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Volume contents
- 1 - 1788-89 , Aberdeenshire
- 17 - 1788-89 , Argyll
- 25 - 1788-89 , Ayrshire
- 41 - 1788-89 , Banffshire
- 45 - 1788-89 , Berwickshire
- 53 - 1788-89 , Buteshire
- 55 - 1788-89 , Caithness
- 57 - 1788-89 , Clackmannanshire
- 61 - 1788-89 , Cromartyshire
- 63 - 1788-89 , Dunbartonshire
- 75 - 1788-89 , Dumfriesshire
- 81 - 1788-89 , East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
- 89 - 1788-89 , Fife
- 101 - 1788-89 , Angus (Forfarshire)
- 109 - 1788-89 , Inverness-shire
- 111 - 1788-89 , Kincardineshire
- 115 - 1788-89 , Kinross-shire
- 119 - 1788-89 , Kirkcudbrightshire
- 125 - 1788-89 , Lanarkshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought Over ---461 | 597 | 45-12-3 | 222 | 110 | 88 | £109.7.6 | ||
| Grand Total | £109.7.6 | |||||||
| Right No. | 420 | 45-12-3 | 177 | 98 | 85 | £109.7.6 |
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Lanark Shire Survey Continued
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222 Female Servants at £0.2.6 Each per Year is £27.15.0
110 Female Servants at £0.5.0 Each per year is £27.10.0
88 Female Servants at £0.10.0 each per Year is £44.0.0
Total 420
43 Bachelors Servants at £0.2.6 Each per Year is £5.12.6
12 bachelors Servants at £0.5.0 Each per Year is £3.0.0
3 Bachelors Servants at £0.10.0 Each per Year is £1.10.0
Grand Total £109.7.6
Children Under 14 Years of Age ---461
Female Servants Free of Duty ---177
Female Servants Charged with Duty ---420
Total ---597
I William Mure Surveyor Aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull Examination of
the foregoing Several Rates & Duties I find they amount in whole to one Hundred & Nine
pounds Seven Shillings & Six pence Sterling and that upon the ____
I delivered To William Porteous Esqr Collector of the said Duties for the Shire
Aforesaid an Exact Duplicate of the above account Duly Examined & Compared with the
foregoing which Contained my Oath that Notices were left with the Several Inhabitants
or at their Dwelling houses, of the dates annexed to their respective names that they
were to be Charged with the Sums hereby Certified to be due from them By me William Mure
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 13 - Counties (A-L) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/13
Volume 13 contains female servant tax rolls for the following counties: Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Buteshire, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Fife, Angus, Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Lanarkshire.
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).