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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
8 Dec 1797 W. Peaston 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0 £0.5.0
Captain Bell Andrew Bell Ho. Servt. [House Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6 £0.2.6
Lady Elizabeth Anstruther 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0 £0.5.0
5 5 £6.5.0 £0.12.6 £0.12.6

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Report of the MALE SERVANTS TAX within the Royalty of Cupar
for the year ending 5th April 1798 By Patrick Plenderleath Surveyor

Duty £6.5.0
10p [per] Cent £12.6.0
10p [per] Cent £12.6.0 £7.10.0

Proof 5 Servants @ £1.5.0 £6.5.0
10p [per] Cent. £0.12.6 & 10p [per] Cent £0.12.6 £1.5.0
£7.10

Pittenween 13th February 1798 I Patrick Plenderleath surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify
that upon Careful examination of the above rates and duties I paid they amount to the
sum of Seven pounds ten shillings Sterling and that I this day delivered to Alexander Simpson
Collector of the foresaid duties a full duplicate of this amount containing my oath that
the preceding Inhabitants were duly served with requisitions of the dates foresaid And
that they were Charged according to their own returns on the best Information and that
they were liable to pay the sums set against their several names.

P. Plenderleath Surveyor

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