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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
1788 The Burgh of Jedburgh
Thomas Waugh Esqr. of Whitlie 1 1 £0.2.6
James Potts in Jedburgh 1 1 £0.2.6
3 Sep 1788 William Rutherford of Sadfield Jedburgh 1 1 £0.5.0
Mrs. Potts Jedburgh 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs. Jardin Jedburgh 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs. Bennet of Chesters Jedburgh 1 1 £0.2.6
Adam Scott Vintner Jedburgh 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr Shanks Seceding Minister Jedburgh 1 1 £0.2.6
James Fair Writer Jedburgh 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs. Dowglas Burnwynd Jedburgh 1 1 £0.2.6
Miss Dowglas Jedburgh 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs. Christy Vintner Jedburgh 1 1 £0.2.6
John Rutherfor Ainzley Esqr. Jedburgh 1 1 £0.5.0
Doctor Robert Hall Jedburgh 1 1 £0.2.6
Robert Haswell Vintner Jedburgh --5 2
14 2 12 £2.0.0

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JEDBURGH

A Survey of the [FEMALE SERVANTS TAX] in the Burgh of Jedburgh
from the 5 of Aprile 1788 to the 5 of Aprile 1789 By William Brunton Surveyor

Proof
2 Female Servants @ £0.5.0 Each is £0.10.0
12 Female Servants @ £0.2.6 is £1.10.0
Sum Total £2.0.0

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Carefull examination of the
forgoing Taxs I find they Amount in whole to the Sum of Two Pound Ster [Sterling] And that upon the twenty
first day of Octber 1788 I delivered to James Black Collector a Copy of the above duly
compared Which Containd my Oath that Requisitions were left with the forgoing persons that they
were to be Charged with the Sums Set Against their Severall Names
William Brunton

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