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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Nov 1785 | Burgh of Peebles | |||||||
| Patrick Honyman of Gramsay | Nelly Paterson Cook | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Francis Russel in Gramsay | Isabel Ritchie Md [Maid] | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| 2 | 2 | £0.3.9 |
Transcribe other information
Top Margin: PEEBLES 99
A Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX In the Burgh of Peebles from 5th of July 1785 to 5 of April 1786, By William Brunton Sur [Surveyor]
[Beneath Return]
2 Servants at 2/6 for one year is for 3/4 £0.3.9 Stg [Sterling]
I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon
careful Examination of the foregoing several Rates and duties I find they amt [amount]
in whole to £0.3.9 Sterling. And that upon the 18th of March I sent by
Post to John Hislop Collector of the said duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact
duplicate of the above Acct [Account] duly examined and Compared with the foregoing
And I do make Oath that the Above is a just List returned by the Several
Inhabitants when requisitions were made by me of the dates aforesaid.
Wm Brunton
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).