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Apprenticeship Indenture - Richard
Collings
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Indenture, made the Fourth day of July in the Thirty-third 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 One thousand seven hundred and ninety
three WITNESSETH that WILLIAM BRENT and NICHOLAS STEER the
Church-Wardens of the Parish of St. Dominick in the County of Cornwall
and WILLIAM BRENT and JAMES WILLIAMS the 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 COLLINGS a
poor Child of the said Parish, Apprentice to JOSEPH RICKARD the Younger,
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
JOSEPH RICKARD 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 the said JOSEPH RICKARD the said
Apprentice in Husbandry shall teach and instruct or cause to be taught
and instructed 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. 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 Charges
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 put their Hands
and Seals, the Day and Year above-written.
Sealed and delivered (it
being first agreed that the aforesaid covenant for Maintenance
on the part of the said Joseph Rickard his Exors and Admors to
be done and performed shall continue and be in force for no
longer than for Three Calendar Months next after the death of
the said Joseph Rickard in case he the said Joseph Rickard shall
happen to die during the continuance of such Apprenticeship
according to the Provisions of an Act passed in the Thirty
Second year of his present Majesty, intituled “An Act for the
further Regulation of Parish Apprentices”)
In presence of JAMES PINE |
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We whose Names are subscribed, Justices of the Peace for
the
County
Aforesaid, (one whereof was the
Quorum) Do consent to the putting
Forth of the Abovesaid
Richd. Collings, Apprentice, according to
The Intent
and Meaning of the above
Indenture.
(Signed) John Coryton
(Signed) Weston Helgar
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IN THE MARGIN:
 Two
Pence Stamp Duty
Signed by JOSEPH RICKARD Junr. and Sealed
ON THE REVERSE:
Richard Collings to
Joseph Rickard Apprentice 1793
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