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Volume contents
- 1 - 1786-87 , Glasgow burgh
- 49 - 1786-87 , Haddington burgh
- 53 - 1786-87 , Inveraray burgh
- 55 - 1786-87 , Inverbervie burgh
- 57 - 1786-87 , Inverness burgh
- 61 - 1786-87 , Inverkeithing burgh
- 63 - 1786-87 , Irvine burgh
- 67 - 1786-87 , Jedburgh burgh
- 69 - 1786-87 , Kinghorn burgh
- 71 - 1786-87 , Kilrenny burgh
- 73 - 1786-87 , Kirkcaldy burgh
- 77 - 1786-87 , Kirkcudbright burgh
- 79 - 1786-87 , Kirkwall burgh
- 81 - 1786-87 , Lanark burgh
- 85 - 1786-87 , Lauder burgh
- 87 - 1786-87 , Linlithgow burgh
- 89 - 1786-87 , Lochmaben burgh
- 91 - 1786-87 , Montrose burgh
- 95 - 1786-87 , Nairn burgh
- 99 - 1786-87 , North Berwick burgh
- 101 - 1786-87 , Peebles burgh
- 103 - 1786-87 , Perth burgh
- 107 - 1786-87 , Pittenweem burgh
- 109 - 1786-87 , Queensferry burgh
- 111 - 1786-87 , Renfrew burgh
- 113 - 1786-87 , Rothesay burgh
- 115 - 1786-87 , Rutherglen burgh
- 117 - 1786-87 , St. Andrews burgh
- 119 - 1786-87 , Stirling burgh
- 123 - 1786-87 , Stranraer burgh
- 125 - 1786-87 , Tain burgh
- 127 - 1786-87 , Wigtown burgh
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 1786 | Alexander Burton Wighton | Margaret Forsyth | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| Mrs McConal Wighton | Jean McLelan | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs McCulloch of Torros Wighton | Agness Cummings | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs Jean McLea Wighton | Jean Hamilton | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Andrew Dodds Wighton | Jean Nish | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | £0.12.6 |
Transcribe other information
Wigtown 127
Survey of the Female Servants Tax in the Burgh of
Wigton from the 5th of April 1786 to the 5th of April 1787 by William Currie Surveyor
Proof of 5 Female Servts. [Servants] at 2/6 [£0.2.6] each is £0.12.6
I William Currie Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination
of the foregoing sevt. [servants] rates and duties I find the Amount in Whole to be twelve Shillings and
Six pence Stg [Sterling] and that upon the 22 day of Dec. [December] 1786 I delivered to John McCarlie Collr [Collector] of the said
duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact duplicate of the foregoing which Contained
my Oaths that notices were left with the sevl [several] inhabitants or at their dwelling houses
of the date anexed to their respective names that were to be Charged with the sums hereby
Certified to be due from them
[Signed] William Currie
John Alves JP [Justice of Peace]
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 8 - Burghs (G-W) (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/6/8
Volume 8 contains female servant tax rolls for the following burghs: Glasgow, Haddington, Inveraray, Inverbervie, Inverkeithing, Inverness, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kilrenny, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcudbright, Kirkwall, Lanark, Lauder, Linlithgow, Lochmaben, Montrose, Nairn, North Berwick, Peebles, Pittenweem, Perth, Queensferry, Renfrew, Rothesay, Rutherglen, St. Andrews, Stirling, Stranraer, Tain, and Wigtown.
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).