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Short Notes. 



Avcbury in the County of Wilts Gentleman and John Grant of the same 

 place Gentleman and John Nalder of West Kennett in the Parish of Avebury 

 and County aforesaid Yeoman and Robert Nalder William Thrush Francis 

 Piper Stephen Browning and William Harbert of Avebury aforesaid 

 Yeomen and William Wooldridge and William Philpot of Beckhampton in 

 the said Parish of Avebury Yeomen, are held and firmly do stand bound to 

 each other in the sum of Ten pounds of good and lawful money of Great 

 Britain to be paid unto each and either of us or our certain Attorney To 

 the which payment well and truly to be made we do hereby bind ourselves 

 firmly by these presents. Sealed with our Seals Dated the Twelfth Day 

 of January in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, 

 George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland 

 King, Defender of the Faith and in the year of our Lord 1756 Whereas 

 the Threshers and other Daily Workmen and Servants of us the above 

 bounded John Grant, John Nalder, Robert Nalder, 



William Thrush, Francis Piper, Stephen Browning, William Harbert, 

 William Wooldridge, and William Philpot, have long established that very 

 bad custom of going out of their business two Hours every day at their 

 Breakfast-time, and one Hour at their Dinner-time for the space of nine 

 Months in the year, and two Hours every Day all the other part of the year 

 to our great detriment. We do therefore unanimously agree to order and 

 oblige all and every our Threshers and other Daily Servants to be in their 

 Work and Service from Six of the Clock in the Morning untill Ten and 

 from Eleven untill Three and from four untill Six, and so to continue from 

 the Middle of February untill the middle of November, And from the middle 

 of November untill the middle of February they shall continue in their said 

 Work and Service from Daylight until Eleven of the Clock and from Twelve 

 untill Night. Now The Condition of this Obligation is such that if any 

 Servant or Servants of us or any or either of us refusing to work pursuant 

 to the above Order, and thereupon his Master turns him off and each and 

 every of us refuseth, and doth not by any means or ways howsoever counte- 

 nance employ or set to work any such Servant or Servants so refusing to 

 work as above said Then this Obligation to be void or else to remain in 

 full force. 



" Signed and delivered (being first 

 duly stamped) in the presence of 

 Jno Clements. 



" Jno Griffin Grant 



Francis Piper 

 Stephen Browning 



"John Nalder 



William Harbert 



"Robert Nalder 



William Wooldridge 



"Will. Thrush 



Wm. Philpot 

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his mark." 



W. H. Davis. 



