Volume contents
- 1 - 1778-79 , Aberdeenshire
- 13 - 1778-79 , Argyll
- 17 - 1778-79 , Ayrshire
- 25 - 1778-79 , Banffshire
- 29 - 1778-79 , Berwickshire
- 37 - 1778-79 , Caithness
- 39 - 1778-79 , Clackmannanshire
- 43 - 1778-79 , Cromartyshire
- 45 - 1778-79 , Dunbartonshire
- 53 - 1778-79 , Dumfriesshire
- 57 - 1778-79 , East Lothian
- 69 - 1778-79 , Midlothian (Edinburghshire)
- 89 - 1778-79 , Morayshire (Elginshire)
- 94 - 1778-79 , Fife
- 105 - 1778-79 , Angus (Forfarshire)
- 113 - 1778-79 , Inverness-shire
- 115 - 1778-79 , Kincardineshire
- 119 - 1778-79 , Kinross-shire
- 121 - 1778-79 , Kirkcudbrightshire
- 125 - 1778-79 , Lanarkshire
- 141 - 1778-79 , Nairnshire
- 143 - 1778-79 , Orkney
- 147 - 1778-79 , Peeblesshire
- 151 - 1778-79 , Perthshire
- 165 - 1778-79 , Renfrewshire
- 169 - 1778-79 , Ross-shire
- 173 - 1778-79 , Roxburghshire
- 180 - 1778-79 , Selkirkshire
- 183 - 1778-79 , Stirlingshire
- 193 - 1778-79 , Sutherland
- 195 - 1778-79 , West Lothian (Linlithgowshire)
- 203 - 1778-79 , Wigtownshire
| Date | Prog # of masters | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Prog # of servants | Servants names | Quality of servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1779 | Parishes Collected | |||||
| No 1 | 1 | Ecclesgreeg | 1 | £1.1.0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Benholm | 4 | £4.4.0 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Arbuthnott | 6 | £6.6.0 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Kinnett | 1 | £1.1.0 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Dunnottar | 2 | £2.2.0 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Fetteresso | 7 | £7.7.0 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Marry Coulter | 6 | £6.6.0 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Upper Banchory | 6 | £6.6.0 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Fettercairn | 6 | £6.6.0 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Fordown | 4 | £4.4.0 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Glenbervie | 3 | £3.3.0 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Marrykirk | 13 | £13.13.0 | ||
| 12 | 26 | 59 | Totall | £61.19.0 |
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Survey of Kincardine Shire Continued
59 Servants for one Year ending the 25th March 1779 at £1.1.0 each is £61.19.0
I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the
foregoing rates and duties I find they amount in whole to Sixty one pounds nineteen
shillings sterling And that upon the ... day of ... 1780 I delivered to Mr John
Duncan Writer in Stonehaven Collector of the said duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact
Duplicate of the above Accompt (Conform to his Receipt hereunto fixed) duly examined and
compared with the foregoing which contained my oath that Notices were left with the
several persons before named or at their dwelling houses of the duties annexed to their
respective names requiring them within the space of fourteen days to give in a list of the
Servants retained or employed by them for the year before mentioned And that the said
Accomptor Survey was made out from the lists returned to me and from the best
information I could procure of the Servants of those who neglected or refused to return
a list of their Servants in terms of the Notices left with them as aforesaid
William Greig Surveyor
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 3 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/3
Volume 3 contains male servant tax rolls, 1778-1779, for each county except Shetland and Buteshire. Royal burghs are covered in volume 4.
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).