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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Brought Over | 221 | 20-8-23 | 65 | 30 | 75 | £85.2.6 |
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Prooff 20 Servants Batchellors at £0.5.0 Each Is £5.0.0
8 Servants [Batchellors] at £0.10.0 Each Is £4.0.0
23 Servants [Batchellors] at £1.0.0 Each Is £23.0.0
65 Servants at £0.2.6 Each is £8.2.6
30 Servants at £0.5.0 Each is £7.10.0
75 Servants at £37.10.0 Each is £37.10.0
£85.2.6 Exd. GS [Examined General Surveyor]
I Charles Robb Assessor aforesaid Do hereby certify that upon Careful
Examination of the foregoing Several rates and duties I find they amount in whole
to the sum of Eighty Five pounds Two Shillings and Six pence Sterling And that
upon the First day of December I delivered to Mr Charles Mitchell at
the Hill near Dumfermline Collector for the Shire Aforesaid an exact duplicate of
the above and foregoing Accompt duly Examined and 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.
Charles Robb Assessor
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).