To the Worshipful His Majesty's Justices of
the Peace
acting in and for the County of Middlesex
in
General Quarter Session of the Peace for the said County
Assembled.
The Humble Petition of Stephen
Windiate< no role >
Apprentice
to Richard Thatcher< no role >
of Duke Street
near Grosvenor Square
in the
Parish of Saint George Hanover Square
in the County of Middlesex
Carpenter
Sheweth
That Your Petitioner by and with the Consent
of
Mary Newland< no role >
his Aunt did by Indenture bearing
Date the fifth day of November in the Year of our Lord One
Thousand seven hundred and ninety three put himself
Apprentice to the said
Richard Thatcher< no role >
to learn is Art
and with him after the manner of an Apprentice to serve
from the Date thereof into the full end and Term of Seven
Years and the said
Richard Thatcher< no role >
in Consideration of
the Sum of Thirty Pounds to him in hand Waid by the said
Mary Newland< no role >
did for himself his Executors Administrators
and Assigns covenant promise and Agree to and with the said
Stephen Windiate< no role >
and
Mary Newland< no role >
and their Executors
Administrators and Assigns That he the said
Richard
Thatcher< no role >
would teach and instruct on cause to be taught
and instructed in the best way and manner that he could
your Petitioner in the Art or Trade of a Carpenter
and Joiner
which he then used and should find into your Petitioner
sufficient Meat Drink and Lodging during the Term
aforesaid As by the said Indenture will more fully appear
That Your Petitioner in Pursuance of the
said Indenture did serve the said Richard Thatcher< no role >
[..]
Master until the Seventh day of April One Thousand