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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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ABBEY CHURCH, PAISLEY.

Allocation and division of Sittings which former-
ly belonged to the Estate of Hawkhead and now apportioned
among the present Proprietors.
This allocation has been regulated by the rules
followed in 1862, when the whole of the sittings in the
Church were allocated among the Heritors according to the
Old Scotch Valuation of their lands.
Stanely having a distinct Valuation has been kept
separate from Hawkhead and in the same way Hillhead and
Ingliston.
The best pew has been selected for the Heritor
having the largest Valuation as a Family pew, the others
following in succession until an Heriotors' Valuation does
not represent a whole pew.

This is the Scotch Valuation on which the / [continued on page 21B]

(1) Held of Sir James Maxwell
(2, 3 & 4) Held of Prince
(6) Held of Francis E. Vincent
(5) How held?
(7 8 & 9) Held of Prince

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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

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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