Indenture Spring Robert Wyncoll to J.A. Puxley, East Donyland

This Indenture Witnesseth That Spring Robert Wyncoll
of the age of Sixteen years or there abouts residing in the Parish of Fingringhoe
in the county of Essex with his own free will and consent and also with the consent of his Father
doth put himself Apprentice to J. A. Puxley Yacht Smack and boat builder
of East Donyland in the county of Essex
to learn her Art and with her after the Manner of an Apprentice to serve from the Eighteenth day of May
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Five to the 7th day of March One Thousand Eight
Hundred and ninety
During
which term the said Apprentice his Mistress faithfully shall serve her secrets keep her lawful commands every
where gladly do he shall do no damage to his said Mistress nor see to be done of others but to his Power shall tell
or forthwith give warning to his said Mistress of the same. He shall not waste the Goods of his said Mistress
nor lend them unlawfully to any. He shall not contract Matrimony within the said Term nor play at Cards or
Dice Tables or any other unlawful Games whereby his said Mistress may have any loss with her own goods or others
during the said Term without Licence of his said Mistress shall neither buy nor sell. He shall not haunt Taverns or
Playhouses nor absent himself from his said Mistress's service day or night unlawfully But in all things as a
faithful Apprentice he shall behave himself towards his said Mistress and all hers during the said Term
And the said J.A. Puxley agrees to pay the said apprentice as follows viz
For the first year nothing. The second year three shillings per week the
third year four shillings per week The Fourth year 5 shillings per week
and the remaining Ten months six shillings per week and
teach
her said Apprentice in the Art of a Shipwright which he useth by the best means
that he can shall teach and Instruct or cause to be taught and instructed
and the said apprentice agrees to find himself with meat drink and all other necessaries during
the term of his apprenticeship and the said apprentice further agrees when ordered by his mistress or whosoever may
be appointed to order him to work at any place and at any time and to be paid for any hours he may have been ordered to work
at the rate of nine hours and a half per day and the said apprentice agrees at the end of his apprenticeship to make up
any deficiency of time he may have been absent except with his Mistress's consent and by sickness
And for the true performance of all and every the said Covenants and Agreements either 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 Twenty Second day of May and in the Forty fifth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign
Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the united Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland QUEEN Defender of the Faith
and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Five
S R Wyncoll
J A Puxley
Robert Wyncoll
Witness J A Houston

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Reverse side of Indenture
Puxley - shipbuilders at Rowhedge

Date: 22 May 1885