In this poser, taken from a window tax roll from 1748, we asked you which three residents of Crail paid the most window tax (and had the most windows).

Extract from the window tax roll for the County of Fife, 1748 (National Records of Scotland, E326/1/42 page 19).

Answer: The three most taxed residents of Crail were General Philip Anstruther (83 windows), Mr Hary Crawfurd (26 windows) and Mr John Glass (26 windows).

Transcription

The columns are for Inhabitants' Names, Number of Windows and Tax payable [Increase on Survey]

Gen[era]ll Philip Anstruther - 83 [windows] – 4 lib~ 3 s~ 0 d~
John Lindsay Esq – 19 [windows] – 0 lib~ 14 s~ 3 d~
Thomas Ramsay – 10 [windows] – 0 lib~ 5 s~ 0 d~
William Ayton – 14 [windows] – 0 lib~ 7 s~ 0 d~
John Brown – 10 [windows] – 0 lib~ 5 s~ 0 d~
Mr Hary Crawfurd – 26 [windows] – 1 lib~ 6 s~ 0 d~
Mr John Robisson – 13 [windows] – 0 lib~ 6 s~ 6 d~
Mr John Glass – 26 [windows] – 1 lib~ 6 s~ 0 d~
Mr Rob[er]t Clelland – 14 [windows] – 0 lib~ 7 s~ 0 d~
Mr Tho[ma]s Ayton – 11 [windows] – 0 lib~ 5 s~ 6 d~
Hendry Logan – 10 [windows] – 0 lib~ 5 s~ 0 d~
Total 9 lib~ 10 s~ 3 d~

This poser was contributed by 'Fodiator', a researcher from Fife.

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