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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb 1786 | John Clark | Jannet Scott Household | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||
| 1 Mar 1786 | Alexander Hill | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| James Smith | Elizabeth Wyllie | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| John Smith Snr. [Senior] | Margaret Grier | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Gillies | Isobel Walker Jean Naughtie Ann Cooper |
3 | 3 | £1.2.6 | ||||
| Miss Christian Doig | Isobel Sutherland | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| John Duncan | Isobel Duke | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| John Mitchell unmarried | Mor Ducke | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||
| Mrs Ramsay | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Mrs Dicksen | Isobell Stewart | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mr John Spence | Isobell Howse Isobel Fauns |
2 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| Mrs Spence Snr [Senior] | Helen Reid | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Mr Normand Sivewright | May Davie | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Pro: [Provost] John Molison | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Doctr [Doctor] Henry William Tytler | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Mrs Linton | Jean Fraser | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Smith Senr [Senior] | 2 | 2 | £0.7.6 | |||||
| Mrs. Grierson | 2 | 2 | £0.7.6 | |||||
| Mrs Andrew Bruce | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Mrs Turnbull | Marry Davidson Elespet Steel |
2 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| Mrs Gellies Junr [Junior] | Hellen Kinnear Household | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mr John Bissett | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Patrick Wilson | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| James Millar So [South] Port | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Totall | 31 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | £4.11.10½ |
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BRECHIN
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A Survey of the Rates and Duties on Female Servants, in the Burgh of Brechine for three quarters of one
Year commencing the fifth day of July 1784 & ending the fifth day of April 1875 by William Greig, Surveyor
1: Single Female Servant of an unmarried person above the age of 21 Years for 9 Months £0.1.10½
20 Female Single of named persons for 9 Months at 1/10½ [£0.1.10½] each is £1.17.6
8 Female (pairs] of named persons for 9 Months at 3/9d [£0.3.9] each is £1.10.0
3 Female treeble of named persons for 9 Months at 7/6d [£0.7.6] each is £1.2.6
Totall £4.11.10½
I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the forgoing Duties I find
they Amount in whole to Four Pounds Eleven Shillings & Tenpence halfpenny Sterg [Sterling] and that upon the [blank] day of [blank] I
delivered Mr Alexander Valentine Collector 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 mentioned or at their dwelling houses of the dates annexed
to their respective Names requiring them within fourteen Days to give in a list of their Servants retained or employed
by them from the fifth day 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 aforesaid.
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).