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Volume contents
- 1 - 1790-91 , Aberdeenshire
- 17 - 1790-91 , Argyll
- 23 - 1790-91 , Ayrshire
- 41 - 1790-91 , Banffshire
- 45 - 1790-91 , Berwickshire
- 53 - 1790-91 , Buteshire
- 57 - 1790-91 , Caithness
- 61 - 1790-91 , Clackmannanshire
- 67 - 1790-91 , Cromartyshire
- 69 - 1790-91 , Dunbartonshire
- 73 - 1790-91 , Dumfriesshire
- 79 - 1790-91 , East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
- 87 - 1790-91 , Fife
- 97 - 1790-91 , Angus (Forfarshire)
- 105 - 1790-91 , Inverness-shire
- 107 - 1790-91 , Kincardineshire
- 111 - 1790-91 , Kinross-shire
- 115 - 1790-91 , Kirkcudbrightshire
- 121 - 1790-91 , Lanarkshire
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1790 | Parishes Collected | ||||||||
| 1. Kinross Town | 6 | 1 | 5 | £0.17.6 | |||||
| 2. Kinross Parish | 5 | 4 | 1 | £4.2.6 | |||||
| 3. Cliesh Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| 4. Portmoak Parish | 2 | 1 | £0.7.6 | ||||||
| 5. Orwell Parish | 2 | 2 | £0.5.0 | ||||||
| Totale | 16 | 2+4 | 10 | £5.15.0 |
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[Page] 112
2nd
Kinross County
FEMALE SERVANTS TAX Survey Continuing
Prooff
10 Servants at £0.2.6 each £1.5.0
4 Batchelors at £1.0.0 each £4.0.0
2 Batchelors at £0.5.0 each £0.10.0
£5.15.0
I James Watson Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon carefull Examination
of the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they amount in whole to the sum of Five
Pounds, Fifteen shillings Sterling And that upon the Eighteenth day of November
current I delivered to Mr George Peat Collector for the said County of Kinross an
Exact Duplicate of the foregoing Survey which contained my Oath that the
severall persons before named were duly Served with Requisitions and Notices
whereby they were to be Charged with the severall Duties hereby Certified to be
due by them
[Signed] James Watson Surveyor
Linlithgow 30th November
1790
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 21 - Counties (A-L) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/21
Volume 21 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).