this indenture made
29.5.1716
witnesseth that
Ambrose Stowers
and
Jn Brewster
churchwardens and
Hen Adams
junior and
Joseph Bott
overseers of Earls Colne with the consent of justices of the peace have placed
Jn King
a poor child of the said parish apprentice to
Wm Marshall
of the parish of East Mersey fisherman with him to dwell from this day until he is twenty four years and serve his master etc and
Wm Marshall
covenants to instruct his apprentice in the art of a fisherman and to feed and lodge him and at the end of the term give him double apparel etc
Wm Marshall
witnesses
Sam Guyon
Sam Burton
justices of the peace
J Bullock
Jn Cressener