Volume contents
- 1 - 1786-87 , Midlothian (Edinburghshire)
- 85 - 1786-87 , Morayshire (Elginshire)
- 89 - 1786-87 , Nairnshire
- 94 - 1786-87 , Orkney
- 95 - 1786-87 , Peeblesshire
- 99 - 1786-87 , Perthshire
- 111 - 1786-87 , Renfrewshire
- 131 - 1786-87 , Ross-shire
- 135 - 1786-87 , Roxburghshire
- 139 - 1786-87 , Selkirkshire
- 141 - 1786-87 , Shetland
- 145 - 1786-87 , Stirlingshire
- 153 - 1786-87 , Sutherland
- 155 - 1786-87 , West Lothian (Linlithgowshire)
- 163 - 1786-87 , Wigtownshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parishes Collected | ||||||||
| Belly | 7 | 5 | 2 | £1.2.6 | ||||
| Speymouth | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | £1.12.6 | |||
| Urquhart | 3 | 2 | 1 | £0.12.6 | ||||
| Langbride | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| St Andrews | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | |||||
| Elgin | 8 | 4 | 4 | £1.10.0 | ||||
| Quarriewood | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | £1.0.0 | |||
| Duffus | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | £1.0.0 | |||
| Drainie | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | £6.15.0 | |||
| Alvas | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | |||||
| Kingloss | 5 | 5 | £0.12.6 | |||||
| Forres | 3 | 1 | 2 | £0.12.6 | ||||
| Dyke | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | £4.0.0 | |||
| Edinkillie | 3 | 3 | £0.7.6 | |||||
| Rafford | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | £0.17.6 | |||
| Dollas | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Knockando | 3 | 2 | 1 | £1.2.6 | ||||
| Rothes | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Duthel | 4 | 1 | 3 | £0.12.6 | ||||
| Abernethie | 5 | 1 | 4 | £0.15.0 | ||||
| N.B. | 91 | 10-2-5 | 44 | 20 | 10 | £24.0.0 |
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Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX. in Elgin County
[Margin] Female Serv.[Servants] Elgin Shire Exd [Examined]
Prooff
£ Sh D
10 Bachelors Servants at 2/6 [£0.2.6] each over Duty for a year is £1.5.0
2 Bachelors Servants at 5/ [£0.5.0] each over Duty is £0.10.0
5 Bachelors Servants at 10/ [£0.10.0] each over Duty is £2.10.0
54 Servants at 2/6 [£0.2.6] each is £6.15.0
22 Servants at 5/ £0.5.0] each is £5.10.0
15 Servants at 10/ [£0.10.0] each is £7.10.0
£24.0.0 £24.0.0
I Patrick McDonald Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon careful Examination of the
forgoing several Rates & Duties I find they amount in whole to Twenty four Pounds Sterling and
that I Delivered to John Duff Collector of said Duties in the County of Elgin upon the 30th day of
Decemr. [December] 1786 an exact Duplicate of the above Account Duly examined and compared which con
tained my Oath that Notices were left with the whole forgoing Inhabitants or at their Dwelling
houses of the respective Dates foresaid In order that they might make a report of the Greatest
Number of Female Servants employed by them for the period therein mentioned which
they Did in Substance as above
Patrick McDonald Surveyor
Sworn before me at Forres this 11 Day of Jany. [January] 1787 Alexander Grant J.P. [Justice of the Peace]
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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 6 - Counties (M-W) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/6
Volume 6 contains female servant tax rolls for the following counties: Midlothian, Morayshire, Nairnshire, Orkney, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross-shire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Shetland, Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian and Wigtownshire.
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).