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Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Children under 14 | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 Dec 1790 | Brought Over | 30 | 57 | 1 | 32 | 6 | £5.15.0 | ||
Baillie Thomas Jamison | Jannet Traill | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
Margaret Greig | Margaret Annald | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
Robert Spence Shopkeeper | Peggy Loutit | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||||
David Erskine Shopkeeper | Betty Dinnison | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
William Paterson | Mary Gray | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
John Traill of Westness | Margaret Taylor, Ann Ritch & Margaret Tait Deary Maid |
3 | 2 | £0.10.0 | |||||
William Manson Comptr [Comptroller] | Isobel Traill | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
Baillie John Wier | Isobel Gray | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||||
Isobel Petrie | Christian Drummond | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
Mrs Balfour | Jane Scott Elizabeth Tullock |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | |||||
Mrs Riddoch | Ann Kent | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
Isabela Riddoch | Jane Logie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
James Erskine Shopkeeper | Katherine Tait, Betty Mouat |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | |||||
Hugh Sclater | Margaret Scott | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
David Scollay weaver | Rebecca Maxwell | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
Total | 30 | 76 | 3 | 42 | 12 | £9.0.0 | |||
57 | 3 | ||||||||
12 | |||||||||
57 | Servants Taxable | ||||||||
14 | for Children | ||||||||
5 | Dairy Maids | ||||||||
Total | 76 |
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FEMALE SERVANTS TAX.Proof
3 Batchelors Servants p [per] @ £0.5.0 £0.15.0
42 Servants p [per] @ £0.2.6 £5.5.0
12 Servants p [per] @ £0.5.0 £3.0.0
57
for Children 14
dairy maids 5
Total 76 £9.0.0
Kirkwall 31 Decmr [December] The amount of the forgoing Survey from fifth April One thousand seven hundred
& Ninety to the fifth April One thousand seven hundred & Ninety One; is hereby Certified to Nine pounds Sterling.
And I make oath that this day I delivered to John Heddle Collr [Collector] of the said duties for the Town of Kirkwall an exact duplicate
at, Kirkwall 31, Decemr [December] 1790 Alexander Fraser
Sworn before John Wier J:P. [Justice of Peace]
[Page] 54
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