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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) Do consent to
the putting forth John HAWKIN
an Apprentice According to the
Intent and Meaning of this
Indenture.
(Signed): JOHN CORYTON
(Signed): WESTON HELYAR |
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THIS INDENTURE made the Twenty
Eighth day of July, in the forty third 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 1803. WITNESSETH, That WILLIAM
PODE Esquire And THOMAS BRENT Church-Wardens of the Parish of Saint
Dominick in the County of Cornwall, AND ARTHUR COUCH and WILLIAM WEEKES
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 JOHN HAWKIN aged eight years, or thereabouts, a poor Child of
the said Parish Apprentice to STEPHEN GRYLLS, 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 STEPHEN GRYLLS 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 STEPHEN GRYLLS 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 STEPHEN GRYLLS, 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 STEPHEN GRYLLS in case the said STEPHEN GRYLLS
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) S. GRYLLS (and Sealed) |
Witness by us
(Signed) ARTHUR COUCH
(Signed) THOS. BRENT |
On the Reverse: 1803 John Hawking to
Mr. Stephen Grills
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