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Date | Prog # of masters | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Prog # of servants | Servants names | Quality of servants | Duty |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 Jan 1780 | 1 | Mr William Ford | 1 | Alexander Strachan | house Servant | £1.1.0 |
2 | Provost Alexander Christie | 2 | William Herd | Chaise driver | £1.1.0 | |
3 | John Scott of Cruggie Esq. his Representatives | 3 | John Greig | household | £1.1.0 | |
7 Jan 1780 | 4 | Robert Renny Esqr | 4 | George Mearns | Butler | £1.1.0 |
5 | Charles Allan | Postellion | £1.1.0 | |||
5 | Major Alexander Turnbull | 6 | John Davidson | Household | £1.1.0 | |
6 | Lady Logie | 7 | John Ogilvie | Household | £1.1.0 | |
7 | Robert Scott of Logie Esqr | 8 | James Falconer | Household | £1.1.0 | |
9 | Alexander Duncan | Gardner | £1.1.0 | |||
8 Jan 1780 | 8 | James Renny Esquire | 10 | Jonathan Forbes | house Servant | £1.1.0 |
9 | John Strachan Esqr | 11 | Alexander Coutts | house Servant | £1.1.0 | |
10 | James Coutts Esqr | 12 | Daniel Symons | house Servant | £1.1.0 | |
11 | Alexander Smith of Rosebank Esqr | 13 | John Anderson | Man Servant | £1.1.0 | |
12 | Mr Patrick Straton | 14 | Robert Lawson | Chaise driver | £1.1.0 | |
13 | Robert Hunter Esqr | 15 | John McGregor | Groom | £1.1.0 | |
13 | Total | 15 | Total | £15.15.0 |
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[Page] 51A Survey of the Duties on Male Servants arisen in the Burgh of
Montrose for one year from the 25th day of March 1778 to the
25th day of March 1779 by William Greig Surveyor
15 Servants for one year at one Guinea each is .........£15.15.0
I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the forego-
-ing rates and duties, I find they amount In whole to Fifteen pounds Fifteen Shillings Sterling,
and that upon the 27th day of May 1780 I delivered to Mr. Alexander Stewart Collector of the
Said Duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the above Account Conform to his receipt
here unto fixed duly examined and compared with the foregoing which contained my Oath that
nottices were left with the Severall persons before named, or at their dwelling:houses of the dates
annexed to their respective names requiring them within the Space of fourteen days to give in a
list of the Servants retained or employed by them for the year before mentioned, And that the Said
Account or Survey was made out from the lists returned to me, and from the best information I
could procure of the Servants of those, who neglected or refused to return a list of their Servants in
terms of the nottices left with them as aforesaid
William Greig Surveyor
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