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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
| Proprietor and land | Valuation |
|---|---|
| [The Earl of Morton continued] | barrells, nine Leispound half Leispound butter |
| of Flesh & Scatsilver | £13.11.8 |
| of Grassum Five pounds | £5.0.0 |
| Is | £490.5.0 |
| The Town of Edinburgh has of Free Rent for the Bishoprick out of the said parish | Two Lasts Nineteen meills Ane Setting half Setting Malt, Ane Last three meills Five Settings Meall, Two Meills Flesh, Seventeen barrells Eight Liespound Four Merks butter |
| Scatsilver & Silver Maill Two pound Nineteen Shilling three pennies | £2.19.3 |
| Grassum Eight pounds | £8.0.0 |
| Is Seven hundred Four pounds Fifteen Shill [Shillings] Eleven pennies | £704.15.11 |
| Whereof Deduces for the Ministers Stipend | Three Last Malt, Ane Last flesh, ane barrell Butter |
| Two hundred pound of Money | £200.0.0 |
| To the Reader | Six Barrell Butter, Twelve Meills Malt |
| Is of Deductions Six hundred forty four pound | £644.0.0 |
| Remains of Free Rent Threescore pound Fifteen Shill [Shillings] Eleven pennies Is | £60.15.11 |
| The Totall is | £1687.2.4½ |
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| Collonell John Stewart has of Free Rent of the Teinds of the Parochin of Orphir Three hundred forty Six pound Thirteen Shill [Shillings] four pennies | £346.13.4 |
| Whereof to be Deduced for the Tack Duty fourscore pound | £80.0.0 |
| Sua Remains Two hundred Threescore Six pound thirteen Shilling four pennies | £266.13.4 |
| James Stewart of Gramsay has of Free Rent of his Lands of Clestrane be North & South the burn | Twenty Eight Meills Malt |
| In Land Meills | Two Barrells butter, Nine Meills flesh |
| And of his Lands of Quoylinga | Two Liespound butter |
| & of his Lands of the Bull of Orphir | Twenty four Meills Malt, Ane Barrell Butter, Nine meills Flesh |
| In Grassum Eight pound | £8.0.0 |
| And of his Lands of the Coatt of Gernoon | |
| [continued] | Three Liespond Butter |
| And of the Miln of Kirbuster | Ten Meills Meall |
| Is in Malt Fifty two meills Malt Ten Meills Meall, Three Barrell half Barrell Butter, 18 meills flesh & Eight pound Money. Is of all being Converted in Money | £309.6.8 |
| Whereof Deduces for his few Duty | £86.6.8 |
| Remains | £223.0.0 |
| Hugh Sinclair of Damsay has of Free Rent of his Lands of Coubister | Six Meills four Settings Malt, ane barrell butter |
| And of his Lands of Orakirk | Ane half barrell Butter |
| fourty Shill [Shillings] of Grassum | £2.0.0 |
| And of his Lands of Smougrow | Six Meills Malt |
| & three pound Six Shill [Shillings] Eight pennies of Grassum | £3.6.8 |
| and out of his Lands of Kirbuster | Eleven Meills Malt |
| Is in All | Twenty three Meills four Settings Malt, Ane Barrell half barrell butter |
| & five pound Six Shill [Shillings] Eight pennies of Money | £5.6.8 |
| Is in All Ane Hundred fourteen pound four Shill [Shillings] five pennies Third part penny | £114.4.5⅓ |
| Edward Halcro of Houton has of Free Rent of his Lands thr [there] | Eighteen Meills Malt |
| And out of his three Coats there | Three Meills Malt And ane Liespond half Leispond butter |
| And four pound of Grassum | £4.0.0 |
| And of his Lands fewed of Houton Midland & Tuskibuster Twenty two pound Thirteen Shill [Shillings] four pennies | £22.13.4 |
| Is | £99.13.4 |
| Edward Sinclair of Gyer has of Free Rent of his Lands of Inksetter, Crovell, Windbreck, Gossaquoy, Fenziehouse Nether & Over Myre & Gyerpigger, Stove Skeggebister Sowlay and Stennaquoy, Muzie, Garay, Ackerstoun Learquoy, Breckney fivescore Six Meills Three Settings Malt, Is in Money Three hundred fifty five pound | £355.0.0 |
| Three Barrell four Leispond butter Is in Money Threescore eight pound | £68.0.0 |
| Thirty ane Meills three Settings flesh is in money | £31.10.0 |
| Is in all four hundred fifty four pound ten Shill [Shillings] eight pennies | £54.10.8 |
| Whereof Deduces for the Supr [Superior] Duty Two hundred threescore eight pound | £268.0.0 |
| Sua Remains of Free Rent Ane Hundred Threescore Six pound Ten Shill [Shillings] | £166.10.0 |
| Mr George Graham has of Free Rent of his Lands of Groundwater Ane Barrell Butter and ane Leispond butter, with four pound Sixteen Shill [Shillings] Grassum Is | £26.16.0 |
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[signed] John Urquhart -- Donald Groat
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[signed] John Urquhart -- Donald Groat
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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).