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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1787 | Sir Alexander McKenzie of Coul | Chambermaid housemaid |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | |||
| 11 Dec 1787 | Baillie Alexander McKenzie | housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| Capt. [Captain] Kenneth McKenzie | housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. Wood | housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mr. John Munro | housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. Houston | housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| George Robertson | housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | £1.5.0 |
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FORTROSE
[Page] 123
A Survey of the Rates and Duties on Female Servants arisen in the Burgh of Fortrose
from 5th Aprile 1787 to 5th Aprile 1788. By Hugh MacFarquhar Surveyor.
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Prooff
6 Servants @ 2/6 [£0.2.6] each is £0.15.0
2 Servants @ 5/ [£0.5.0] each is £0.10.0
£1.5.0 Total
I Hugh MacFarquhar surveyor aforesaid Do hereby certify that upon carefull
examination of the foregoing Rates & Duties, I find they amount in whole to one pound
five shillings, and that upon the fifteenth day of December current, I delivered to Baillie
Alexander McKenzie residing Baillie, there being no Collector appointed, An exact Duplicate
of the above acct. [account] duly examined & compared with the foregoing, which contained my Oath
that the above acct. [account] contained the number of servants that were kept or employed by the different
Masters & Mistresses according to the best of my information or knowledge.
Tain 22nd December 1757
Hugh Farquhar Surveyor
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).