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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1785 | Bower Parish | ||||||||||
| 9 Sep 1785 | William Wemyss of S [South] Dun | James Gemmil | Groom &c | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||
| Canisbay Parish | |||||||||||
| 5 Sep 1785 | Capt [Captain] Robert Sinclair of Freswick | Daniel Ogg | Groom &c | 2 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||
| 19 Nov 1785 | Capt [Captain] Sutherland of Duffus | Francis Gordon | Groom &c | 3 | 1 | 1 | £1.17.6 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 2 | £2.16.3 | ||||||||
| Halkirk Parish | |||||||||||
| Capt [Captain] Dunbar of Westfield | Alexander Sutherland | House & Ridg Servt [Riding Servant] |
4 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||
| 29 Nov 1785 | Robert Sinclair of Scotscalder | Donald Mackay | House & Riding Servant | 5 | 1 | 1 | £1.17.6 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 2 | £2.16.3 | ||||||||
| Olrick Parish | |||||||||||
| 25 Oct 1785 | James Traill of Hobister | John Swanson | Postillion &c | 6 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||
| Latheron Parish | |||||||||||
| 2 Dec 1785 | Lady Forse | James Sutherland | Postiln [Postilion] &c | 7 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||
| 1786 | Thurso Parish | ||||||||||
| 18 Feb 1786 | James Sinclair of Holburnhead | James Smith | Groom &c | 8 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||
| 23 Jan 1786 | John Rose Collector of Customs | John Bain | Groom &c | 9 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||
| 14 Jan 1786 | Rt Honl [Right Honourable] Lady Jannet Sinclair | John Manson Hary Skinner |
Postiillion Footboy |
10 & 11 | 2 | £1.17.6 | |||||
| Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster | William Maddox | Valet de Chamber | 12 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | £4.13.9 | |||||||||
| Wick Parish | |||||||||||
| 29 Nov 1785 | James Sinclair of Harpsdale | John Monro | Groom &c | 13 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||
| 20 Dec 1785 | Benjamin Dunbar of Hemprigs | James Hutton David Ross |
Postillion Gardener |
14 & 15 | 2 | £1.17.6 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | £2.16.3 | |||||||||
| Parishes Collected | |||||||||||
| Bower Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||||
| Canisbay Parish | 2 | 1 | 2 | £2.16.3 | |||||||
| Halkirk Parish | 2 | 1 | 2 | £2.16.3 | |||||||
| Olrick Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||||
| Latheron Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||||
| Thurso Parish | 5 | 5 | £4.13.9 | ||||||||
| Wick Parish | 3 | 3 | £2.16.3 | ||||||||
| 15 | 2 | 15 | £15.18.9 |
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[Page] 43
A Survey for the Shire Of Caithness from 5 July 1784 to 5 April 1785
By Andrew Liddell Surveyor
Proof
15 Servants at £1.5.0 each for ¾ year is £14.1.3
2 Batchelor Servants at £1.5.0 for ¾ year is £1.17.6
£15.18.9 Total
[Written in margin by Parishes Collected] Male Servants Caithness Shire 1786
I Andrew Liddell Surveyor Do declare That upon examination of the foregoing Rates & Duties They
Amount in whole to Fifteen Pounds Eighteen Shillings & Ninepence and That upon the
4th March 1786 I delivered to Mr John Davidson Collector of Cess for the Shire of Caithness an
exact Duplicate of the above Account examined & compared with the foregoing Which containd
my Oath That Notices were left with the several Masters & Mistresses or at their
Dwelling Houses of the dates annexed to their respective Names
Andrew Liddell 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).