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Volume contents
- 1 - 1785-86 , Aberdeenshire
- 25 - 1785-86 , Argyll
- 33 - 1785-86 , Ayrshire
- 49 - 1785-86 , Banffshire
- 55 - 1785-86 , Berwickshire
- 63 - 1785-86 , Caithness
- 67 - 1785-86 , Clackmannanshire
- 71 - 1785-86 , Cromartyshire
- 73 - 1785-86 , Dunbartonshire
- 77 - 1785-86 , Dumfriesshire
- 81 - 1785-86 , East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
- 91 - 1785-86 , Fife
- 103 - 1785-86 , Angus (Forfarshire)
- 111 - 1785-86 , Inverness-shire
- 113 - 1785-86 , Kincardineshire
- 117 - 1785-86 , Kinross-shire
- 119 - 1785-86 , Kirkcudbrightshire
- 125 - 1785-86 , Lanarkshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parishes | ||||||||
| Pennygown and Toronsay | 3 | 1 | 3 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| Kilvickewn and Kilfinachan | 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.9.4½ | ||||
| Kilmore and Kilninian | 4 | 2 | 4 | £0.11.3 | ||||
| Tirry and Coll | 5 | 2 | 3 | £1.6.3 | ||||
| Kilcolmkill and Morven | 2 | 2 | £0.3.9 | |||||
| Kingerloch & Kilmalzie | 2 | 2 | £0.3.9 | |||||
| Lesmore and Appin | 4 | 1 | 3 | £1.4.4½ | ||||
| Ardchattan and Muckairn | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | £2.18.1½ | ||
| Kilmore and Kilbryde | 6 | 6 | £0.11.3 | |||||
| Kilninver and Kilmelford | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Kilchattan and Kilbrainan | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Jura & Collonsay | 3 | 1 | 3 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| Craignish | 2 | 2 | £0.3.9 | |||||
| Kilmartin | 5 | 3 | 2 | £0.13.1½ | ||||
| Kilmichal of Glassary | 7 | 3 | 4 | £1.0.7½ | ||||
| North & South Knapdales | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | £0.15.0 | |||
| Bowmore Islay | 10 | 4 | 6 | £2.12.6 | ||||
| Kilchoman | 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.9.4½ | ||||
| Strachur & Stralachlan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | £0.11.3 | |||
| Kilmoddan | 7 | 5 | 2 | £0.16.10½ | ||||
| Kilfinan | 4 | 1 | 4 | £0.9.4½ | ||||
| Inverchellan | 3 | 1 | 3 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| Dunoon and Kilmun | 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.9.4½ | ||||
| Lochgoyllhead | 4 | 2 | 4 | £0.11.3 | ||||
| Glenurchy and Inishael | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Clachan Kilcalmanell | 2 | 2 | £0.3.9 | |||||
| Carradell and Skipnage | 5 | 2 | 3 | £1.6.3 | ||||
| Campbellton Parish | 2 | 2 | £0.7.6 | |||||
| SouthEnd | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | £0.16. | |||
| Killean | 3 | 3 | £1.2.6 | |||||
| Glenaray | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | £6.0.0 | ||
| 134 | 17 | 70 | 26 | 38 | £27.9.4½ | |||
| Proof | 134 | 15.2 | 55 | 24 | 38 | £27.9.4½ | ||
| 15 Batchelor @1/10½ [£0.1.10½} | £1.8.1½ | |||||||
| 2 Batchelor @ 3/9 [£0.3.9] | £0.7.6 | |||||||
| 70 Single Servants @ 1/10½ [£0.1.10½] | £6.11.3 | |||||||
| 26 Single Servants @ 3/9 [£0.3.9] | £4.17.6 | |||||||
| 38 Single Servants @ 7/6 [£0.7.6] | £14.5.0 | |||||||
| £27.9.4½ |
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[Page] 6
Parishes Collected for Abstract of the
FEMALE SERVANTS TAX Argyllshire
I Duncan McNuier Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon Careful Examination of the foregoing several rates & Duties
I Find they amount in whole to the sum of Twenty seven Pounds, Nine shillings and Four pence halfpenny
and that upon the thirteenth Day of March JaivyS and Eighty six [1786] I Delivered to Peter MacArthur Depute to Donald Cam
Esq. Principal Collector of the said Duties for the Shire aforesaid in absence of the said Donald Campbell
of the above accompt duely Examined and Compared with the foregoing which Contained my oath that
were given to the whole foregoing persons, or left at their Dwelling houses of the respective Dates aforesaid
the foregoing Survey or Statement was made up from the Returns made to me in Consequence thereof
from the best information I could otherways obtain. Duncan MacNuier Surveyor
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 1 - Counties (A-L) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/1
Volume 1 contains female servant tax rolls for the following counties: Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Fife, Angus, Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Lanarkshire.
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).