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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jul 1791 | Mr. Robert Chapman | Elizabeth McRabbre | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | ||||
| Mr. James Siddell | Christian Alexander | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | |||||
| Mrs. Robert Dick | Mary Spence | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | |||||
| Baillie Dalgliesh | Hannah Young | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | |||||
| Baillie McAllum | Mary Morton | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | |||||
| Mr. Charles Arbuckle | Mary Struthers | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | |||||
| Baillie Buncle | Elizabeth Brown | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | |||||
| Captain Taylor | Helen Marshall | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | |||||
| 27 Aug 1791 | Robert Wilson | 1 | Janet Ramsay | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | |||
| Mr. James Hill | 1 | Marion Kerr | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | ||||
| Captain Martin Senr. [Senior] | Margaret Hunter | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | |||||
| Mrs. Crawford | 3 | Not returned | 3 | 2 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | ||||
| Mr. Munro Ross | Katharine Houburgh | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | |||||
| Mr. Thomas Welsh | Margaret Hunter | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | £0.0.3 | |||||
| Totall | 16 | 13 | 2 | £226 | £43 | |||||
| Proof | 15 | |||||||||
| 13 Servants @ £0.2.6 | £1.12.6 | |||||||||
| 2 Servants @ £0.5.0 | £0.10.0 | |||||||||
| To the 10 Pct [Per Cent] | £0.4.3 | |||||||||
| Totall | £2.6.9 |
Transcribe other information
Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX in the Town of Queensferry 41
from the 5th April 1791 to the 5th April 1792 By James Watsone Surveyor
I James Watsine Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby certify that upon careful examination
of the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they amount in whole to the sum of Two pounds
six shillings and nine pence Sterl. [Sterling] And that upon the fourteenth day of October that I
delivered to Mr. Robert Chapman Collector for the said Borough an exact Duplicate
of the Survey which contained my Oath that the several persons before named were
duly Served with Requisitions & Notices whereby they were to be charged with the
several duties hereby certified to be due by them.
James Watsone Surveyor
Linlithgow 2d November 1791
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).