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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
30 Jan 1789 James Sinclair Sheriff Clerk Margaret Dreaver 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Groat Elizabeth Tait 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Richan Margaret Walter 1 1 £0.2.6
George Gibson Dyer Isobel Hourston 1 1 £0.2.6
Miss Grissel and Isabella Traills Margaret Forbes 1 1 £0.2.6
James Stewart Janet Spence 1 1 £0.2.6
Charles Erskine Shop keeper Isobel Yorston 1 1 £0.5.0
George Rendall Shop keeper Ann Cromarty 1 1 £0.2.6
Andrew Baikie Landwaiter Jean Coupland 1 1 £0.2.6
Robert Baikie of Tankerness Janet Robertson and Betty Mere 2 2 £0.10.0
George Ross Compt. [Comptroller] of Customs Barbara Dinnison 1 1 £0.5.0
Mrs Blaw Mary Simpson 1 1 £0.2.6
Miss Mary Blaw Mary Groundwater 1 1 £0.2.6
John Riddoch Barbara Cromarty 1 1 £0.2.6
James Riddoch Coll. [Collector] of Customs Barbara Linay 1 1 £0.2.6
Captain John Traill Mary Harvie 1 1 £0.2.6
Thomas Traill Merchant Margaret Peatrie 1 1 £0.2.6
31 Jan 1789 Andrew Liddel Shop keeper Jean Fea 1 1 £0.2.6
Robert Laing Provost Betty Hemmigar 1 1 £0.2.6
Thomas Lindsay Marion Hercus and
Elizabeth Sinclair
2 2 £0.10.0
Patrick Traill Cicilia Robertson 1 1 £0.2.6
Miss Jean Traill Isabella Robertson 1 1 £0.2.6
Rossie Reid Janet Steenson 1 1 £0.2.6
Margaret Reid Isobel Gray 1 1 £0.2.6
Ann Urquhart Mantua Maker Elizabeth Caithness 1 1 £0.2.6
John Urquhart Shop keeper Janet Peatrie &
Mary Spence
2 2 £0.10.0
Alexander Stewart Caldale Margaret Robertson 1 1 £0.2.6
William Manson Isobel Broke 1 1 £0.2.6
Miss McKenzie Margaret Sinclair 1 1 £0.2.6
Ann Blaw Elizabeth Heddle 1 1 £0.2.6
Alexander Fraser Landwaiter Barbara Hercus 1 1 £0.2.6
Margaret Irvine Relict of William Marwick Barbara Peace 1 1 £0.2.6
Thomas Jamieson Shop keeper Janet Balantine 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Greig Katharine Wilson 1 1 £0.2.6
Robert Nicolson Junier writer Elspet Moar 1 1 £0.2.6
William Paterson Surgeon Mary Gray 1 1 £0.2.6
John Traill of Westness Catherine Dick &
Elizabeth Fraser
2 2 £0.10.0
Mrs Balfour Jean Scott 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Kelday Jean Peace 1 1 £0.2.6
John Wier Isobell Tait &
Isobell Gray
2 2 £1.0.0
Cicilia Stewart Barbara Seator 1 1 £0.2.6
Isobella Riddoch Ann Delday 1 1 £0.2.6
James Erskine Shop keeper Betty Mowat &
Katherine Dick
2 2 £0.10.0
Hugh Sclater Carpenter Katherine Peace 1 1 £0.2.6
David Erskine Shop keeper Elizabeth Simpson 1 1 £0.2.6
David Boag Boatman Marjory Hewison 1 1 £0.2.6
52 4 38 10 £8.15.0

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Survey FEMALE SERVANTS TAX within the Town of
Kirkwall from 5. April 1788. to 5. April 1789. By Alexander Fraser Surveyor

Proof
2 Bachelor Servants at £0.5.0 each for the year is £0.10.0
2 Servants at £0.10.0 each for the year is £1.0.0
38 Servants at £0.2.6 each for the year is £4.15.0
10 Servants at £0.5.0 each for the year is £2.10.0
£8.15.0

I Alexander Fraser Surveyor aforesaid having examined the
foregoing Survey Finds the same amounts to Eight pounds fif-
teen shillings and make the Oath that upon the Twentieth day of
February Seventeen hundred and Eighty Nine I delivered to John
Heddle Town Clerk of Kirkwall Collector of said Tax an exact
Duplicate of the foregoing Survey duly completed with the above
Alexander Fraser Surveyor

At Kirkwall 21 February 1789
Sworn Before John Wier, J.P [Justice of the Peace]

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