Volume contents
- 1 - 1787-88 , Aberdeen burgh
- 5 - 1787-88 , Annan burgh
- 7 - 1787-88 , Arbroath burgh
- 9 - 1787-88 , Ayr burgh
- 11 - 1787-88 , Banff burgh
- 13 - 1787-88 , Brechin burgh
- 15 - 1787-88 , Cullen burgh
- 17 - 1787-88 , Cupar burgh
- 19 - 1787-88 , Dumbarton burgh
- 23 - 1787-88 , Dumfries burgh
- 25 - 1787-88 , Dunbar burgh
- 27 - 1787-88 , Dundee burgh
- 29 - 1787-88 , Dunfermline burgh
- 31 - 1787-88 , Edinburgh burgh
- 39 - 1787-88 , Elgin burgh
- 43 - 1787-88 , Forfar burgh
- 45 - 1787-88 , Glasgow burgh
- 57 - 1787-88 , Haddington burgh
- 59 - 1787-88 , Inveraray burgh
- 61 - 1787-88 , Irvine burgh
- 65 - 1787-88 , Jedburgh burgh
- 67 - 1787-88 , Kinghorn burgh
- 69 - 1787-88 , Kirkcaldy burgh
- 71 - 1787-88 , Kirkwall burgh
- 73 - 1787-88 , Lanark burgh
- 75 - 1787-88 , Linlithgow burgh
- 77 - 1787-88 , Montrose burgh
- 81 - 1787-88 , North Berwick burgh
- 83 - 1787-88 , Peebles burgh
- 85 - 1787-88 , Perth burgh
- 87 - 1787-88 , Queensferry burgh
- 89 - 1787-88 , Rothesay burgh
- 91 - 1787-88 , Rutherglen burgh
- 93 - 1787-88 , St. Andrews burgh
- 95 - 1787-88 , Stirling burgh
- 97 - 1787-88 , Stranraer burgh
- 99 - 1787-88 , Tain burgh
| Date | Masters & mistresses names & designations | Servants names | Quality of servants | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One and two servants | Three and four servants | Five to seven servants | Eight to ten servants | Eleven or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunbar | |||||||||||
| 20 Sep 1787 | Col [Colonel] Steele Bellhaven | David McQuat | House servt [servant] | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | |||||
| John Lorimer vintr [vintner] | Waiter | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | |||||||
| Robert Fall Esqr | three | 3 | 3 | £4.10.0 | |||||||
| Robert Mellville Esqr | John Salton | House servt [servant] | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | £8.5.0 |
Transcribe other information
Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Royalty of
Dunbar for the year ending 5 April 1788 by William Johnstone Surveyor
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3 Servants at £1.5.0 is £3.15.0
3 Servants at £1.10.0 is £4.10.0
£8.5.0
I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the above Duties I find that they
amount to the sum of Eight pounds five shillings Sterling And that upon the sixth day of November 1787 I delivered to John Tait
Collector of said duties in the Royalty of Dunbar an exact Duplicate of this Accompt duly examined & Compared And which contained my
Oath that requisitions of the above date were sent to the foregoing Inhabitants or left at their Houses and that they were charged the sums
sett against their names according to the answers they made to said Requisitions
William Johnstone Surveyor
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 10 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/10
Volume 10 contains male servant tax rolls, 1787-1788, for each of the following burghs: Aberdeen, Annan, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Cullen, Cupar, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Glasgow, Haddington, Inveraray, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Kirkwall, Lanark, Linlithgow, Montrose, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Queensferry, Rothesay, Rutherglen, St. Andrews, Stirling, Stranraer, and Tain.
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).