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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
DOROTHY JOPE of St Dominick
aforesaid 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 first Day of July in the
Fifty ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third 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 nineteen 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 present Majesty, King GEORGE the Third,
intitled “An Act to regulate the binding of Parish Apprentices.” JOHN
WORTH and JOHN HERRING Churchwardens of the Parish of Saint Dominick in
the said County, And SAMPSON LUCAS and JAMES BATTTEN Overseers of the
Poor of the said Parish, have put and placed, and by these Presents do
put and place DOROTHY JOPE aged Thirteen years, and upwards, a poor
Child of the said Parish of Saint Dominick Apprentice to EDMUND HERRING
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
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 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 and all his during the said Term. And the said
EDMUND HERRING 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 EDMUND HERRING 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 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 EDMUND HERRING 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 EDMUND HERRING in Case the said EDMUND HERRING 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 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, 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) EDMUND HERRING (and
Sealed)
On the Reverse:
66
Dorothy Jope to
Edmund Herring
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