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G. R.
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
KNIGHT
an Apprentice According to the
Intent and Meaning of this
Indenture.
(Signed) JOHN CORYTON
(Signed) WESTON HELYAR |
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HIS
INDENTURE made the Ninth day of September, in the 42nd Year of the Reign
of our Sovereign Lord George the 3rd. 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 1802. WITNESSETH, That WILLIAM
PODE Esqr. And DANIEL STEER, Church-Wardens of the Parish of Saint
Dominick in the County of Cornwall, AND BENJAMIN COUCH and JAMES PELLOW
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 KNIGHT aged Eleven years, or thereabouts, a poor Child
of the said Parish Apprentice to ISAAC PEARCE, 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 ISAAC PEARCE 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 ISAAC PEARCE 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 ISAAC PEARCE, 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 ISAAC PEARCE in case the said ISAAC PEARCE 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.
(Signed) ISAAC PEARCE (and Sealed)
On the Reverse:
James Knight to Mr Isaac Pearce |