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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Bute | ||||||||
| Earl of Bute | Abigail Munn | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Peter May Esqr | Peggie Harrison | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | £0.5.0 | ||||||
| Isle of Aron | ||||||||
| W F Cochran | Margarat Casey | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.10.0 |
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FEMALE SERVANTS TAX From 5th April
1786 to 5th April 1787 by John Veitch surveyor
Proof
1 Bachelors servant at £0.5.0 £0.5.0
2 Servants at £0.2.6 £0.5.0
£0.10.0
I John Veitch Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Carefull
examination of the foregoing several rates and Duties I find the amount in whole
to the sum of ten shillings sterling and that upon the 8th December 1786 I
transmitted to Alexander May Collector of said Duties for the shire aforesaid an exact
Duplicate of the above account duly examined and Compared with the foregoing
which contained my oath that requisitions were left with the several foregoing
Inhabitants or at their dwelling houses with the dates annexed to their respective names
and that the assessments were made from the answers sent me and now in my
possession John Veitch Junr [Junior] Surveyor
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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
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).