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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 6 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/6

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In the Royalty of the Burgh of North Berwick From 5 July 1785 to 5 April 1786 by William Hogg Surveyor

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3 Male Servants at £1.5.0 p Ann [per Annum] is for ¾ £0.18.9 £2.16.3
3 Male Servants at £1.10.0 is for .. £1.2.6 £3.7.6
6 Male Servants £6.3.9
1 Male Servant of a Batchelor £0.18.9
£7.2.6

I William Hogg Surveyor of Taxes Do Hereby Certify that upon Carefull examination of the Foregoing
Account of Rates & Dutys upon Male Servants in the Burgh of North Berwick I find the
Amount to be Seven Pounds two Shillings & Six pence Sterling And that upon the 2nd January 1786 I
Delivered to Mr Henry Watson Collector of said Dutys an Exact Duplicate of the foregoing Account
which Contained my Oath that the Foregoing Inhabitants were duely Served with Requisitions of the
date Aforesaid & the Assessments made from their Lists & Answers now in my Possession
William Hogg Surveyr [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).

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