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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 Mary Ann DAWE
an Apprentice According to the
Intent and Meaning of this
Indenture.
(Signed): J. T. CORYTON
(Signed): WESTON HELYAR |
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THIS INDENTURE made the second day
of May, in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Eleven
BETWEEN NICHOLAS STEER and JOHN WORTH Churchwardens of the Parish of
Saint Dominick in the County of Cornwall and WILLIAM WORTH and DIGORY
FLETCHER 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 MARY ANN DAWE aged Ten Years or thereabouts, a poor
Child of the said Parish, Apprentice to NICHOLAS PEARCE 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 be
married, 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
NICHOLAS PEARCE 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 NICHOLAS PEARCE 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 NICHOLAS PEARCE, 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 NICHOLAS PEARCE
in case the said NICHOLAS PEARCE 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) NICHs. PEARCE (and Sealed)
On the Reverse:
Mary Ann Daw Apprentice
To Nicholas Pearce 1811 May 2nd.
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