f 8 (29 September–29 September)
...
This daie Iohn west sonne of Iohn west late of the said
Towne of Southampton Porter was bounde apprentice to william Greene of the saide
Towne of Southampton Musitian by the Overseers and Churchwardens of the parishe of All Saintes within the saide Towne by and with
the Consente of the saide Mayor and dyuers Iustices of
peace of the saide Towne acordinge to the Statute in that case
provided vntill he shall accomplishe his age of xxiiij yeres In
Consideracion whereof he the said William Greene
Greene has is to receave from Iohn Broadwaye the Carryer of this Towne
being vncle to the saide Apprentice the some of xxx s.
...
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.|.'
