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Volume contents
- 1 - , Glasgow
- 27 - , Haddington burgh
- 31 - , Inveraray burgh
- 33 - , Inverkeithing burgh
- 35 - , Inverness burgh
- 39 - , Irvine burgh
- 43 - , Jedburgh
- 45 - , Kilrenny burgh
- 47 - , Kinghorn burgh
- 49 - , Kirkcaldy burgh
- 53 - , Kirkcudbright burgh
- 55 - , Kirkwall burgh
- 57 - , Lanark burgh
- 59 - , Lauder burgh
- 61 - , Linlithgow burgh
- 65 - , Lochmaben burgh
- 67 - , Montrose burgh
- 71 - , Nairn burgh
- 73 - , North Berwick burgh
- 75 - , Peebles burgh
- 77 - , Perth burgh
- 81 - , Queensferry burgh
- 85 - , Renfrew burgh
- 89 - , Rothsay burgh
- 91 - , Rutherglen burgh
- 93 - , St Andrews burgh
- 97 - , Sanquhar burgh
- 99 - , Selkirk burgh
- 101 - , Stirling burgh
- 105 - , Stranraer burgh
- 107 - , Tain burgh
- 109 - , Wigtown 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 | 10% per 31 George III |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgh of Wigton | ||||||||||
| 29 Sep 1791 | Alexander Burton Mercht. [Merchant] Burgh of Wigton | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | |||||
| Mrs M'Culloch [McCulloch] Burgh of Wigton | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | £0.5.0 | £0.0.6 |
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WIGTOWN 55
Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX in the Burgh of Wigton
from the 5th day of April 1791 to the 5th day of April 1792 by Anthony Macmillan Surveyor
Proof of 2 female Servts [servants] at £0.2.6 each is £0.5.0
£0.5.0
10 Pr [Per] Cent thereon is £0.0.6
£0.5.6 Total
I Anthony Macmillan Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon careful
examination of the foregoing Several rates & Duties I find they amount in whole to the sum
of Five Shillings and six pence Sterl [Sterling]; - and that upon the third day of
Dec [December] Mvyc [Seventeen Hundred] and Ninety one years I delivered to Mr John McKairly Collector of
the said duties for the said Burgh aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the foregoing
which contained my Oath that Requisitions or Notices were delivered to or
left fathe [for the] said Several Persons or at their dwelling places of the dates
annexed to their resp'tive [respective] names that were to be charged with the duties
so respectively due by them. Anthy [Anthony] Macmillan
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 28 - Burghs (G-W) (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/6/28
Volume 28 contains female servant tax rolls for the following burghs: Glasgow, Haddington, Inveraray, Inverkeithing, Inverness, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kilrenny, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcudbright, Kirkwall, Lanark, Lauder, Linlithgow, Lochmaben, Montrose, Nairn, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Queensferry, Renfrew, Rothesay, Rutherglen, St. Andrews, Sanquhar, Selkirk, Stirling, Stranraer, Tain, and Wigtown.
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).