Volume contents
- 1 - 1785-86 , Aberdeen burgh
- 5 - 1785-86 , Arbroath burgh
- 7 - 1785-86 , Ayr burgh
- 11 - 1785-86 , Banff burgh
- 15 - 1785-86 , Brechin burgh
- 17 - 1785-86 , Cullen burgh
- 21 - 1785-86 , Cupar burgh
- 23 - 1785-86 , Dumbarton burgh
- 25 - 1785-86 , Dumfries burgh
- 27 - 1785-86 , Dunbar burgh
- 31 - 1785-86 , Dundee burgh
- 33 - 1785-86 , Dunfermline burgh
- 35 - 1785-86 , Edinburgh burgh
- 49 - 1785-86 , Elgin burgh
- 53 - 1785-86 , Forfar burgh
- 55 - 1785-86 , Forres burgh
- 59 - 1785-86 , Glasgow burgh
- 71 - 1785-86 , Haddington burgh
- 73 - 1785-86 , Inveraray burgh
- 75 - 1785-86 , Inverness burgh
- 77 - 1785-86 , Irvine burgh
- 79 - 1785-86 , Jedburgh burgh
- 81 - 1785-86 , Kinghorn burgh
- 83 - 1785-86 , Kirkcaldy burgh
- 85 - 1785-86 , Kirkwall burgh
- 87 - 1785-86 , Lanark burgh
- 89 - 1785-86 , Linlithgow burgh
- 91 - 1785-86 , Montrose burgh
- 93 - 1785-86 , Nairn burgh
- 97 - 1785-86 , North Berwick burgh
- 101 - 1785-86 , Peebles burgh
- 103 - 1785-86 , Perth burgh
- 105 - 1785-86 , Queensferry burgh
- 107 - 1785-86 , Rutherglen burgh
- 109 - 1785-86 , St. Andrews burgh
- 111 - 1785-86 , Stirling burgh
- 113 - 1785-86 , Tain burgh
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 1785 | Mrs Fletcher of Ballinshoe | James Gillespie James Fleeming |
House Servant Gardner |
2 | 2 | £1.17.6 | |||||
| Capt. [Captain] Hamilton Brown of Glassell | James Patterson | Groom | 1 | 1 | 1 | £1.17.6 | |||||
| Sir Alexander Douglas | David Car David mckenzie |
Postillion Footman |
2 | 2 | £1.17.6 | ||||||
| Major William Butler | David Wishart | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||||
| Lady Ramsay | John Sydie | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||||
| Captn [Captain] David Land | William Clark John James |
Coachman Footman |
2 | 2 | £1.17.6 | ||||||
| 14 Dec 1785 | Mr Charles Guthrie | William [Patten] | Gardener | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||
| 16 Dec 1785 | Doctr [Doctor] Robert Stewart | James Duncan | Groom & Household | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||
| 20 Dec 1785 | Robert Graham of Fintry Esq. | Danniel Campbell Andrew Hume |
House Servant Groom |
2 | 2 | £1.17.6 | |||||
| 20 Dec 1785 | Doctr [Doctor] John Welison unmarried | Thomas Musgrave | Groom | 1 | 1 | 1 | £1.17.6 | ||||
| 21 Mr Michaell Luke | John Bowman | Household | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||
| 24 Dec 1785 | Mr Thomas Reid | Thomas Tinker | Household | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||
| John Rankine Esqr. | Archibald Sinclair | Household | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||
| 27 Dec 1785 | Benjamin Ellett | Frederick Rimmers | Waiter | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||
| 28 Dec 1785 | William Gordon | Samuel Mitchell | Household | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | |||||
| 29 Dec 1785 | Mr William Stewart unmarried | George Gilbert | Groom & He [House] hold | 1 | 1 | 1 | £1.17.9 | ||||
| Coll: [Colonel] James Weems of the 63rd Regmt [Regiment] | Findlay Campbell | Footman | 1 | 1 | £0.18.9 | ||||||
| Captn [Captain] John Mckennon of the 63rd Regmt [Regiment] unmaried | Thomas Weeb | Groom | 1 | 1 | 1 | £1.17.6 | |||||
| Totall | 22 | 4 | 22 | £24.7.6 | |||||||
| Proof | |||||||||||
| 4 Single Servants of unmarried persons | for three quarters of a year as above | at £1.17.6 each is | £7.10.0 | ||||||||
| 18 Servants of Married persons | for three quarters of a year as above | at £0.18.9 each is | £16.17.6 | ||||||||
| Totall | £24.7.6 |
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A Survey of the Rates and Duties on Male Servants in the Burgh of Dundee for three Quarters of one Year
commencing the fifth of July 1784, and ending the 5th day of April 1785 by William Greig Surveyor
[Page] 31
[Note in Margin] 138
11.6
I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do here by Certify that upon carefull examination of the foregoing duties I find they amount in
whole to twenty four pounds Seven Shillings and Sixpence Sterling and that upon the -- day of -- 1786 I delivered Mr James
Dick collector of the Cess and of the said duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above Account ( as will appear from
--- ) duly examined and Compared with the foregoing which contained my Oath that nottices were left
with the Several persons before named or at their dwelling houses, of the dates annexed to their respective names, requiring them within
fourteen days to give in a list of their Servants retained or employed by them, from the fifth day of July 1784 to the 5th day of April
1785, and that the said Account or Survey was made out from the Lists returned to me, and from the best information I could procure of
the servants of those who neglected or refused to return a list in terms of the nottices left with them as aforesaid
William Greig Surveyor
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 6 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/6
Volume 6 contains male servant tax rolls, 1785-1786, for each of the following burghs: Aberdeen, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Cullen, Cupar, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, Glasgow, Haddington, Inverness, Inveraray, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Kirkwall, Lanark, Linlithgow, Montrose, Nairn, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Queensferry, Rutherglen, St. Andrews, Stirling, and Tain.
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).