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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NB | 43 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 9 | £8.16.3 |
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I John Veitch Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon careful examination of
the foregoing several rates & Duties I find they amount in whole to eight pound sixteen shillings
and threepence Sterling and that upon the 17th. of March 1786 I transmited to Robert
Colquhoun Collector of the said Duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact Duplicate of
the above Accts. [Accounts] duly examined and compared with the foregoing which contained my
oath that Requisitions were left with the several Inhabitants or at their Dwelling houses
of the dates annexed to their respective names and that the assessments were made from
the answers sent me and now in my possession. John Veitch Survr. [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).