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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brot [Brought] Over | 44 | 2 | 32 | 10 | £5.5.0 | |||
| 29 Nov 1785 | Elizabeth Traill | Elizabeth Brock | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||
| Thomas Jamison Shopkeeper | Isobel Hercus Cicilia Groundwater | 2 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| Thomas Balfour | Barbara Eunson | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Karron Christie | Cathrine Aitken | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| James Eskine Merchant | Betty Mowat Katherine Dick | 2 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| John Trail Westness | Ann Ritch | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Ruddach | Helen Stove | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Isobella Ruddach | Margaret Hewison | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Kelday | Jean Peace | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Balfour | Ann Kent | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| William Paterson | Jean Spence | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| John Wier | Isobell Tait Margaret Mowat | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | ||||
| Magnus Paul | Margaret Scott | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Linay | Helen Harrald | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Hugh Sclaitter | Catherine Peace Margaret Coarston | 2 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| [total] | 63 | 2-2-0 | 43 | 16 | £10.3.1½ |
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To 2 Batchelors Servants 5/ each for a year for 3 Quarters is £0.7.6
To 2 Batchelors Servants 10/ each for a year for 3 Quarters is £0.15.0
To 43 Servants 2/6 each for a year for 3 Quarters is £4.0.7½
To 16 Servants 5/ each for a year for 3 Quarters is £3.0.0
£8.3.11/2
I Alexander Fraser Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby certify that the amount of the Female Servant
Tax within Kirkwall from fifth July Seventeen hundred and Eighty five to fifth april Seventeen
hundred and Eighty Six is Eight pounds three shillings one & one half penny Sterling
and I do make Oath that this day I delivered to Alexander Loutit Town Clerk of Kirkwall
and Collector of Window duties as also of the foregoing duties a Duplicate of the foregoing
Survey Alexander Fraser Surveyor
At Kirkwall 10th March 1786
Sworn before James Traill JP
[Written vertically on the bottom left side of the page]
Duplicate survey Female
Servants Tax within Kirkwall
from 5th July 1785 to 5th April
1786
2/37
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).