|
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 Maria BENNETT
an Apprentice According to the
Intent and Meaning of this
Indenture.
(Signed): W. H. HORNDON
(Signed): J. T. CORYTON |
|
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
MARIA BENNETT aged eight Years or thereabouts, a poor Child of the said
Parish, Apprentice to WILLIAM WEBB 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 marriage, 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 WEBB 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 WEBB 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 WEBB, 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 WEBB in case the said WILLIAM WEBB 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) WM. WEBB (and Sealed)
On the Reverse:
Maria Bennett
To Mr. Webb
|
