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A History of the County of Oxford
… workers from Witney and Bridge Street Mills and local apprentices, encouraged and often paid for by their firms or …
A History of the County of Oxford
… clothworkers, and artisans shaded through to wage-earners, apprentices, and domestic servants. From the late 17th or … and buildings, struggling tradesmen, and servants, apprentices, and employees. 292 The leading clothier Walter … and weavers' in Witney and elsewhere, to servants and apprentices, and to the Merchant Adventurers to help young …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to unemployment by hiring workers on short contracts or as apprentices. 191 In 1730 the churchwardens and overseers, … instruction. Contractors also dealt with removals, put out apprentices, and arranged medical care. 203 By the 1770s the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… freedom as a gunsmith in 1715 84 and by 1718 was taking apprentices as a whitesmith. His son Henry (d. 1807), nine … steel worker. Together the Metcalfes took on at least 15 apprentices between 1718 and 1776, 85 the earliest being … by 1734, his son Thomas (also d. 1776), and two of their apprentices Thomas Wyatt, established by 1766, and William …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Only freemen and their lawfully hired servants and apprentices were allowed to occupy crafts and trades in the … father's admission, and unenrolled or improperly qualified apprentices were rejected or charged higher fees. 71 The standard fee for sons and apprentices remained very low, only 4 s. in the 16th century …