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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
3 Sep 1785 Burgh of Jedburgh
Thomas Waugh Esq Jedburgh one male servt. [Servant] 1 1 £0.18.9
James Pott Writer Jedburgh John Porteous house Servt [Servant] 1 1 £0.18.9
Mrs Jeardon Jedburgh Gardiner 1 1 £0.18.9
Docter Elliot Jedburgh Footman & house Servt [Servant] 1 1 £0.18.9
4 4 £3.15.0

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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX In the Burgh of
Jedburgh from the 5th of July 1785 to 5 of April 1786 by William Brunton Surveyor

4 Servants at £0.18.9 ea [each] for ¾ of an Year is £3.15.0 Stg [Sterling]

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon careful
Examination of the foregoing Several Rates and Duties I find they amount in whole
to £3.15.0 Stg [Sterling] And that upon the 18th of March I Sent by Post to James Black Collector
of the said Duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above Acct. [Account] duly
examined & Compared with the foregoing And I do make Oath that the above is
a just List returned by the Several Inhabitants when requisition were made by
me of the duties aforesaid
William Brunton

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