HN4/1/77/14

Salford Charity Assignment of Indenture of Apprenticeship. William Dolton Greenhood apprenticed to Henry Inwood of Woburn Sands in the Parish of Wavendon in the County of Buckingham, tailor. Term until aged 21 years.

25 May 1877

From: 1877 To: 1877

This Indenture witnesseth that William Dolton Greenhood a poor child born in and having a settlement in the Parish of Salford in the County of Bedford by and with consent of his father Charles Greenhood of Salford aforesaid labourer and by and with the consent of the Reverend Boteler Chernocke Smith vicar of the Parish of Salford aforesaid and of William Juggins and George Frederick Bosworth Churchwardens and Robert Emmerton and Barnard Chernocke Sturges Overseers of the Poor of the same parish (testified by their severally executing these presents) doth put himself apprentice to Henry Inwood of Woburn Sands in the Parish of Wavendon in the County of Buckingham, tailor to learn his art or trade and with him after the manner of an Apprentice to serve from the twenty first day of May one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven until the said Apprentice shall attain the age of twenty one years which will be on the thirteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and eighty one during which term the said Apprentice his said Master faithfully and diligently shall serve in the said art of a tailor and all lawful concerns according to the best of his power skill and ability and behave himself towards his said Master and all his honestly orderly and obediently in all things . And in consideration of such faithful service and of the sum of Twenty Pounds sterling to be paid to the said Henry Inwood by the said Vicar Churchwardens and Overseers of the said Parish of Salford in manner following that is to say the sum of Ten Pounds on the execution of these presents and the sum of Ten Pounds on the first day of July one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine if the said Apprentice shall then be living and in the service of the said Henry Inwood. The receipt of which first mentioned sum of Ten Pounds is hereby acknowledged (which said sum of Twenty Pounds is part of certain Charity moneys charged in lands in the parish of Brightwell by the Will of Dr Woodward and payable to the Vicar Churchwarden and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Salford aforesaid for the binding out of Poor Children born in the Parish of Salford Apprentices). He the said Henry Inwood doth hereby accept and take the said William Dalton Greenhood as his apprentice in the said art or trade of a tailor which he useth and by the best means that he can shall and will teach and instruct the or cause to be taught or instructed the said William Dalton Greenhood during the said term. And the said Henry Inwood doth hereby agree to pay to his said Apprentice the sum of three shillings and sixpence weekly and every week during the first year of the said Apprenticeship the sum of four shillings and sixpence weekly and every week during the second year of the said Apprenticeship the sum of five shillings and sixpence weekly and every week during the third year of the said Apprenticeship the sum of six shillings and sixpence weekly and every week during the fourth year of the said Apprenticeship and the sum of seven shillings and sixpence weekly and every week during the remainder of the said Apprenticeship And the said Charles Greenhood in consideration of the weekly payments so to be made as last aforesaid doth hereby covenant and agree with the said Henry Inwood to find and provide for the said William Dalton Greenhood during his apprenticeship good & sufficient food clothes lodging and all other necessaries and medicine nursing and surgery in case of sickness or accident. Provided always and it is hereby agreed between the parties hereto that if the said Apprentice shall be absent from his said Masters service from any cause whatever without the consent of his said Master for that purpose first obtained in writing then that such of the respective weekly payments as would in Pursuance of the covenants in that behalf accrue or become due during such time as the said apprentice shall be so absent shall not be payable or a proportion thereof for the time of such absence and the next and every future yearly increase of weekly payments shall not commence until the time he may have been absent shall have been made up. And lastly for the true performance of all and every Agreements herein contained each of the said parties bindeth himself to the to the other by these presents. In Witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven. Signed: William Dalton Greenhood; Charles Greenhood; Henry Inwood; Boteler Chernocke Smith; William Juggins; Receipts signed by Henry Inwood for £10 25 May 1877 witnessed by Henry Thomas Hall. Two copies.

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Bosworth, George Frederick,
Emmerton, Robert,
Greenhood, Charles,
Greenhood, William Dolton,
Hall, Henry Thomas,
Inwood, Henry,
Juggins, William,
Smith, Boteler Chernocke,
Sturges, Barnard Charnock,
Woodward

SALFORD, WOBURN SANDS, Wavendon, Brightwell, apprenticeship, parochial charities, lawyer, clerk, churchwardens, Overseers, magistrate, wages/conditions, employment, labourer, tailor, clothing