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Apprenticeship Indenture - Mary Cradick
THIS INDENTURE, made the third Day of June in the
Eleventh 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 thirty Witnesseth, That in Pursuance and in Execution
of an Order under the Hands of JOHN KENDALL FLETCHER Clerk D.D. and
HENRY WOOLLCOMBE Clerk, two of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace,
acting in and for the County of Cornwall bearing Date this Third Day of
June 1830 (made according to the Provisions of an Act passed in the
Fifty-Sixth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, King George the
Third, entitled “An Act to regulate the binding of Parish Apprentices.”)
SAMPSON LUCAS and JOHN WORTH Churchwardens of the Parish of St Dominick
in the said County. And MARY BOND and JOHN MITCHELL Overseers of the
Poor of the said Parish, have put and placed, and by these presents do
put and place MARY CRADICK aged Ten Years and upwards, a poor Child of
the said parish of Saint Dominick Apprentice to RICHARD PARKEN of the
said Parish of Saint Dominick in the said County Yeoman with him to
dwell and to 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 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 and all his during the said Term. And
the said RICHARD PARKEN 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 RICHARD PARKEN 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 during
the Term. 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 RICHARD
PARKEN 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 RICHARD PARKEN in Case the said RICHARD
PARKEN 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 of Saint Dominick 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 above-said to these Indentures,
interchangeably have set their Hands and Seals, the day and year above
written.
Sealed and delivered in the Presence of
(Signed)
JOHN BULLEN
(Signed) LAWN. TREWIN |
We the Justices of the Peace above-said, whose Names
are hereunder written, (whereof one is of the Quorum) do
consent to, & allow the putting forth of the above said MARY
CRADICK Apprentice, according to the intent and meaning of this Indenture
(Signed) J.K. FLETCHER (and Sealed)
(Signed) HENRY WOOLLCOMBE (and Sealed) |
In the Margin:
(Signed) RICHD. PARKEN (and Sealed)
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On the Reverse:
1830
Mary Cradick
To
Richd. Parken |
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