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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broght Froward in Stromness | 6 | 1 | 5 | £0.17.6 | ||||
| 10 Feb 1789 | Mrs Robert Graham | Mary Charles | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| Nicol Robertson | Marjory Robertson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| John Garrioch | Ann Allan | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Joshua Johnson Writer | Isobel Johnson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| David Geddys | Margaret Sabiston | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| William Allan Senr [Senior] Tailor | Isobel Gorston | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Hary Cruickshank Shipmaster | Cecilia Cathol | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| William Allan Jun [Junior] Tailor | Isobella Cromerty | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| James Ross Shopkeeper | Barbara Groundwater | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Total in Stromness | 15 | 1 | 14 | £2.0.0 | ||||
| Abstract | ||||||||
| Island of Shapenshay | 3 | 3 | £0.7.6 | |||||
| Island of Sanday | 3 | 3 | £0.7.6 | |||||
| Island of Westray | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | £1.17.6 | |||
| Parish of Rendall | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Parish of Birsay | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Parish of Sandwick | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Island of Burray | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||||
| Island of So [South] Ronaldsay | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| Island of Walls | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Parish of Orpher | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Parish of Firth | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Parish of St Olla | 3 | 3 | £0.7.6 | |||||
| Parish of Stromness | 15 | 1 | 14 | £2.0.0 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 4 | 31 | 6 | £6.7.6 |
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4 Bachelor Servants at 5/ [£0.5.0] each for the whole year is £1.0.0
31 Servants at 2/6 [£0.2.6] each for the whole year is............£3.17.6
6 Servants at 5/ [£0.5.0] each for the whole year is................£1.10.0
Total.........................................................................................£6.7.6
I Alexander Fraser Surveyor aforesaid having Examined the foregoing Survey Finds the same amounts to Six
Pounds Seven shillings and Sixpence and maketh Oath that upon the Eighteenth day of February Seventeen
Hundred and Eighty Nine I delivered to Alexander Fraser of Cess and Said Tax for the County of Orkney
aforesaid an Exact Duplicate of the foregoing Survey duly Compared with the above
Alexander Fraser Surveyor
Sworn Before John Kier J.P. [Justice of the Peace]
Duplicate
of
Survey Female Servants Tax within
the County of Orkney from 5th April 1788
to 5th April 1789
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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).