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Volume contents
- 1 - 1787-88 , Aberdeen burgh
- 17 - 1787-88 , Anstruther Easter burgh
- 19 - 1787-88 , Anstruther Wester burgh
- 21 - 1787-88 , Arbroath burgh
- 23 - 1787-88 , Ayr burgh
- 29 - 1787-88 , Banff burgh
- 33 - 1787-88 , Brechin burgh
- 37 - 1787-88 , Burntisland burgh
- 39 - 1787-88 , Campbeltown burgh
- 41 - 1787-88 , Crail burgh
- 43 - 1787-88 , Cullen burgh
- 45 - 1787-88 , Culross burgh
- 47 - 1787-88 , Cupar burgh
- 49 - 1787-88 , Dingwall burgh
- 51 - 1787-88 , Dumbarton burgh
- 55 - 1787-88 , Dumfries burgh
- 59 - 1787-88 , Dunbar burgh
- 63 - 1787-88 , Dundee burgh
- 71 - 1787-88 , Dunfermline burgh
- 73 - 1787-88 , Dysart burgh
- 75 - 1787-88 , Edinburgh burgh
- 111 - 1787-88 , Elgin burgh
- 115 - 1787-88 , Forfar burgh
- 119 - 1787-88 , Forres burgh
- 123 - 1787-88 , Fortrose burgh
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Sep 1787 | David Webester | Isobell Malcolm | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| Lady Kinettels | Ann McDonald | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Provost John Ure | Ann Laird Margret White |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| Mr. John Bruce Minister | Aguns Bath | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| William Hunter | Margret Walker | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| John Erskine | Ann Steven | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| John Scott | Jean Kible | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| George Skine | Hellen Brown | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Andrew Benny | Jean Bell | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| David Man Jun [Junior] | Jean Wilkie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Robert Webester | Mary Simson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Peter Rankine unmarried | Mary Fraser | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | ||||
| Charles Webster | Elizebeth Stormont | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Totall | 14 | 1 | 11 | 2 | £2.2.6 |
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FORFaR
[Page] 115
A Survey of the Rates and Duties on Female Servants arisen in the Burgh of Forfar for one Year
Commensing the fifth day of April 1787 and ending the 5th day April 1788 by Daniel Ross Surveyor
Proof
1 female Servant for a bachelor £0.5.0
11 female Servants for married Persons at 2/6 [0.2.6] is £1.7.6
2 female Servants for married Persons at 5/ [0.5.0] is £0.10.0
£2.2.6
I Daniel Ross Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination
of the foregoing Duties they amount in while to two pounds two Shilling & Six pence
Sterling, and I do make oath that Nottices were left with the Several persons before
named or at their Dwelling Houses of the respective dates aforesaid requiring them
to give in a list of the Servants retained or employed by them from the 5th of April 1787
to the 5th of April 1788, and that they foregoing Survey is made out from list returned to
me and from the best information I could procure of the Female Servants of those
who neglected or Refused to return a list thereof in terms of the Nottices left with
them aforesaid.
Daniel Ross Surveyor
At Dundee the 11th day of November 1787
Sworn before John Guild Baillie
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 11 - Burghs (A-F) (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/6/11
Volume 11 contains female servant tax rolls for the following burghs: Aberdeen, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Burntisland, Campbeltown, Crail, Cullen, Culross, Cupar, Dingwall, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dysart, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, and Fortrose.
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).