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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 5 - Counties (A-L) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/5

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I Charles Robb Assessor aforesaid Do hereby That upon carefull Examination of the
foregoing Several rates and duties I find they amount in whole to the sum of Seventy
Six pounds and Ten Shilings Sterling And that upon the Seventeenth day of November
I delivered to Mr. Charles Mitchell at the Hill near Dumfermline Collector for the Shire
aforesaid an exact duplicate of the foregoing Accompt duly examined & 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 repective names that
hey were to be charged with the sums hereby certified to be due from them
Charles Rob Assessor

Surcharge sent to the Tax Office Feby [February] 14th. 1787
Mrs. Anstruther of Ardit -- Margaret & Janet Farmer......2 ...............................2.............£0.10.0
..................................................................................215 -- 15-8-16 -- 66 -- 40 -- 70 -- £77.0.0

Prooff
15 Batchelors Servants at £5.0.0 Each is £3.15.0
8 Batchelors Servants at £0.10.0 Each is £4.0.0
16 Batchelors Servants at £1.0.0 Each is £16.0.0
66 Servants at £0.2.6 Each is £8.15.0
40 Servants at £0.5.0 Each is £10.0.0
70 Servants at £0.10.0 Each is £35.0.0
Actual No. 215 Total £77.0.0

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 5 - Counties (A-L) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/5

Volume 5 contains female servant tax rolls for the following counties: Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Buteshire, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Fife, Angus, Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Lanarkshire.

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).

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