Volume contents
- 1 - , Aberdeenshire
- 17 - , Argyll
- 23 - , Ayrshire
- 43 - , Banffshire
- 47 - , Berwickshire
- 55 - , Buteshire
- 57 - , Caithness
- 61 - , Clackmannanshire
- 65 - , Cromartyshire
- 67 - , Dunbartonshire
- 73 - , Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)
- 81 - , Fife
- 97 - , Angus (Forfarshire)
- 105 - , Inverness-shire
- 109 - , Kincardineshire
- 113 - , Kinross-shire
- 117 - , Lanarkshire
Transcribe other information
I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the foregoing
duties I find they amount in whole to Sixty five Pounds two shillings & Six pence Sterling, likewise the addition-
-all duty of 10 p [per] cent thereon Six Pounds Ten shillings & Three pence Sterling, And that upon the ___ day of
February 1792 I delivered Major David Gardyne Middletown principall Collector of the said duties for the
shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the Above Account as will appear _____ duly examined and
compared with the foregoing, which contained my Oath that Nottices were left with the several persons before
named or at their dwelling houses of the dates Annexed to their respective names requiring them within four-
-teen days to give in a list of the Female Servants, retained or employed by them, from the fifth day of
April 1790 to the fifth day of April 1791, and that the said Account or Survey is made out from
the lists returned to me, and from the best information I could procure of the Female Servants of those whose
lists are deficient, neglected or refused to give in a list thereof, in terms of the Notices left with them as Aforesaid.
William Greig Surveyor
[Page] 103
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 25 - Counties (A-L) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/25
Volume 25 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).