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Volume contents
- 1 - Minutes , Midlothian (Edinburgh)
- 77 - Minutes , Elgin (Morayshire)
- 81 - Minutes , Nairnshire
- 83 - Minutes , Orkney
- 85 - Minutes , Peeblesshire
- 89 - Minutes , Perthshire
- 99 - Minutes , Renfrewshire
- 117 - Minutes , Ross-shire
- 121 - Minutes , Roxburghshire
- 125 - Minutes , Selkirkshire
- 127 - Minutes , Shetland
- 131 - Minutes , Stirlingshire
- 143 - Minutes , Sutherland
- 145 - Minutes , West Lothian (Linlithgow)
- 153 - Minutes , Wigtownshire
| 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 | 10% per 31 George III |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1791 | The Country Part of Selkirk Parish | |||||||||
| 13 Jul 1791 | John Pringle of Hainin | 3 | 3 | £3.0.0 | £0.6.0 | |||||
| Andrew Plumer of Midleslead | Helen Johnston Chambermaid Agnes Smith Housekeeper Isabel Shaw Cook |
3 | 3 | £1.10.0 | £0.3.0 | |||||
| Alexander Pringle of Whitebank | Ann Sibbald Cook Isabel Beatie Chambermaid Mrs. Elliott Housekeeper |
3 | 3 | £1.10.0 | £0.3.0 | |||||
| 9 | 3 | 6 | £6.0.0 | £0.12.0 | ||||||
| 12 Jul 1791 | Part of Askirk Parish | |||||||||
| Charles Riddle Esqr. in Sinton | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | £0.0.6 | ||||||
| 12 Jul 1791 | Stow Parish | |||||||||
| James Pringle of Torwoodlie | 4 | Margaret Minto Cook | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | ||||
| 13 Jul 1791 | Gallashiels Parish | |||||||||
| Major Robert Bennet Galahouse | Ann Birnie Cook May Park Chambermaid |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | |||||
| 10 Jun 1791 | Roberton Parish | |||||||||
| John Eliot of Borthwickbrae | Jean Thorburn Margrat Oliver |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | |||||
| Parishes Collected | ||||||||||
| The Country part of Selkirk Parish | 9 | 2 | 6 | £6.0.0 | £0.12.0 | |||||
| Part of Askirk Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | £0.0.6 | ||||||
| Part of Stow Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | ||||||
| Gallashiels | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | ||||||
| Roberton | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | ||||||
| 15 | 1-3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | £7.7.6 | £0.14.9 |
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A Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX in the Shire of Selkirk
from the 5 of Aprile 1791 to the 5 of Aprile 1792 By William Brunton Surveyor
Proof
1 Female Servant @ £0.5.0 Each is £0.5.0
3 Female Servants @ £1.0.0 Each is £3,0,0
1 Female Servant @ £0.2.6 Each is £0.2.6
4 Female Servant @ £0.5.0 Each is £1.0.0
6 Female Servants @ £10.0.0 Each is £3.0.0
£7.7.6
£7.7.6 @ 10 per Cent is £0.14.9
Sum Total £8.2.3
I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination I find that the above dutys amount to the
sum of Eight Pound Two Shillings and three pence and that upon the day of I delivered to John Scott
Collector of said duty for the Shire aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the above which contained my Oath that the preceeding inhabitants
were duly served with Requisitions of the dates foresaid desiring them within fourteen days to deliver or cause to be delivered to me upon
calling for that purpose an Attested List of All the Servants Horses and Carriages used and employed by the[m] from the fifth of Aprile
Ninety one to the fifth of Aprile Ninety two as well as an Account of what Servants Horses and Carriages they might use and employ
any where Else and that the forgoing report was made up from their severall Attested Lists or Returns to me from the best information I
could procure or from my own certain knowledge of their respective Establishments.
Signed William Brunton
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 26 - Counties (M-W) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/26
Volume 26 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).