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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
Royal Burgh of Ayr
13 Aug 1787 Miss Fullarton James Stewart Footman 1 1 £1.5.0
Provost D. Fergusson Andrew McCormick
William Smith
H.S. [House Servant]
Driver
2 2 £2.10.0
Capt. [Captain] Hugh Stevenson Thomas Baird H.S. [House Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0
14 Aug 1787 Mr. Campbell Skerrington John Murray H.S. [House Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0
Mrs. Logan Boatvennal James Rowan H.S. [House Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0
Mr. William Dunn Vintner William Logan H.S. [House Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0
15 Aug 1787 Mr. Andrew Cathcart Vintner George Logan Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0
Capt. [Captain] Webster David Lauchlan H.S. [House Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0
Mrs. Kerr of Newfield John Miller H.S. [House Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0
16 AUg 1787 Mrs. Boyd of Trochrigg Robert Rowan H.S. [House Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0
Major Montgomery a Batchelor James Hayter H.S. [House Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0
Hugh Hamilton Esq. a Batchelor Thomas McCrorie H.S. [House Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0
20 Aug 1787 Countess of Crawford James Morrison
Andrew White
William Kerr
Hugh Dick
Alexander Crawford
Butler
Footman
Coachman
Postilion
Gardner
5 5 £8.15.0
Total 18 2 13 5 £27.10.0

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From 5th April 1787 to 5th April 1788 By Robert Aiken Surveyor

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Batchelors Servants 2 @ £2.10.0 £5.0.0
Married peoples servants 11 @ £1.5.0 £13.15.0
Married peoples servants @ £1.15.0 £8.15.0
Total By Proof £27.10.0


I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid, Do hereby Certify that upon
Careful Examination of the foregoing Rates and Duties I find
they Amount in whole to Twenty Seven pounds ten shillings sterling, and
that upon the twenty first day of January current, I delivered
to Mr James Johnston collector of said duties for said Burgh
an Exact duplicate of and duly Examined and 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.
Robert Aiken Surveyor

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