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Parish Apprenticeship Indenture for Ann Lea, aged 12, a "poor child of the Parish", dated 1805. As was customary, she was required to serve her apprenticeship until she was 21 years old.
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![An official apprenticeship indenture from the early nineteenth century. The particulars have been handwritten. [Opens in new window: image size 103kb]](../../images/src_n01b.jpg)
Ann Lea Indenture
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[Shropshire Archive reference: P43/L/27/84]
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On the reverse of the above document we find details of a £10 fine received from the Reverend Willings for not taking the "within named apprentice", namely Ann Lea. April 5th, 1805.
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![Handwritten note on the reverse of a Parish apprenticeship indenture. [Opens in new window: image size 49kb]](../../images/src_n02b.jpg)
Ann Lea Indenture Reverse
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[Shropshire Archive reference: P43/L/27/84]
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A Wage book providing a daily record of the wages paid to boys working on winding engines at a colliery in the Wrockwardine Wood area in 1812.
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![Image of a handwritten ledger with a list of names and ticks in columns indicating the receipt of wages. [Opens in new window: image size 77kb]](../../images/src_n03b.jpg)
Wage Book
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[Shropshire Archive reference: P161/W/1/1]
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An Apprenticeship Indenture for Joseph Eccleston, 1829. His mother, Sarah Eccleston, a widow from Frankwell in Shrewsbury, consents to "put" Joseph apprentice to William Lee, a cabinet maker in Frankwell for a period of seven years. As the document below reveals, Joseph didn't complete his apprenticeship.
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![Apprentice Indenture document from 1829. The first line of text is printed inelaborate gothic script and the particulars are handwritten in ink. The signatures at the end of the document are accompanied by red seals. [Opens in new window: image size 126kb]](../../images/src_n05b.jpg)
Eccleston's Indenture
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[Shropshire Archive reference: 1048/5091]
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A complaint relating to the above apprenticeship indenture. The Justices of the Peace have released Joseph Eccleston from his apprenticeship with the cabinet maker, William Lee because he "hath misused and ill-treated the said Apprentice, and particularly by frequently beating him in a cruel manner." 17th November, 1830.
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![Justice of the Peace decision from 1830. The particulars are handwritten. [Opens in new window: image size 84kb]](../../images/src_n04b.jpg)
Eccleston's Complaint
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[Shropshire Archive reference: 1048/5092]
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![An official apprenticeship indenture from the early nineteenth century. The particulars have been handwritten. [Opens in new window: image size 103kb]](../../images/src_n01a.jpg)
![Handwritten note on the reverse of a Parish apprenticeship indenture. [Opens in new window: image size 49kb]](../../images/src_n02a.jpg)
![Image of a handwritten ledger with a list of names and ticks in columns indicating the receipt of wages. [Opens in new window: image size 77kb]](../../images/src_n03a.jpg)
![Apprentice Indenture document from 1829. The first line of text is printed inelaborate gothic script and the particulars are handwritten in ink. The signatures at the end of the document are accompanied by red seals. [Opens in new window: image size 126kb]](../../images/src_n05a.jpg)
![Justice of the Peace decision from 1830. The particulars are handwritten. [Opens in new window: image size 84kb]](../../images/src_n04a.jpg)