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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proof | ||||||||
| 3 Female Servants for Bachelors at £0.5.0 Ea [Each] | £0.15.0 | |||||||
| 2 Female Servants for Bachelors at £0.10.0 is | £1.0.0 | |||||||
| 25 Female Servants for married Persons at £0.2.6 | £3.2.6 | |||||||
| 1 Female Servants for married Persons at £0.5.0 is | £4.0.0 | |||||||
| £8.17.6 |
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I Daniel Ross Surveyor aforesaid hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the forgoing [rates]
and duties they amount in Whole to Eight pound Seventeen Shilling and Sixpence Sterling and [I do]
make Oath that Notices were left with the Several Inhabitants before named or at their dwell-
ing Houses of the respective dates afore Said requiring them to give in a list of the servants retain[ed and]
employed by them from the 5 of April 1787 to the 5 day of April 1788 and that the foregoing Survey
is made out from the list returned to me and from the best information I could the fore[ ]
the Servants of those who neglected or refused to return a list thereof in terms of the Notes
left with them as aforesaid
Daniel Ross Surveyor
At Dundee the 7th day of November 1787
Sworn before John Guild Baillie
Arbroath
Female Servants
£8.17.6
1787
Exd [Examined]
6/4
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).