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Apprenticeship Indenture - Elizabeth
Hewett
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INDENTURE, made the Fourth Day of March in the Thirtieth Year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God, of
Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so
forth; and in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety
WITNESSETH That NICHOLAS STEER AND WILLIAM BRENT, Church-Wardens of the
Parish of Saint Dominick in the County of Cornwall AND THOMAS BRENT
Overseer 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 ELIZABETH HEWETT, a poor child of the said Parish, Apprentice
to MARTIN RICKARD 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 Twentyone years or be Married according to the Statute in that
case made and provided. DURING all which 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 MARTIN RICKARD 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 the said MARTIN
RICKARD, the said Apprentice in Housewifery shall teach and instruct or
shall cause to be Taught AND Instructed 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. 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 and Parishioners
harmless and indemnified during the said Term. IN WITNESS whereof the
Parties above said to these present Indentures interchangeably have put
their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year above-written.
Sealed and deliver'd in the presence of
(Signed) Sam: Hunn |
We whose Names are subscribed, Justices of the Peace for
the
County
Aforesaid, (one whereof was the
Quorum) Do consent to the putting
Forth of the Abovesaid
Elizabeth Hewett, Apprentice, according to
The Intent
and Meaning of the above
Indenture.
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(Signed) Weston Hilyar
(Signed) John Coryton |
IN THE MARGIN:
 Two
Pence Stamp Duty
Signed by Martin Rickard and Sealed
ON THE REVERSE:
Elizabeth Hewett Apprentice
To
Mr. Martyn Rickard 1790
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