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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Inverness county - Volume 3 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/17/3

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For the length of the page, the first letters of most lines are obscured. I have placed the missing letters, gleaned from past and previous lists containing the same people, in square brackets [], with the exception of the proprietors' names which have been written without brackets.

Dear Zabet,

Thank you for taking the time to check out all these names. I would suggest taking out the [ ] though as it stops the name being searchable (if you search for say Alexander McBean of Drummond it doesnt show up the one on this page due to the [ ]) If you could just leave the names in full i.e. Alexander, Angus etc. I would maybe suggest taking out 'Mr' or 'The' as we cannot really be sure that is what is in the gutter. Money can be left in the brackets or in full, as it can be compared with the money column. The volumes are often quite tightly bound and we lose the inside words. Shill and pds need expanded Shill [Shillings] pds [pounds] etc, as per our normal expansion guidelines.

The only other comment I would have is to put the Parish name on a line in the transcription, I've done these to show you. You use the small cross to hold and drag to its position then save.

I hope you are enjoying transcribing this handwriting, it can be challenging yet very satisfactory.

Kind Regards
The ScotlandsPlaces Team
Dear N E
I must admit I have grown fond of this handwriting, despite my initial horror at the prospect. To be on the safe side I type it in as I see it and then check the associated records in Vols. 2 & 4, which may be spelt differently but have the same general sound. Many thanks for all the help.
Regards
Zabet

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Inverness county - Volume 3 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/17/3

This volume contains land tax information from the parishes of Inverness-shire in 1691. These parishes include Croy, Petty, Dalarossie, Dores, Moy, Dunlichity, Inverness, Daviot, Dalarossie, Wardlaw and Pharnaway, Convinth and Kiltarlity, Boleskine and Abertarff, Skier Inch, Laggan, Alvie, Akeirve and Kilpheder, Glenelg, Kilfinnan in Glengarry, Kilmonivaig and Kilmallie, Kilmuir in Skye, Kilchrist, Kilmarie, North Uist, Oynart and Bracadale, and Kilchoan in Knoidart.

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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