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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 9 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/9

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Abstract of the MALE SERVANTS TAX. in the Shire of Invss [Inverness]
from the 5th April 1787 to the 5th April 1788 by John Rose Surveyor

[Page] 79

Proof of the Abstract
4 Batchelors Servants at £2/10 [£2.10.0] each is £10.0.0
19 Married Men Servants at £1/5 [£1.5.0] each is £23.15.0
14 Married Men Servants at £1/10 [£1.10.0] each is £21.0.0
19 Married Men Servants at £1/15 [£1.15.0] each is £33.5.0
£88.0.0

NB The Above is on the Collection of James
Fraser of Belladrum & William Fraser
his Depute

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 9 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/9

Volume 9 contains male servant tax rolls, 1787-1788, for each county. Royal burghs are covered in volume 10.

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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