Expensive Apprenticeship 1800

[arcadian_dream]

Hi All,

I've found an apprenticeship indenture from 1800 for an ancestor of mine.  It is with a draper in London, for 7 years, and the fee paid to the master is £50.  That seems an awful lot of money for the time.  Would this have to be paid at once or were installments common?

Brad.

[HALE39]

Sounds  a lot but I think you will find it was for his board and lodgings as well as his training for the full 7 years under the Master.

[youngtug]

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/apprenticeship-records.htm