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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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19 Januar 1650 [19 Jan 1650]

The Roll of the rent of the Sh..ifdome [Sherifdome] of Kincardin maid and Sett doun by the comissioneris vnder subscryving appoyntit for that effect by act of estaites of pa...liament [parliament] of this Kingdom Holdin at Edgh [Edinburgh] the fourt day off august iai vi c [1600] Fourtie Nyne Zereis [4 Aug 1649] Wich comissioneris [commissioneris] hawing mett the fourteinth - Day off Novembr [November] Last bypast [14 Nov 1648] and hawing Judicially giwin ther oathis to vse ther best indeveris for ane right and trew information off the rentis of the Whole sheir and to proceid faithfully and impartially in prosecuting ther Commission and instructionis relating thairto. Wch [Which] they have cairfully performed in ewerie poynt After Serious and mature deliberatione Thay haue maid & Sett doun the Roll efter following in articles according to the number off the sewerall Perochinis within the said sheir and haue cast wp the suma [summa] according to the Direction of Parliament:

Transcriber's notes

L.s.d. for pounds, shillings and pence, the letters being taken from the Latin librae, solidi and denarii.
vodsetteris - wadsetters, the creditors in a mortgage arrangement
prick mett - the standard firlot measure, with a metal rod (the prick) supporting the crossbar

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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