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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 |
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2 Dec 1785 | Town of Banff | ||||||||||
George Robinson Esqr | James Laird William Begg |
Footman Postillion |
2 | 2 | £1.17.6 | ||||||
Sir Robert Abercromby | House servant | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||||
William McIntosh Innkeeper | George Mitchell John Bowman Robert Leslie |
Waiter Chaise driver Hostler |
3 | 3 | £3.7.6 | ||||||
Mrs Admiral Gordon | George Steel | Post [Postilion] & House servt [Servant] | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||
William Leslie Esq Dunlugas | James Raffan William Bower |
House servant Chaise driver |
2 | 2 | £3.15.0 | ||||||
James Duff Esqr | House servant Positllion |
2 | 2 | £1.17.6 | |||||||
John Innes Esqr Edengigth | John Richardson | House & riding S [Servant] | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||
Dr [Doctor] Abernethy | William Grant | House servant | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||
James Urquhart Esqr | Per [Personal] servant | 1 | 1 | £1.17.6 | |||||||
Capt [Captain] Gordon Shelagreen | Alexander Coopur | House servant | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||
Mr Andrew Sheen Minsr [Minister] | Peter Torry | House servant | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||
16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | £18.7.6 | |||||||
3 | |||||||||||
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[Page] 11Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX arisen within the Town of
Banff from the 5th day of July 1785 To the 5th April 1786 By Archibald Duff Surveyor
Proof
3 Servants at £2.10.0 each for 3 Quarters of a year is £5.12.6
10 Servants at £1.5.0 each for 3 Quarters of a year is £9.7.6
3 Servants at £1.10.0 each for 3 Quarters of a year is £3.7.6
16 £18.7.6
I Archibald Duff Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon careful examination of
the foregoing several rates and duties I find they amount in whole to Eighteen pounds seven
shillings and six pence sterling and that upon the Twentieth day of March Current I delivered
to Mr James Anderson Collector of the said duties for the Town of Banff aforesaid an Exact Duplicate
of the above Accopt [Accompt] duly examined and Compaired with the foregoing which Contained my oath that
Notices were left with the Several Inhabitants or at their dwelling houses of the dates annexed
to their respective names In order that they might make a report of the greatest number of Male
Servants retained and employed by them for the period therein mentioned which they did in substance as
above
Archibald Duff Surveyor
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