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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 16 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/16

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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX. in the Burgh of Jedburgh
from the 5 of Aprile 1790 to the 5 of Aprile 1791 By William Brunton Surveyor

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1 Male Servant @ £1.5.0 Each is £1.5.0
3 Male Servants @ £1.5.0 Each is £3.15.0
Sum Total £5.0.0

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination I find the above duties amount to
the Sum Five pound and that upon the -- day of -- I delivered to James Black Collector of these duties for the Burgh
aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the above which Containd my Oath that the preceding Inhabitants were duly served with Requisitions
of the dates aforesaid 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 and employ any where else and that the forgoing
report is as made up from their Several attested lists or Returns to me from the best information I coud procure or from my own
certain knowledge of their respective Establishments
William Brunton

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Transcriber's notes

The original Surveyor's declaration has been crossed out.

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 16 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/16

Volume 16 contains male servant tax rolls, 1790-1791, for each of the following burghs: Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Cullen, Cupar, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forres, Glasgow, Haddington, Inveraray, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Kirkwall, Lanark, Linlithgow, Montrose, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Queensferry, Rothesay, St. Andrews, Stirling, Stranraer, Tain and Wigtown.

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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