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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 EDWARD BOND 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 March in the Year of our Lord One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty six
(Signed) J. K. FLETCHER
(Signed) J. T. CORYTON |
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THIS INDENTURE made the Second Day of March in the
Seventh 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 so forth, and in the year of our Lord 1826
Witnesseth, that EDMUND HAMBLY and NICHOLAS BRENT Churchwardens of the
Parish of Saint Dominick in the County of Cornwall And WILLIAM RICKARD
and CHRISTOPHER SPEAR the younger 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 TILLIE CORYTON Esquire and JOHN KENDALL FLETCHER Clerk,
Doctor in Divinity, 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 EDWARD BOND aged ten years or thereabouts, a poor Child of the
said Parish of Saint Dominick Apprentice to ISAAC CRADDOCK 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 ISAAC
CRADDOCK 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 ISAAC CRADDOCK 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 ISAAC CRADDOCK
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 ISAAC CRADDOCK in case he the said
ISAAC CRADDOCK 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) ISAAC CRADICK (and Sealed)
On the Reverse:
The Indenture of Edward Bond
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