E326/5/7/185
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1786 | Gallashiels Parish | ||||||||||
| Hugh Scott of Galla Batchelor | Gilbert Thomson | Gardiner | 1 | 1 | 1 | £2.10.0 | |||||
| Part of Stow Parish | |||||||||||
| James Pringle of Torwoodlee | Peter Low a Richard Arthur Archbald Cossar William Walker |
Gardiner House Servant Groom Driver |
4 | 4 | £6.0.0 | ||||||
| 27 Jul 1786 | Country part of Selkirk Parish | ||||||||||
| Andrew Plummer of Midlestead | John Dods Robert Wilson Robert Wall |
House Servant Groom Gardner |
3 | 3 | £4.10.0 | ||||||
| John Pringle of Hainen a Batchelor | Robert Simson Thomas Vicharman Daniel McNaughton William Easton Thomas Hunter Andrew Wilson |
Butler Groom House Servant Gardner Postilion Gamekeeper |
6 | 6 | 6 | £18.0.0 | |||||
| The Duke of Buccleugh | Thomas Hotson | Gamekeeper | 1 | 1 | £3.0.0 | ||||||
| [total] | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | £25.10.0 | |||||
| Parishes Collected | |||||||||||
| Gallashiels Parish | 1 | 1 | 1 | £2.10.0 | |||||||
| Part of Stow Parish | 4 | 4 | £6.0.0 | ||||||||
| Country part of Selkirk | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | £25.10.0 | |||||
| [total] | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | £34.0.0 |
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A Survey of the MALE-SERVANTS TAX in the Shire of Selkirk fromthe 5 of Aprile 1786 to the 5 of Aprile 1787
by William Brunton Surveyor
[Page] 185
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7 @ £1.5.0 Each for one year is £8.15.0
1 @ £1.5.0 Each for one year is £1.5.0
7 @ £1.10.0 Each for one year is £10.10.0
6 @ £1.15.0 Each for one year is £10.10.0
1 @ £3.0.0 Each for one year is £3.0.0
Sum Total £34 0.0
I William Brunton Surveyor do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the Several Rates and dutys
aforesaid I find they amount in whole to the Sum of Thirty Four Pound Ster. [sterling] and that upon the 25 day of
Sept. [September] I delivered to John Scott Collector of said dutys for the Shire aforesaid an
exact Duplicate of the above Accounts examined and compared with the foregoing which contained my Oath
that Requisitions were left with the Several Gentlemen or at their dwelling Houses that they are liable on
the Sums Set against their Several Names. William Brunton
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DANIALSAN, Skinnb1- Moderator, M Carter
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