Volume contents
- 1 - 1786-87 , Aberdeenshire
- 21 - 1786-87 , Argyll
- 29 - 1786-87 , Ayrshire
- 49 - 1786-87 , Banffshire
- 57 - 1786-87 , Berwickshire
- 70 - 1786-87 , Buteshire
- 71 - 1786-87 , Caithness
- 73 - 1786-87 , Clackmannanshire
- 77 - 1786-87 , Cromartyshire
- 79 - 1786-87 , Dunbartonshire
- 83 - 1786-87 , Dumfriesshire
- 89 - 1786-87 , East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
- 99 - 1786-87 , Fife
- 111 - 1786-87 , Angus (Forfarshire)
- 119 - 1786-87 , Inverness-shire
- 121 - 1786-87 , Kincardineshire
- 125 - 1786-87 , Kinross-shire
- 127 - 1786-87 , Kirkcudbrightshire
- 131 - 1786-87 , Lanarkshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1786 | Brought forward | 203 | 30 | 100 | 58 | 45 | £54.10.0 | |
| Proof | 203 | 20-10 | 80 | 48 | 45 | £54.10.0 |
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FEMALE SERVANT TAX. of Forfarshire Continued
100 Single Female Servants of married & unmarried persons for one year at 2/6d [£0.2.6] each per year.............................is £12.10.0
58 Female Servants in pairs of married & unmarried persons for one year at 5/- [£0.5.0] each..............................................is £14.10.0
45 Female Servants of treebles of married & unmarried persons for one year at 10/- [£0.10.0] each....................................is £22.10.0
20 Female Servants of unmarried persons above the age of 21 for one year at 2/6d [£0.2.6] each.......................................is £2.10.0
10 Female Servants in pairs of unmarried persons above the age of 21 for one year Additionall duties at 5/- [£0.5.0] each is £2.10.0..£54.10.0
I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination of the
foregoing duties I find they amount in whole to Fifty four Pounds & Ten Shillings Sterling
and that upon the __ day of March 1787 I delivered Major David Gardyne Collector of the said
duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above Accounts / as will appear from
______duly examined ) & compared with the foregoing, which contained my Oath that
nottices were with the several persons before named or at their dwelling houses of the dates
annexed to their respective names requiring them within fourteen days to give in a list
of their Servants retained or employed by them from the fifth day of April 1785 to the fifth
day of April 1786, and that the said Account or Survey is made out from the lists returned
to me, and from the best information I could procure of the Servants of those who
neglected or refused to give in a list thereof in terms of the notices left with them
as aforesaid. [Signed] William Greig Surveyor
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).