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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 22 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/22

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A Survey of the [MALE SERVANTS TAX.] in the Burgh of Jedburgh from the
5 of April 1793 to the 5 of April 1794 By William Brunton Surveyor

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2 Servants @ £1.5.0 Each is £2.10.0
2 Servants @ £1.5.0 Each is £2.10.0
£5.0.0
£5.0.0 @ 10 per Cent is £0.10.0
Sum Total £5.10.0

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination I find the above duties amount to the Sum of
Five pound Ten Shillings and that upon the Twenty Fourth day of October I delivered to John Clark Collector of these
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 5 of April Ninety three to the 5 of April Ninety four as well as A count of what Servants Horses and Carriages they might use and employ anywhere 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 knowledge of their Respective Establishments
William Brunton
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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 22 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/22

Volume 22 contains male servant tax rolls, 1793-1794, for each of the following burghs: Aberdeen, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Crail, Cullen, Cupar, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, Glasgow, Haddington, Inverness, Inveraray, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcaldy, Kirkwall, Lanark, Linlithgow, Montrose, Nairn, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Queensferry, St. Andrews, Stirling, Stranraer, Tain and Wigtown. See also volume 21 for the burghs of Elgin, Inveraray, Queensferry and Stirling.

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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