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Apprenticeship Indenture - John Jefford
THIS INDENTURE, made the Seventh Day of June in the
Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George 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 twenty seven WITNESSETH, That in Pursuance and Execution of
an Order under the Hands of JOHN TILLIE CORYTON Esquire and JOHN KENDALL
FLETCHER Doctor in Divinity two of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace,
acting in and for the County of Cornwall bearing even Date herewith
(made according to the Provisions of an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth
Year of the Reign of King George III, intituled “An Act to regulate the
binding of Parish Apprentices.”) JOHN WORTH and NICHOLAS BRENT
Churchwardens of the Parish of Saint Dominick in the County of Cornwall
AND WILLIAM RICKARD and CHARLES WILSON Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish, have put and placed, and by these Presents, do put and place
JOHN JEFFORD aged Twelve Years and upwards, a poor Child of the said
parish of Saint Dominick Apprentice to EDMUND HERRING of the said parish
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 EDMUND HERRING 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 EDMUND HERRING
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, 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 EDMUND HERRING 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 EDMUND HERRING in case the said EDMUND HERRING 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 or
Parishioners of the same; but of and from all Charge shall and will save
the said parishioners harmless and indemnified during the said Term.
IN WITNESS whereof, the Parties abovesaid to these present Indentures
interchangeably have set their Hands and Seals the day and year
above-written.
Sealed and delivered in the Presence of
(Signed) THOS. TREWEEK
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(Signed) EDMUND HERRING |
We the Justices of the Peace abovesaid, whose Names and Seals
are here-under written and affixed (whereof one is of the Quorum) do
consent to and allow the putting forth of the above said JOHN JEFFORD
Apprentice, according to the Intent and Meaning of this Indenture
(Signed) J.T. CORYTON
(Signed) J.K. FLETCHER |
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Also found amongst St Dominick records, a blank Devon County pre-printed
re-indenture form, with
John Jefford
To
Mr. P. (or E.?) Herring
1828
in the margin.
No explanation has been found. |
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