19TH CENTURY APPRENTICESHIP INDENTURE — William Henry Carley (1830 - 1916) .

Suffolk: 30th March 1844 . 0. Partially printed on vellum with manuscript insertions, noting an apprenticeship awarded to William Henry Carley (son of Anne Carley, of Hopton, Suffolk for a period of seven years to Joseph Brook and son; William Joseph Brook in the Art of a builder joinercabinet maker and upholsterer. Dated March 30th 1844 and signed at the foot by young William Henry, his mother Anne and by Joseph Brooke and William Joseph Brooke, with red wax seals adjacent, witnessed by Ellen Sarah Carley. It notes an increasing salary scale from two shillings per week in the third year to six shillings per week in the seventh year (1851). One pound tax stamp applied and cancelled by Suffolk hand stamp. Soiled vellum with one horizontal fold and three vertical folds. G+ . ** Family history records show that: "William Henry Carley (Pattern Maker - 1851 census) was born in 1830 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, his father, Robert, was 42 and his mother, Anne, was 36. He married Susan Nunn in 1852 in Thetford, Norfolk. They had six children in 15 years. He died in October 1916 in Stowmarket, Suffolk, having lived a long life of 86 years.