Indenture of apprenticeship, Babraham, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.1634
  • Dates of Creation
      14 Dec. 1820
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Mary Flack, a poor child of Babraham, with the consent of Robert Jones Adeane, Lord of the Manor, and at the nomination of William Holme, Minister of Babraham, John Phipps, churchwarden, and Stephen Sparrow, overseer of the poor, puts herself apprentice to Mary Lofts, straw-bonnet-maker, of Sawston, for a term of four years. The churchwarden and overseer are to pay to Mary Lofts a certain sum in instalments. Witnessed by Thomas Pelt and Francis Clay. Six seals are attached. On the back are two receipts signed by Mary Lofts for sums paid by the churchwarden in accordance with the agreement.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by S. Gaselee, M.A., 20 February 1930

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