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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Sep 1787 | Mrs. Fairbairn vintr [vintner] | Margaret Kerkes Tibby McIntosh |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | |||
| James Fisher Painter | Baby Brodie | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| Mrs. Johnston of Huttenhall | Annie Stewart Ladies maid Bell Lawson Cook |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| Mrs. Don | two | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| Simon Saweyen Peuterer | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Thomas Fleeming Supervisor | Margaret Sherp | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| George Cuninghame | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Robert Veitch mercht. [merchant] | Ann Wilson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mr. Buchanan | Ann Coots | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. Cuninghame | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Miss Henderson | two | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| James Johnston Rector | Elizabeth Newlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| Capt. [Captain] Maitland | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Revd [Reverend] Mr. Barclay | Tibby Dobson Jean Nicholson |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| William Pringle tanner | Jenny Pringle | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Alexander Hislop | Elizabeth Lauder | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| William Cuninghame | one | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| James Banks | Baby Laurie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Robert Burton | Agnes Oliver | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| James Veitch | Ann Lawson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. Gourlay | Janet Williamson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. Thomson | Catherine Archibald | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Robert Roughhead vintner | Jean Sommerville | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Dr.[Doctor] Dudgeon | Alison Whitlaw | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| John Crumbie mercht. [merchant] | Mary Wilson | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| John Clerk jun [junior] vintr. [vintner] | Ann McKenzie & May Fraser | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| William Murray | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. Brown | Margaret Nadley | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. Gray | Mary Cathie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Alexander Resbrugh | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Miss Dickson | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mr. McClaran mercht [merchant] | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| George Blair | one | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| James Nicholson baker | one | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| John Banks tobacconist | one | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| David Smith Chandler | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| William Campbell | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Miss Halyburton | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| John Abernethy schoolmaster | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| John Brown Ironmonger | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| John Fyfe Mercht. [Merchant] | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 47 | 7 | 35 | 12 | £8.5.0 | ||||
| Exd. [Examined] | 47 | 7 | 28 | 12 | £8.5.0 |
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HADDINGTON[Page] 37
Survey of the Female Servants Tax in the Royalty of
Haddington from 5 April 1787 to 5 April 1788 By William Johnstone Surveyor
Proof
7 Bachelors maids at 2/6 [£0.2.6] is £0.17.6
35 Maids at 2/6 [£0.2.60 is £4.7.6
12 Maids at 5/ [£0.5.0] is £3.0.0
~~~~~~~~~~~ £8.5.0
I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination I find the foregoing Duties
amount to the sum of Eight pounds five shillings Sterling and that upon the seventh day of November (1787) I delivered
to John Carfrae Coll. [Collector] for the Royalty of Haddington an exact duplicate of said Accompt duely examined & compared, which
contained my oath that the foregoing Inhabitants were duely served with requisitions of the above date and that they were
charged the sums Sett against their respective Names according to their answers to said requisitions or according to my
knowledge & belief that they were liable in said duties.
William Johnstone Surveyor
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