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Apprenticeship Indenture - William
Hawking
THIS INDENTURE, made the First Day of December in the
Second Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord William 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 thirty one Witnesseth, That in Pursuance and in Execution of
an Order under the Hands and Seals of WILLIAM HICKES HORNDON Esquire and
JOHN KENDALL FLETCHER Clerk Doctor in Divinity two of his Majesty’s
Justices of the Peace, acting in and for the County of Cornwall bearing
date this First day of December 1831 (made according to the Provisions
of an Act passed in the Fifty-Sixth Year of the Reign of his Majesty,
King George the Third, entitled “An Act to regulate the binding of
Parish Apprentices.”) JOHN WORTH and ISAAC CRADDICK Churchwardens of the
Parish of Saint Dominick in the said County. And LAWRENCE TREWIN and
EDWARD COUCH Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish, have put and
placed, and by these presents do put and place WILLIAM HAWKING aged Ten
Years and upwards, a poor Child of the said parish of Saint Dominick
Apprentice to CHARLES WILSON of the said parish of Saint Dominick in the
said County 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 during the
said Term. And the said CHARLES WILSON 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 CHARLES WILSON
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 CHARLES
WILSON 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 CHARLES WILSON in Case the said CHARLES
WILSON 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 & delivered in the presence of
(Signed)
ELIZ(S?)ABETH HILL |
We the Justices of the Peace above-said, whose
names
are hereunder written and seals affixed, (whereof one is of the Quorum) do
consent to, & allow the putting forth of the above said
WILLIAM HAWKING Apprentice, according to the intent and meaning of this Indenture
(Signed) W.H. HORNDON (and Sealed)
(Signed) J.K. FLETCHER (and Sealed) |
In the Margin:
The Mark of CHARLES WILSON (and Sealed)
(Signed) ISAAC CRADICK (and Sealed)
Church Warden
(Signed) EDWARD COUCH (and Sealed)
(Signed) LAWe. TREWIN
Overseers
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On the Reverse:
1831
William Hawking
To
Charles Wilson
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