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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 Rebecca BEER
an Apprentice According to the
Intent and Meaning of this
Indenture.
(Signed): J. T. CORYTON
(Signed): W. H. HORNDON |
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THIS INDENTURE made the Thirteenth
day of April, in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
nine BETWEEN WILLIAM PODE Esqr. and JOHN BRADFORD Churchwardens of the
Parish of Saint Dominick in the County of Cornwall and WILLIAM BRENT and
JOHN WORTH 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 REBECCA BEER aged Nine Years or thereabouts, a poor
Child of the said Parish, Apprentice to WILLIAM WORTH 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
WILLIAM WORTH 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 WORTH 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 WILLIAM WORTH , 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 WORTH in
case the said WILLIAM WORTH 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) WILLIAM WORTH (and Sealed)
On the Reverse:
Rebecca Beer
To William Worth
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