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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 7 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/7

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52 Servants at £1.5.0 £65.0.0
33 Servants at £1.10.0 £49.10.0
10 Servants at £1.15.0 £17.10.0
16 of the above Batchelors
Servants at £1.5.0 £20.0.0
£152.0.0
I James Allan Surveyor aforsesaid do hereby Certify That upon Careful Examination of the foregoing
Severall Rates and Duties I find they Amount in Whole to One Hundred and fifty two pounds Sterling
and that upon the 15th December I delivered to Mr Thomas Wingate Collector of the Said duties for the County
aforesaid an Exact duplicate of the above Account duly examined & Compared with the foregoing which contained
my Oath that Notices were left with the Several Inhabitants or at their Dwelling Houses that they were to be charged
with the Duties Set against their Several Names
James Allan Surveyor
Alloa 18th Dec 1786

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).

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