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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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Statement of the allocation of the Valued Rent of the
Lands of Dubbs, Lyon cross, Aurs, Parkhouse, Auchen:
back, Springfield, West Arthurlie, Arthurlie, Barshagra
& Dovecot hill in the Parish of Neilston & County of Renfrew
which lands comprise the whole lands of Hawkhead
so far as situated in said Parish & County and which
formerly belonged to the Rt. Hon. [Right Honourable] George Frederick Ross
& Lindsay Crawford Earl of Glasgow (now deceased)
and now (with the exception of those portions which
do not separately extend to 5 acres) belong to
the proprietors undernoted.-

The total Valued Rent of the said Lands of Hawkhead
so far as situated within said Parish is £551.13.4 Scots
The said Lands (excepting the Portions thereof which do not
separately extend to 5 acres and which for the purpose of
said allocation it is agreed should be excepted) extend to 828.538
acres or thereby and the said Valued Rent of £551.13.4
is hereby allocated thereon as follows:-
[see table]

[Note in red ink]
Ph. [Parish] Neilston - auchenback £418.6.8
Ph. [Parish] Paisley now Neilston
Dubbs £48.0.0
Park £52.0.0
Bog £13.6.8
[Total] £531.13.4

[Pencil note at No. 2]
[--] of
[--] act of
[--tents]
Paisley Parh. [Parish]
560

[Page] 19B

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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