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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 MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Burgh of Peebles from the 5 of April
1791 to the 5 of April 1792 By William Brunton Surveyor

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination I find the above duties amounts to the Sum of
One pound Seven and Six pence and that upon the third day of November I delivered to John Hyslop Collector of Said duties for the
Burgh aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above which containd my Oath that the preceeding inhabitants were duly Served with
Requisitions of the dates foresaid 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 fifth of April Ninety One to the fifth
of April Ninety two as well as an account of what Servants Horses and Carriages they might have and employ anywhere Else and
that the forgoing report was made up from their Severall 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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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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