Volume contents
- 1 - 1797-98 , Aberdeenshire
- 9 - 1797-98 , Argyll
- 13 - 1797-98 , Ayrshire
- 21 - 1797-98 , Banffshire
- 23 - 1797-98 , Berwickshire
- 27 - 1797-98 , Buteshire
- 29 - 1797-98 , Caithness
- 31 - 1797-98 , Clackmannanshire
- 35 - 1797-98 , Cromartyshire
- 38 - 1797-98 , Dunbartonshire
- 41 - 1797-98 , Dumfriesshire
- 49 - 1797-98 , East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
- 53 - 1797-98 , Fife
- 63 - 1797-98 , Angus (Forfarshire)
- 67 - 1797-98 , Inverness-shire
- 69 - 1797-98 , Kincardineshire
- 73 - 1797-98 , Kinross-shire
- 77 - 1797-98 , Kirkcudbrightshire
- 82 - 1797-98 , Lanarkshire
- 93 - 1797-98 , Midlothian/Edinburgh (1796-97)
- 99 - 1797-98 , Midlothian/Edinburgh (1797-98)
- 107 - 1797-98 , Morayshire/Elgin (1796-97)
- 109 - 1797-98 , Nairnshire (1796-97)
- 111 - 1797-98 , Peeblesshire
- 113 - 1797-98 , Perthshire
- 123 - 1797-98 , Renfrewshire
- 131 - 1797-98 , Ross-shire
- 135 - 1797-98 , Roxburghshire
- 141 - 1797-98 , Selkirkshire
- 143 - 1797-98 , Stirlingshire
- 147 - 1797-98 , Sutherland
- 149 - 1797-98 , West Lothian (Linlithgowshire)
- 157 - 1797-98 , Wigtownshire
| Date | Masters and mistresses names and 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 | 20% per 37 George III |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- Aug 1797 | Country Part of Peebles Parish | |||||||||||
| John Hay of Kings Meadows | Gardner Footman |
2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | |||||||
| 3 Jul 1797 | Eddleston Parish | |||||||||||
| Doctor William Farqhuarson Darnhall | 3 | 3 | £1.13.9 | £0.6.9 | ||||||||
| 4 Jul 1797 | Newlands Parish | |||||||||||
| Lard Chief Baron of Whim | 5 | 5 | £3.15.0 | £0.15.0 | ||||||||
| Sir George Montgomery of Magbiehill | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | ||||||||
| Capt [Captain] Eneas McKay of Scotston | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | ||||||||
| 9 | 4 | 5 | £5.5.0 | £1.1.0 | ||||||||
| 8 Jul 1797 | Kirkurd Parish | |||||||||||
| John Carmichal of Skerling | 6 | 6 | £4.10.0 | £0.18.0 | ||||||||
| 14 Jul 1797 | Drummelzier Parish | |||||||||||
| Sir James Nasmith of Newposso | 3 | 3 | £1.13.9 | £0.6.9 | ||||||||
| 6 Jul 1797 | Linton Parish | |||||||||||
| Henry Shuttlewood Garrolfoot | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | ||||||||
| Kilbucho Parish | ||||||||||||
| Colonel Alexander Dickson of Hartree | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | ||||||||
| 17 Jul 1797 | Innerleithen Parish | |||||||||||
| Alexander Horseburgh of that Ilk | 3 | 3 | £1.13.9 | £0.6.9 | ||||||||
| 22 Jul 1797 | Traquair Parish | |||||||||||
| Robert Nuttur Campbell of Keizlee | 4 | 4 | £2.5.0 | £0.9.0 | ||||||||
| Walter Williamson of Cardrona | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | ||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 4 | £3.0.0 | £0.12.0 | ||||||||
| Parishes Collected | ||||||||||||
| Country part of Peebles parish | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | ||||||||
| Eddleston parish | 3 | 3 | £1.13.9 | £0.6.9 | ||||||||
| Newlands parish | 9 | 4 | 5 | £5.5.0 | £1.1.0 | |||||||
| Kirkurd parish | 6 | 6 | £4.10.0 | £0.18.0 | ||||||||
| Drummelzier parish | 3 | 3 | £1.13.9 | £0.6.9 | ||||||||
| Linton parish | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | ||||||||
| Kilbucho parish | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | ||||||||
| Innerleithen parish | 3 | 3 | £1.13.9 | £0.6.9 | ||||||||
| Traquair parish | 6 | 2 | 4 | £3.0.0 | £0.12.0 | |||||||
| 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | £20.1.3 | £4.0.3 |
Transcribe other information
A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Shire of Peebles from the 5
of July 1797 to the 5 of April 1798 By William Brunton Surveyor
Proof
12 Male Servants @ £0.7.6 Each is ...... £4.10.0
13 Male Servants @ £0.11.3 Each is .... £7.6.3
11 Male Servants @ £0.15.0 Each is .... £8.5.0
........................................................... £20.1.3
£20.1.3 @ 20per Cent is .................. ...£4.0.3
Sum Total ....................................... ....£24.1.6
I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon careful examination I find the above dutys amounts to
the Sum of Twenty four pound One Shilling and Six pence and that upon the -- day of --
I delivered to Gordon Neidham Collector of Said duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above which containd
my Oath duly compared that the forgoing persons were duly served with Requisitions of the dates forgoing 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 Male Servants
used and employed by them from the 5 of July 1797 to the 5 of April 1798 as well as an account of what Servants 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 of my Knowledge of their respective total Establishments
William Brunton
[Page] 111
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 27 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/27
Volume 27 contains male servant tax rolls, 1797-1798, for each county except Orkney. The following counties also contain rolls for 1796-1797: Midlothian, Morayshire, and Nairnshire.
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).