E326/6/16/97
Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
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3 Oct 1788 | The Burgh of Peebles | |||||||
Francis Russel in Peebles | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
Thomas Alexander in Peebles | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||||
Patrick Honeyman Esq. in Peebles -- 10 | 4 | |||||||
James Reid Surgeon in Peebles -- 2 | 2 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
William Leith in Peebles | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||||
William Dalglish Merchant in Peebles | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
Dougal Cambel Esq. in Peebles -- 2 | 2 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
14 [Children under 14] | 12 | 2 | 4 | £1.0.0 | ||||
6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
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[Page] 97 PEEBLESA Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX in the Burgh of Peebles
from the 5 of April 1788 to the 5 of April 1789 By William Brunton Surveyor.
Proof
2 Female Servants @ £0.5.0 each is £0.10.0
4 Female Servants @ £0.2.6 each is £0.10.0
Sum Total £1.0.0
I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Carefull
examinations of the forgoing Taxs I find they Amount in Whole to the Sum of One Pound
Ster [Sterling] And that upon the 25 day of December I delivered to John Hyslop Collector
a Copy of the above duly compared Which Contained 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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