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Apprenticeship Indenture - Thomas HEWETT


G. R.


(Signed & Sealed) John Worth

  HIS INDENTURE made the Sixteenth day of October, in the Thirty fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, and in the Year of our Lord 1794. WITNESSES, That NICHOLAS STEER, and WILLIAM BRENT, Church-Wardens of the Parish of Saint Dominick, AND, WILLIAM BOND and RICHARD COWL 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, have put and placed, and by these Presents do put and place THOMAS HEWETT a poor Child of the said Parish Apprentice to JOHN WORTH 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 during the said Term. And the said JOHN WORTH 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 JOHN WORTH 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; 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 above said to these present Indentures Interchangeably have set their Hands and Seals the Day and year first above written.
 
Sealed and Deliver'd in
the Presence of
We whose Names are subscribed, Justices of the Peace for the
County Aforesaid, (one whereof was the
Quorum) Do consent to the putting Forth of the Abovesaid
THOMAS HEWITT, Apprentice, according to The Intent
and Meaning of the above Indenture.
 
  (Signed) John Coryton
(Signed) Weston Helyar
   

ON THE REVERSE:

Marten HEWETT's Indenture to
Mr John WORTH 1795

 

 


Transcribed by Shirley Cattermole

Source:

LDS British Film 1596370

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