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Volume contents
- 1 - 1792-93 , Aberdeen burgh
- 5 - 1792-93 , Arbroath burgh
- 7 - 1792-93 , Ayr burgh
- 9 - 1792-93 , Banff burgh
- 11 - 1792-93 , Brechin burgh
- 13 - 1792-93 , Cullen burgh
- 15 - 1792-93 , Cupar burgh
- 17 - 1792-93 , Dumbarton burgh
- 19 - 1792-93 , Dumfries burgh
- 23 - 1792-93 , Dunbar burgh
- 27 - 1792-93 , Dundee burgh
- 29 - 1792-93 , Dunfermline burgh
- 31 - 1792-93 , Edinburgh burgh
- 43 - 1792-93 , Elgin burgh
- 45 - 1792-93 , Forres burgh
- 49 - 1792-93 , Glasgow burgh
- 55 - 1792-93 , Haddington burgh
- 59 - 1792-93 , Inveraray burgh
- 61 - 1792-93 , Irvine burgh
- 63 - 1792-93 , Kinghorn burgh
- 65 - 1792-93 , Kirkcaldy burgh
- 67 - 1792-93 , Kirkcudbright burgh
- 69 - 1792-93 , Kirkwall burgh
- 71 - 1792-93 , Lanark burgh
- 73 - 1792-93 , Linlithgow burgh
- 75 - 1792-93 , Montrose burgh
- 77 - 1792-93 , Nairn burgh
- 81 - 1792-93 , North Berwick burgh
- 85 - 1792-93 , Peebles burgh
- 87 - 1792-93 , Perth burgh
- 91 - 1792-93 , Queensferry burgh
- 93 - 1792-93 , St. Andrews burgh
- 95 - 1792-93 , Stirling burgh
- 97 - 1792-93 , Tain burgh
- 99 - 1792-93 , Wigtown burgh
| Date | Masters & mistresses names & designations | Servants names | Quality of servants | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One and two servants | Three and four servants | Five to seven servants | Eight to ten servants | Eleven or more servants | Duty | 10% per 31 George III |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1792 | Royal Burgh Irvine | |||||||||||
| 20 - 21 Sep 1792 | Captn [Captain] Davidson Br [Batchelor] | William Johnston | H [House] Servant | 1 | 1 | 1 | £2.10.0 | £0.5.0 | ||||
| The Honble [Honourable] Patrick Boyle | John Gillies John Crawford |
H [House] Servant Driver |
2 | 2 | £2.10.0 | £0.5.0 | ||||||
| John Bryan Vintner | Robert Bankhead | Waiter | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| 4 | 1 | 4 | £6.5.0 | £0.12.6 |
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Royal Burgh of Irvine
Male Servants Tax
From 5 April 1792 to 5 April 1793 Robert Aiken Surveyor
Prooff
1 Bachs Servt [Bachelors Servant] £1.5.0
4 Servants £1.5.0 pr [per] £5.0.0
....................................£6.5.0
10 per cent thereon........£0.12.6
Total by prooff...............£6.17.6
I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon careful Examination of
the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they amount to six pounds five shillings Sterling which with
the ten per Cent duty thereon being twelve shillings and sixpence Sterling makes them amount in whole to
Six pounds seventeen shillings and six pence Sterling and that upon the Twelfth day of
December Current I delivered to Mr John Watt Collector of said Taxes for said Burgh at his office an
exact Duplicate of and duly examined and compared with the foregoing account which contained my oath
that notifications were delivered or left of the dates foresaid and that the Rates and Duties charged in
said account were just and true charges to the best of my skill and knowledge and to the best of my belief
no person liable to be charged was omitted.
Robert Aiken
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 20 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/20
Volume 20 contains male servant tax rolls, 1792-1793, 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, Kinghorn, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcaldy, Kirkwall, Lanark, Linlithgow, Montrose, Nairn, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Queensferry, St. Andrews, Stirling, 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).