Volume contents
- 1 - 1790-91 , Aberdeen burgh
- 13 - 1790-91 , Annan burgh
- 15 - 1790-91 , Anstruther Easter burgh
- 17 - 1790-91 , Anstruther Wester burgh
- 19 - 1790-91 , Arbroath burgh
- 23 - 1790-91 , Ayr burgh
- 27 - 1790-91 , Banff burgh
- 31 - 1790-91 , Brechin burgh
- 33 - 1790-91 , Burntisland burgh
- 35 - 1790-91 , Campbeltown burgh
- 37 - 1790-91 , Crail burgh
- 39 - 1790-91 , Cullen burgh
- 41 - 1790-91 , Culross burgh
- 45 - 1790-91 , Cupar burgh
- 49 - 1790-91 , Dingwall burgh
- 51 - 1790-91 , Dumbarton burgh
- 55 - 1790-91 , Dumfries burgh
- 61 - 1790-91 , Dunbar burgh
- 65 - 1790-91 , Dundee burgh
- 71 - 1790-91 , Dunfermline burgh
- 73 - 1790-91 , Dysart burgh
- 75 - 1790-91 , Edinburgh burgh
- 119 - 1790-91 , Elgin burgh
- 123 - 1790-91 , Forfar burgh
- 125 - 1790-91 , Forres burgh
- 127 - 1790-91 , Fortrose 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burntisland | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 1790 | Mrs. Aitken | Bell Wright housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| James Campbell | 1 | Mary Oswald housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. Ritchie | Ann Isick housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| George Thomson | Agnes Wilson housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Archibald Barnes father | Euffen Greige housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Miss Thomson | Nelly Smith housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| John Kinner | 2 | Piggie Ker housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Miss Low | Janet Philip housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| David Stockes | Margaret Goodwilie housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Miss Ellen Couts | Girsel Robertson housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| James Ogilvie | Margaret Mudie cookmaid Ellen Millar housemaid |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | |||||
| Capt. [Captain] Christeffor Linde | 1 | Suffie Scott housemaid Isobell Ratzie cookmaid |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| Mr. James Wemyss Minister | 1 | Margaret Duer housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| 5 | 15 | 11 | 4 | £2.7.6 |
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[Page] 33
Burntisland
Female Servants Tax
Survey in the Burgh of Burntisland from the 5th April 1790
to 5th April 1791 by Charles Robb Surveyor
Proof
11 Servants at £0.2.6 each is £1.7.6
4 Servants at £0.5.0 each is £1.0.0
£2.7.6
I Charls Robb Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certifye that upon carefull Examination
of the foregoing Duties, I find they Amount in whole to two pounds Seven Shillings
and Six pence Sterling and that upon the Sixteenth Day of November I Delivered
to Andrew Hutcheson Collector of the said Duties for the burgh aforesaid an Exact
Duplicat of the Above Account Duly Examined and Compared with the foregoing
which Contained My Oath that Nottice were Left with the severall parsons before named
or at their Dwelling houses of the Dates Anexed to their Respective names Requiring
them within fourteen Days to give in a List of their Carriage or Saddle horses (retained
or Employed by them from the 5th day of April 1789 to 5th day of April 1790 and
that the said Account or Survey is Made out from the List Returned to me and from
the best Information I Could procure of the Carriage and Saddle ( horses of those Lists
are deficiant Neglected or Refused to Give in a List thereof in termes of the Nottice Left
with them as a foresaid
Charles Robb Surveyor
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 23 - Burghs (A-F) (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/6/23
Volume 23 contains female servant tax rolls for the following burghs: Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Burntisland, Campbeltown, Crail, Cullen, Culross, Cupar, Dingwall, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dysart, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, and Fortrose.
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).