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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 |
|---|---|
| [Massitter continued Whereof Deduces payable to the Minister By Hugh Halcro of that Ilk] Thretty Three pound Six Shilling Eight pennies | £33.6.8 |
| And for Robert Stewart's few Duty Nine pound ten Shill [Shillings] | £9.10.0 |
| Sua Remains of free Rent Two Thousand Three Hundred fourty Ane pound Seventeen Shilling Nine pennies Third part penny Is | £2341.17.9⅓ |
| The Earl of Morton has of free Rent within the Said Iseland | Fifteen Last fourteen Meills five Settings fifteen Merks Malt, Twelve Meills Meall, Two Barrell Butter, Ten barrell Nine Leispond half Leispond Oyl |
| of flesh Scatsilver & few Maill Twenty Five pound Eight Shill [Shillings] Ten pennies | £25.8.10 |
| Is Ane Thousand five hundred Thretty Eight pound Eight Shilling Eight pennies | £1538.8.8 |
| Whereof Deduces for the Ministers Stipend Ane Hundred Thretty Three pound Six Shilling Eight pennies | £133.6.8 |
| Sua Remains of Free Rent Ane Thousand four Hundred five pound Two Shilling | £1405.2.0 |
| Mr Walter Stewart's Aires for their Wodsett Lands has of free Rent | Threescore Meills four Settings Twenty Ane Merk Malt, Eight Leispond half Leispond Oyl |
| of flesh & Scatsilver Thretty Three pound thretteen Shilling Five pennies | £33.13.5 |
| Is in all Two Hundred and fifty pound | £250.0.0 |
| The Totall Is Three Thousand nine Hundred fourscore Sixteen pound Nineteen Shilling Nine pennies Third part penny | £3996.19.9⅓ |
| [page] 58 Burray Flotta and Swanney | |
| William Stewart of Maines has of free Rent of his Isleands & Lands of Burray, Flotta & Swanney | Ten Last Thretteen Meills Five Settings half Setting Malt, Six Meills Meall, Three Barrell Eight Leispond Butter, Two Barrells half Barrell Oyl |
| Whereof Deduces To the Superior of Few Duty Threescore Six pound Thretteen Shilling four pennies | £66.13.4 |
| Is in Money at the prices foresaid Nine Hundred Six pound Seven Shill [Shillings] Nine pennies Third part penny | £906.7.9⅓ |
| And to the | |
| [William Stewart of Maines, continued And to the] Minister, of Stipend Threescore pound | £60.0.0 |
| Sua Remains of free Rent Eight Hundred fifty Nine pound fourteen Shilling five pennies third part penny | £859.14.5⅓ |
| The Town of Edinburgh has of free Rent for their part of the said Isles Threescore Six pound Thretteen Shilling four pennies | £66.13.4 |
| The Total Is Nine Hundred Twenty Six pound Seven Shilling Nine pennis third part penny | £926.7.9⅓ |
| [page] 59 Shapinshay | |
| The Aires of Umqle [Umquhile] William Irveing of Gairstey & Elizabeth Baikie his Relict has of free Rent of their Lands wtin [within] the Said Island | Thretty Three Meills Ane Setting Malt |
| And in Money for flesh & Grassum Thretty Six pound Three Shilling four pennies | £36.3.4 |
| Is Ane Hundred fourscore fourty Six pound fourteen Shilling five pennies third part penny | £186.14.5⅓ |
| Mr Patrick Grahame of Rothisholme has of free Rent of his Lands of Ness & Holland there five meills Two Setts [Settings] Malt And four Meills Meall, with Two Leispond Butter Is | £37.15.4⅔ |
| Thomas Buchannan of Sound has of free Rent of his Lands there | Seven Last five Meills Two Settings Malt, Ten Meills Meall, Three Barrel four Leispond Twenty Merks Butter |
| And of flesh & Money Ane Hundred Nineteen pounds Thretteen Shilling four pennies Money | £119.13.4 |
| Whereof to be Deduced for the Superiors Few Duty five Hundred Twenty pound Ane Shilling four pennies | £520.1.4 |
| Remains Two Hundred fourscore Seven pound ten pennies two part penny | £287.10.0⅔ |
| Mr Henry Smith has of free Rent of his Lands There | fifteen Meills Three Settings Sixteen Merks Malt, fifteen Meills flesh, Ane Leispond Butter |
| & fourty Shill [Shillings] of Grassum | £2.0.0 |
| Is Threescore Eleven pound Nine pennies | £71.0.9 |
Transcribe other information
[page] 58 South-ronaldshay
Note In margin of William Stewart of Maines entry: "Nota The Wool not as yet Valued"
[signed] John Urquhart -- Donald Groat
Andrew Young
[page] 59 Burray, Flotta and Swanney
[signed] John Urquhart -- Donald Groat
Andrew Young
Transcriber's notes
"Ane hundred fourscore fourty Six pound fourteen Shilling ..." : I have transcribed this as "Ane hundred fourscore Six pound fourteen Shilling ...."
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).