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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Midlothian (Edinburgh) county - Volume 7 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/22/7

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Description of Property	Valuation Sub 2	Present Proprietors	Valuation Sub
		St Cuthbert's, Brought forward	20850.10.0
Lands and estate of Pilrig brought over	£809.10.0
Dr [Doctor] Gibson, for Laing	£23.0.0	Mr Cassills, Leith	£23.0.0
John Reid, gardener	£22.10.0	Town of Edinburgh	£22.10.0
Thomas Davidson	£22.10.0	Andrew Paton, London	£22.10.0
Daniel Cairns	£22.10.0	John Stead, card-mKer	£22.10.0
Agrees	£900.0.0
Lands of Meldrumsheugh, or Drumsheugh, £192.6.8. Divided thus, --
The Earl of Moray	£96.3.4	The Earl of Moray	£96.3.4
Dr [Doctor] McKenzie, for Allan	£19.0.0	Major James Weir	£19.0.0
Mr Maugham, for William Butter, now William Walker	£10.0.0	William Walker, Coats	£10.0.0
Simon Fraser, for Allan	£6.0.0	The Earl of Moray	£6.0.0
The Town of Edinburgh, for Allan, stated before	£61.3.4	Stated before to the Town of Edinburgh.
Agrees	£192.6.8
JOhn Patison, for Salisburgh, for Thomas Hill, Moutrieshill		John Patison, W.S. [Writer to the Signet]	£14.10.0
The Duke of Roxburgh, for Meadowflatt and Dishieflatt, &c. now Sir Patrick Walker, superior		Heirs of General Fletcher	£130.0.0
The lands of Clockmill, called Barbour Lands, £910.13.4. Divided thus, --
James Clerk's part	£128.6.8 3/12	John Bannatyne, Lanark	£128.6.8 3/12
George Duncan's part	£35.6.4 3/12	Heirs of George Duncan	£35.6.4 3/12
Robert Donaldson's part, called Tennisi Court	£27.0.3 6/12	Mr Henderson, seedsman	£27.0.3 6/12
Agrees,	£190.13.4
Mr William Stirling, for Lauriston lands, £164.6.8
Divided thus, --
William Shaw	£139.17.10	Stated under, amongst a variety of Heritors.
Archibald Blair	£24.8.10	Thomas Wharton	£24.8.10
	£164.6.8
The above £139.17.10 for Mr Shaw.
Divided thus, --
The Rev. [Reverend] Dr [Doctor] John Erskine	£2.12.9	Heirs Rev. [Reverend] Dr [Doctor] Erskine	£2.12.9
Heirs Rev. [Reverend] James Brown	£2.5.10 6/12	Mr James Forrrest, W.S. [Writer to the Signet]	£2.5.10 6/12
Rev. [Reverend] Dr [Doctor] Robert Bell	£2.19.7 6/12	Heirs of Lieutenant Howden, or Thomas Crichton	£2.19.7 6/12
Carried forward	£7.18.3
		St Cuthbert's. carried forward,	£21439.13.9
Thomas Wharton	£2.5.10 6/12	Thomas Wharton	£2.5.10 6/12
Adam Keir, baker £2.1.3 6/12
Adam Keir, baker £2.8.2	£4.9.5 6/12	Heirs Mr Keir, Mr David Thomson, W.S. [Writer to the Signet]	£4.9.5 6/12
John Murray, merchant	£5.13.7 9/12	Alexander Cruickshanks, hosier	£5.13.7 9/12
John Robertson, printer	£62.16.0 9/12	The Earl of Wemyss	£62.16.0 9/12
R. Samuel Watson, solicitor	£15.9.5	Joseph Archibald, seedsman	£15.9.5
Robert Laurie, accountant £2.4.8 10/12
Robert Laurie, accountant £0.19.6 11/12	£3.4.3 9/12	W. Laurie, writer, Edinburgh	£3.4.3 9/12
Andrew Bell, engraver	£2.5.10 6/12	Andrew Ball Paton, and Watson's Hospital	£2.5.10 6/12
Heirs Charles Tod	£1.14.4 6/12	W. Scott Moncrieff, accountant	£1.14.4 6/12
Heirs Patrick Crawford, merchant	£34.0.6 9/12	Heirs of Mr Brown, late merchant in Russia	£34.0.6 9/12
	£139.17.10
George Ramsay, afterwards Mrs Rule, now Shoemakers, Portsburgh, west end of street, stated in old Rolls at £59, but afterwards at £58,	£58.0.0
Their proportion in Portsburgh Street, after mentioned	£22.2.4	Incorporation of Shoemakers, Wester Portsburgh	£80.2.4
The lands of Damhead, £962.
Divided thus, --
Robert Blair, for 48 acres, lands of Whitefield	£498.19.9
Alexander Ferguson, for remainder	£463.0.3
	£962.0.0	W. Murray of Henderland Also for £557.7.0 for Murrayfield, as after stated in Valuation of Dean	£362.0.0
Robert Watson, for Robert Laurie, called Weaver's lands, Portsburgh Street		Heirs of John Archibald, West-bow, &c.	£126.4.8
Shoemakers lands, called Highrigs Park	£63.2.4
Shoemakers lands, lands stated in Portsburgh Street	£59.0.0
	£122.2.4

Divided thus, --
For the Shoemakers property, stated above	£22.2.4	Already stated.
The Park called the Shoemakers Park, £100. Divided thus, --
John Adams, architect, for Brunton	£49.13.11	Heirs of Adam Keir	£49.13.11
James Ramsay, part of Brunton	£39.16.7	Mess. [Messrs] Laing and A. Steel, W.S. [Writer to the Signet]	£39.16.7
Andrew Gardner, part of Brunton	£7.2.5	Cunningham	£7.2.5
Robert Laurie, Excise	£3.7.1	William Laurie, writer	£3.7.1
Agrees,	£122.2.4
		St Cuthbert's carried forward	£22840.0.4

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Rectified Valuation Roll 1814, Continued.

SCOTS MONEY.

[Page] 47

Rectified Valuation Roll 1814, Continued.

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Transcriber's notes

Notations in green were not transcribed.

On page 47, the values for the two properties of Adam Keir, baker are bracketed together, added to one total sum, and attributed to proprietor Heirs Mr Keir, Mr David Thomson, W.S.

On page 47, to the left of the entry for Samuel Watson, solicitor, there appears a large, bold, capital letter R. Moderators to decide what to do with it.

On page 47, the values for the two properties of Robert Laurie, accountant are bracketed together, added to one total sum, and attributed to proprietor W. Laurie, writer, Edinburgh.

On page 47, the values for the two properties of George Ramsay, afterwards Mrs Rule and Their proportion in Portsburgh Street are bracketed together, added to one total sum, and attributed to proprietor Incorporation of Shoemakers.

On page 47, a character is added to the left of the properties for Robert Blair, Robert Watson, and Shoemakers lands which refer to an handwritten note in the left margin of that page which reads, "For Divn [Division] of V.R. [Valuation Roll] of Damhead see App. [Appendix] pp. [pages] 10 & 11."

On page 47, the values for the two properties of Robert Blair lands of Whitefield and Alexander Ferguson are bracketed together, added to one total sum, and attributed to proprietor W. Murray of Henderland.

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Midlothian (Edinburgh) county - Volume 7 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/22/7

This volume contains land tax information from the parishes of Midlothian in 1814. These parishes include North Leith, South Leith, St Cuthbert's, Collington, Currie, Kirknewton, Inveresk, Lasswade, Newton, Newbattle, Libberton, Abbey of Holyroodhouse, Duddingston, Corstorphine, Cramond, Ratho, Kirkilston, East Calder, Mid Calder, West Calder, Dalkeith, Glencorse, Penicuik, Carrington, Crichton, Fala and Soutra, Temple, Heriot, and Stow.

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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