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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 25 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/25

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MALE SERVANTS TAX
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1797 I James Allan Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull
Examination of the foresaid Rates & duties I find they amount in Whole to One
hundred & Sixty two pounds twelve Shillings Sterling; and that upon the 27th Current
I delivered to Mr Thomas Wingate in Stirling Collector of the said duties for the County aforesaid
an Exact duplicate of this Account which contained my Oath that Requisitions were
delivered to the several Inhabitants or left at their dwelling Houses and that Returns
were made to the same or Charges made by me to the best of my knowledge & belief that
They are liable to the said dutys hereby Certified as due from them.
Alloa 29th January 1798 James Allan Surveyor
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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).

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