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Volume contents
- 1 - 1786-87 , Aberdeen burgh
- 5 - 1786-87 , Arbroath burgh
- 7 - 1786-87 , Ayr burgh
- 9 - 1786-87 , Banff burgh
- 13 - 1786-87 , Brechin burgh
- 15 - 1786-87 , Cupar burgh
- 17 - 1786-87 , Dumbarton burgh
- 19 - 1786-87 , Dumfries burgh
- 21 - 1786-87 , Dunbar burgh
- 23 - 1786-87 , Dundee burgh
- 25 - 1786-87 , Dunfermline burgh
- 27 - 1786-87 , Edinburgh burgh
- 35 - 1786-87 , Elgin burgh
- 37 - 1786-87 , Forfar burgh
- 39 - 1786-87 , Forres burgh
- 43 - 1786-87 , Glasgow burgh
- 55 - 1786-87 , Haddington burgh
- 57 - 1786-87 , Inveraray burgh
- 59 - 1786-87 , Inverness burgh
- 61 - 1786-87 , Irvine burgh
- 63 - 1786-87 , Jedburgh burgh
- 65 - 1786-87 , Kinghorn burgh
- 67 - 1786-87 , Kirkcaldy burgh
- 69 - 1786-87 , Kirkwall burgh
- 71 - 1786-87 , Linlithgow burgh
- 73 - 1786-87 , Lochmaben burgh
- 75 - 1786-87 , Montrose burgh
- 77 - 1786-87 , Nairn burgh
- 79 - 1786-87 , North Berwick burgh
- 81 - 1786-87 , Peebles burgh
- 83 - 1786-87 , Perth burgh
- 85 - 1786-87 , Queensferry burgh
- 87 - 1786-87 , Rutherglen burgh
- 89 - 1786-87 , St. Andrews burgh
- 91 - 1786-87 , Stirling burgh
- 93 - 1786-87 , Stranraer burgh
- 95 - 1786-87 , 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Aug 1786 | Doctor James Hamilton M [Married] | James Donaldson | Chaise driver | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | |||||
| Col [Colonel] Stiell Belhaven M [Married] | David McWatt | Footman | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Robert Melville Duntiar M [Married] | John Sutton | House Serv [Servant] | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Robert Fall Esq M [Married] | John Burns | Postilion | 1 | 1 | £1.10.0 | ||||||
| Andrew Paterson | Gardener | 1 | 1 | £1.10.0 | |||||||
| William Wright | House Serv [Servant] | 1 | 1 | £1.10.0 | |||||||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | £8.5.0 |
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MALE SERVANTS TAX
In the Royalty of Dunbar From 5th April 1786 to 5th April 1787 by Henry Watson Surveyor
Proof
3 Servants @ £1.5.0 each is £3.15.0
3 Servants @ £1.10.0 each is £4.10.0
£8.5.0
I Henry Watson Surveyor Aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull Examination of the foregoing several
Rates and Dutys I find They amount to the sum of Eight Pounds five Shillings Sterling And that
upon the ..... I delivered John Tait Collector of the said Dutys for the Royalty of Dunbar
an exact duplicate of the foregoing Acct [Account] duly Examined and Compared with the forgoing and which contained
my Oath that Requisitions were sent to the several foregoing Inhabitants and That They are charged the
Sums sett against their Respective names according to their Answers made to said Requisitions
Henry Watson Surveyor
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 8 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/8
Volume 8 contains male servant tax rolls, 1786-1787, for each of the following burghs: Aberdeen, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Cupar, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, Glasgow, Haddington, Inverness, Inveraray, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Kirkwall, Lanark, Linlithgow, Lochmaben, Montrose, Nairn, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Queensferry, Rutherglen, St. Andrews, Stirling, Stranraer 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).