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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 10% per 31 George III
6 Jun 1794 Dr [Doctor] Alexander Hamilton James Anderson
David Webster
house servt [servant]
Postilion
2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Revd [Reverend] William Greenfield James Cowie ho. Servt [house Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Mrs Schaw ho. Servt [House Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Thomas Tod Esq 2 2 2 £5.0.0 £0.10.0
7 Jun 1794 William McFarlane William Cleghorn ho. Servt [House Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Dr. [Doctor] Gregory Grant 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Robert Spence Dentist Peter Brown ho. Servt [house Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
John Buchan writer ho. Servt [house Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Robert Jameson writer John Scott Gardener 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Paterson's Court George Robertson writer ho. Servt [house Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
7 Jun 1794 Francis Metcalf Vint [Vintner] John Robertson Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
10 Jun 1794 James Horn writer ho. Servt [house Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
James Hunter Vint [Vintner] Waiters 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
..change [Exchange] Robert Arbuthnot Esq James -- ho. Servt [house Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
James Milligan Vint [Vintner] James Mcdougall Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.5.0
William Creech Book Sr [Seller] ho. Servt [house Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
11 Jun 1794 Mrs Douglas Vint [Vintner] James Douglas Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Mrs Fortune Vint [Vintner] John Jardine
John Seton
Waiter
Waiter
2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Miles Mcphell Vint [Vintner] Dugald McEwan Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
[12] Jun 1794 James Marshall writer David Collison
Charles Fraser
Gardener
ho. Servt [house Servant]
2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
William Kerr Secy [Secretary] to Post Office ho. Servt [house Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
13 Jun 1794 James Sym Esq of Northfield Robert Campbell Driver 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
16 Jun 1794 Mrs McFarlane Vint [Vintner] Andrew Corson Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
17 Jun 1794 Walter Hogg Esq. Tweedale Close ho : servt [house servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Dr [Doctor] Hume ho : servt [house servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Dr [Doctor] Rutherford ho : servt [house servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
19 Jun 1794 Andrew Robb Vintr [Vintner] Niddery street Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
James Mather Vintr [Vintner] South Bridge Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
20 Jun 1794 Dr [Doctor] Duncan John Paul ho : servt [house servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
James Law Surgeon Hamilton Monoch ho : servt [house servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Forrest Dewar Surgeon ho : servt [house servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Thomas Hay Surgeon ho : servt [house servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
George Wood Surgeon 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
21 Jun 1794 Miss Robertson Old Assembly Close ho : servt [house servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
George Andrew writer David Scott ho : servt [house servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
23 Jun 1794 John Stewart Vintr [Vintner] Donald Mercer Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
R [Royal] Bank of Scotland Duncan Mcfarlane Porter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Carry forward 44 8 44 £65.0.0 £6.10.0

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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the City of Edinburgh
from 5th April 1794 To 5th April 1795 By Robert Maughan Surveyor

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