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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 Five to seven Eight to ten Eleven or more Duty 10% per 31 George III 10% per 36 George III
11 Sep 1797 The Country part of Selkirk Parish
Mark Pringle of Clifton Alexander Christie
William Mathison
Robert Wilson
Thomas Gray
Henry Baillie
George Robertson
Butler
Footman
Footman
Groom
Postilion
Gardner
6 6 £10.10.0 £1.1.0 £1.1.0
Andrew Plumer of Midlestead Andrew Oliver
Richard Aiken
John Scott
Gardner
Houseservant
Groom
3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0 £0.9.0
Alexander Pringle of Whitbank Thomas McKenzie
Alexander Turnbull
Robert Anderson
William Creoch
House servant
House servant
Postilion
Gardner
4 4 £6.0.0 £0.12.0 £0.12.0
The Duke of Bucleugh Thomas Howison Gardner 1 1 £3.0.0 £0.6.0 £0.6.0
14 7 6 1 £24.0.0 £2.8.0 £2.8.0
Part of Roberton Parish
William Elliot of Borthwickbrae David Elliot Gardner 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6 £0.2.6
Part of Stow Parish
James Pringle of Torwoodlee William Laidlaw
James Smail
Alexander Hall
Postilion
Gardner
House Servant
3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0 £0.9.0
3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0 £0.9.0
Gallashiels Parish
Miss Wooden Fernilee Postilion Etc 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6 £0.2.6
Mrs. Scott of Galla House Servant 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6 £0.2.6
2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0 £0.5.0
Yarrow Parish
William Russell of Ashisteel Peter Mathison House Servant 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6 £0.2.6
Parishes Collected
Part of Selkirk Parish 14 7 6 1 £24.0.0 £2.8.0 £2.8.0
Part of Roberton Parish 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6 £0.2.6
Part of Stow Parish 3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0 £0.9.0
Gallashiels Parish 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0 £0.5.0
Yarrow Parish 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6 £0.2.6
21 4 10 6 1 £33.10.0 £3.7.0 £3.7.0

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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Shire of Selkirk from the 5 of April 1797
to the 5 of April 1798
By William Brunton Surveyor

Proof
4 Servants @ £1.5.0 Each is £5.0.0
10 Servants @ £1.10.0 Each is £15.0.0
6 Servants @ £1.15.0 Each is £10.10.0
1 Servant @ £3.0.0 Each is £3.0.0
£33.10.0
£33.10.0 @ 10 per Cent is £3.7.0
£33.10.0 @ 10 per Cent is £3.7.0
Sum Total £40.4.0

I Wiliam Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the forgoing duties I find they amount to
Forty pound four Shillings and that upon the ------- day of -------- I delivered to John Scott Collector of these
duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above duty compared which Contained my Oath that the preceeding inhabitants
were duly served with Requisitions of the forsaid dates desiring them to deliver or cause to be delivered to me upon calling for that purpose
An Attested list of All the Servants Horses and Carriages used and employed by them from the 5 of April 1797 to the 5 of April 1798
as well as an Account of what Servants horses and Carriages they might use and employ any where Else And that the forgoing
report was made up from their Several Attested lists and returns to me from the best information I could procure or from my own knowledge
of their Respective Establishments.
William Brunton

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