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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Aug 1790 | Dysart | ||||||||
| Mrs Clark | Agnes Gorden housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| John Whyte | Isbell Whyte housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Alexander Thomson | 1 | Isbell Byen housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs Suine | Janet foggo housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Mrs Davidson | Isbell Adamson housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| George Barclay | Margrat Mitchell housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| William Wilison | Janet Hunter housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||||
| Mrs Meldrum | Agnes Boggie housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| James Readie | Ann Duncan housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Alexander Bruce | Minie Dinie housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Mrs Spittell | Christon Thomson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Robert Dobbie | Jean Salmond housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Andrew Brydie | Isbell Durie housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Mrs Brydie | Kithern Spence housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Mr Pitter Murehead Minister | Isbell Forbes housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| 15 | 2 | 13 | £2.2.6 |
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[Page] 73
DYSART
Survey in the Burgh of Dysart from the 5th April 1790
to 5th April 1791 By Charles Robb Surveyor
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2 Servants Bachelors at £0.5.0 Each is £0.10.0
13 Servants at £0.2.6 Each is £1.12.6
£2.2.6
I Charles Robb Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon careful Examination
of the foregoing Duties I find they Amount in whole to two pound two shilling and
six pence sterling and that upon the Seventeen Day of November I Delivered to David Swine
Collector of the said Deuties for the Burgh aforesaid and exact Duplicat of the
Above Account Duly Examined and compaired with the foregoing which
Contained my Oath that Nottices were left with the several parsons before named
or at there Dwelling houses of the Dates Anexed to them Respective mames requiring
them within fourteen Day to Give in a List of there Carraige or Saddle horses & retained
or Employed by them from the 5 Day of April 1789 to the 5 Day of April 1790 And
that the said Account or Survey is mede out from the List returned to me and from the
best Information I could procure of the Carriage or Saddle horses & of thos whows list are
Dificiant neglected or refused to give in a List there in termes of the Notices Left with them
as aforesaid
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).