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Volume contents
- 1 - 1789-90 , Glasgow burgh
- 33 - 1789-90 , Haddington burgh
- 37 - 1789-90 , Inveraray burgh
- 39 - 1789-90 , Inverkeithing burgh
- 41 - 1789-90 , Inverness burgh
- 45 - 1789-90 , Irvine burgh
- 49 - 1789-90 , Jedburgh burgh
- 51 - 1789-90 , Kilrenny burgh
- 53 - 1789-90 , Kinghorn burgh
- 55 - 1789-90 , Kirkcaldy burgh
- 57 - 1789-90 , Kirkcudbright burgh
- 59 - 1789-90 , Kirkwall burgh
- 61 - 1789-90 , Lanark burgh
- 65 - 1789-90 , Lauder burgh
- 69 - 1789-90 , Linlithgow burgh
- 73 - 1789-90 , Lochmaben burgh
- 75 - 1789-90 , Montrose burgh
- 81 - 1789-90 , Nairn burgh
- 83 - 1789-90 , North Berwick burgh
- 87 - 1789-90 , Peebles burgh
- 89 - 1789-90 , Perth burgh
- 93 - 1789-90 , Pittenweem burgh
- 95 - 1789-90 , Queensferry burgh
- 97 - 1789-90 , Renfrew burgh
- 99 - 1789-90 , Rothesay burgh
- 103 - 1789-90 , St. Andrews burgh
- 105 - 1789-90 , Selkirk burgh
- 107 - 1789-90 , Stirling burgh
- 111 - 1789-90 , Stranraer burgh
- 113 - 1789-90 , Tain burgh
- 115 - 1789-90 , Wigtown burgh
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Children under 14 | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brot [Brought] Over | 21 | 98 | 4 1 | 44 | 46 | 3 | £20.10 | ||
| James Mitchell | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Mrs Disquirie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Mrs Boggie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Miss Jenny Streton | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||||
| Alexander Chapline | B [Bachelor] | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||||
| Miss Scott | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Miss Fullerton | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Miss Hunter | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Miss Milne | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Miss Nelly Young | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Total | 21 | 109 | 5 - 1 | 52 | 48 | 3 | £22.5.0 |
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Survey FEMALE SERVANTS TAX Continued (4)
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5 Female Servants for Bachelors @ £0.5.0 £1.5.0
1 Female servant for Bachelors @ £1.0.0
52 Female Servants for married persons @ £0.2.6 £6.10.0
48 Female servants for married persons @ £0.5.0 £12.0.0
3 Female servants for married persons @ £0.10.0 £1.10.0 £22.5.0
I Daniel Ross Surveyor Aforesaid Do Hereby Certify That upon careful
Examination I find the foregoing Duties & Tax Amount to the Sum of Twenty
Two pounds five shillings Stl [Sterling] And upon the day of
I delivered to Mr William Lyal Collr [Collector] of said Duties for the Burgh [of Montrose]
an Exact Duplicate of this deed which contained my Oath that the [several]
preceeding inhabitants were Duly served with requisitions of the
foresaid Date & that they were to be charged conformably to their Several
Returns to me or from the best Information I could procure
At Dundee 22nd Jany [January] 1790 Daniel Ross Surveyor
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 20 - Burghs (G-W) (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/6/20
Volume 20 contains female servant tax rolls for the following burghs: Glasgow, Haddington, Inveraray, Inverkeithing, Inverness, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kilrenny, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcudbright, Kirkwall, Lanark, Lauder, Linlithgow, Lochmaben, Montrose, Nairn, North Berwick, Peebles, Pittenweem, Perth, Queensferry, Renfrew, Rothesay, Rutherglen, St. Andrews, Selkirk, Stirling, Stranraer, Tain, and Wigtown.
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).