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The Apprenticeship Indenture 1796
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The Indenture Witnesseth That William Smith Son of Thomas Smith of Marston Pillinge in the county of Bedford Labourer by and with the consent and approval of his said Father doth put himself Apprentice to John Woolston of Higham Ferrers in this County of Northampton cooper to learn his Art and with him (after the Manner of an Apprentice) to serve from the second day of March last past for and during and unto the full End and Term of seven years from thence next following to be fully compleat and ended During which term the said Apprentice his Master faithfully shall serve his Secrets keep his lawful commands everywhere gladly do he shall do no Damage to his said Master nor see to be done by others but to his Power shall let or forthwith give Warning to his said Master of the same he shall not waste the Goods of his said Master nor lend them unlawfully to any he shall not commit fornication nor contract Matrimony within the said Term he shall not play at Cards Dice tables or any other unlawful Games whereby his said Master may have any loss With his own Goods or others during the said Term without Licence of his said Master he shall neither buy nor sell he shall not haunt Taverns or Play-house nor absent himself from his said Masters Service day or Night unlawfully But in all things as a faithful Apprentice he shall behave himself towards his said Master and all his during the said Term And the said John Woolston in consideration of eight pounds to him now in hand paid by the said Thomas Smith the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and eight Pounds more to be paid to him by the said Thomas Smith in case the said William Smith shall live to serve half his time out and not otherwise his said Apprentice in the Art of a Cooper which he useth by the best Means that he can shall teach and instruct or cause to be taught and instructed finding unto the said Apprentice sufficient Meat Drink Washing Lodging and all other Necessaries during the said term Except wearing apparel of all sorts and the expense of a Doctor and Nurse in case of illness
And for the true Performances of all and every the said Covenants and Agreements, either of the said Parties bindeth himself unto the other by these Presents In Witness whereof the Parties above named to these Indentures interchangeably have put their Hands and Seals the second Day of April and In the thirty sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland and King Defender of The faith &c and in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety six.
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