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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total of Collected parishes as now Corrected brought forward | 271 | 21 -- 20 -- 16 | 140 | 34 | 40 | £77.5.0 |
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Batchelors Servants 21 @ 5 sh Each is £5.5.0
Batchelors Servants 30 @ 10 Sh each is £10.0.0
Batchelors servants 16 @ £1 each is £16.0.0
140 @ £0.2.6 each is £17.10.0
34 @ £0.5.0 each is £8.10.0
40 @ £0.10.0 each is £20.0.0
Total 271 Servants £77.5.0
I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid, Do hereby Certify that upon careful
Examination of the foregoing rates and Duties, I find they amount in whole
to seventy seven pounds five shillings sterling, And that upon the sixth day
of January current I delivered to Mr Charles Shaw deputy collector of
said duties at the Office of John Montgomery Esquire principal
collector thereof for said County, an Exact duplicate of, and duly
Examined and compared with the foregoing account, which contained
my Oath, that notifications were delivered or left of the dates foresaid
and that the Rates and duties charged in said account were just
and true to the best of my skill and knowledge; and to the best
of my belief no person liable to be charged, was omitted.
[signed] Robert Aiken 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).