Ralph Tredway
20 Jun 1706
of Iver, Co. Buckinghamshire, England

     Ralph Tredway This Indenture Witnesseth, That Ralph Tredway of the parish of Iverr in the County of Buck, husbandman doth put himself Apprentice James Rull Citizen and Basketmaker of London to learn his Art: and with him (after the manner of an Apprentice) to serve from the day of (unreadable) unto the full end and term of Seven Years, from thence next following to be fully compleat and ended. During which Term the said Apprentice his said Master faithfully shall serve, his Secrets kept, his lawful Commandments everywhere gladly do. He shall do no damage to his said Master nor see it to be done of others, but he to his power shall let,or forthwith give warning to his said Master of the same. He shall not waste the Goods of his said Master, nor lend them unlawfully to any. He shall not comitt Fornication nor contract Matrimony with the same said Term. He shall not play at Cards, Dice, Tables, or any other unlawful Games, whereby his said Master may have any loss. With his own Goods or others , during the said Term, without license of his said Master, he shall neither buy nor sell. He shall not Haunt Taverns or Ale-houses, nor absent himself from his Master’s Service day or night unlawfully: But in all things as in a faithful Apprentice he shall behave himself towards his said Master, and all his during the said term. And the said Master in Consideration of five pounds being the Charity of the working Goldsmith his said Apprentice in the Same Art which he useth, by the best means that he can, shall teach and instruct, or cause to, or cause to be taught and instructed, finding unto his said Apprentice, Meat, Drink, Apparel, Lodging, and all other Necessaries, according to the Custom of the City of London, during the said term. And for the true performance of all and every the said Covenants and Agreements, each of the said Parties bindeth himself unto the other by these presents. In witness whereof, the Parties above-named to these Indentures interchangeably have put their Hands and Seals, the Twentieth day of June in the fifth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Queen Anne, of England, &c Anno Dom 1706

James Rull

Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of
Mary Will
(name unreadable)
Thomas (unreadable)