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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Dec 1785 | McDuff & Gamrie Parish | ||||||||||
| Alexander Garden Esqr. Troop | Alexander Dick John Carns Alexander Forbes Alexander Murray Alexander Forbes |
Butler Gardner Groom Footman Gamekeeper |
5 | 5 | 5 | £11.5.0 | |||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | £11.5.0 | ||||||||
| 3 Dec 1785 | Forglen Parish | ||||||||||
| Lady Banff Forglen | 4 | 4 | £4.10.0 | ||||||||
| Capt. [Captain] Hay Haymount | Malcolm Miller James Simpson |
House Servt [Servant] Gardner |
2 | 2 | £1.17.6 | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | 4 | £6.7.6 | ||||||||
| 6 Dec 1785 | Marnoch Parish | ||||||||||
| Miss Gordon Auchentoul | Alexander Fraser | House Servt [Servant] | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||||
| James Gordon Esqr. Ardmellie | Thomas Forsyth Alexander Simpson |
Riding Servt [Servant] House Servt [Servant] |
2 | 2 | £1.17.6 | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | £2.16.3 | |||||||||
| 6 Dec 1785 | Rothiemay Parish | ||||||||||
| Lady Fife Rothiemay | William Raffan John Randle Arthur Watt William Farquhar |
Butler Footman Chaisedriver Gardner |
4 | 4 | £4.10.0 | ||||||
| The Honbl [Honourable] Mr Arthur Duff | Thomas Robertson James Elmslie |
Groom Persl. Servt. [Personal Servant] |
2 | 2 | 2 | £3.15.0 | |||||
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | £8.5.0 | |||||||
| 13 Dec 1785 | Inveraven Parish | ||||||||||
| Genl [General] James Grant Ballindalloch | Alexander Chyrstie John Rubbish William Hay John More |
Gardner Cook Gamekeeper Postilion |
4 | 4 | 4 | £8.5.0 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | £8.5.0 | ||||||||
| Parishes Collected | |||||||||||
| Belly Parish | 21 | 21 | £47.5.0 | ||||||||
| Rathven Parish | 7 | 3 | 7 | £9.7.6 | |||||||
| Cullen Parish | 10 | 10 | £15.0.0 | ||||||||
| Fordice Parish | 8 | 8 | £7.10.0 | ||||||||
| Boyndie Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||||
| Banff Parish | 14 | 4 | 10 | £19.10.0 | |||||||
| McDuff & Gamrie Parish | 5 | 5 | 5 | £11.5.0 | |||||||
| Forglen Parish | 6 | 2 | 4 | £6.7.6 | |||||||
| Marnoch Parish | 3 | 3 | £2.16.3 | ||||||||
| Rothiemay Parish | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | £8.5.0 | ||||||
| Inveraven Parish | 4 | 4 | 4 | £8.5.0 | |||||||
| 85 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 20 | 21 | £136.10.0 |
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[Page] 30
Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX of the County of Banff
Continued
Proof
14 Servants 5 at £2.10.0 each 4 at £2.15.0 & 5 at £3.0.0 pr [per] annum for 3 Quarters of a year is £28.17.6
18 Servants at £1.5.0 each per annum for 3 Quarters of a year is £16.17.6
12 Servants at £1.10.0 each per annum for 3 Quarters of a year is £13.10.0
20 Servants at £2.0.0 each per annum for 3 Quarters of a year is £30.0.0
21 Servants at £3.0.0 each per annum for 3 Quarters of a year is £47.5.0
£136.10.0
I Archibald Duff Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull examination of the fore [going]
severall Rates & Duties I find they amount in whole to One hundred and thirty Six pounds Ten
shillings Sterling, And that upon the twentieth day of March Currt. [Current] I delivered to James Duff Esquire
Collector of the said Duties for the County of Banff aforesaid, An Exact duplicate of the above Accot [Account]
Examined & Compared with the foregoing , which contained my oath That notices were left with the
Severall Inhabitants or at their dwelling houses of the dates annexed to their respective names [in]
order that they might make a Report of the greatest number of Male Servants retained & employed [by]
them for the period therein mentioned Which they did in Substance as above
Archibald Duff Surveyor
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).