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 RICHARD
BENNETT
an Apprentice According to the
Intent and Meaning of this
Indenture.
(Signed): JOHN CORYTON
(Signed): WESTON HELYAR
HIS
INDENTURE made the Sixth day of Jany?, in the Thirty Ninth 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 1799. WITNESSES, That JOHN TAYLOR and
THOMAS LANG Church-Wardens of the Parish of Saint Dominick AND WILLIAM
BENNETT and BARTHOLOMEW 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 RICHARD BENNETT aged Nine years,
or thereabouts, a poor Child of the said Parish Apprentice to SAMPSON
LUCAS, 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 SAMPSON LUCAS 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 SAMPSON LUCAS 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 SAMPSON LUCAS, 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 SAMPSON LUCAS in case
the said SAMPSON LUCAS 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 Sixth day of Jany?, in the Thirty Ninth 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 1799. WITNESSES, That JOHN TAYLOR and
THOMAS LANG Church-Wardens of the Parish of Saint Dominick AND WILLIAM
BENNETT and BARTHOLOMEW 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 RICHARD BENNETT aged Nine years,
or thereabouts, a poor Child of the said Parish Apprentice to SAMPSON
LUCAS, 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 SAMPSON LUCAS 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 SAMPSON LUCAS 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 SAMPSON LUCAS, 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 SAMPSON LUCAS in case
the said SAMPSON LUCAS 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;