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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 | Kirkbryde Parish | £ S D | ||||||
| 22 Jul 1789 | William F. Cochrane Esqr Aran Castle Batr [Batchelor] | Janet Ballantine | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||||
| Island of Bute | ||||||||
| 27 Jul 1789 | Earl of Bute Mountstewart | Abigal Muir | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| William McLeod Bannatyne Esqr Batr [Batchelor] | Mrs McLae House Keeper Mary McGilp Margaret Forsyth at Edinr [Edinburgh] |
3 | 3 | £3.0.0 | ||||
| 28 Jul 1789 | Mr Thorburn Minister | Janet Gillies | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| Peter May Esqr Mountstewart | Margaret Frazer | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 3 | 3 | £3.7.6 | ||||
| Country Parishes Collected | ||||||||
| Kirkbryde | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||||
| Island of Bute | 6 | 3 | 3 | £3.7.6 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 1-0-3 | 3 | £3.12.6 |
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[Page] 55
BUTE
Country Parishes of Bute Shire
from 5th April 1789 to 5th April 1790 By Robert Aiken Surveyor
Prooff
1 Batr Servt [Batchelor Servant] at 5/ £0.5.0
3 Batr Servt [Batchelor Servant] at £1.0.0 £3.0.0
3 Servts at 2/6 [£0.2.6] £0.7.6
Total £3.12.6
I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify That
upon careful Examination of the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they
Amount in whole to Three pounds twelve shillings and Sixpence
Sterling, And that upon the Thirteenth Day of March Current I
caused deliver to Mr Alexander May principal Collector of said Duties for
said Shire, an exact Duplicate of, and duly examined & compared
with the foregoing Account which contained my Oath that Notifications
were delivered or left of the dates foresaid, And that the Rates charged in
said Account were just and true to the best of my Skill & Knowledge;
And to the best of my beleif no person liable to be charged was omitted
Robert Aiken 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).