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 Joseph CONGDON
an Apprentice According to the
Intent and Meaning of this
Indenture.
(Signed): WESTON HELYAR
(Signed): W.H. HORNDON
HIS
INDENTURE made the Twentieth day of September, in the 44th 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 1804. WITNESSETH, That
WILLIAM PODE Esqr. And THOMAS BRENT Church-Wardens of the
Parish of Saint Dominick in the County of Cornwall, AND WILLIAM WORTH
and THOMAS DINGLE 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 JOSEPH CONGDON aged Seven years, or
thereabouts, a poor Child of the said Parish Apprentice to BENJAMIN
COUCH, 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 BENJAMIN COUCH 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
Benjamin Couch 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 BENJAMIN COUCH, 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 BENJAMIN COUCH in case the said BENJAMIN COUCH 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.
HIS
INDENTURE made the Twentieth day of September, in the 44th 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 1804. WITNESSETH, That
WILLIAM PODE Esqr. And THOMAS BRENT Church-Wardens of the
Parish of Saint Dominick in the County of Cornwall, AND WILLIAM WORTH
and THOMAS DINGLE 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 JOSEPH CONGDON aged Seven years, or
thereabouts, a poor Child of the said Parish Apprentice to BENJAMIN
COUCH, 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 BENJAMIN COUCH 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
Benjamin Couch 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 BENJAMIN COUCH, 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 BENJAMIN COUCH in case the said BENJAMIN COUCH 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;