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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 1797 | Kingarth | |||||||||||
| William McLeod Bannatyne of Kaims Esq | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | ||||||||
| Earl of Bute | 1 | 1 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | ||||||||
| £1.10.0 | £0.6.0 |
Transcribe other information
Survey of the rates & Duties on Male Servants within the Country Parishes of Buteshire from 5th July
1797 to 5th April 1798 By William Ewart
per 37th George 3d
Proof
2 Male Servts [Servants] @ £0.7.6 ea. [each] is £0.15.0
20 Pr Ct [Per Cent] thereon £0.3.0
Total £0.18.0
I William Ewart Assistant Surveyor by appointment of the Barons of His Majesty's Exchequer
to Robert Aiken Surveyor of the Counties of Ayr and Bute Do hereby Certify that upon careful
examination of the foregoing Rate and Duty I find it amounts by prooff to Eighteen shillings Sterling!
And I caused deliver conform to his Receipt to Alexander May Esquire Collector of said Duty an
exact Duplicate of this Account which contained my oath that the rate and duty charged in said
Account was just and true to the best of my Skill knowledge and belief and no person ommitted
to my knowledge who ought to have been charge
William Ewart
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Transcriber's notes
The entry for the Earl of Bute appears to have been inserted later - the Duty against his name is NOT included in the Proof
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).