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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 22 - Counties (M-W) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/22

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Survey of the FEMALE SERVANT TAX in the County of Linlithgow
from the 5th. April 1790, to the 5th. April 1791 - P [Per] James Watsone Surveyor.

I James Watsone Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon careful examination
of the foregoing Dutys I find they amount to the sum of Two pounds ten Shillings Ster. [Sterling]
And that upon the Eight day of December current I delivered to Mr. James Taylor Collector
for this County of Linlithgow an exact Dupplicate of this Survey which contained my oath
that the beforenamed the Earl of Rosebery was duly served with a Requisition & Notice
whereby he was to be charged with the duty hereby certified to be due by him.
Linlithgow 11th December 1790
James Watsone Surveyor

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 22 - Counties (M-W) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/22

Volume 22 contains female servant tax rolls for the following counties: Midlothian, Morayshire, Nairnshire, Orkney, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross-shire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Shetland, Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian and Wigtownshire.

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).

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