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 PETER
JOPE
an Apprentice According to the
Intent and Meaning of this
Indenture.
(Signed): WESTON HELYAR
(Signed): JOHN CORYTON
HIS
INDENTURE made the Twenty Second day of May, in the fortieth Year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so
forth, and in the Year of our Lord 1800. WITNESSETH, That JOHN TAYLOR
and THOMAS LANG, Church-Wardens of the Parish of Saint Dominick in the
County of Cornwall AND SAMPSON LUCAS and ABRAHAM CRADDOCK 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
PETER JOPE aged Seven years, or thereabouts, a poor Child of the said
Parish Apprentice to JAMES JOPE, 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 JAMES JOPE 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
JAMES JOPE 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 JAMES JOPE, 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 JAMES JOPE in case the said JAMES JOPE 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 and Parishioners 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 Twenty Second day of May, in the fortieth Year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so
forth, and in the Year of our Lord 1800. WITNESSETH, That JOHN TAYLOR
and THOMAS LANG, Church-Wardens of the Parish of Saint Dominick in the
County of Cornwall AND SAMPSON LUCAS and ABRAHAM CRADDOCK 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
PETER JOPE aged Seven years, or thereabouts, a poor Child of the said
Parish Apprentice to JAMES JOPE, 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 JAMES JOPE 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
JAMES JOPE 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 JAMES JOPE, 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 JAMES JOPE in case the said JAMES JOPE 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 and Parishioners harmless and indemnified during the
said Term;