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Volume contents
| Date | Masters/mistresses names | Clocks and watches | Clocks | Gold watches | Silver or metal watches | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spott Parish | ||||||
| 11 Sep 1797 | George Murray Westbroomhouse | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | |
| John Dudgeon Esqr. Westbroomhouse | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| Robert Brown Spot | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| James Baillie Littlespott | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| Robert Hay Esqr. Spott | 4 | 2 | 2 | £1.3.3 | ||
| Mr Martin Minister | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||
| Thomas Martin Dourie | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| Robert Cunningham Esqr. | 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.19.6 | ||
| David Potter Hurklehillame | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||
| Henry Deans Spottmill | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | £4.2.1 | ||
| Innerwick Parish | ||||||
| 12 Sep 1797 | Mrs Home Branxton | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.11.7 | |
| John Sligh Thorntonloch | 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||
| Thomas Dig Crowhill | 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||
| John Home Thornton | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||
| John Gray Scateraw | 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||
| Archibald Dudgeon Dryburnford | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| Thomas Dodd Westhall | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||
| Robert Hunter Esqr. Thurston | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | £1.19.0 | |
| Alexander Aitchison Thurstonmains | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| Mr Harvey Minister | 3 | 1 | 1 | £0.7.6 | ||
| 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | £4.15.7 | ||
| Oldhamstocks Parish | ||||||
| Sir James Hall Dunglass | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | £1.9.3 | |
| James Sinclair Springfield | 2 | 2 | £0.3.9 | |||
| George Millar Birnyknowes | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| Mr More Minister | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.11.7 | ||
| 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | £2.10.3 | ||
| Dunbar Parish | ||||||
| 13 Sep 1797 | Robert Cunningham Eastbarns | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||
| John Kempt Eastbarns | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| Mrs Homes Eastbarns | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||
| William Rennie Oxwellmains | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||
| Robert Manderson Pinkerton | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||
| John Lee Little Pinkerton | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| Alexander Aitchison Broxburn | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| Robert Tait Slowbigging | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| John Tait Chesterhall | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | £0.15.4 | |
| Sir Petter Warrender Lochend | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | £1.1.4½ | |
| Mrs Anderson Winterfield | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.11.7 | ||
| William Burnet Westbarns | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| William Darling Beltonford | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||
| David Cow Cocklaw | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| James Hamilton Ninewar | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | £1.1.4½ | |
| Alexander Sawyer Hallhill | 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||
| James Watherston Eweford | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.7½ | ||
| David Pringle Winterfield | 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||
| 43 | 18 | 8 | 17 | £8.2.4½ | ||
| James Hay Belton | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | £1.1.4 | |
| Parishes Collected | ||||||
| Salton | 31 | 12 | 2 | 17 | £4.12.7½ | |
| Bolton | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | £2.15.6 | |
| Athelstaneford | 29 | 12 | 17 | £3.16.10½ | ||
| Gravald | 54 | 16 | 5 | 33 | £8.1.3 | |
| Gifford | 44 | 16 | 4 | 24 | £6.16.6 | |
| Humbie | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | £4.11.9½ | |
| Ormiston | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | £7.6.3 | |
| Pencaitland | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | £3.18 | |
| Gladsmuir | 40 | 17 | 7 | 16 | £7.8.10½ | |
| Aberlady | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | £3.19.10½ | |
| Whittinghame | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | £4.7.4½ | |
| Preston | 44 | 15 | 6 | 23 | £7.6.7½ | |
| Whitekirk | 63 | 17 | 5 | 41 | £9 | |
| NorthBerwick | 47 | 14 | 9 | 24 | £8.8.4½ | |
| Dirleton | 56 | 15 | 4 | 37 | £7.17.1½ | |
| Prestonpans | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | £5.8.9 | |
| Tranent | 50 | 24 | 6 | 20 | £8.14.9 | |
| Haddington | 85 | 30 | 13 | 42 | £14.13.7½ | |
| Morehame | 11 | 4 | 7 | £1.8.1½ | ||
| Stenton | 17 | 8 | 9 | £2.6.10½ | ||
| Spott | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | £4.2.1½ | |
| Spott | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | £4.2.1½ | |
| Innerwick | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | £4.15.7½ | |
| Oldhamstocks | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | £2.10.3 | |
| Dunbar | 43 | 18 | 8 | 17 | £8.2.4½ | |
| Proof | 855 | 313 | 110 | 432 | £142.8.1½ | |
| 313 Clocks at £0.3.9d Each is | £58.13.9 | |||||
| 110 Gold Watches at £0.7.6 Each is | £41.5.0 | |||||
| 432 Metal Watches at £0.1.10 ½ Each is | £40.10.0 | |||||
| 855 Ex.d per GS | £140.8.9 | |||||
| Proof 313 Clocks @ £0.3.9 | £58.13.9 | |||||
| Proof 110 Gold Watches @ £0.7.10½ | £43.6.3 | |||||
| Proof 431 Silver Watches @ £0.1.10½ | £40.8.1½ | |||||
| £142.8.1 1/2 |
Transcribe other information
I John Menzies Surveyor do hereby certify that upon carefull examination
of the forgoing Rates and duties I find that they amount on the whole to the sum
one Hundred and Fourty Two Pounds Eight Shillings one penny and
five tenths sterling and that upon the thirtyeth day of October I delivered
to George Donaldson Deputy Collector of these Duties an exact duplicate
of this acct [account] duly examined and Compared which contained my oath
that Requisitions were sent to the forgoing Inhabitants of the preceding
dates and that they were charged the sums annexed to each of
their names according to the answers they made said Requisitions
or according to my knowledge and belief that they were liable in these
Duties
John Menzies Surveyor
Transcriber's notes
Errors by surveyor in the duty column
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Clock and watch tax - Volume 2 - Counties (E-L) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/12/2
Volume 2 contains clock and watch tax listings for the following counties: East Lothian (Haddingtonshire), Fife, Angus (Forfarshire), Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Lanarkshire. Please note that the Inverness-shire roll is not divided up on a parish by parish basis.
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).