This document gives a small insight into the life of an apprentice in Victorian England. The paper is Indenture between George William Kingston, Apprentice and William Henry Wood, Haberdasher for a period of 7 (seven) years and is dated 7th January 1851 (although also described as the 7th January of the fourteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria which I've not seen used as a time period reference before)
Within the seven years of the Indenture George William Kingston agrees not toget married, play cards or waste the goods of his master. In return the apprentice is provided with meat, drink, apparel, lodging and other necessaries during the term but apparently no money.
