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Volume contents
- 1 - 1777-78 , Aberdeenshire
- 9 - 1777-78 , Argyll
- 15 - 1777-78 , Ayrshire
- 23 - 1777-78 , Berwickshire
- 31 - 1777-78 , Banffshire
- 35 - 1777-78 , Caithness
- 37 - 1777-78 , Clackmannanshire
- 41 - 1777-78 , Cromartyshire
- 43 - 1777-78 , Dunbartonshire
- 47 - 1777-78 , Dumfriesshire
- 51 - 1777-78 , East Lothian
- 63 - 1777-78 , Midlothian (Edinburghshire)
- 85 - 1777-78 , Morayshire (Elginshire)
- 88 - 1777-78 , Fife
- 99 - 1777-78 , Angus (Forfarshire)
- 107 - 1777-78 , Inverness-shire
- 109 - 1777-78 , Kincardineshire
- 113 - 1777-78 , Kinross-shire
- 116 - 1777-78 , Kirkcudbrightshire
- 119 - 1777-78 , Lanarkshire
- 131 - 1777-78 , Nairnshire
- 133 - 1777-78 , Peeblesshire (Tweeddale)
- 137 - 1777-78 , Perthshire
- 149 - 1777-78 , Renfrewshire
- 153 - 1777-78 , Ross-shire
- 157 - 1777-78 , Roxburghshire
- 163 - 1777-78 , Selkirkshire
- 165 - 1777-78 , Stirlingshire
- 173 - 1777-78 , Sutherland
- 175 - 1777-78 , West Lothian (Linlithgowshire)
- 183 - 1777-78 , Wigtownshire
| Date | Prog # of masters | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Prog # of servants | Servants names | Quality of servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1778 | Montrose Parish | |||||
| Robert Scott of Logie Esqr Charged in the Survey of the Burgh of Montrose | ||||||
| Oct 1778 | 1 | George Carnegie Esqr Charleton | 1 | James Smith | Butler | £0.15.0 |
| 2 | Charles Fullarton Esqr of Kinnaber | 2 | Charles Greig | Butler | £0.15.0 | |
| 3 | Alexander Ley | Gardener | £0.15.0 | |||
| 3 | Capt [Captain] Charles Forbes at Dubtoun | 4 | James Pithie | Gardner | £0.15.0 | |
| 4 | Lady Rossie at Hedderwick | 5 | William Gray | house Servant & drives a Chaise | £0.15.0 | |
| 4 | 5 | Total | £3.15.0 | |||
| Pert and Loggie Parishes | ||||||
| 5 | William Farquharson Esqr Galdrey | 6 | John Mason | Butler | £0.15.0 | |
| 7 | Samuel Wootford | Coachman | £0.15.0 | |||
| 6 | Thomas Carnegie of Craigo Esqr | 8 | David Scott | Gardner | £0.15.0 | |
| 9 | Andrew Towns | house servant | £0.15.0 | |||
| 10 | John Cuthbert | Cook | £0.15.0 | |||
| 2 | Total | 5 | Total | £3.15.0 | ||
| Brechine Parish | ||||||
| 20 Oct 1778 | 7 | Robert Speid of Ardovie Esqr | 11 | James Anderson | Chaise driver | £0.15.0 |
| 8 | John Edgar of Keithock Esqr | 12 | Chaise driver or Gardner | £0.15.0 | ||
| 2 | Total | 2 | Total | £1.10.0 | ||
| Dùn Parish | ||||||
| 9 | James Scott Esqr Ecclesjohn | 13 | James Balfour | Postellion | £0.15.0 | |
| 14 | James Baxter | Butler | £0.15.0 | |||
| 15 | David Wilson | Gardner | £0.15.0 | |||
| 10 | John Erskine of Dun Esqr | 16 | Gabriel Wilson | Groom | £0.15.0 | |
| 17 | John Falconer | Gardner also employed in hay & corn harvest |
£0.15.0 | |||
| 18 | James Speid | House Servant | £0.15.0 | |||
| 19 | John Roy | House Servant | £0.15.0 | |||
| 20 | David Willox | helper in ye stable | £0.15.0 | |||
| 2 | Total | 8 | Total | £6.0.0 | ||
| Kinnaird Parish | ||||||
| 18 Feb 1779 | 11 | Lady Carnegie Kinnaird | 21 | Alexander Calder | house servant | £0.15.0 |
| 22 | George Fife | Chaise driver | £0.15.0 | |||
| 23 | David Paterson | Gardner | £0.15.0 | |||
| Total | 3 | Total | £2.5.0 |
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A survey of the Duty upon Servants arisen in the Shire of Forfar
for nine months from the 5th day of July 1777 to the 25th of
March 1770 by William Grieg Surveyor.
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 1 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/1
Volume 1 contains male servant tax rolls, 1777-8, for each county except Orkney, Shetland, and Buteshire. Royal burghs are covered in volume 2.
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).