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Apprenticeship Indenture - Simon Jope
THIS INDENTURE, made the Fourth Day of September in
the Tenth 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 nine 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 County of Cornwall, bearing date this
fourth day of September1829 (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, entitled “An Act to regulate the Binding of Parish
Apprentices.”) JOHN WORTH and SAMPSON LUCAS Churchwardens of the Parish
of Saint Dominick in the said County. And NICHOLAS BRENT and JOHN FITZE
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish, have put and placed, and by
these presents do put and place SIMON JOPE aged Ten Years and upwards, a
poor Child of the said parish of Saint Dominick Apprentice to WILLIAM
MITCHELL of the said Parish of Saint Dominick in the said County Yeoman
with him to dwell and to 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 during the
said Term. And the said WILLIAM MITCHELL 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 WILLIAM MITCHELL
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
during the 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 WILLIAM
MITCHELL 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 WILLIAM MITCHELL in Case the
said WILLIAM MITCHELL 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 he be not any way a
charge to the said Parish of Saint Dominick or Parishioners of the same;
but of and from all Charge, shall and will save the said Parish of Saint
Dominick harmless and indemnified during the said Term.
IN WITNESS whereof, the Parties above-said to these Indentures,
interchangeably have set their Hands and Seals, the day and year above
written.
Sealed and delivered in the Presence of
(Signed)
JANE MITCHELL |
We the Justices of the Peace above-said, whose Names
are hereunder written, (whereof one is of the Quorum) do
consent to, & allow the putting forth of the above said SIMON
JOPE Apprentice, according to the intent and meaning of this Indenture
(Signed) HENRY WOOLLCOMBE (and Sealed)
(Signed) J.K. FLETCHER (and Sealed) |
In the Margin:
(Signed) WILLIAM MITCHELL (and Sealed)
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On the Reverse:
1829
Simon Jope
To
William Mitchell |
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