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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 1785 | Cupar | |||||||
| Captain Charles Bell | Christean Ballmana | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Captain David Skeen | Betty Alexander | 2 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| James Morison Esqr | Isobell Mathew | 3 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| James Morison Esqr | Hellen Ireland | 4 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Mrs Bell Senner | Margaret Crighton | 5 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| William Paston | Hellen Whyte | 6 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mr Millar | Christean Rentoll | 7 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Greigory | Hellen Fliming | 8 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Bell Junner | Isobell Roger | 9 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Doctor Arnot | Jean Brown | 10 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Captain Hay | Ann Bonallie | 12 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Captain Hay | Christean McDougall | 12 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| David Methven | Marcy Thomson | 13 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mr Preston Minister | JAnet Hugh | 14 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Mr Preston Minister | Jean Mitchell | 15 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | £2.1.3 |
Transcribe other information
Prooff 1 Bachelor for one female servant @ £0.1.10½ for ¾ of a year £0.1.10½
9 Female Servants @ £0.1.10½ Each for ¾ of a year £0.16.10½
6 Female Servants @ £0.3.9 Each for ¾ of a year £1.2.6 £2.1.3
I Charles Robb Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon careful examination of the foregoing Several Rates and Duties
I find they amount in whole to the sum of two pounds Thrie Shillings and thrie pence Sterling and that upon the
Ninth day of March. I delivered to James Carstairs Collector for the burgh aforesaid an exact Duplicat
of the above Account duly Examined and and Compared with the foregoing which Contained my Oath that Notices were
left with the Several Inhabitants or at their dwelling houses of the Dates Annexed to their respective Names that
they were to be Charged with the Sums hereby Certified to be due from them
Charles Robb 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).