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We, whose Names are here-under written, Justices
of the Peace for the County of Cornwall aforesaid (whereof one
Is of the Quorum) do consent to and allow the putting forth the said
THOMAS JEFFORD
an Apprentice, according
to the Intent and Meaning of this Indenture.
(Signed): J. T. CORYTON
(Signed): E. J. CLARKE |
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THIS INDENTURE made the Fifth Day of
November in the fifty ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord
George the Third 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 Eighteen Witnesseth, That in
Pursuance and in Execution of an Order under the Hands of JOHN TILLIE
CORYTON, Esquire and EDWARD JOHN CLARKE Clerk two of his Majesty’s
Justices of the Peace, acting in and for the Middle Division of East
Hundred within the County of Cornwall bearing even date herewith
(testified by their Allowance hereof.) JOHN HERRING and JOHN WORTH
Churchwardens of the Parish of St. Dominick in the said County and
WILLIAM RICKARD and CHRISTOPHER SPEAR Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish have put and placed, and by these Presents do put and place
THOMAS JEFFORD aged twelve Years and upwards, a poor Child of the said
Parish, Apprentice to EDMUND HERRING 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 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 family during the said Term.
And the said EDMUND HERRING 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
EDMUND HERRING 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, and Apparel, Lodging, Washing, and other Things
necessary and fit for an Apprentice: (PROVIDED ALWAYS, That the said
last-mentioned Covenant on the Part and Behalf of the said EDMUND
HERRING, 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 EDMUND HERRING in Case the said
EDMUND HERRING 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 and Parishioners harmless
and indemnified during the said Term:
IN WITNESS whereof the Parties abovesaid to the present Indentures
interchangeably have set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year
above-written.(Signed) EDMUND HERRING (and
Sealed)
On the Reverse:
10. 8. 4
1. 5. 0
10. 8. 4
1.16.5½
6¼
5.3¾
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