We whose Names are here
under-written, Justices
Of the Peace for the
aforesaid (whereof one Is
of the Quorum) Do consent to
the putting forth James
Jope
an Apprentice According to the
Intent and Meaning of this
Indenture.
(Signed) J.P. FOOTE
(Signed) JOHN CORYTON
HIS
INDENTURE made the twenty third day of April, in the 41st 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 so forth, and in the Year of our Lord 1801. WITNESSETH, That
THOMAS LANG and JOHN TAYLOR, Church-Wardens of the Parish of Saint
Dominick, AND JOSEPH COUCH and JOSEPH RICKARD 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, have put
and placed, and by these Presents do put and place JAMES JOPE aged Seven
years, or thereabouts, a poor Child of the said Parish Apprentice to his
Grand father JAMES JOPE, 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 during the said Term.
And the said JAMES JOPE the Elder 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 he the said
JAMES JOPE 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 said JAMES JOPE, 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 JAMES JOPE in case the said JAMES JOPE 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 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 above said to these present Indentures
Interchangeably have set their Hands and Seals the Day and year first
above written.
HIS
INDENTURE made the twenty third day of April, in the 41st 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 so forth, and in the Year of our Lord 1801. WITNESSETH, That
THOMAS LANG and JOHN TAYLOR, Church-Wardens of the Parish of Saint
Dominick, AND JOSEPH COUCH and JOSEPH RICKARD 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, have put
and placed, and by these Presents do put and place JAMES JOPE aged Seven
years, or thereabouts, a poor Child of the said Parish Apprentice to his
Grand father JAMES JOPE, 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 during the said Term.
And the said JAMES JOPE the Elder 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 he the said
JAMES JOPE 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 said JAMES JOPE, 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 JAMES JOPE in case the said JAMES JOPE 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 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;