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

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10 Bachelors Servants @ 18/9 [£0.18.9] for ¾ of an year is £9.7.6
33 Servants @ 18/9 [£0.18.9] for ¾ of an year is £30.18.9
13 Servants @ 22/6 [£1.2.6] for ¾ of an year is £14.12.6
2 Servants @ 45/ [£2.5.0] for ¾ of an year is £4.10.0
£59.8.9 Grand Total

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon careful
Examination of the foregoing Several Rates and Duties I find they amount to £59.8.9 Stg [Sterling]
And that upon the .... I Sent by Post to Hugh Maxwell Collector of said duties for the
Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above Acct. [Account] duly examined and Compared with [the]
foregoing. And I do make Oath that the above is a just list returned by the Several Inhabitants
when requisitions were made by me 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).

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