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Volume contents
- 1 - 1785-86 , Aberdeenshire
- 13 - 1785-86 , Argyll
- 19 - 1785-86 , Ayrshire
- 29 - 1785-86 , Banffshire
- 33 - 1785-86 , Berwickshire
- 43 - 1785-86 , Caithness
- 45 - 1785-86 , Clackmannanshire
- 47 - 1785-86 , Cromartyshire
- 49 - 1785-86 , Dunbartonshire
- 53 - 1785-86 , Dumfriesshire
- 57 - 1785-86 , Midlothian (Edinburghshire)
- 81 - 1785-86 , East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
- 89 - 1785-86 , Midlothian continued
- 91 - 1785-86 , Morayshire (Elginshire)
- 95 - 1785-86 , Fife
- 107 - 1785-86 , Angus (Forfarshire)
- 113 - 1785-86 , Inverness-shire
- 115 - 1785-86 , Kincardineshire
- 119 - 1785-86 , Kinross-shire
- 121 - 1785-86 , Kirkcudbrightshire
- 125 - 1785-86 , Lanarkshire
- 141 - 1785-86 , Nairnshire
- 145 - 1785-86 , Orkney
- 149 - 1785-86 , Peeblesshire
- 155 - 1785-86 , Perthshire
- 165 - 1785-86 , Ross-shire
- 167 - 1785-86 , Renfrewshire
- 174A - 1785-86 , Ross-shire continued
- 175 - 1785-86 , Roxburghshire
- 179 - 1785-86 , Selkirkshire
- 181 - 1785-86 , Shetland
- 183 - 1785-86 , Stirlingshire
- 191 - 1785-86 , Sutherland
- 193 - 1785-86 , West Lothian (Linlithgowshire)
- 201 - 1785-86 , Wigtownshire
| Date | Masters & mistresses names & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jul 1785 | Galashiels Parish | ||||||||||
| James Christy in Galahouse | Adam Haldon James Hall Alexander Drummond |
Valet & Butler Driver Footman |
3 | 3 | £3.7.6 | ||||||
| Capt. [Captain] Heugh Scott of Gala | Gilbert Thomson | Gardiner | 1 | 1 | 1 | £1.17.6 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | £5.5.0 | |||||||
| 11 Jul 1785 | Part of Stow Parish | ||||||||||
| James Pringle Torwoodlee | Peter Low Ritchard Airton Archibald Coser William Walker |
Gardiner House Sert. [Servant] Groom -- |
4 | 4 | £4.10.0 | ||||||
| 5 Aug. 1785 | Part of Roberton Parish | ||||||||||
| John Elliot of Bortwickbea | John Williams | House Sert. [Servant] | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||
| Country part of Selkirk | |||||||||||
| Andrew Plumer of Middlestead | Walter Rutherford Robert Wilson |
Gardiner Groom & House Sert. [Servant] |
2 | 2 | £1.17.6 | ||||||
| John Pringle of Hainen | Thomas Vickerman William Easton |
Groom Gardiner |
2 | 2 | 2 | £4.10.0 | |||||
| The Duke of Bacleugh | Thomas Hotson Thomas Graham |
Gamekeeper Gamekeeper |
2 | 2 | 2 | £4.10.0 | |||||
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | £10.17.6 | ||||||
| Parishes Collected | |||||||||||
| Galshiels Parish | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | £5.5.0 | ||||||
| Part of Stow Parish | 4 | 4 | £4.10.0 | ||||||||
| Part of Roberton Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||||
| Country part of Selkirk Parish | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | £10.17.6 | |||||
| 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | £21.11.3 |
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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Shire of
Selkirke from the 5 of July 1785 to the 5 of April 1786
by William Brunton Syr [surveyor]
Proof
3 Batch. St [Batchelor Servants] at £0.18.9 each £2.16.3
4 Servt. [Servants] at £0.18.9.each £3.15.0
7 Servt. [Servants] at £1.2.6 each £7.17.6
2 Servt. [Servants] at £1.6.3 each £2.12.6
2 Servt. [Servants] at £2.5.0 each £4.10.0
£21.11.3
I William Brunton Surveyor do hereby Certify that upon Careful examination of the
foregoing Rates and Duties I find they amount to £21.11.3 Sterling and upon the 18 March 1786 Sent bye
post to John Scott Collector of the Said Duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact Duplicate of
the above duly examined an Compared with the forgoing and I do make Oath that the above is
a just List returned by the Inhabitants when requisitions were made of the Dates aforesaid.
William Brunton
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 5 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/5
Volume 5 contains male servant tax rolls, 1785-1786, for each county except the county of Buteshire. Royal burghs are covered by volume 6.
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).