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Volume contents
- 1 - 1785-86 , Aberdeen burgh
- 25 - 1785-86 , Arbroath burgh
- 29 - 1785-86 , Ayr burgh
- 33 - 1785-86 , Banff burgh
- 37 - 1785-86 , Brechin burgh
- 39 - 1785-86 , Burntisland burgh
- 41 - 1785-86 , Campbeltown burgh
- 43 - 1785-86 , Crail burgh
- 45 - 1785-86 , Cullen burgh
- 49 - 1785-86 , Culross burgh
- 51 - 1785-86 , Cupar burgh
- 53 - 1785-86 , Dingwall burgh
- 55 - 1785-86 , Dumbarton burgh
- 57 - 1785-86 , Dumfries burgh
- 61 - 1785-86 , Dunbar burgh
- 65 - 1785-86 , Dundee burgh (1784-85)
- 71 - 1785-86 , Dunfermline burgh
- 73 - 1785-86 , Dysart burgh
- 75 - 1785-86 , Edinburgh burgh
- 121 - 1785-86 , Elgin burgh
- 125 - 1785-86 , Forfar burgh
- 127 - 1785-86 , Forres burgh
- 131 - 1785-86 , Fortrose burgh
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 & 5 Nov 1785 | Mr John Jamieson | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| James Fissher | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||||
| David Webster | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Doctr [Doctor] John Ogilvie | Elizabeth Wilkie Cha: maid [Chambermaid] | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Lady Kinnettles | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Charles Ogilvie | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Mrs John Bruce | Margaret Greig | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| John Scott | Jean Cable | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Peter Rankin | Margaret Ritchie | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Provost Johnstone | Ann Laird Cook & Cha: [Chamber] maid | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| David Mann Junr [Junior] | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| William Robertson | Margaret Smith | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs George Skeen | Agnes Anderson | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| David Mann Senr [Senior] | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Mrs James Webster | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| William Mitchell | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Totall | 16 | 2 | 14 | £1.13.9 |
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FORFAR
[Page] 125
A Survey of the Rates and Duties on Female Servants arisen in the Burgh of Forfar for thtee quarters of one
year commencing the fifth day of July 1784 and ending the fifth day of April 1785 by William Greig Surveyor
Proof
2 Single Servants of unmarried persons & above the age of 21 years as above for 9 Months at 1/10½ [£0.1.10½] £0.3.9
16 Single Servants of Married persons for 9 Months at 1/10½ [£0.1.10½] £1.10
Totall £1.13.9
I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon careful examination of the foregoing Duties I find they amount in
whole to One pound thirteen Shillings and Ninepence Sterling, and that upon the [blank] day of [blank] 1786 I delivered to David Roberts
Collector of the Cess and of the said duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above Account (as will appear from
[blank]) 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 14 days to give in a list of their Servants retained or employed by them from the fifth day of July 1784 to the fifth day of April
1785, 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 Servants of those who neglected or refused to give in a list thereof in terms of the Nottices left with them as afore
=said
William Greig Surveyor
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 3 - Burghs (A-F) (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/6/3
Volume 3 contains female servant tax rolls for the following burghs: Aberdeen, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Burntisland, Campbeltown, Crail, Cullen, Culross, Cupar, Dingwall, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dysart, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, and Fortrose.
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).