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The Roll of the rent of the shreffdome [shireffdome] of Bervik made and sett downe be the Comissioneris wnder subscryueand appoynted for that effect, by act of the Estaites of Parliament of this kingdome holdin at Edinbrugh the fourt of August 1649 [4 Aug 1649] Which Comissioneris haveing mett onis the 17 day of August Last, [17 Aug 1648] and haveing judiciallie given ther oathes, to wse ther best indevoures for a right and trew informatione of the rentis of the wholl schyre, and to proceid faithfullie and impartiallie in prosecuting ther comissiones, and instructiones relating therwnto, which they haue carefullie performed in every poynt Efter serious and mature deliberatione, they haue made and set downe the roll following in articles, According to the Number of the seuerall paroches within the said schyre, And haue cast vpe the soumes, according to the directiones of the Parliament.
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A Suintoune
[?] Rotsonne [Robertsonne]
Johne home
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Jhone home
Gilbert Lauder
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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Sheriffdoms - Volume 2 - (see 'More Info' for details of Sheriffdoms), E106/1/2
This volume contains Land tax rolls - the following sheriffdoms: Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Angus (Forfarshire), Banffshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sutherland, Morayshire, Berwickshire, and Fife, 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).