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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
23 & 25 Nov 1786 Bailie James Shaw Vintner Robert Bankhead Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0
Capt. [Captain] John Peebles A Negro called Ned House Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
Capt. [Captain] John Morris a Batchelor James Smith
James Crane
House Servant
Gardiner
2 2 2 £5.0.0
The Honble. [Honourable] Patrick Boyle John Glass Chaise driver 1 1 £1.5.0
Total 5 2 5 £8.15.0
1786 Burgh of Irvine

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MALE SERVANTS TAX from 5th April 1786 to 5th April 1787 by Robert Aiken Surveyor



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3 servants @ £1.5.0 each is £3.15.0
2 Batchelor Servants @ £2.10.0 each is £5.0.0
Total £8.15.0

I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination of the foregoing rates and duties aforesaid I find they amount in whole to Eight Pounds Fifteen Shillings Sterling and that upon the fifth day of January Current I delivered to Mr Robert MacMillan Collector of said Duties for said Burgh an exact duplicate of and duly examined & compared with the foregoing account which contained my oath that notifications were delivered or left of the dates foresaid and that the rates charged in said account were just and true to the best of my skill and knowledge , and to the best of my belief no person liable to be charged , was omitted. [signed] Robert Aiken Surveyor

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