Volume contents
- 1 - 1797-98 , Aberdeenshire
- 13 - 1797-98 , Argyll
- 17 - 1797-98 , Ayrshire
- 27 - 1797-98 , Banffshire
- 33 - 1797-98 , Berwickshire
- 45 - 1797-98 , Buteshire
- 47 - 1797-98 , Caithness (1796-97)
- 49 - 1797-98 , Clackmannanshire
- 53 - 1797-98 , Cromartyshire (1796-97)
- 55 - 1797-98 , Dunbartonshire
- 59 - 1797-98 , Dumfriesshire
- 75 - 1797-98 , East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
- 81 - 1797-98 , Fife
- 95 - 1797-98 , Angus (Forfarshire)
- 103 - 1797-98 , Inverness-shire
- 105 - 1797-98 , Kincardineshire
- 109 - 1797-98 , Kinross-shire
- 113 - 1797-98 , Kirkcudbrightshire
- 120 - 1797-98 , Lanarkshire (1796-97)
- 135 - 1797-98 , Midlothian/Edinburgh (1796-98)
- 159 - 1797-98 , Morayshire/Elgin (1796-97)
- 163 - 1797-98 , Nairnshire (1796-97)
- 165 - 1797-98 , Peeblesshire
- 169 - 1797-98 , Perthshire
- 181 - 1797-98 , Renfrewshire
- 189 - 1797-98 , Ross-shire (1796-98)
- 193 - 1797-98 , Roxburghshire
- 201 - 1797-98 , Selkirkshire
- 203 - 1797-98 , Shetland
- 205 - 1797-98 , Stirlingshire
- 213 - 1797-98 , Sutherland (1796-97)
- 215 - 1797-98 , West Lothian (Linlithgowshire)
- 223 - 1797-98 , Wigtownshire
| Date | Masters & mistresses names & designations | Servants names | Quality of servants | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One and two servants | Three and four | Five to seven | Eight to ten | Eleven or more | Duty | 10% per 31 George III | 10% per 36 George III |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 1797 | The Country part of Selkirk Parish | ||||||||||||
| Mark Pringle of Clifton | Alexander Christie William Mathison Robert Wilson Thomas Gray Henry Baillie George Robertson |
Butler Footman Footman Groom Postilion Gardner |
6 | 6 | £10.10.0 | £1.1.0 | £1.1.0 | ||||||
| Andrew Plumer of Midlestead | Andrew Oliver Richard Aiken John Scott |
Gardner Houseservant Groom |
3 | 3 | £4.10.0 | £0.9.0 | £0.9.0 | ||||||
| Alexander Pringle of Whitbank | Thomas McKenzie Alexander Turnbull Robert Anderson William Creoch |
House servant House servant Postilion Gardner |
4 | 4 | £6.0.0 | £0.12.0 | £0.12.0 | ||||||
| The Duke of Bucleugh | Thomas Howison | Gardner | 1 | 1 | £3.0.0 | £0.6.0 | £0.6.0 | ||||||
| 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | £24.0.0 | £2.8.0 | £2.8.0 | |||||||
| Part of Roberton Parish | |||||||||||||
| William Elliot of Borthwickbrae | David Elliot | Gardner | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | £0.2.6 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Part of Stow Parish | |||||||||||||
| James Pringle of Torwoodlee | William Laidlaw James Smail Alexander Hall |
Postilion Gardner House Servant |
3 | 3 | £4.10.0 | £0.9.0 | £0.9.0 | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | £4.10.0 | £0.9.0 | £0.9.0 | |||||||||
| Gallashiels Parish | |||||||||||||
| Miss Wooden Fernilee | Postilion Etc | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | £0.2.6 | £0.2.6 | |||||||
| Mrs. Scott of Galla | House Servant | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | £0.2.6 | £0.2.6 | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | £2.10.0 | £0.5.0 | £0.5.0 | |||||||||
| Yarrow Parish | |||||||||||||
| William Russell of Ashisteel | Peter Mathison | House Servant | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | £0.2.6 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Parishes Collected | |||||||||||||
| Part of Selkirk Parish | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | £24.0.0 | £2.8.0 | £2.8.0 | ||||||
| Part of Roberton Parish | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | £0.2.6 | £0.2.6 | ||||||||
| Part of Stow Parish | 3 | 3 | £4.10.0 | £0.9.0 | £0.9.0 | ||||||||
| Gallashiels Parish | 2 | 2 | £2.10.0 | £0.5.0 | £0.5.0 | ||||||||
| Yarrow Parish | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | £0.2.6 | £0.2.6 | ||||||||
| 21 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | £33.10.0 | £3.7.0 | £3.7.0 |
Transcribe other information
A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Shire of Selkirk from the 5 of April 1797
to the 5 of April 1798
By William Brunton Surveyor
Proof
4 Servants @ £1.5.0 Each is £5.0.0
10 Servants @ £1.10.0 Each is £15.0.0
6 Servants @ £1.15.0 Each is £10.10.0
1 Servant @ £3.0.0 Each is £3.0.0
£33.10.0
£33.10.0 @ 10 per Cent is £3.7.0
£33.10.0 @ 10 per Cent is £3.7.0
Sum Total £40.4.0
I Wiliam Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the forgoing duties I find they amount to
Forty pound four Shillings and that upon the ------- day of -------- I delivered to John Scott Collector of these
duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above duty compared which Contained my Oath that the preceeding inhabitants
were duly served with Requisitions of the forsaid dates desiring them 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 1797 to the 5 of April 1798
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 and returns to me from the best information I could procure or from my own knowledge
of their Respective Establishments.
William Brunton
[Page] 201
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 25 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/25
Volume 25 contains male servant tax rolls for each county except Orkney. For most counties the rolls cover 1795-6 but those for Caithness, Cromartyshire, Lanarkshire, Morayshire, Nairnshire, and Sutherland cover 1796-7 and those for Midlothian and Ross-shire cover 1796-1798.
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).