St Clement Danes Parish:
Parish Apprenticeship Indentures and Registers
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15th June 1688 - 2nd October 1694

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Image 44 of 14819th April 1689


This Indenture Wittnesseth That Lancelott Copleston< no role > & Wm Barnby< no role > Churchwad
Hugh Mills< no role > Francis Morlye< no role > Wm Lawrence< no role > John Seywell< no role > Overseeres of the poore of
the poore of the parish of St Clement Danes in ye County of Middx: with thassent
of John Phellipps< no role > and Peter Lugg< no role > Esqrs : Justices of the peace for the County of
Middx and Citty of Westmr: According to a Statute in that Case made & provided
have putt [..] John Smith< no role > Apprentice to Thomas Tory Taylor and with him
after the manner of an Apprentice to dwell and serve from the day of the
date hereof unto the full end and terme of Eight yeares from thence next
ensueing and fully to be compleate and ended dureing all which said terme wee
the Churchwardens and Overseeres of the poore with thassent aforesaid
Doe Order and appoint that the said [..] John Smith< no role > well and faith fully shall
serve his secreetts keepe his Commandmts. lawfull and honest every where
shall gladly doe hurt to his said Mar: he shall not doe or consent to be done
of others but that he to his power shall prevent the same or else from time to
time admonish him thereof, the goods of his said Mar: he shall not wast nor
them to any bondylend without his consent neither from his service by day
or night shall not absent himselfe, but in all things as a good and
faithfull servant ought to doe shall behave himselfe towards his
said Mar: and all his dureing the said terme of eight yeares Taverns or
Alehouses he shall not frequent unlesse it be about his Mars: bussinesse
there to be done At Cards Dice or any other unlawfull games he shall
not play where by his Mar may receive. any prejudice Fornication he shall
not committ Matrymony dureing the sd terme he shall not contract
And the said Thomas Tory< no role > shall teach and instruct or cause to be
taught and instructed his said Apprentice in the trade of a Taylor
which he now useth according to his best skill and knowledge And
the Sd Thomas Tory< no role > shall give and find to his said Apprentice sufficient
meate, drinke, washing Lodgeing Apparrell Linnen and all other necessary
meete and Convenient for such an Apprentice dureing the said terme
And for the true Pformance of all the said Articles in forme aforesaid
to be feet the said parties find themselves each other by these presents
In Wittnesse whereof the said parties interchangeably have sett theire
hands and seales this nineteenth day of Aprill in the first yeare of the
Raigue of or Soveraigne Lord King William & Queene Mary by the Grace
of God King and Queene of England Scotland France & Ireland [..] Defend
of the Faith Etc Annoqr Dui 1689

Jon. Houlding< no role >
Robt Smith< no role >
Robert Smith< no role > Vestry Clerk

Tho: Tory< no role >




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