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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
1785 Linlithgow Par [Parish] ¾ years
19 Oct 1785 Alexander Johnstone Esqr James Robertson
Thomas Paris
Gardner
House Sert [Servant]
2 2 2 £3.15.0
Robert Stewart Esqr Andrew Meikle House Sert [Servant] 1 1 £0.18.9
26 Oct 1785 James Smith Esqr Thomas House Chaise driver 1 1 £0.18.9
Total 4 2 4 £5.12.6
Torphichen Par [Parish]
28 Oct 1785 Mrs Gillon Wallhouse Stair Calder Footman 1 1 £0.18.9
Bathgate Par [Parish]
20 Oct 1785 Alexander Majoribanks Esqr James Chapman
William Duncan
Gardner
House Sert [Servant]
2 2 2 £3.15.0
George Norval Esqr James Neilson Chaise driver 1 1 £0.18.9
11 Nov 1785 Robert Durham Esqr Thomas Durham Gamekeeper 1 1 £0.18.9
Total 4 2 4 £5.12.6
Whitburn Par [Parish]
21 Nov 1785 William Baillie Esqr William Ferguson
Alexander Wilson
Gardner
House Sert [Servant
2 2 £1.17.6
21 Nov 1785 Thomas Ramsay Vintr [Vintner] James Haldon Waiter 1 1 £0.18.9
Total 3 3 £2.16.3
Livingstone Par [Parish]
21 Nov 1785 Sir William Cunningham Names Not Returned Gardner
Groom
House Sert [Servant]
House Sert [Servant]
4 4 £4.10.0
George Moncrieff Esqr John Purvis Chaise driver 1 1 £0.18.9
Thomas Clarkson Esqr Thomas McLauchlane House Sert [Servant] 1 1 £0.18.9
Thomas Fairbairn James Aiken Waiter 1 1 £0.18.9
Total 7 3 4 £7.6.3

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[Page] 193

Linlithgow County Survey upon
MALE SERVANTS tax
from 5 July 1785 to 5 April 1786 p [per] James Allan Surveyor

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