Apprentice Indenture Thomas Royley
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Manuscripts and documents
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Unknown
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252 x 393 mm
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Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1456318
Summary
Apprentice indenture (employment agreement) for Thomas Royley of Newcastle, Staffordshire, aged 11, to be an apprentice at Quarry Bank Mill for a period of ten years until his 21st birthday. The indenture is dated 25 May 1785. Half way into the main body of the text an alternative surname is offered for the apprentice - Rowley. The indenture is marked by the apprentice, and was witnessed by Matthew Fawkner, Mill Manager who has also signed the agreement. There are also seals and signatures belonging to Samuel Greg, [John] Tilstone, and Thomas Kinnersly Mayor on the left hand side of the document - the latter two persons may have been Justices of the Peace. All seals are concealed beneath small sections of paper. There is a faint revenue stamp in the top left-hand corner of the document for the value of six pence. On the reverse there is a faint annotation in one of the corners which reads 'eloped' 2 July 1792. The name of the apprentice is also noted on the reverse. and is signed by Samuel Greg and Matthew Fawkner, along with Thomas Payne, the Newcastle Parish Warden, Thomas Barratt, Overseer of the Poor and Thomas Kinnersly, Mayor.