92 THE WEDGWOODS. 



framed and preserved, as such an important and interesting 

 historical document ought to be, in the museum of the 

 Hanley Mechanics' Institution, at Hanley, along with 

 other interesting relics relating to the great Josiah. The 

 indenture is endorsed 



Josiah Wedgwood 



To 



Thomas Wedgwood 



Indenture 



for 5 years 



Novembr. llth, 1744 



It reads as follows : 



" This Indenture, made the Eleventh day of November, in 



the Seventeenth year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord, 



George the Second, by the grace of God, King of great Brittain, 



and so forth, and in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven 



Hundred forty and four, Between Josiah Wedgwood, son of 



Mary Wedgwood, of the Churchyard, in the County of 



Stafford, of the one part, and Thomas Wedgwood, of the 



Churchyard, in the County of Stafford, Potter, of the other 



part, Wittnesseth that the said Josiah Wedgwood, of his own 



free Will and Consent to, and with the Consent and Direction 



of his said Mother, Hath put and doth hereby Bind himself e 



Apprentice unto the said Thomas Wedgwood, to Learn his 



Art, Mistery, Occupation, or Imployment of Throwing and 



Handleing, which he the said Thomas Wedgwood now useth, 



and with him as an Apprentice to Dwell, Continue, and Serve 



from the day of the Date hereof, unto the full end and term of 



Jive years from thence next Ensuing, and fully to be Compleat 



and Ended ; During which said Term, the said Apprentice his 



said Master well and faithfully shall serve, his secrits keep, his 



Lawfull Commands Every were gladly do : Hurt to his said 



Master he shall not do, nor willfully suffor to be done by others, 



but the same to his Power shall let, or forthwith give notice 



thereof to his said Master ; the goods of his said Master he 



shall not imbezil or waste, nor them Lend, without his Consent 



to any: at Cards, Dice, or any other unlawfull Games he 



