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Volume contents
- 1 - 1789-90 , Aberdeenshire
- 13 - 1789-90 , Ayrshire
- 27 - 1789-90 , Argyll
- 31 - 1789-90 , Banffshire
- 33 - 1789-90 , Berwickshire
- 39 - 1789-90 , Buteshire
- 41 - 1789-90 , Caithness
- 43 - 1789-90 , Clackmannanshire
- 47 - 1789-90 , Cromartyshire
- 49 - 1789-90 , Dunbartonshire
- 55 - 1789-90 , Dumfriesshire
- 63 - 1789-90 , Midlothian (Edinburghshire)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Parishes Collected | |||||||||||
| Coldingham | 5 | 2 | 3 | £7.0.0 | |||||||
| Buncle | 3 | 3 | £4.10.0 | ||||||||
| Chirnside | 3 | 3 | 3 | £7.10.0 | |||||||
| Fowlden | 2 | 2 | £2.10.0 | ||||||||
| Mordington | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | £12.5.0 | ||||||
| Ayton | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | £11.0.0 | ||||||
| Eymouth | 3 | 1 | 3 | £5.0.0 | |||||||
| Hutton | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6 | £19.5.0 | ||||||
| Ladykirk | 4 | 4 | 4 | £11.0.0 | |||||||
| Edrom | 18 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | £32.15.0 | |||||
| Dunse | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | £22.0.0 | |||||
| Langton | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||||
| Polwarth | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||||
| Foggo | 2 | 1 | 2 | £3.15.0 | |||||||
| Coldstream | 10 | 4 | 6 | £14.0.0 | |||||||
| Eccles | 13 | 2 | 6 | 7 | £20.10.0 | ||||||
| Greenlaw | 3 | 3 | £3.15.0 | ||||||||
| Westruther | 3 | 3 | £3.15.0 | ||||||||
| Lauder | 2 | 2 | £2.10.0 | ||||||||
| Earlston | 14 | 3 | 5 | 9 | £28.0.0 | ||||||
| Martin | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | £16.5.0 | ||||||
| Nenthorn | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | £21.0.0 | ||||||
| Longformacus | 2 | 2 | £2.10.0 | ||||||||
| 147 | 27 | 60 | 48 | 22 | 17 | £253.5.0 |
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27 Bach. [Bachelor] Servants at £1.5.0 is £33.15.0
60 Servants at £1.5.0 is £75.0.0
48 Servants at £1.10.0 is £72.0.0
22 Servants at £1.15.0 is £38.10.0
17 Servants at £2.0.0 is £34.0.0
£253.5.0 Sterg. [Sterling]
I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull examination I find the foregoing duties amount
to the sum of Two hundred and fifty three pounds five shillings Sterling And that upon th 8 Decem. [December] 1789 I delivered
to David Renton Collector of said duties an exact duplicate of this accompt duely examined and compared which contained my Oath
that the preceeding Inhabitants were duely served with requisitions And that were charged in Conformity to their several
returns Or according to my knowledge & belief That they were liable in said duties.
William Johnstone Surveyor.
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 13 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/13
Volume 13 contains male servant tax rolls, 1789-1790, for the following counties: Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, Argyll, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Buteshire, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire and Midlothian. Royal burghs are covered in volume 14.
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).