Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    HN4/1/30/4
  • Title
    Apprenticeship Indenture for Francis Goode Taylor of Ampthill apprenticed to George Goode of Ampthill, shoemaker.
  • Date free text
    10 August 1857 – 14 December 1860
  • Production date
    From: 1857 To: 1860
  • Scope and Content
    This Indenture made the tenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven Between Robert Sexton and Edward Handscomb churchwardens of the parish of Ampthill in the County of Bedford and Samuel Seabrook and John Carling Overseers of the Poor of the said parish of Ampthill (the trustees or managers for the time being of that portion of the funds of a certain public charity called Arthur Wintchelse’s Charity which is available for putting out poor children of the said Parish of Ampthill apprentices) of the first part Thomas Mann of Ampthill aforesaid Labourer of the second part Francis Goode Taylor stepson of the said Thomas Mann (which said Francis Goode Taylor hath been nominated and chosen by the said Trustees or managers as a proper object of the said Charity) of the third part and George Goode of Ampthill aforesaid shoemaker of the fourth part. Witnesseth that in consideration of the covenants hereinafter contained in the part of the said George Goode to be performed He the said Francis Goode Taylor Doth put in place and bind himself to the said George Goode to serve him after the manner of an apprentice from the day of the date of these presents until the fourteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and sixty during all which time the said apprentice shall and will properly behave and demean himself unto his said Master his secrets keep his lawful commands everywhere cheerfully execute and shall not nor will so any hurt to his said Master in his business or otherwise nor cause or suffer it to be done by others but shall and will prevent the same to the utmost of his power and acquaint his said Master therewith and shall not nor will either waste give or lend the goods of his said Master at cards dice or any other unlawful games he shall not play. Taverns ale houses or play houses he shall not frequent, fornication he shall not commit, matrimony he shall not contract. From the service of his said Master he shall not absent himself without leave but in all things shall and will conduct himself as a good and faithful apprentice ought to do during the whole of his apprenticeship. In consideration of which premises and also of the sum of four pounds sterling the said George Goode paid by the said trustees at the execution of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged (the whole of which said premium or sum is provided by or at the sole charge of the said public charity without the addition of any other premium or sum from any other quarter by reason of which this Indenture is expressly exempted from all stamp duty by virtue of the stamp act passed in the fifty fifth year of the reign of King George the Third) he the said George Goode for himself his heirs executors and administrators doth hereby covenant with the said Thomas Mann his executors and administrators that he the said George Goode shall and with the best of his skill and knowledge teach and instruct or cause to be taught and instructed the said apprentice in the art mystery and practice of a shoemaker which he the said George Goode now useth in as full ample and sufficient a manner as he the said George Goode now doth or at any time hereafter during the said apprenticeship shall or may practice or use the same. And also shall and will ( so long as the said apprentice shall duly perform his part as aforesaid but not while the said apprentice shall through sickness or otherwise cease to do so) well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said apprentice one shilling weekly from the tenth day of August 1857 to the tenth day of August 1858 one shilling and sixpence weekly from the tenth day of August 1858 to the tenth day of August 1859 three shillings weekly the tenth day of August 1859 until the tenth day of August 1860 and the sum of four shillings from the tenth day of August 1860 to the expiration of the said apprenticeship. And the said Thomas Mann for himself his heirs executors and administrators doth hereby covenant with the said George Goode his executors and administrators that he the said Thomas Mann shall and will during the said apprenticeship find and provide for the said apprentice good and sufficient meat drink and lodging and also all manner of needful and proper apparel and washing and mending thereof and also shall and will bear the expenses of an apothecary nurse or medicines in case the said apprentice shall happen to be afflicted with any illness during the said apprenticeship. In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written. Signed: R Sexton; Edward Handscomb; Samuel Seabrook; John Carling; Thomas Mann; Francis Goode Taylor; George Goode. With receipt for £4 signed by George Goode.
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