Apprenticeships: The Statute of Apprentices (1563) forbade anyone to
practice a trade without having served a 7 year apprenticeship. A child
(most boys but occasionally girls) was bound to a master by an
apprenticeship indenture for which the parents or, in the case of paupers,
the overseers, had to pay a premium to bind the child to the master.
Bonds: Legal documents requiring the performance of a particular action.
The Bond is written in two parts 1) the obligation recording the penalty for
non-performance b)the condition, which states the action required. Bonds
were used for the administration of a deceased person's estate before
letters of administration could be granted; also, well-known, are marriage
bonds which would be required if a couple were to be married by licence.
The sums required for both the above could be quite hefty sometimes running
into the hundreds of pounds.
Vera Brown
General Secretary
Powys FHS
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Francis [mailto:afrancis@mail.pacificcoast.net]
Sent: 17 June 2003 23:34
To: POWYS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [POWYS] Boughrood/Backrhyd, Radnorshire.
Hi Jo and other knowledgeable listers,
Could someone explain the costs that 'apprenticeship' involved,
such as is suggested here in the phrase "a charity of £5 per
annum for apprenticing children of the poor".
I presume the 'employer-teacher' of the apprentice was offered
money as inducement to take on the trainee. About how much?
Similarly could someone explain about 'bonds' such as in:
"Richard Davies of Penyarth BOND to William Pughe of
Nantmeichied yoman, for the sum of £20"
No mention of apprenticeship but perhaps one of these people
received a promise for £20 for some unstated reason?
Thanks, Tony
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From: "karenza4" <karenza4(a)btopenworld.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 18:07:48 +0100
Subject: [POWYS] Boughrood/Backrhyd, Radnorshire.
X-Mailing-List: <POWYS-L(a)rootsweb.com> archive/latest/10848
Sounds like the public tranport system there in 1833 could beat many
places today.
Parish in hundred of Painscastle, county of Radnorshire. Also known
as Bach-Rhyd with an accent over the a and y, (meaning Little Ford).
354 inhabitants according to 1833 Lewis Topographical dictionary of
Wales: "beautifully situated on the eastern bank of the Wye .... where
a boat and horse are in constant attendance." and lots more
interesting titbits including a charity of £5 per annum for
apprenticing children of the poor, founded by Rev Rees Powell.
Elsewhere: The Boughrood Charity giving founder Ric(e) Powell in 1686.
In 1898 (Cassell's) parish shown as having 1633 acres.
Jo. Help from
www.archivecdbooks.com to get me interested in some
history.