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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 RICHARD JOPE of Saint Dominick
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 Fifth day of
February 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 the
Hundred of East within the County of Cornwall bearing even date herewith
(testified by their Allowance hereof.) NICHOLAS STEER and JOHN WORTH
Churchwardens of the Parish of Saint Dominick in the said County of
Cornwall and ARTHUR COUCH and RICHARD COWLE Overseers of the Poor of the
said Parish have put and placed, and by these Presents do put and place
RICHARD JOPE aged Nine Years and upwards, a poor Child of the said
Parish, Apprentice to EDWARD COUCHE of the said Parish Yeoman 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 and all his family during the said Term.
And the said EDWARD COUCH for himself, his 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 he the said EDWARD COUCH the said
Apprentice inHhusbandry 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,
and 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 EDWARD COUCH, 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 EDWARD COUCHE in case the said EDWARD COUCHE 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 the present Indentures
interchangeably have set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year
above-written.(Signed) EDWARD COUCH (and
Sealed)
On the Reverse:
Richard Jope to
Edward Couch
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