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We whose Names are sub-
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of the City of Westmin-
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ster, (Quorum unus)
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do consent to the putting
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forth of the said Apprentice,
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according to the Statute in
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that Case made and provi-
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This Indenture, made the Eleaventh day of July in the Fourth
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Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George by the Grace of God, of Great Britain,
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France, and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, Etc. Annoq; Dom. 1 718 Witnesseth, That
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Vokins and Mr. Richard
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Nurse
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Church-Wardens
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of the Parish of
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St. Margaret, Westminster
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, in the
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, and Mr.
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Sunon Chapman
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John Gleniston
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Richard Scarlet
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and
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Abel Roper
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of the
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same Parish, by and with the Consent of Two of
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his Majesty
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of the said County (whereof
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one is of the Quorum) whose Names are hereunto set, have put and placed, and by these Presents do put and place Richard
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Merrideth a poor Child of the said Parish, aged about Etc Years, Apprentice to John
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Conyer of the
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in the County of
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Chimney Sweeper
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with h im to dwell and serve
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from the Day of the Date of these Presents, until the said Apprentice shall accomplish h is Age of Four and Twenty
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Yearsaccording to the Statute in that Case made and provided. During all which Term, the said
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Apprentice
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h is said M aster faithfully shall serve in all lawful Businesses, according to h is Power, and Ability, and
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honestly and obediently, in all things, demean and behave herself towards h is said M aster and all h is du-
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ring the said Term. And the said M aster for h im self, h is Executors and Administrators, doth Covenant and Agree,
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to and with the said Church-Wardens and Overseers, and ever of them, their and every of their Executors and Administrators,
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and their and every of their Successors, for the time being by these Presents, That the said
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John Conyer
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the said Apprentice in the Art or Mistery of a Chimney Sweeper shall teach and instruct, or
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cause to be taught and instructed; And shall and will, during all the Term aforesaid, find, provide, and allow unto the said Ap-
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prentice
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, sufficient Meat, Drink, Apparel, Lodging, Washing and all other Things necessary and fit for an Apprentice. And
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also shall and will so provide for the said Apprentice that he be not any way a Charge to the said Parish of St. Margaret, or Parishion-
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ers of the same; but of and from all Charge shall and will save the said Parish, and Parishioners, harmless and indemnified,
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during the said Term: And at the End of the said Term shall and will provide, and deliver unto the said Apprentice double Ap-
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parel of all sorts, (that is to say) a new Suit for the Holy-days, and another for the Working-day. In Witness whereof the
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Parties abovesaid, to these present Indentures interchangeably have put their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year above-written.
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Seal'd and Deliver'd in
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the Presence of
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F Withers
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Rd: Hawkesworth
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the sd. apprentice the Sume of one pound
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Eleven Shillings & Six pence
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Avery Vokins
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Richd. Nurse
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Simon Chapman
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John Glanisson
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Abel Rope
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John Conyer
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