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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Renfrew county - Volume 2 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/27/2

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Excerpts from Old Valued Rent Roll
for the County of Renfrew in possession
of County Clerk, Paisley.

[Written below Lunderstane]
Marginal addition in ink:-
Note: Mr Seile, Factor and Com-
missioner at Ardgowan wrote on
6th october, 1890 that he had
discovered the correct old val-
uation of Inverkip Parish or at
least that adopted by the heri-
tors and that it was as follows:-
Ardgowan -- £2342.0.0
Gourock -- £600.0.0
Langhouse -- £102.10.0
Kelly -- £105.0.0
Wemyss Bay -- £15.0.0
Lunderston -- £12.10.0
[Total] -- £3177.0.0
While the total agrees, the details
do not, with the old Valuation Book.
"James Caldwell"
"County Clerk".

[Left Margin]
£1850.0.0
In which is included
Valuations of Kirklands
of Mearns. Inverkip
Deduct for
Christimull [muir]
part of Ladylore
£102.10.0
£1747.10.0

[Page] 11A

Paisley/

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Renfrew county - Volume 2 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/27/2

This volume contains land tax information from the parishes of Renfrewshire in 1735, with alterations in 1803. These parishes include Cathcart, Eaglesham, Greenock, Inchinnan, Inverkip, Kilbarchan, Kilmalcolm, Lochwinnoch, Mearns, Neilston, Paisley, Renfrew, Eastwood, Killellan, and Houston.

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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