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Volume contents
- 1 - 1786-87 , Aberdeenshire
- 13 - 1786-87 , Argyll
- 19 - 1786-87 , Ayrshire
- 31 - 1786-87 , Banffshire
- 35 - 1786-87 , Berwickshire
- 43 - 1786-87 , Buteshire
- 45 - 1786-87 , Caithness
- 47 - 1786-87 , Clackmannanshire
- 49 - 1786-87 , Cromartyshire
- 51 - 1786-87 , Dunbartonshire
- 55 - 1786-87 , Dumfriesshire
- 61 - 1786-87 , East Lothian
- 69 - 1786-87 , Midlothian (Edinburghshire)
- 99 - 1786-87 , Morayshire (Elginshire)
- 103 - 1786-87 , Fife
- 115 - 1786-87 , Angus (Forfarshire)
- 121 - 1786-87 , Inverness-shire
- 123 - 1786-87 , Kincardineshire
- 127 - 1786-87 , Kinross-shire
- 129 - 1786-87 , Kirkcudbrightshire
- 133 - 1786-87 , Lanarkshire
- 149 - 1786-87 , Nairnshire
- 153 - 1786-87 , Orkney
- 155 - 1786-87 , Peeblesshire
- 159 - 1786-87 , Perthshire
- 171 - 1786-87 , Renfrewshire
- 179 - 1786-87 , Ross-shire
- 181 - 1786-87 , Roxburghshire
- 185 - 1786-87 , Selkirkshire
- 187 - 1786-87 , Shetland
- 189 - 1786-87 , Stirlingshire
- 197 - 1786-87 , Sutherland
- 199 - 1786-87 , West Lothian (Linlithgowshire)
- 207 - 1786-87 , 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1786 | Gallashiels Parish | ||||||||||
| Hugh Scott of Galla Batchelor | Gilbert Thomson | Gardiner | 1 | 1 | 1 | £2.10.0 | |||||
| Part of Stow Parish | |||||||||||
| James Pringle of Torwoodlee | Peter Low a Richard Arthur Archbald Cossar William Walker |
Gardiner House Servant Groom Driver |
4 | 4 | £6.0.0 | ||||||
| 27 Jul 1786 | Country part of Selkirk Parish | ||||||||||
| Andrew Plummer of Midlestead | John Dods Robert Wilson Robert Wall |
House Servant Groom Gardner |
3 | 3 | £4.10.0 | ||||||
| John Pringle of Hainen a Batchelor | Robert Simson Thomas Vicharman Daniel McNaughton William Easton Thomas Hunter Andrew Wilson |
Butler Groom House Servant Gardner Postilion Gamekeeper |
6 | 6 | 6 | £18.0.0 | |||||
| The Duke of Buccleugh | Thomas Hotson | Gamekeeper | 1 | 1 | £3.0.0 | ||||||
| [total] | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | £25.10.0 | |||||
| Parishes Collected | |||||||||||
| Gallashiels Parish | 1 | 1 | 1 | £2.10.0 | |||||||
| Part of Stow Parish | 4 | 4 | £6.0.0 | ||||||||
| Country part of Selkirk | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | £25.10.0 | |||||
| [total] | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | £34.0.0 |
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A Survey of the MALE-SERVANTS TAX in the Shire of Selkirk from
the 5 of Aprile 1786 to the 5 of Aprile 1787
by William Brunton Surveyor
[Page] 185
Proof
7 @ £1.5.0 Each for one year is £8.15.0
1 @ £1.5.0 Each for one year is £1.5.0
7 @ £1.10.0 Each for one year is £10.10.0
6 @ £1.15.0 Each for one year is £10.10.0
1 @ £3.0.0 Each for one year is £3.0.0
Sum Total £34 0.0
I William Brunton Surveyor do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the Several Rates and dutys
aforesaid I find they amount in whole to the Sum of Thirty Four Pound Ster. [sterling] and that upon the 25 day of
Sept. [September] I delivered to John Scott Collector of said dutys for the Shire aforesaid an
exact Duplicate of the above Accounts examined and compared with the foregoing which contained my Oath
that Requisitions were left with the Several Gentlemen or at their dwelling Houses that they are liable on
the Sums Set against their Several Names. William Brunton
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 7 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/7
Volume 7 contains male servant tax rolls, 1786-1787, for each county. Royal burghs are covered by volume 8.
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).