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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 |
|---|---|
| Harie Caddell has there Three Meills Malt Is | £10.0.0 |
| William Miller Milner of Firth has there Two Meills Two Settings Malt Is | £7.15.6½ |
| Magnus Flett Younger has there Ane Setting Malt Is | £0.11.1⅓ |
| Magnus Firth Elder has there four Settings Malt Is | £2.4.5⅓ |
| Malcolm Firth has there Two Settings Malt Is | £1.2.2⅔ |
| William Corners Aires in Kirkwall has there two Settings Sixteen Merks Malt Is | £1.9.7⅔ |
| David Grimbuster in Grimbuster has there Ane Meill Malt Is | £3.6.8 |
| James Baikie of Tankerness has there five Meills & Eight Merks Malt Is | £16.17.0 |
| William Craigie of Gairsey has there Two Meills Two Setts [Settings] Malt Is | £7.15.6⅔ |
| Adam Cobban has there Two Meills Two Setts [Settings] Malt Is | £7.15.6⅔ |
| Thomas Buchannan has there two Meills four Settings Malt Is | £8.17.9⅓ |
| Elsie Grimbuster has there four Settings Eight Merks Malt Is | £2.8.2⅓ |
| Item for John Aitkens Land there Ane Setting Malt Is | £0.11.1⅓ |
| Robert Grimbuster has there four Settings Eight Merks Malt Is | £2.8.2⅓ |
| Francis Hoome has there five Setts [Settings] Malt Is | £2.15.6⅔ |
| James Cobban Younger has there two Leispond butter, Seven Settings Malt Is | £7.17.9⅓ |
| Thomas Buchannan of Sound has there for Elizabeth Smith her Liferent Lands fourteen Meills Malt, four Meills Meall, ten Merks Money And Two Leispond butter Is | £73.6.8 |
| The Sum of the free Rent of the Said Parochin belonging to the Heretors Extends to the Sum of Five hundred fifty eight pound One Shill [Shilling] Six pennys | £558.1.6 |
| The Earl of Morton has of free Rent within the Said Parochin | five Last Ane Meill Malt, Ane Last Twenty Two Meills Two Settings Meall, Seven Barrell Nine Leispond Sixteen Merks butter |
| of flesh & Scat Silver Thirty | |
| [The Earl of Morton, continued, Thirty] Eight pound Two Shilling Eleven pennies | £38.2.11 |
| of Grassums Twenty Two pound | £22.0.0 |
| Is Eight Hundred Six pound Two Shilling Eleven pennies | £806.2.11 |
| Whereof Deduces for the Ministers Stipend Thirty eight Meills Malt Is Ane Hundred Twenty Six pound thretteen Shilling four pennies | £126.13.4 |
| Sua Remains Six Hundred Threescore Nineteen pound Nine Shilling Seven pennies | £679.9.7 |
| The Total Is Ane Thousand Two Hundred Thirty Seven pound Eleven Shilling ane penny | £1237.11.1 |
| [page] 47 Gramsay | |
| James Stewart of Gramsay has of free Rent | Ane Hundred Twenty five Meills Ane Setting Malt, Ane Barrell Butter |
| and Twenty pound of flesh & Grassum | £20.0.0 |
| Whereof Deduces for his Tack Duty Thretteen pound Six Shilling Eight pennies | £13.6.8 |
| Sua Remains of free Rent four hundred fifty five pound Seventeen Shilling Nine pennies third part penny | £455.17.9⅓ |
| Patrick Monteath of Egilshay has of free Rent for his Tack Duty there | £13.6.8 |
| The Total Is four Hundred & Sixty Nine pound four Shilling five pennies third part penny | £469.4.5⅓ |
| [page] 47 Hoy | |
| Hugh Halcro of that Ilk has of free Rent There | Thretty Six Meills four Settings Malt, Thretteen Meills Meall, Ane Barrell half Barrell Butter |
| And Sixteen pound of Money | £16.0.0 |
| Whereof to be Deduced for Patrick Monteath of Egilshay his Tack Duty | Twenty four Meills Malt |
| Sua Remains of free Rent | £140.4.5⅓ |
| Isobell Craigie Relict of Umqle [Umquhile] Hugh Halcro of that Ilk has of free Rent of her Liferent Lands there | Three Last Nineteen Meills Two Settings Malt, Ten Meills five Settings Meall, Ane Barrell Butter |
| & of flesh & Grassum Forty Two pound Sixteen Shillings Eight pennies | £42.16.8 |
| Is in all Three Hundred fourscore Ten pound Twelve Shilling two pennys | £390.12.2 |
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[page] 46 Firth
[signed] John Urquhart -- Donald Groat
Andrew Young
[page] 47 Firth
[signed] John Urquhart -- Donald Groat
Andrew Young
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).