We whose Names are here
under-written, Justices
Of the Peace for the
aforesaid (whereof one Is
of the Quorum) Do consent to
the putting forth Stephen
Collings
an Apprentice According to the
Intent and Meaning of this
Indenture.
(Signed) John Coryton
(Signed) Weston Helyar
HIS
INDENTURE made the Sixth day of May, in the 42nd Year of the Reign of
our Sovereign Lord George the 3rd. by the Grace of God of The United
Kingdom of Great Britain, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and
so forth, and in the Year of our Lord 1802. WITNESSETH, That WILLIAM
PODE Esq.. And WILLM. RICKARD, Church-Wardens of the Parish
of Saint Dominick, AND JOSEPH COUCH Overseer 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 STEPHEN COLLINGS aged
twelve years, or thereabouts, a poor Child of the said Parish Apprentice
to JOSEPH RICKARD for Westcott, 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 he the said
JOSEPH RICKARD 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
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 said JOSEPH RICKARD, 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 JOSEPH RICKARD in
case 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 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 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 first
above written.
HIS
INDENTURE made the Sixth day of May, in the 42nd Year of the Reign of
our Sovereign Lord George the 3rd. by the Grace of God of The United
Kingdom of Great Britain, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and
so forth, and in the Year of our Lord 1802. WITNESSETH, That WILLIAM
PODE Esq.. And WILLM. RICKARD, Church-Wardens of the Parish
of Saint Dominick, AND JOSEPH COUCH Overseer 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 STEPHEN COLLINGS aged
twelve years, or thereabouts, a poor Child of the said Parish Apprentice
to JOSEPH RICKARD for Westcott, 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 he the said
JOSEPH RICKARD 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