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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Sheriffdoms - Volume 1 - (see 'More Info' for details of Sheriffdoms), E106/1/1

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Att Abirdein the twentie Sext day of November Jai vi c& fourtie nyne yeris [26 Nov 1649]

The Roll of the rent of the Shirefdome of Aberdein maid and sett doun be the comissioneris [commissioneris] wndir subscryveing appoynted for that effect by act of the estatis of Parliament of this kingdome Holdin att Edinburgh the fourth of August 1649 [4 Aug 1649] Which Comissioneris [Commissioneris] haveing mett on the threttein day of September [13 Sep] Last, And having iudiciallie givin thair oathis to wse thair best endeavouris for a right and trew informatioune of the rentis of the whole shire and to proceid faithfullie and unpartiallie in prosicuting thair comissioune [commissioune] and Instructiouns relateing thairwnto Which thay have cairfullie performed in everie poynt After serious & mature Deliberaune [Deliberatioune] They have maid and sett doune the roll following In articles according to the number of the severall parochines wtin [within] the said shirefdome and haue cast wp the sowmis according to the Directiounes of the Parliament

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Sheriffdoms - Volume 1 - (see 'More Info' for details of Sheriffdoms), E106/1/1

This volume contains Land tax rolls - the following sheriffdoms: Midlothian, Kincardineshire, Wigtownshire, Dumfries-shire, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Peebles-shire, Stirlingshire, West Lothian, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, Perthshire, Clackmannanshire, and Ayrshire, in 1649.

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records)

The Scottish Exchequer, and subsequently the Court of Exchequer, were concerned with the accounting of collected taxes in Scotland. These taxes include the Carriage tax (1785-1798), Cart tax (1785-1798), Clock and watch tax (1797-1798), Dog tax (1797-1798), Farm horse tax (1797-1798), Servant tax (1777-1798), Hearth tax (1691-1695), Horse tax (1785-1798), Inhabited house tax (1778-1798), Land tax (1645-1831), Poll tax (1694-1698), Shop tax (1785-1789), Window tax (1748-1798). Following the Consolidating Acts (38 Geo. III cap. 40 and 41), the duties on windows, inhabited houses, male servants, carts, carriages and dogs were incorporated in Consolidated Schedules of Assessed Taxes (1798-1799).

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