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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun 1786 | John Clark | Jannet Scott | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| James Smith | Elizabeth Wyllie | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs Turnbull | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | |||||
| John Smith Senr [Senior] | Margaret Grier | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. Robert Gellies | Isabell Walker Jean McNaughton Ann Cooper |
3 | 3 | £1.10.0 | ||||
| Miss Christian Doig | Isabel Sutherland | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| John Duncan | Isabel Duke | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. Scott | Magdalen Scott | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. Dickson | Isobell Stuart | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mr. John Spence | Isabell Howie Margaret Mitchell |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| Mrs Normand Sivewright | Isabel Duncan Jean Stuart |
2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| 29 Jun 1786 | Provost John Molison | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Doctr. Henry William Tytler | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Mrs Linton | Jean Fraser | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 30 Jun 1786 | Mrs. Smith Senr [Senior] | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||
| Mrs. Grierson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Mrs. Andrew Bruce | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Mrs Gellies Junr [Junior] | Hellen Kinnean | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. John Bissitt | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Mrs Crie | Jean Mitchell | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Alexander Black | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| James Millars South Port | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Patrick Wilson | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||||
| Totall | 29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | £5.15.0 |
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BRECHIN
[Page] 35
A Survey of the Rates and Duties on Female Servants arisen in the Burgh of Brechine for one year
commencing the fifth day of April 1786, and ending the fifth day of April 1787 by William Greig Surveyor
Proof
18 Single Servants of married persons for one year as above at 2/6 [£0.2.6] each £2.5.0
8 Single Servants (in pairs) of married persons for one year as above at 5/ [£0.5.0] each £2.0.0
3 Single Servants (treble) of one married person for one year as above at 10/ [£0.10.0] each £1.10.0
£5.15.0
I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the foregoing duties I find they
amount in whole to Five Pounds Fifteen Shillings Sterling and that upon the ... day of March 1787 I delivered to Alexander
Vallintyne 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
notices were left with the foregoing, which contained my Oath that notices were left with the severall
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 servants retained or employed by them from the
fifth of April 1785 to the fifth of April 1786 that the said account or survey is made out from the lists
returned to me, and from the best information I could procure of the Servants of those who negl-
ected or refused to give in a list thereof in terms of the Nottices left with them 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).