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Volume contents
- 1 - 1785-86 , Glasgow burgh
- 49 - 1785-86 , Haddington burgh
- 53 - 1785-86 , Inveraray burgh
- 55 - 1785-86 , Inverbervie burgh
- 57 - 1785-86 , Inverkeithing burgh
- 59 - 1785-86 , Inverness burgh
- 63 - 1785-86 , Irvine burgh
- 67 - 1785-86 , Jedburgh burgh
- 69 - 1785-86 , Kinghorn burgh
- 71 - 1785-86 , Kilrenny burgh
- 73 - 1785-86 , Kirkcaldy burgh
- 77 - 1785-86 , Kirkwall burgh
- 79 - 1785-86 , Lanark burgh
- 81 - 1785-86 , Lauder burgh
- 83 - 1785-86 , Linlithgow burgh
- 87 - 1785-86 , Montrose burgh (1784-85)
- 91 - 1785-86 , Nairn burgh
- 95 - 1785-86 , North Berwick burgh
- 99 - 1785-86 , Peebles burgh
- 101 - 1785-86 , Pittenweem burgh
- 105 - 1785-86 , Perth burgh
- 111 - 1785-86 , Queensferry burgh
- 113 - 1785-86 , Renfrew burgh
- 115 - 1785-86 , Rothesay burgh
- 117 - 1785-86 , Rutherglen burgh
- 119 - 1785-86 , St. Andrews burgh
- 121 - 1785-86 , Stirling burgh
- 125 - 1785-86 , Tain burgh
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1786 | Provost James Campbell | Mary Campbell | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||
| Provost Lachlan Campbell | Giles McFarlane | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Neil McGibbon Writer | Mary McIntosh | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Baily Duncan Ochiltree | Christin Bell | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10.½. | ||||
| Mrs MacPherson | Margaret McNuier | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Paterson | Mary McIntyre | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10.½ | ||||
| Archibald Mathie Collector of Excise | Mary McGilp | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| John Galbreath Cordiner | Sarah Bell | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10.½ | ||||
| Neil Campbell Writer | Kate MacNuier | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Provost MacNeill | Dorothea Sinclair | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Provost MacNeill | Janet Campbell | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| William Mackenzie Writer | May McArthur | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Harwell | Lizy McNuier | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| John Fraser Innkeeper | Kate Campbell | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| John Fraser Innkeeper | Betty McIntyre | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Mrs Baily Angus Fisher | Mary Ferguson | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Campbell Bragleen | Kate Mcintyre | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Doctor Alexander Stewart | Betty Drummond | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||
| Donald McMath Merchant | Mary Bell | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||
| David Cunningham Smith | Peggy McLeran | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Alexander Bruce Gardner | Mary McCallum | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Thomas Hislop Junior | Kate McIntyre | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||
| Thomas Hall Junior | Jean McCorquodale | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Duncan MacNuier Ferrier | Mary Lindsay | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Robert Lindsay Writer | Kate Sinclair | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||
| Mrs Colquhoun | Nanny McArthur | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Mrs Colquhoun | Tibby McArthur | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Patrick Brown Merchant | Mary McKellar | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| January 1786 | Mr Archibald Campbell Minister | Betty Sinclair | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||
| Violet Morrison | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||||
| Mr Alexander McTavish Minister | Mary McIntyre | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Margaret Orr | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||||
| Mrs McMath | Tibby Campbell | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| James Elder Baker | Nannie McNaughtan | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||
| Donald Campbell of Sonnachan | Lilly Bell | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| John Bell Merchant | Beggy Campbell | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Archibald Bell Writer | Jean McCallum | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| [total] | 37 | 5 | 27 | 10 | £4.17.6 | |||
| N.B. | 37 | 5 | 22 | 10 | £4.17.6 |
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[Page] 53
Survey FEMALE SERVANTS TAX Burgh of Inverary
from 5 July 1785 to 5 April 1786 By Duncan MacNuier Surveyor
Proof
5 Rates @ £0.1.10½ -- £0.9.4½
27 Rates @ £0.1.10½ -- £2.10.7½
10 Rates @£0.3.9 -- £1.17.6
£4.17.6
Sic Equa
I Duncan MacNuier 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 Four Pounds, Seventeen Shillings and Sixpence
Sterling and that upon the thirteenth Day of March Jaivic [Seventeen hundred] and eighty six, [1786] I Delivered to Peter MacArthur
Depute to Donald Campbell Esq Principal Collector of the said Duties for the Burgh aforesaid in absence of
the said Donald Campbell an Exact Duplicate of the above Account duely Examined and Compared with
the foregoing which Contained my Oath, That Intimations were given to the whole foregoing persons
or Left at their Dwelling Houses of the Respective rates aforesaid, and that the foregoing Survey
or Assessment, was made up from the Returns made to me in Consequence thereof and from
the best Information I could otherwise obtain.
[signed] Duncan MacNuier
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 4 - Burghs (G-T) (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/6/4
Volume 4 contains female servant tax rolls for the following burghs: Glasgow, Haddington, Inveraray, Inverbervie, Inverkeithing, Inverness, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kilrenny, Kirkcaldy, Kirkwall, Lanark, Lauder, Linlithgow, Montrose, Nairn, North Berwick, Peebles, Pittenweem, Perth, Queensferry, Renfrew, Rothesay, Rutherglen, St. Andrews, Stirling, and Tain.
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).