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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 15 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/15

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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Shire of Selkirk from
the 5 of Aprile 1790 to the 5 of Aprile 1791
By William Brunton Surveyor

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7 Male Servants @ £1.5.0.each is £8.15.0
7 Male Servants @ £1.5.0 Each is £8.15.0
10 Male servants @ £1.10.0 Each is £15.0.0
6 Male Servants @ £1.15.0 Each is £10.10.0
1 Male Servant @ £3 0.0 Each is £3.0.0
Sum Total £ 46.0.0

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination I find that the above duties amount
to the Sum of Forty Six pound and that upon the -------- day of ---- I delivered to John Scott Collector of these duties for the
Shire aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the above which contained my Oath that the preceeding Inhabitants were duly served with
requisitions of the dates foresaid and desiring them within fourteen days to deliver or cause to be delivered to me upon calling for that
purpose an Attested list of all the Servants horses and Carriages used and employed by them from the 5 of Aprile 1789 to the 5 of Aprile 1790
as well as an acount of what Servants horses and Carriages they might use or employ any where Else and that the forgoing report
was made up from that Several attested lists or returns to me from the best information I could procure or from my own Certain
knowledge of their respective Establishments.
William Brunton
[Page] 173

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 15 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/15

Volume 15 contains male servant tax rolls, 1790-1791, for each county except Orkney. Royal burghs are covered in volume 16.

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).

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