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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1786 | Brought Over in Stromness | 16 | 2 | 14 | £2.5.0 | |||
| 20 Sep 1786 | David Gedess | Margaret Morston | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| John Watson | Ann Flett | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mary Cruikshanks | Cicilia Kathel | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Totall | 19 | 2 | 17 | £2.12.6 | ||||
| Parish of St. Andrews | ||||||||
| 21 Sep 1786 | Mrs Polexfin | Jean Aiken | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| Parish of Holm | ||||||||
| 22 Sep 1786 | Mrs Grame | Janet Robertson & Isobel Eunson |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | |||
| Island of Burray | ||||||||
| 23 Sep 1786 | Captain James Sutherland | Helen McBeath | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| Island of South Ronaldshay | ||||||||
| 25 Sep 1786 | JohnSangster | Margaret Couper | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| John Sutherland | Ann Brown | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | ||||
| Totall | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| Parish of St. Olla | ||||||||
| 6 Oct 1786 | Mr John Yule Minister | Ann Harrus | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| William Richan | Elizabeth Brodie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| William Lindsay | Barbara Flett | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Totall | 3 | 3 | £0.7.6 | |||||
| Parish of Rendall | ||||||||
| 10 Oct 1786 | Mrs. Mouat | Marjory Morwick | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| Parish of Evie | ||||||||
| 13 Oct 1786 | Mr William Anderson Minister | Kathrine Hamiger | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| Parish of Birsay | ||||||||
| 15 Oct 1786 | Mr George Low Minister | Janet Lincleter | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| Parish of Sandwick | ||||||||
| 17 Oct 1786 | Mrs Grahame | Christian Stacking | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| Proof. | Abstract | |||||||
| Island of Walls | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||||
| Rousay | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Westray | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | £1.10.0 | |||
| Sanday | 4 | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | ||||
| Stronsay | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| Shapenshay | 3 | 3 | £0.7.6 | |||||
| Parish of Orpher | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||||
| Stromness | 19 | 2 | 17 | £2.12.6 | ||||
| St Sndrews | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Holm | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | |||||
| Island of Burray | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||||
| S. [South] Ronaldshay | 2 | 1 | 1 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| Parish of St. Olla | 3 | 3 | £0.7.6 | |||||
| Rendall | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Evie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Birsay | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Sandwick | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Totall | 51 | 10 | 35 | 6 | £8.7.6 |
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[Page] 93
ORKNEY
Proof.
10 Bachelors Servants at 5/ [£0.5.0] each for the year is £2.10.0
35 Servants at 2/6 [£0.2.6] is £4.7.6
6 Servants at 5/ [£0.5.0] each £1.10.0
£8.7.6
I Alexander Fraser Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby certify That they amount of the foregoing survey of Famel servants Tax within the Country of Orkney is Eight pound seven shillings and sixpence and I make Oath that this day I delivered to Alexander Fraser Collector of Cess and of the said
Tax for the Country aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the above Account examined and compared with the foregoing
At Kirkwall the 28. November 1786 Alexander Fraser Surveyor
Sworn Before John Wier, J.P. [Justice of the Peace]
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).