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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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We George Houston Esqr of Johnston Day Hort McDowall Esqr of Wal:
:kinshaw and Alexander Porterfield Esqr of Porterfield Three of the Commissioners
of Supply of the County of Renfrew and John maxwell Clerk to the said
Commissioners Do hereby Certify that what is written on the
ninety one preceeding pages contains a just & exact Copy
of the valuation books of the County of Renfrew made up in
the year One thousand Seven hundred & thirty five and
of the alterations that have been made therein at
Different times since that period by appointment of the
Commissioners of Supply of the said County The Total Valu:
ation of the said County of Renfrew amounting to the
sum of Sixty nine thousand one hundred & Seventy two pounds
One Shilling Scots as contained in the abstract written
on the twenty Sixth page of this book Given under
our hands at Paisley this ninth day of May One
Thousand Eight hundred & three years

[Signed]
John Maxwell
Clerk to Commissioners of Supply of County of Renfrew
George Houstoun
DH McDowall
Alex Porterfield

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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