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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
Linlithgow Parish
23 Jul 1787 Mrs Baron of Preston Name not Returned Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
Mr James Smith Flask Erskine Chaise Driver 1 1 £1.5.0
Alexander Johnston Esq of Straton James Robertson
Thomas Paris
Gardiner
House Sert [servant]
2 2 2 £5.0.0
Total 4 2 4 £7.10.0
Born'ess Parish
[24] Jul 1787 Mr Charles Addison Woodhead David Paterson Chaise Driver 1 1 £1.5.0
Doctor Roebuck Kinneal Names not returned Servants 2 2 £2.10.0
John Roebuck Esq Dean Names not returned Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
Totall 4 4 £5.0.0
Abercorn Parish
1 Aug 1787 The Right Honle [Honourable] the Earl of Hopetoun John Lyon
James Balchild
Alexander Crab
James Colquhoun
John Smith
Robert Lock
James Aves
James Young
James Ferguson
John Robertson
John Sutherland
Daniel McKay
George Dodds
John Curby
Lewis Ross helper
Charles Morrison
David Brown
James Blizard
Thomas Brown
John Carphin
James Beatly
John Brown
John Aitken
Hope Aitken
George Hosie
James Ramsay
Alexander Cowan
John Young
House Steward
Groom of Chambs [Chambers]Groom of Chambs [Chambers]
Groom of Chambs [Chambers]
Valet
Footman
Footman
Footman
Footman
House Porter
Cook
Cook
Coachman
Coachman
Coachman
Postilion
Postilion
Postilion
Groom
Groom
Groom
Groom
Huntsman
Whiper in
Head Gardner
Under Gardner
Under Gardner
Under Gardner
28 28 £84.0.0
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Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the County of Linlithgow
from the 5 April 1787 to the 5 April 1788 By James Watson Surveyor
[Page] 185

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