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Date Masters/mistresses names and designations Servants names Number of servants Bachelor servants One servant Two servants Three or more servants Duty
23 Sep 1785 Lauder
Requi [Requisition] 03 Sep 1785 The Reverend Mr James Ford Elizabeth Laidlaw 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mr Falconar One Maid 1 1 £0.1.10½
2 2 £0.3.9

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LAUDER [Page] 81

In the Royalty of the Burgh of Lauder from 5th July 1705 to 5th April 1706 by William Hogg Survr [Surveyor].

William Hogg Surveyor of Taxes Do Hereby Certify that upon Careful Examination of the foregoing
Account of Rates and Dutys on Female Servants in the Royalty of Lauder, I find the Amount to be
Three Shillings and Nine pence. And that I Do further Certify & make Oath that I delivered to Mr
Robert Romunes, Collector of said Dutys a Duplicate of the foregoing which contained my Oath that
Requisitions were Delivered to the foregoing Inhabitants, & the Answers from them are now
in my Possession, and the Assessment is laid on Accordingly.
William Hogg, Surveyor

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In the statement by William Hogg one word puzzled me. It is the first word in line 5 of the statement.

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