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Volume contents
- 1 - 1786-87 , Aberdeen burgh
- 21 - 1786-87 , Anstruther Easter burgh
- 23 - 1786-87 , Anstruther Wester burgh
- 25 - 1786-87 , Arbroath burgh
- 27 - 1786-87 , Ayr burgh
- 31 - 1786-87 , Banff burgh
- 35 - 1786-87 , Brechin burgh
- 37 - 1786-87 , Burntisland burgh
- 39 - 1786-87 , Campbeltown burgh
- 41 - 1786-87 , Crail burgh
- 43 - 1786-87 , Culross burgh
- 45 - 1786-87 , Cupar burgh
- 47 - 1786-87 , Dingwall burgh
- 49 - 1786-87 , Dumbarton burgh
- 51 - 1786-87 , Dumfries burgh
- 55 - 1786-87 , Dunbar burgh
- 59 - 1786-87 , Dundee burgh
- 65 - 1786-87 , Dunfermline burgh
- 67 - 1786-87 , Dysart burgh
- 69 - 1786-87 , Edinburgh burgh
- 109 - 1786-87 , Elgin burgh
- 113 - 1786-87 , Forfar burgh
- 115 - 1786-87 , Forres burgh
- 119 - 1786-87 , Fortrose burgh
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 [...] 1786 329a | Mr Peter Rankine unmarried | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| Doctr [Doctor] John Ogilvie | Hellen Barrie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Patrick White | Jean White | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Lady Kinnettles | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| William Hunter | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Charles Ogilvie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Mr John Bruce | Margaret Greig & Jean Henry |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| John Scott | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Pro: [Professor] John Ure | Margaret White | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| David Mann Junr [Junior] | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Mr William Robertson | Marry Henderson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mr George Skeen | Agnes Anderson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| David Mann Senr [Senior] | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Mr James Webster | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| William Mitchell | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Total | 16 | 1 | 13 | 2 | £2.7.6 |
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FORFAR
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A Survey of the Rates and Duties on Female Servants risen in the Burgh of Forfar for one Year comm-
encing the fifth day of April 1786 and ending the fifth day of April 1787 by William Greig Surveyor
Proof
14 Single Female Servants of Married & unmarried persons for one year as above at 2/6 [£0.2.6] each £1.15.0
2 Single Female Servant of one married person for one year as above at 5/0 [£0.5.0] each £0.10.0
1 Single Female Servant of one unmarried person for one year as above £0.2.6
Totall £2.7.6
I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon careful examination of the foregoing Duties I find they amount to
two pounds Seven Shillings and Sixpence Sterling and that upon the ... day of ... 1787 I delivered to Archibald Thornton Collector
of the Said duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above account (as will appear from ...) duly examined
and Compared with the foregoing which contained my Oath that Nottices were left 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
Female Servants, retained or employed by them from the fifth day of April 1785 to the 5th of April 1786, and that the said
Account or Survey is made from the lists returned to me and from the best information I could procure of the Female Servants
of those who neglected or refused to give in a list thereof in terms of the Nottices left with them as aforesaid
William Greig Surveyor
Transcriber's notes
Once again he has used the previous years declaration without altering the dates.
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 7 - Burghs (A-F) (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/6/7
Volume 7 contains female servant tax rolls for the following burghs: Aberdeen, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Burntisland, Campbeltown, Crail, Cullen, Culross, Cupar, Dingwall, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dysart, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, and Fortrose.
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).