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We, whose Names are here-under written, Justices
of the Peace (whereof one is of the Quorum) do consent of and allow the
putting forth the said SARAH DEACON an Apprentice, according
to the Intent and Meaning of this Indenture.
(Signed): J. K. FLETCHER
(Signed): HENRY WOOLLCOMBE |
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THIS INDENTURE made the Sixth Day of March in the
fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Fourth 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 twenty three Witnesseth, That in Pursuance and in Execution
of an Order under the Hands of JOHN KENDALL FLETCHER Doctor in Divinity,
and HENRY WOOLLCOMBE, Clerk, two of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace,
acting in and for the middle Division of the Hundred of East, in the
County of Cornwall, bearing even-date herewith (made according to the
Provisions of an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Reign of his
late Majesty, King GEORGE the Third, intitled “An Act to regulate the
binding of Parish Apprentices.”) EDMOND HAMBLY AND NICHOLAS BRENT
Churchwardens of the Parish of Saint Dominick in the said County, And
SAMUEL BEWES and GEORGE PEARSE Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish,
have put and placed, and by these Presents do put and place SARAH DEACON
aged twelve years, and upwards, a poor Child of the said Parish of Saint
Dominick Apprentice to BENJAMIN WORTH 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 her full Age of Twenty One Years,
or marriage according to the Statute in that Case made and provided.
During all which 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 and all his during the said
Term. And the said BENJAMIN WORTH 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 BENJAMIN WORTH
the said Apprentice in Housewifery shall and will teach and instruct, or
cause to be taught and instructed in the best Way and Manner that he can
during the said Term. 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: Provided always, That the
last-mentioned Covenant on the part and behalf of the said BENJAMIN
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 BENJAMIN WORTH in case the said
BENJAMIN 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, intitled, (“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, 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
above-written.(Signed) BENJAMIN WORTH (and
Sealed)
On the Reverse:
Sarah Deacon
to Mr Benn Worth
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