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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 10% per 31 George III
16 Jun 1791 Mrs Stevenson Elizabeth Grindlay 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Grass Market John Storrie Mercht. [Merchant] Nelly 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Mrs. Paxton 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Thomas Cleghorn Merchant 2 Ann Mackay
Catherine Clarkson
1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Mrs Ferrier Burn Swanson 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
David Sommerville Margaret Flint 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
John Young Mercht [Merchant] Jean Porteous 1 1 £0.5.0 £0.0.6
William Crooks Baker Margaret Doig 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Mrs. Thomson Mercht [Merchant] Emily Johnston 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Ralph Richardson Jean Sinclair 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Thomas Forrest Grocer Jane Grant 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Robert Renton Writer Elizabeth Edmond 1 1 £0.5.0 £0.0.6
West Bow foot Mrs. Cuningham Catherine Forbes 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
William Hunter Elizabeth Alexander 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Thomas Henderson Isobel Blackie 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
George Grindlay Mercht. [Merchant] Nelly Richardson
Biny Williamson
2 2 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Allan Clark Writer Joan Davidson 1 1 £0.5.0 £0.0.6
William Anderson Mercht. [Merchant] Ann Kay
Catherine Kay
2 2 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
James Lawson Mercht [Merchant] Janet Nisbet 1 1 £0.5.0 £0.0.6
Thomas Armstrong Catherine Gordon 1 1 £0.5.0 £0.0.6
Mrs. Hamilton Mary Main 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
James Whytt Bookbinder Margaret Pater 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
George Hume Baker Jean Lawson 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Miss Fairholm Janet Anderson 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
--Jun --1791 Mrs. Spence Grocer Ann Muir 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Miss Gibson Grocer Ann Burn 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Oswald Fotheringham Mina Martin 1 1 £0.5.0 £0.0.6
Alexander Fraser Writer Margaret Tawse 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
William Weemyss Janet Low 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Mrs. Anderson Betty Crighton 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Miss Bray Margaret Dawson 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Donaldson's Close Alexander Donaldson Janet Martin
Jean Burns
2 2 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
John Swinton Simpson Margaret Gray 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
John Archibald Lilly Wilson 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Lindsay's Close Mrs. Sandilans Janet Manson 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Andrew Simpson Isobel Robb 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Carried Forward 39 6 27 6 £6.7.6 £0.12.9

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A Survey of the Female Servants Tax in the City of Edinburgh From the 5th day
of April 1791 To the 5th Day of April 1792 by Robert Maughan Surveyor
EDINBURGH
[Page] 73

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