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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 and allow the putting forth the said
RICHARD GREGORY of St Dominick aforesaid
an Apprentice, according
to the Intent and Meaning of this Indenture.
(Signed): J. T. CORYTON
(Signed): E. J. CLARKE |
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THIS INDENTURE made the Seventh day
of May in the fifty eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord
George the Third 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 eighteen Witnesseth, That in
Pursuance and in Execution of an Order under the Hands of JOHN TILLIE
CORYTON Esquire and EDWARD JOHN CLARKE, Clerk two of his Majesty’s
Justices of the Peace, acting in and for the Middle Division of East
Hundred within the County of Cornwall bearing even date herewith
(testified by their Allowance hereof.) JOHN WORTH Churchwarden of the
Parish of St. Dominick in the said County and WILLIAM RICKARD and
CHRISTOPHER SPEAR Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish have put and
placed, and by these Presents do put and place RICHARD GREGORY aged
Thirteen Years, a poor Child of the said Parish, Apprentice to MARY
FITZE of the said Parish Widow with her 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 Mistress 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
Mistress and all her family during the said Term. And the said MARY
FITZE for herself, her 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 she the said MARY FITZE 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 she 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 Part and Behalf of the said MARY
FITZE, her 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 MARY FITZE in Case the said MARY FITZE
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 abovesaid to these present Indentures,
interchangeably have set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year
above-written.The Mark of MARY FITZE (and Sealed)
On the Reverse
Mrs. Fitze
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