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Volume contents
- 2 - Orkney , Deerness
- 9 - Orkney , Holm
- 17 - Orkney , Orphir
- 20 - Orkney , Stromness
- 24 - Orkney , Sandwick
- 31 - Orkney , Stenness
- 34 - Orkney , Harray
- 39 - Orkney , Birsay
- 41 - Orkney , Evie
- 43 - Orkney , Rendell
- 45 - Orkney , Firth
- 48 - Orkney , Hoy
- 49 - Orkney , Walls
- 52 - Orkney , South Ronaldsay
- 59 - Orkney , Burray, Flotta, Swannay
- 60 - Orkney , Shapinsay
- 61 - Orkney , Stronsay
- 63 - Orkney , Sanday
- 69 - Orkney , North Ronaldsay
- 71 - Orkney , Eday
- 72 - Orkney , Westray
- 73 - Orkney , Papa Westray
- 74 - Orkney , Rousay, Enhallow
- 77 - Orkney , Egilsay
- 78 - Orkney , Wyre
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... e [page] 1st
Anno 1653
The Valuation of the free Rent of Orkney Compre
-hending [Comprehending] Earldom & Bishoprick, Heretors and
others, Taken upon Oath By Collonell John Stewart
of Newark, Patrick Smyth of Brako, Robert
Stewart of Brugh, Patrick Monteith of Egilshay
William Craigie of Gairsey, David McClellan of
Woodwick Mr Patrick Grahame of Rothisholm,
James Baikie of Tankerness and John, Edmun
-ston [Edmunston] Baillie of Kirkwall, this 18th Day of
October 1653.
Valuation Is
The Meill of Malt -- £3.6.8
The Meill of Meall -- £4.0.0
The Barrell of Butter -- £20.0.0
The Meill of Flesh -- £1.0.0
The 1 lispound butter -- £2.0.0
John Urquhart Donald Groat
Andrew Young
Transcriber's notes
On later pages of this book, there is a catchword at the end of the page (but before any signatures): this is the first word of the next page.
The meil (spelling varies) was a Scandinavian measure of weight used in Orkney. The lispund was likewise a measure of weight, used around the Baltic, and in Orkney mainly for butter and oil.
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Orkney county - Volume 1 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/24/1
This volume contains land tax information from the parishes of Orkney in 1653. These parishes include Deerness, Holm, Orphir, Stromness, Sandwick, Stenness, Harray, Birsay, Evie, Rendell, Firth, Hoy, South Ronaldsay, Burray, Flotta, Swannay, Shapinsay, Sanday, North Ronaldsay, Eday, Westray, Rousay, Enhallow, Egilsay, and Wyre.
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).