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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 3 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/3

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Stirling County Assessment Contd [Continued]

I James Allan Assessor aforesaid, do hereby Certify that upon careful
examination of the foregoing several Rates & duties they Amount in Whole to Ninety four
pounds ten Shillings Ster [Sterling] and that upon the 25th Currt, [Current] I delivered to David Gourlay
Esq Collector of the said duties, an exact duplicate of the above Account duly examined
& compared with the foregoing, which contained my Oath that the above charges was
made from the best Information I could procure & that he certified the same to the
above Masters & Mistresses that they were to be Charged accordingly
James Allan Assessor
Alloa 28 December 1779

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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).

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