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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 | Island or Country part of Bute | ||||||||
| 28 Oct 1790 | The Earl of Bute | Abigal Muir | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| 29 Oct 1790 | William McLeod Bannatyne of Kaims a BarT.[Baronet] | Mrs. McLeod House keeper Mary McGilp Cook & Char.[Chamber] Maid Mary Forsyth Cook & Chamber Edin. [Edinburgh] |
3 | 3 | £3.0.0 | ||||
| Mr. Thorburn Minister | Janet Gillies | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Total | 5 | 3 | 1 | £3.12.6 | |||||
| Island of Aran | |||||||||
| Kilbryde parish | |||||||||
| 2 Nov 1790 | William Forester Cochran Esqr. a Bart.[Baronet] | Janet Ballantine | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | ||||||
| Country Parishes collected | |||||||||
| Island or Country part of Bute | 5 | 3 | 1 | £3.12.6 | |||||
| Kilbryde Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | ||||||
| Total Country Parishes | 6 | 1-3- | 1 | 1 | £3.17.6 |
Transcribe other information
BUTE
Island or Country part of Bute
From 5th. April 1790 to 5th. April 1791 By Robert Aiken Surveyor
1 Bar's Servt [Bachelors Servants] at £0.5.0 £0.5.0
3 Bar;s Servt [Bachelor Servants] at £1.0.0 £3.0.0
1 Servt [Servant] at £0.2.6 £0.2.6
1 Servt [Servant] at £0.10.0 £0.10.0
Total by Prooff £3.17.6
I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify That
upon careful examination of the foregoing Rates & Duties I find
they amount in whole to Three pounds seventeen shillings Sterling.
And that upon the [ ] day of [ ] I delivered
to Mr Alexander May Collector of said Duties for said County
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 Accounts were just and true to the best of
my skill and knowledge, & to the best of my belief no person
liable to be charged was omitted.
Robert Aiken
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).