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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep. 1797 | The Country Part of Selkirk Parish | |||||||||||
| Mark Pringle of Clifton | 6 | 6 | £4.10.0 | £0.18.0 | ||||||||
| Andrew Plumer of Midlestead | 3 | 3 | £1.13.9 | £0.6.9 | ||||||||
| Alexander Pringle of Whitebank | 4 | 4 | £2.5.0 | £0.9.0 | ||||||||
| The Duke of Buccleugh | 1 | 1 | £.15.0 | £0.3.0 | ||||||||
| 14 | 7 | 7 | £9.3.9 | £1.16.9 | ||||||||
| Part of Stow Parish | ||||||||||||
| James Pringle of Torwoodlee | 3 | 3 | £1.13.9 | £0.6.9 | ||||||||
| Parishes Collected | ||||||||||||
| Country part of Selkirk Parish | 14 | 7 | 7 | £9.3.9 | £1.16.9 | |||||||
| Part of Stow Parish | 3 | 3 | £1.13.9 | £0.6.9 | ||||||||
| 17 | 10 | 7 | £10.17.6 | £2.3.6 |
Transcribe other information
A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX. in the Shire of Selkirk from the 5 of July
1797 to the 5 of April 1798 By William Brunton Surveyor
Proof.
10 Servants @ £0.11.3 Each is £5.12.6
7 Servants @ £0.15.0 Each is £5.5.0
£10.17.6
£10.17.6 @ 20 pr [per] Cent is £2.3.6
Sum Tota l £13.1.0
I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination I find the forgoing duties amount
to the Sum of Thirteen pound One Shilling 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 duly compared which contained my Oath that the
preceeding inhabitants were duly Served with Requisitions of the foresaid dates requiring 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 carraiges used and
employed by them from the 5 of April 1797 to the 5 of April 1798 as well as an account of all the 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
[Page] 141
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).