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Volume contents
- 1 - 1789-90 , Aberdeenshire
- 21 - 1789-90 , Argyll
- 27 - 1789-90 , Ayrshire
- 43 - 1789-90 , Banffshire
- 47 - 1789-90 , Berwickshire
- 55 - 1789-90 , Buteshire
- 59 - 1789-90 , Caithness
- 63 - 1789-90 , Clackmannanshire
- 69 - 1789-90 , Cromartyshire
- 73 - 1789-90 , Dunbartonshire
- 79 - 1789-90 , Dumfriesshire
- 87 - 1789-90 , East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
- 95 - 1789-90 , Fife
- 107 - 1789-90 , Angus (Forfarshire)
- 115 - 1789-90 , Inverness-shire
- 117 - 1789-90 , Kincardineshire
- 121 - 1789-90 , Kinross-shire
- 125 - 1789-90 , Kirkcudbrightshire
- 131 - 1789-90 , Lanarkshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1789 | Collection of Parishes Brought forward | 47 | 2-4 | 15 | 14 | 18 | £15.12.0 | |
| 11 | St. Vigeans | 15 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | £4.12.6 | |
| 2 | Arbirlott | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 3 | Panbride | 3 | 3 | £1.10.0 | ||||
| 4 | Barrie | 2 | 2 | £0.5.0 | ||||
| 5 | Monnyfeeth | 4 | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | |||
| 6 | Mains | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | £1.5.0 | ||
| 7 | Muirhouse | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 8 | Dundee | 43 | 3-2 | 26 | 14 | 3 | £9.2.6 | |
| 9 | Benvee & Liff | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | £3.7.6 | ||
| 20 | Monikie | 2 | 1 | 2 | £0.7.6 | |||
| 1 | Tealline | 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.12.6 | |||
| 2 | Auchterhouse | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 3 | Strathmartine | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| 4 | Keltins | 6 | 2 | 4 | £1.5.0 | |||
| 5 | Cowper | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| 6 | Navoy & Essie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 7 | Glammiss | 2 | 2 | £0.5.0 | ||||
| 8 | Kerrymuir | 12 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | £5.7.6 | |
| 9 | Airly | 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.12.6 | |||
| 30 | Kingoldrum | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | £0.17.6 | ||
| 1 | Lentraithen | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| 2 | Cortauchie | 6 | 6 | £3.0.0 | ||||
| 3 | Tannadice | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 4 | Kinnettles | 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.12.6 | |||
| 5 | Innerrarity | 2 | 1 | 2 | £0.7.6 | |||
| 6 | Forfar | 4 | 4 | £1.0.0 | ||||
| 7 | Strickathro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | £0.15.0 | ||
| 8 | Menimuir | 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.12.6 | |||
| 9 | Lethnott | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 40 | Othlaw | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 1 | Rosscobbie | 2 | 1 | 2 | £0.7.6 | |||
| 2 | Aberlemno | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | £1.7.6 | ||
| 3 | Carriestown | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | £3.2.6 | ||
| 4 | Guthrie | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | £0.15.0 | ||
| 5 | Dunnechin | 3 | 3 | £1.10.0 | ||||
| 6 | Carmyllie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 7 | Kirkden | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | £1.0.0 | ||
| 48 | Kinnell | 2 | 2 | £0.5.0 | ||||
| Totall | 215 | 18-12-3 | 95 | 64 | 56 | £62.12.6 | ||
| 18 | 12 | 3 | ||||||
| 215 | 18-12-3 | 77 | 52 | 53 | £62.12.6 |
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Female Servants Tax of Forfar Shire continued
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95 Female Servants Single of Married and unmarried persons @ £0.2.6 each £11.17.6
64 Female Servants (twos) of Married and unmarried persons @ £0.5.0 each £16.0.0
56 Female Servants (threes) of Married and unmarried persons @ £0.10.0 each £28.0.0
18 Female Servants Single of unmarried persons Additionall dutie @ £0.2.6 each £2.5.0
12 Female Servants pairs of unmarried persons Additionall dutie @ £0.5.0 each is £3.0.0
3 Female Servants (three) of unmarried persons Additionall dutie @ £0.10.0 each is £1.10.0 -- £62.12.6
I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the foregoing duties I find they Amount in whole to
Sixty Two Pounds Twelve Shillings & six pence Sterling, and that upon the __ day of ___ 1790 I delivered Major David Garden Esqr. Collector of the said duties for the shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the Above Account (as will appear from ___ duly examined and compared
with the foregoing, which contained my Oath that Nottices were left with the several persons before named or at their dwelling houses
of the dates Annexed to their respective names requiring them within fourteen days to give in a list of their Female Servants retained
or employed by them from the fifth day of April 1788 to the fifth day of April 1789 and that the said account or survey is made
out from the lists returned to me, and from the best information I could procure of the Female Servants of those whose lists are deficient, neglected or refused to give in a list thereof in terms of the Nottices left with them as Aforesaid
William Greig Surveyor
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 17 - Counties (A-L) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/17
Volume 17 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).