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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
28 Jul 1787 Burgh of Jedburgh
Thomas Waugh Esqr Jedburgh 1 1 £1.5.0
James Potts Writer Jedburgh 1 1 £1.5.0
Mrs Jeardon Jedburgh 1 1 £1.5.0
3 3 £3.15.0

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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Burgh of
Jedburgh from the 5 of April 1787 to the 5 of April 1788

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3 Servants at £1.5.0 each is £3.15.0

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Careful
examination of the foregoing Rates & duties I find they Amount in Whole to
£3.15.0 Ster [Sterling] and that upon the 2nd day of Novr [November] I Delivered to James Black
Collector of the said duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact duplicate of the
above accompt duly examined and Compared with the foregoing which
Contained my Oath that Notices were left with the Several Inhabitants
that they were to be Charged with the Sums Set against their Several Names
William Brunton

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