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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 19 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/19

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A Supplement to the Survey on Male Servants in the 41 County Parishes of Lanark Shire from 5th April 1791 to the 5th April 1792 by Andrew Aitchison Surveyor


I Andrew Aitchison Surveyor as above Do hereby Certifyy That upon examination of the above
duties find they amount to the sum of One pound Seven Shillings & Sixpence Sterling and that on this
day I delivered to Archibald Hamilton Esqr Collector of these duties an exact duplicate of this amount which
contained my Oath that the above Coll[Colonel] Hamilton were duly served with a requisition and he is no charge according
to his return Andrew Aitchison
Glasgow 16th Jany [January] 1793


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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 19 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/19

Volume 19 contains male servant tax rolls, 1792-1793, for each county except Orkney. Royal burghs are covered in volume 20.

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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