PUBV34/1/83

Removal Order, settlement examination and apprenticeship indenture for John Guess. Removed from St Paul, Bedford to St Sepulchre, Northampton.

4th April 1826 - 19 February 1842

From: 1826 To: 1842

Examination of John Guess: I am about 30 years of age and am now actually chargeable to the parish of St Paul in this Borough. By Indenture dated 4th April 1826 now produced I was bound apprentice with the consent of the Masters, Governors and Trustees of the Bedford Charity to Thomas West of St Sepulchre, Northampton, shoemaker for the term of seven years. The Indentures were signed and sealed by my Master and myself. Mr John Whitehouse, the witness to the Indentures is dead. He was Clerk to the trustees. I served my master Thomas West under the Indentures and resided with him in St Sepulchre from the time of my binding for about five years when in consequence of a disagreement with him I left his service without his consent and came to live with my father in St Paul, Bedford, leaving my clothes at my masters house. After I had lived with my fatehr a few weeks my master came in search of me and I kept out of the way and never saw him after I had left his service until the term of my apprenticeship had expired. Order suspended as John Guess unable to travel due to sickness and infirmity. Not from WIlliam Blower, surgeon stating that John Guess is ill and not in a fit state to be removed to his parish 18th Feb 1842. Apprenticeship Indenture dated 4th April 1826 John Guess to Thomas West of St Sepulchre, Northampton.

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Guess, John,
West, Thomas,
Whitehouse, John,
Blower, William

BEDFORD, Northampton, POVERTY, Poor Law Unions, Settlement, removal, Overseers, apprenticeship, shoemaker, wages/conditions, workhouses, employment, illness, Bedford Charity