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Apprenticeship Indenture - John Darke
THIS INDENTURE, made the first Day of March in the
Second Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord William the fourth by the
Grace of God, of the united Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King,
defender of the Faith, and in the Year of our Lord, One thousand Eight
hundred and thirty two Witnesseth, That in Pursuance and in Execution of
an Order under the Hands of JOHN KENDALL FLETCHER Clerk D.D. and EDWARD
JOHN CLARKE Clerk two of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, acting in
and for the County of Cornwall bearing date this first day of March 1832
(made according to the Provisions of an Act passed in the Fifty-Sixth
Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, King George the Third, entitled
“An Act to regulate the binding of Parish Apprentices.”) ISAAC CRADDICK
Churchwarden of the Parish of Saint Dominick in the said County. And
LAWRENCE TREWIN and EDWARD COUCHE Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish, have put and placed, and by these presents do put and place JOHN
DARKE aged Nine Years and upwards, a poor Child of the said parish of
Saint Dominick Apprentice to CHRISTOPHER SPEAR the Elder of the said
parish of Saint Dominick in the said County Yeoman 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 and all his during the said Term. And the said
CHRISTOPHER SPEAR 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 CHRISTOPHER SPEAR 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 during the Term. 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; Provided always, that the last mentioned Covenant on
the part and behalf of the said CHRISTOPHER SPEAR 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 CHRISTOPHER SPEAR in Case the said CHRISTOPHER SPEAR 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, intitled (“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 Parish of Saint Dominick
harmless and indemnified during the said Term.
In Witness whereof, the Parties above-said to these Indentures,
interchangeably have set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year above
written.
Sealed & delivered in the presence of
(Signed)
J.R. HISCK? |
We the Justices of the Peace above-said, whose
names
are hereunder written and seals affixed, (whereof one is of the Quorum) do
consent to, & allow the putting forth of the above said JOHN
DARKE Apprentice, according to the intent and meaning of this Indenture
(Signed) J.K. FLETCHER (and Sealed)
(Signed) E.J. CLARKE (and Sealed) |
In the Margin:
(Signed) C. SPEAR (and Sealed)
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On the Reverse:
John Darke
To
Mr. Crphr, Spear
1832
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