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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
2 Dec 1785 McDuff & Gamrie Parish
Alexander Garden Esqr. Troop Alexander Dick
John Carns
Alexander Forbes
Alexander Murray
Alexander Forbes
Butler
Gardner
Groom
Footman
Gamekeeper
5 5 5 £11.5.0
5 5 5 £11.5.0
3 Dec 1785 Forglen Parish
Lady Banff Forglen 4 4 £4.10.0
Capt. [Captain] Hay Haymount Malcolm Miller
James Simpson
House Servt [Servant]
Gardner
2 2 £1.17.6
6 2 4 £6.7.6
6 Dec 1785 Marnoch Parish
Miss Gordon Auchentoul Alexander Fraser House Servt [Servant] 1 £0.18.9
James Gordon Esqr. Ardmellie Thomas Forsyth
Alexander Simpson
Riding Servt [Servant]
House Servt [Servant]
2 2 £1.17.6
3 3 £2.16.3
6 Dec 1785 Rothiemay Parish
Lady Fife Rothiemay William Raffan
John Randle
Arthur Watt
William Farquhar
Butler
Footman
Chaisedriver
Gardner
4 4 £4.10.0
The Honbl [Honourable] Mr Arthur Duff Thomas Robertson
James Elmslie
Groom
Persl. Servt. [Personal Servant]
2 2 2 £3.15.0
6 2 2 4 £8.5.0
13 Dec 1785 Inveraven Parish
Genl [General] James Grant Ballindalloch Alexander Chyrstie
John Rubbish
William Hay
John More
Gardner
Cook
Gamekeeper
Postilion
4 4 4 £8.5.0
4 4 4 £8.5.0
Parishes Collected
Belly Parish 21 21 £47.5.0
Rathven Parish 7 3 7 £9.7.6
Cullen Parish 10 10 £15.0.0
Fordice Parish 8 8 £7.10.0
Boyndie Parish 1 1 £0.18.9
Banff Parish 14 4 10 £19.10.0
McDuff & Gamrie Parish 5 5 5 £11.5.0
Forglen Parish 6 2 4 £6.7.6
Marnoch Parish 3 3 £2.16.3
Rothiemay Parish 6 2 2 4 £8.5.0
Inveraven Parish 4 4 4 £8.5.0
85 14 23 16 5 20 21 £136.10.0

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Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX of the County of Banff
Continued

Proof
14 Servants 5 at £2.10.0 each 4 at £2.15.0 & 5 at £3.0.0 pr [per] annum for 3 Quarters of a year is £28.17.6
18 Servants at £1.5.0 each per annum for 3 Quarters of a year is £16.17.6
12 Servants at £1.10.0 each per annum for 3 Quarters of a year is £13.10.0
20 Servants at £2.0.0 each per annum for 3 Quarters of a year is £30.0.0
21 Servants at £3.0.0 each per annum for 3 Quarters of a year is £47.5.0
£136.10.0

I Archibald Duff Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull examination of the fore [going]
severall Rates & Duties I find they amount in whole to One hundred and thirty Six pounds Ten
shillings Sterling, And that upon the twentieth day of March Currt. [Current] I delivered to James Duff Esquire
Collector of the said Duties for the County of Banff aforesaid, An Exact duplicate of the above Accot [Account]
Examined & Compared with the foregoing , which contained my oath That notices were left with the
Severall Inhabitants or at their dwelling houses of the dates annexed to their respective names [in]
order that they might make a Report of the greatest number of Male Servants retained & employed [by]
them for the period therein mentioned Which they did in Substance as above
Archibald Duff Surveyor

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