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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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Excerpt from the Valued Rent Roll
of the Shire of Inverness made up by
Alexander Mackenzie Writer in Inverness
From the Principal Valuation Book of
the said County made up by the Commrs. [Commissioners]
of Supply in May 1691 from the Cess
Books of the Shire and from the
different Splittings now Extent.
1788

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[Text after Valuation sum £1000]
The Duke of Gordon as Superior of the Lands of
Auchadrom and Sliesgarve with the pertinents thereof
comprehended with other Lands belonging in property
to the Laird of Glengarry under the said Cumulo made
Application for having the valued Rent of the said
Lands of Auchadrom and Sliesgarve with the pertin-
ents holden of him by Glengarry separated and dis-
joined from the valued Rent of Glengarry's other
Lands included in the same Cumulo Valuation. And
accordingly on the 22nd Jan 1773 The Commrs. [Commissioners] pro-
nounced a Decreet of Division as follows vizt:-
FINDING that the Cumulo Valuation of the Lands of
Achadrom and Sliesgarve Comprehending the Particular
Lands and others after mentioned whereof the Petr. [Petitioner] is
Superior and the Lands of Sliesmien comprehending the
Lands hereinafter mentioned and holding of His Majesty
is £1000 Scots which is Splitt thus.

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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

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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