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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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1797 | Torryburn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir William Erskine of Torry Bt. [Baronet] | Joseph Wilzel William Johnston John Nicoll John Gillespie George Martine |
Butler Valet Gardner Groom Groom |
5 | 5 | £3.15.0 | £0.15.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | £3.15.0 | £0.15.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strathmiglo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mrs. Moncrieff Pitlour | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wemyss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Wemyss of Wemyss Esqr. | David Taylor Adam Wilson William Scott James Smith George Rae Christian Funk |
Butler Gardner 2d Butler Coachman Groom Gamekeeper |
6 | 6 | £4.10.0 | £0.18.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | 6 | 6 | £4.10.0 | £0.18.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Abbotshall | 7 | 7 | £5.5.0 | £1.1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Aberdour | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dalgety | 18 | 4 | 14 | £12.15.0 | £2.11.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dunfermline | 9 | 6 | 3 | £3.18.9 | £0.15.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Colessie | 3 | 3 | £1.13.9 | £0.6.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kettle | 3 | 3 | £1.13.9 | £0.6.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kirkaldy | 5 | 5 | £3.15.0 | £0.15.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kinghorn | 3 | 3 | £1.13.9 | £0.6.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Falkland | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kinglassie | 3 | 3 | £1.13.9 | £0.6.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Leslie | 6 | 6 | £4.10.0 | £0.18.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Markinch | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | £7.10.0 | £1.10.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Newburgh | 4 | 4 | £1.10.0 | £0.6.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Torryburn | 5 | 5 | £3.15.0 | £0.15.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Strathmiglo | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.3.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wemyss | 6 | 6 | £4.10.0 | £0.18.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 90 | 18 | 23 | 49 | £56.8.9 | £11.5.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Proof | 18 Servants at £0.7.6 each | £6.15.0 | Duty | £56.8.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 Servants at £0.11.3 each | £12.18.9 | 20 per Cent | £11.5.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 49 Servants at £0.15.0 each | £36.15.0 | £67.14.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 per Cent | £11.5.9 | £67.14.6 |
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Page 3d.
Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX. in the County of Fife Continued
I James Millar Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon careful Examination I find the foregoing Duties amount
to the Sum of Sixty Seven pounds fourteen shillings and six pence Sterling and that upon the [] Day
of Janry [January] 1798 I delivered to John Cheape Esqr. Collector of the said Duties an exact Duplicate hereof containing my Oath
that the foregoing Inhabitants were duly served with Requisitions of the dates foresaid and that they were charged According
to their own Returns or according to be best information I could obtain James Millar Surveyor
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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).