Indenture of apprenticeship, Royston, Hertfordshire

John Taylor, churchwarden of the parish of Royston, Cambridgeshire (sic), and Robert Stamford, overseer of the poor in the same parish, apprentice James Phillips in 'the art or mistery of husbandry' to Mary Fairchild of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire. Completed printed indenture, signed and sealed by Mary Fairchild, witnessed by John ?Steves or Stebes (his mark), John ?Iacling (his mark), and by the Cambridgeshire JPs W Pigott and William Eversden, duty stamp. Printed form sold by J Lenthall at the Talbot, Mitre Tavern, St Dunstan's Church, Fleet St. Endorsed with Fairchild's receipt for the #9 consideration money, same date. Further endorsed: 'Ja: Philips / Indenter'.

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Presented by W.T. Rowley Esq., 25 August 1943

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Paper fragile, and torn at folds