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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 1791 | Corstorphine parish | |||||||||
| Alexander Keith Esq. | Bell Dickson |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | |||||
| Robert Watt, Ravelston | Janet Bell | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | £0.0.6 | |||||
| George Smith Esq. | Jean White May Sommervill |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | |||||
| Genr. [General] Lesslie, Corstorphine Hill | Margaret Tarbet Goodwillie Ann Lilley |
3 | 3 | £1.10.0 | £0.3.0 | |||||
| Joseph Smith, Farmer | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | £0.0.6 | ||||||
| Dr. [Doctor] James Stewart, Saughton | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | ||||||
| Mrs. Anderson at Saughton | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | ||||||
| George Anderson, Broomhouse | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | |||||||
| Mrs. Porteous | Isobel Blackie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | |||||
| Samuel Mitchelson Esq. | 4 | 4 | £2.0.0 | £0.4.0 | ||||||
| William Patterson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | ||||||
| Lady Gibson at Gogar | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | ||||||
| Frances Sclate Farmer | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | £0.0.6 | ||||||
| John Comb Farmer | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | ||||||
| 21 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | £6.2.6 | £0.12.3 |
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MIDLOTHIAN (EXT. [Exterior]) 23
Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX arisen in the exterior part of
the County of Edinburgh from 5th April 1791 to 5th April 1792 made up by John Wood, Surveyor.
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).