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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 18 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/18

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A Survey of the Duties on Male Servants kept in the Royal Burgh of Lanerk for the Year from the 5th of April 1790 to the
5th of April 1791 by William Mure Surveyor Surveyed July 9th 1791


I William Mure Surveyor aforesaid, do hereby certify, that upon Carefull Examination of the foregoing Several Rates
& Duties, I find they amount, in whole, to One pound Seven Shillings & Sixpence Sterling, & that upon the 5th day
of December I Delivered, to Mr James Waygateshaw Collector of the said Duties, for the Burgh Aforesaid an Exact
Duplicate of the above Account duly Examined & Compared with the foregoing which Contained my Oath that
Requisitions were left with the Several Inhabitants, or at their Dwelling houses, of the Dates Annexed to their
Respective names & that they are to be Charged with the sums hereby Certified to be Due from them
William Mure Surveyor


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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 18 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/18

Volume 18 contains male servant tax rolls, 1791-1792, for each of the following burghs: Aberdeen, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Cullen, Cupar, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forres, Glasgow, Haddington, Inveraray, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcaldy, Kirkwall, Lanark, Linlithgow, Montrose, Nairn, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Queensferry, 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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