f 6v (22 May)
...
This daie Nicholas Stockwell late sonne of
Thomas Stockwell late of the parishe of All Saintes
within the Towne of Southampton deceased was bounde
apprentice to Iohn Browne of the Towne of Southampton Musitian and (blank)
his wife by the Overseers and Churchwardens of the said parish of All
Saintes by and with the Consent of the said Maior and
Iustices of peace according to the statute in that case provided
vntill the saide Apprentice shall accomplishe his age of xxiiijte yeres In Consideracion whereof the
Mr said Browne & his wife are to have with the said
Apprentice of the money made of ther goodes of the said Thomas Stockwell & his
sa late wife the some of 3 li. And ‸⸢he is⸣ to
dischardg the saide Towne of southampton of & from the keeping of the
saide childe/
...
Nicholas Stockwell to
Iohn Browne & his wife
Record title: Apprenticeship Register of
Poor Children
Repository: Southampton City Archives
Shelfmark: SC9/2/13
Repository location: Southampton
Contents are as stated on f 1: 'The names of Poore
Children bounde Apprentice by the Maior Aldermen and
Assistauntes of the Towne of Southampton for the tyme beine as
followeth vizt.' This register was distinct from the general register of
apprentices begun at the same time (SC9/2/12), which recorded
apprenticeships privately arranged by indenture. The poor apprentices
were children of paupers, and often orphans, for whom the parish and
town took responsibility, and apprenticing them was seen as a
preventative against vagrancy. For further details about the
apprenticeship arrangements, see the introduction to Wills and Merson,
Southampton Apprenticeship Registers, pp ix–lxvi. It
is interesting that the musicians get apprentices only from
among the poor children and that is also true of apprenticeships
recorded before this register was started.
24 November 1609–19 March 1706; paper;
English with some Latin rubrics; iii + 89 + xii; 297mm x 202mm; modern
pencil foliation; good condition; 18th-c. paper cover, title on front of
cover: 'Book of Apprentices | 1609 to 1705.|.'