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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 1787 | Mrs. Gillees Junior | Hellin Kinner | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| Mr John Spencer | Isobel Lowrie Margaret Mitchell |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| Mrs Gilles | Isobell Walker Jean Littlejohn |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| Alexander Ritchie unmarried | Jean Forbes | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| John Smith | Isobel Baillie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Alexander Hill | Ann Hobb | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| John Bissett | Margaret Fraser | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs Turnbull | El. [Elisabeth] Stoot | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs Crie | Mary How | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| James Smith | Jean Jolly | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Patrick Wilson | Jean Scott | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs Smith Senr [Senior] | Katherine Dorratt Mary Scott |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| Provost John Mollison | Margret Mathews | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Alexander Black | Janet Murray | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| James Millar | Mar. Smart | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. Grierson | Mary Dorratt | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs Andrew Bruce Minr [Minister] | Jean Craig | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| John Clark | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Mr Norman Sievwright | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Collin Smith | Jenat Henderson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. Dickson | Elizabeth Duncan | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Totall | 24 | 1 | 17 | 6 | £3.17.6 |
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[Page] 33
BRECHIN
A Survey of the Rates and Duties on Female Servants arisen in the Burgh of Brechine for
One Year commencing the 5th of April 1787 and ending the 5th of April 1788 by David Ross Surveyor
Proof
1 Female Servant for a Bachelor £0.5.0
17 Female Servants for married Persons at £0.2.6 Ea [Each] £2.2.6
6 Female Servants for married Persons at £0.5.0 is £1.10.0
£3.17.6
I Daniel Ross Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examinaiton of the
foregoing Raites and Duties I find they amount in whole to Three pounds Seventeen
Shillings & Six pence Sterling, and I do make Oath that Nottices were left
with the Several persons before named or at those 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 the foregoing Survey
is made out from the 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 as aforesaid.
[signed] Daniel Ross Surveyor
At Dundee the 7th day of Novr [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).