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WE whose names are hereunder written; Justices of the Peace for the
County of Cornwall (whereof one is of the Quorum) Do consent the putting
forth THOMAS BOND an Apprentice according to the Intent and Meaning of
this Indenture; and do sign this our allowance of such Indenture of
Apprenticeship before the same hath been executed by any of the other
parties thereto, in pursuance of the Statute in such case made and
provided. Dated this First Day of December in the Year of our Lord One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty five
(Signed) J. T. CORYTON
(Signed) J. K. FLETCHER |
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THIS INDENTURE made the First Day of December in the
sixth 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 1825 Witnesseth, that
EDMUND HAMBLY and NICHOLAS BRENT Churchwardens of the Parish of Saint
Dominick in the County of Cornwall And CHRISTOPHER SPEAR and WILLIAM
RICKARD Overseers 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, and by virtue and in pursuance of an Order in
Writing made by and under the Hands of JOHN TILLIE CORYTON Esquire and
JOHN KENDALL FLETCHER, Clerk , D. D Justices of the Peace in and for the
said County, in pursuance of the Statute in that case made and provided,
and bearing even date herewith, have put and placed, and by these
Presents do put and place THOMAS BOND aged Eleven years or thereabouts,
a poor Child of the said Parish of Saint Dominick Apprentice to the said
CHRISTOPHER SPEAR with him to dwell and serve from the Day of the Date
of these Presents, until the said Apprentice shall come to the 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 Businesses, 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 CHRISTOPHER SPEAR 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 CHRISTOPHER
SPEAR 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 part of the said CHRISTOPHER SPEAR his
Executors and Administrators, to be done and performed, shall continue
to be in force for no longer time than Three Calendar Months next after
the death of the said CHRISTOPHER SPEAR in case he the said CHRISTOPHER
SPEAR 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 of Saint Dominick or Parishioners of the same; but of and
from all charge shall and will save the said Parishioners harmless and
indemnified during the said term:
IN WITNESS whereof, the Parties abovesaid to these present Indentures
have set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written.
(Signed) CHRISTOPHER SPEAR Jnr. (and Sealed)
On the Reverse:
Thos. Bond
To
Christr. Spear Junr.
The Indenture of Thomas Bond
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