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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 20 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/20

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A Survey of the Male Servants Tax in the Burgh of Peebles from
the 5 of April 1792 to the 5 of April 1793 By William Brunton Surveyor

I William Brunton surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination I find the above duties amount to the Sum of One pound
Seven and Six pence and that upon the third~ day of November 1792 I delivered to John Hyslop Collector of these duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above which contained my Oath that the preceeding inhabitants were duly Served with Requisitions of the duties 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 1792 to the 5 of April 1793 as well as an account of what Servants Horses and Carriages they might use and employ any where Else And that the forgoing report was 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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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).

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