have set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written.
(Signed) SAMPn. LUCAS (and sealed)
On the Reverse:
1824
Sampson Lucas
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