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This indenture made the 24th Day of December in the 31st Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the Second, in the Year of our Lord, 1757 BETWEEN Joseph the Son of Thomas Ward late of Sheffield in the County of York, Cutler deceased of the one Part and Samuel Broomhead of Sheffield aforesaid Cutler of the other Part.
Witnesseth, that the said Joseph Ward for further Instructions in the said Trade of his own good liking, and by and with the Consent of his Friends, hath put and bound, and by these Presents doth put and bind himself Servant and Apprentice to and with the said Samuel Broomhead in the Trade or Occupation of a Cutler to be taught and instructed, and with him as an Apprentice to dwell, serve and abide from the twenty sixth day of November last for, during and until the full End and Term of Eight years from thence next ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended; during which Time, he the said Joseph Ward the Apprentice shall and will take him the said Samuel Broomhead for his Master, and him well and truly serve, and in all his Commands; lawful and honest obey; his lawful Secrets he shall keep; the Goods, Chattels and Money of his said Master, or of any others wherewith he shall be put in Trust, by Reason of his Service, he shall not mispend or waste, nor them lend or trust without his said Master's Consent;
Fornication he shall not commit, nor Matrimony contract; Taverns and Ale-Houses he shall not frequent; at any unlawful Game he shall not play, nor absent himself from his Master's Service by Day or Night, without the Consent of his said Master, but in all Things as a good and faithfull Apprentice and servant, shall gently and dutifully demean and behave himself during the said Term.
AND, the said Master doth, for himself, his Executors and Administrators covenant and agree to and with the said Apprentice, that he and they shall and will teach and instruct him, or cause him to be taught and instructed, according to the best of his Skill, in the said Trade or Occupation of a Cutler within the Limits of the Corporation.
AND ALSO, That he will, at all Times, during the said Term, find and provide for the said Apprentice, good, wholesome, and sufficient Meat, Drink, Washing, and Lodging, and all Apparel and at the End of the said Term double Apparel throughout fitting and meet for such an Apprentice.
AND ALSO, That he will pay him for Wages, Sixteen-Pence yearly, during the said Term.
IN WITNESS whereof, The Parties abovesaid have hereto, interchangeably, set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above-written.
SEALED and DELIVERED in the Presence of
John Wilson
Joseph Ibberson
Joseph Ward
Joseph Ward the son of Thomas Ward and Apprentice of Samuel Broomhead of Shefield, Cutler was admitted by the Master, Wardens, Searchers, and Assistants of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire in the County of York the twenty-ninth day of July in the ninth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King defender of the Faith and so forth, and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Nine in the Time of Thomas Beely Master of the same society, and entered in the Great Paper Book under the Title of ADMISSIONS OF FREEMAN.
Memorandum; That the Day and Year abovesaid the Mark Stampt on the Margin and impressed on the lead to these presents anexed, was assigned according to the Form of the statute, by the Master, Wardens, and Searchers of the said Society, to the aforesaid Joseph Ward to mark his wares by him to be made TO HOLD to him during his life, paying therefore yearly to the said Master Warden and Searchers and their successors during the said term, for the use of the said Society, the sum of Two Pence at the Feast of Pentecost only.
Copies of these documents supplied by Julie MacDonald, Archivist at the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire.
The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire
The Cutlers' Feast
The Myers Family History -Master Cutlers of Sheffield
Cathy Clarke, Whangarei, New Zealand.
email; mel.clarke@clear.net.nz
Last updated 12 Mar 2003