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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1786 | Brought forward | 54 | 4 | 38 | 16 | £9.5.0 | ||
| 18 Jul 1786 | Mrs Colin Bruce at the common | Marry White & Margaret Philp |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | |||
| 56 | 4 | 38 | 18 | £9.15.0 | ||||
| 56 | 4 | 35 | 18 | £9.15.0 |
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FEMALE-SERVANTS TAX. of Aberbrothock Continued
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38 Single Servants of married & unmarried persons for one year as above at 2/6 [£0.2.6] each £4.15.0
18 Single Servants (in pairs) of married & unmarried persons for one year as above at 5/ [£0.5.0] each is £4.10.0
4 Single Servants (ones) of unmarried persons for one year Additionall dutie at 2/6 [£0.2.6] each is £0.10.0
£9.15.0
I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination of the foregoing
Rates & Duties I find they amount in whole to Nine Pounds fifteen Shillings Sterling, and that
the [blank] day of March 1787 I delivered Mr. John Colvill Collector of the said Duties for the Burgh
aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above Accounts as will appear from [blank] duly
examined or compared with the foregoing, which contained my Oath that notices were left with
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 the list of their Female Servants retained or employed by
them from the fifth day of April 1785 to the fifth day of April 1786 and that the said Account or total
is made out from the lists returned to me, and from the best information I could procure of the Female
Servant of those who neglected or refused to give in a list thereof in terms of the Nottices left withthem
as aforesaid. William Greig Surveyor
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).