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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sep 1787 | John Wauchop Bellhaven | Helen Robison | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| Miss Blair Bellhaven | Christ[ian] Stewart | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Colonel Steele Bellhaven | Jean Hardie Chamber maid Magd [Magdalene] Spence Kit [Kitchen] maid |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| Miss Pringle Dunbar | Nanny Moss | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Robert Johnston | Betty Ramsay | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mr John Tait | Agnes Smith | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| Thomas Meik | Nelly Blyth | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs Ferguson | Janet Calder | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Christopher Middlemas | Isobel Henderson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Robert Fall Esq | two | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| Revd [Reverend] Mr Bruce | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Capt [Captain] Clerk | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Andrew Brown | one | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| Dr [Doctor] Cunninghame | Jean Bruce | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs Dalysle | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| John Johnston Bellhaven | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Robert Hogg | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Jasper Forrest | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Robert Mellville Esqr | Ann Rennie Margaret Lyal |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| Charley Hay | Alison Bethgate | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs Dudgen | Catharine Dobie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Charles Lorimer | Cecilia Mitchel | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| Thomas Christie | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs Kilgour | Janet Smith | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs Leslie | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Pollock Thomson | one | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs Kirkwood | Jenny Doby | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 30 | 3 | 21 | 6 | £4.17.6 |
Transcribe other information
DUNBAR
Survey of the Female Servants in the Royalty of Dunbar for the year ending 5 April 1788 by William Johnstone Surveyor
[Page] 59
Proof
3 Bachelors Maids at £0.2.6 is £0.7.6
24 Maids at £0.2.6 is £3.0.0
6 Maids at £0.5.0 is £1.10.0
£4.17.6
I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination I find the foregoing duties amount
to the sum of Four pounds Seventeen shillings & Sispence Sterling And that upon the sixth day of Novembr [November] 1787 I de-
-livered to John Tait Collector of these duties for the Royalty of Dunbar an exact duplicate of this Accompt duely
examined and compared Which Contained my Oath that the preceeding Inhabitants were duly served with Requisitions
of the above date and that they were charged the sums Sett against their names agreeable to the answers they made to said
Requisitions Or according to my knowledge and belief that they were in the said duties.
[signed] William Johnstone 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).