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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
23 Sep 1790 Royal Burgh of Irvine
Capt [Captain] Davidson a Br [Bachelor] William Johnstone H. [House] Servant 1 1 1 £2.10.0
The Honble [Honourable] Patrick Boyle David Rowan
John Crawford
H. [House] Servant
Postilion
2 2 £2.10.0
25 Sep 1790 Captn. [Captain] Archibald Cunningham H. [House] Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
Mr James Shaw Vintner Robert Bankhead Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0
5 1 5 £7.10.0

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Royal Burgh of Irvine
MALE SERVANTS TAX
From 5th April 1790 to 5th April 1791 By Robert Aiken Surveyor

Proof
1 Bachelor Servant at £1.5.0 is £1.5.0
5 Servants at £1.5.0 is £6.5.0
Total by proof £7.10.0

I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon careful examination of
the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they amount in whole to Seven Pounds Ten Shillings
Sterling, And that upon the twenty seventh day of November Current I delivered to Mr John
Watt Collector of said Duties for said Burgh an exact duplicate of and duly examined &
compared with the foregoing Account, which contained my oath that notifications
were delivered or left of the rates foresaid, And that the rates charged in said Account were
just and true to the best of my skill and knowledge , and to the best of my belief
no person liable to the charges was omitted.
[signed] Robert Aiken

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