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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 1789 | Hugh Bell Brewer Pleasance | 1 | 1 | 1 | £2.10.0 | ||||||
| 3 Jul 1789 | George Innes Esqr. | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | |||||||
| Lady Dick | James [Greig] | [House servant] | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Mr Robert Biggar Junr [Junior] | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||||
| Peter Robison Goldsmith | Alexander [Stewart] | [House servant] | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| William Hay writer sigt. [writer to the signet] | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||||
| 4 Jul 1789 | Proffr. [Professor] Ferguson | [House servant] | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| James Seton lodger with Mr Grant Seton | Peter [Hall | 1 | 1 | 1 | £2.10.0 | ||||||
| Coling Young Archers Hall | Waiter | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | |||||||
| 6 Jul 1789 | Mrs. Maxwell | James Greig | [Butler] | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | |||||
| 8 Jul 1789 | Lawrance Inglis writer | John McBeath | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Proffr. [Professor] Robertson | John Lawson | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | |||||||
| 10 Jul 1789 | David Erskine writer sigt [writer to the signet] | John Anderson Thomas Robb |
Footman Footman |
2 | 2 | £2.10.0 | |||||
| William Fullerton Esq. | Walter Wood Adan [Hudson] John [Millar ] Robert [ Sowden] |
Coach [Footman] [Footman] [Gardner] |
4 | 4 | £6.0.0 | ||||||
| Dr [Doctor] Black | James [Cummin] | [House Servant] | 1 | 1 | 1 | £2.10.0 | |||||
| Mrs Graham | James [Hall] Daniel |
[Coachman] | 2 | 2 | £2.10.0 | ||||||
| Mr Robert Playfair | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||||
| Revd. Dr [Reverend Doctor] McNight | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||||
| Sir James Wymess | 1 | 1 | 1 | £2.10.0 | |||||||
| 24 | 4 | 20 | 4 | £35.0.0 |
Transcribe other information
1 MIDLOTHIAN & (interior) 12
Survey of the Male Servants Tax in the Exterior by John Taitt Surveyor
Parishes of the Shire of Edinburgh
[Page] 63
Transcriber's notes
Centre and right hand side of the page are decayed away or in poor state of preservation. Masters and Mistresses names are present, although faint, and some servant names or partial names are also present.
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).