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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
6 Aug 1789 Cupar
James Morrison Esqr Andrew Gibson Gardner 1 1 £1.10.0
James Barr House Servant 1 1 £1.10.0
Robert Brown Cheaes [Chaise] Driver 1 1 £1.10.0
David Methven James McDonald Watterer 1 1 £1.5.0
Robert Ker Michaell Killgour House Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
William Paston John Johnston Gardner 1 1 £1.5.0
Charles Bell Senior George Henderson House Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
James Horsburgh George Patterson House Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
Charles Bell Junnior [Junior] Thomas Brown House Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
Capt [Captain] Patrick Rigg of Dunfield George Burns House Servant 1 1 £1.15.0
George Duff Groom 1 1 £1.15.0
David Rentoull Postellen 1 1 £1.15.0
Robert Laird Buttler 1 1 £1.15.0
Mathow Young Gardner 1 1 £1.15.0
William Bruce Gamekeper 1 1 £1.15.0
15 6 3 6 £22.10.0

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Survey of the Male Servants Tax in the Burgh of
Cupar for one year to 5th April 1790 By Charles Robb Surveyor
[Page] 21

Prooff
6 Servant at £1.5.0 is £7.10.0
3 Servant at £1.10.0 is £4.10.0
6 Servants at £1.15.0 is £10.10.0
= £22.10.0

I Charles Robb Assessor aforesaed do hereby Certefy that upon careful Examination of the foregoing Several Rates
and Duties I find they Amount in whole to the Sum of Twenty Two pounds Ten Shillings Sterling and that upon
the Twenty fourth day of December I delivered to James Carstaers Collector for the Burgh aforesaed an Exact
Duplicate of the above Account duly Examened and Compared with the foregoing which Contaened My Oath that
Notices were left with the Several Inhabetants or at their Dwelling houses of the dates Annexed to their respective
names that they were to be Charged with the Sums hereby certefied to be due from them.
Charles Robb Assessor

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