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We whose Names are here
under-written, Justices
Of the Peace for the County
aforesaid (whereof one Is
of the Quorum) Jane BENNETT
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 second day
of April, in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twelve
BETWEEN NICHOLAS STEER and JOHN WORTH Churchwardens of the Parish of
Saint Dominick in the County of Cornwall and JOHN TAYLOR and EDMUND
SNELL 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 JANE BENNETT aged eight Years or thereabouts, a poor Child
of the said Parish, Apprentice to WILLIAM WORTH 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 said 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 during the said Term. And the said
WILLIAM WORTH 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 WILLIAM WORTH 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 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 WILLIAM WORTH, 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 WILLIAM WORTH in case
the said WILLIAM WORTH 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 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 of Saint Dominick
harmless and indemnified during the said Term;
IN WITNESS whereof, the Parties aforesaid to these Presents their Hands,
and Seals have set the Day and Year first above written.
(Signed) WILLIAM WORTH (and Sealed)
On the Reverse:
Jane Bennett
To
Mr. Worth
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