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Volume contents
- 1 - 1788-89 , Midlothian (Edinburghshire)
- 93 - 1788-89 , Morayshire (Elginshire)
- 99 - 1788-89 , Nairnshire
- 101 - 1788-89 , Orkney
- 105 - 1788-89 , Peeblesshire
- 107 - 1788-89 , Perthshire
- 121 - 1788-89 , Renfrewshire
- 151 - 1788-89 , Ross-shire
- 155 - 1788-89 , Roxburghshire
- 159 - 1788-89 , Selkirkshire
- 161 - 1788-89 , Shetland
- 165 - 1788-89 , Stirlingshire
- 173 - 1788-89 , Sutherland
- 175 - 1788-89 , West Lothian (Linlithgowshire)
- 183 - 1788-89 , Wigtownshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1788 | Corstorphine Parish | |||||||
| 31 May 1788 | Alexander Keith Esqr. | Isobel Dickson Janet Gray |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | |||
| George Smieton | Jean MacGill Mary Stewart |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| General Leslie | Belle Findlay Nelly Fowler Margaret Thomson |
3 | 3 | £1.10.0 | ||||
| William Anderson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Dr. [Doctor] James Stewart | Mary Paterson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Thomas Muckle | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | ||||
| Mrs Porteous | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| George Anderson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Mr Dunsmuir | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| John Toumar | 1` | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | ||||
| Samuel Mitchelson | 3 | 3 | £1.10.0 | |||||
| Lady Gibson 1 | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | |||||
| John Comb 1 | Ann Davie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| James Nimmo Sighthill 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| James Leslie Ravelston | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | ||||
| James Baron | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| 23 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | £6.5.0 |
Transcribe other information
Survey of the Female Servants Tax, arisen in the
exterior part of the County of Edinburgh from 5th April 1788 by John Wood Surveyor
N.B. The figures marked
in this column [Master/Mistresses Col.] are meant
to point out the number of
children under 14 in the
dift. [different] families so far known
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 14 - Counties (M-W) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/14
Volume 14 contains female servant tax rolls for the following counties: Midlothian, Morayshire, Nairnshire, Orkney, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross-shire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Shetland, Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian, and Wigtownshire.
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).