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Date Masters & mistresses names & designations Servants names Quality of servants Number of servants Bachelor servants One and two servants Three and four servants Five to seven servants Eight to ten servants Eleven or more servants Duty
1786 Atholstone Parish
10 Oct 1785 Lord Elibank at Darnhall Daniel McAlpine
Alexander Cameron
John Hislop
Robert Holder
Alexander Polston
Hector Fortune
John Fleming
William Turnbull
Butler
Footman
Footman
Coachman
Postilion
Huntsman
Whiperin
Whiperin
Gardiner
9 9 £13.10.0
9 9 £13.10.0
14 Nov 1785 Manner Parish
James Burnett of Bains James Baird Postilion & house S [Servant] 1 1 £0.18.9
Parishes Collected
Innerliethen 4 1 3 £4.6.3
Drummelzier 3 3 £3.7.6
Glenholm 1 1 £0.18.9
Kilbucho 1 1 £018.9
Kirkurd 2 2 £1.17.6
Newlands 4 4 £3.15.0
Country part of Peebles 1 1 1 £1.17.6
Traquair 14 4 10 £18.15.0
Atholstone 9 9 £13.10.0
Manner 1 1 £0.18.9
40 1 15 6 19 £50.5.0

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I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon
careful Examination of the foregoing Several Rates and Duties I find they amt [amount] [in]
whole to £50.5.0 Stg [Sterling] and that upon the 18th of March I sent by Post to John Rober [tson]
Collector of the said duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above
Acct [Account] duly examined and compared with the foregoing and I do make Oath
that the above is a just list returned by the Several Inhabitants when requisitions
were made by me of the dates aforesaid William Brunton

Proof
15 Servants at £0.18.9 ea [each] is for ¾ of an year is £14.1.3
6 Servants at £1.2.6 each is for ¾ of an year is £6.15.0
19 Servants at £1.10.0 each is for ¾ of an year is £28.10.0
Bach [Bachelor] 13 Servants at £0.18.9 each is for ¾ of an year is £0.18.9
£50.5.0. Grand tot [al]

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