Indenture Contract – Baker and Confectioner – Thomas Beale of Royston
Printed on vellum with one seal embossed on blue paper and metal, three red wax seals, and one cypher stamp. This piece of embossed blue paper, its little piece of metal, and the cypher label on the back are clearly visible and well preserved on the current document. In very good condition
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The subject of the contract is a 14 year old boy named Joseph Ilsley who has promised to work for Thomas Beal of Tyston for a period of six years. Josephs father, William Ilsley, has approved the indentureship and is described as a gardener in Bedford County (about 30 miles west of Royston).
During the period of the contract while Joseph Ilsley is working and learning the trade of being a baker and confectioner, Josephe will no have sex, gamble, nor get married, and “shall not haunt Taverns or Play houses.” In exchange, Thomas Beale will teach him a trade and provide “Meat, Drink, washing, mending and Lodging during the said Term.”
In 1826 William and Mary issued a proclamation for a stamp duty on legal documents.
Because vellum was difficult to emboss, in 1701 they began to attach embossed paper to the vellum by a strip of thin metal secured on the verso by hot fish glue and a cypher label.
Additional information
| Weight | 10 g |
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| Dimensions | 25.5 × .05 × 21 cm |
| Author | Thomas Beale |
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| Published On | 1826 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Dimension | 25.5cm x 21cm |
| Item Weight | 10gm |