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Volume contents
- 1 - 1789-90 additional , Aberdeenshire
- 7 - 1789-90 additional , Argyll
- 11 - 1789-90 additional , Ayrshire
- 23 - 1789-90 additional , Banffshire
- 25 - 1789-90 additional , Berwickshire
- 31 - 1789-90 additional , Buteshire
- 33 - 1789-90 additional , Caithness
- 35 - 1789-90 additional , Clackmannanshire
- 39 - 1789-90 additional , Cromartyshire
- 41 - 1789-90 additional , Dunbartonshire
- 51 - 1789-90 additional , Dumfriesshire
- 55 - 1789-90 additional , East Lothian
- 61 - 1789-90 additional , Fife
- 69 - 1789-90 additional , Angus
- 73 - 1789-90 additional , Inverness-shire
- 75 - 1789-90 additional , Kincardineshire
- 79 - 1789-90 additional , Kinross-shire
- 81 - 1789-90 additional , Kirkcudbrightshire
- 85 - 1789-90 additional , Lanarkshire
- 103 - 1789-90 additional , Midlothian
- 119 - 1789-90 additional , Moray
- 121 - 1789-90 additional , Nairnshire
- 123 - 1789-90 additional , Peeblesshire
- 125 - 1789-90 additional , Perthshire
- 133 - 1789-90 additional , Renfrewshire
- 137 - 1789-90 additional , Ross-shire
- 139 - 1789-90 additional , Roxburghshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Actual # | 2 horses | 3-5 horses | 6 or more horses | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 | Montrose -- 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | £0.15.0 | |
| 2 | Pert & Loggie -- 1 | 2 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||
| 3 | Dun -- 2 | 8 | 6 | £1.13.9 | ||
| 4 | Brechine -- 1 | 2 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||
| 5 | Kinnaird -- 1 | 8 | 7 | £2.12.6 | ||
| 6 | Craig -- 2 | 7 | 5 | £1.8.1 1/2 | ||
| 7 | Inverkillor -- 3 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | £3.13.1 1/2 |
| 8 | St Vigeans -- 3 | 6 | 3 | £0.11.3 | ||
| 9 | Monnyfeeth -- 3 | 11 | 8 | £2.5.0 | ||
| 10 | Mains -- 1 | 2 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||
| 1 | Dundee -- 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | £1.10.0 | |
| 2 | Benvie & Liff -- 1 | 3 | 2 | £0.11.3 | ||
| 3 | Tealline -- 1 | 2 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||
| 4 | Auchterhouse -- 1 | 2 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||
| 5 | Strathmartine -- 1 | 3 | 2 | £0.11.3 | ||
| 6 | Keetins -- 2 | 4 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||
| 7 | Kerrymuir -- 2 | 7 | 5 | £1.8.1 1/2 | ||
| 8 | Airly -- 1 | 3 | 2 | £0.11.3 | ||
| 9 | Kingoldrum -- 1 | 3 | 2 | £0.11.3 | ||
| 20 | Cortauchie -- 1 | 6 | 5 | £1.17.6 | ||
| 1 | Kinnettles -- 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | £0.15.0 | |
| 2 | Innerrarity -- 1 | 2 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||
| 3 | Forfar -- 1 | 2 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||
| 4 | Strickathro -- 1 | 2 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||
| 5 | Menmuir -- 1 | 4 | 3 | £0.16.10 1/2 | ||
| 6 | Rosscobbie -- 1 | 2 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||
| 7 | Aberlemno -- 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | £0.18.9 | |
| 8 | Carriestown -- 1 | 4 | 3 | £0.16.10 1/2 | ||
| 9 | Guthrie -- 1 | 3 | 2 | £0.11.3 | ||
| 30 | Dunnechin --1 | 2 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||
| 1 | Kirkden -- 2 | 4 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||
| Ints 49 -- 96 | ||||||
| Totall | 145 | 96-- 24 | 53 | 19 | £26.10.7 1/2 | |
| 24 Single Horse for 3 quarters of a year at 3/9 [£0.3.9] each is | £4.10.0 | |||||
| 53 Horses of 3 a 5 for 3 quarters of a year a 5/7 1/2 [£0.5.7 1/2] each is | £14.18.1 1/2 | |||||
| 19 Horses of 6 & upwards for 3 quarters of a year a 7/6 [£0.7.6] each is | £7.2.6 | |||||
| £26.10.7 1/2 |
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[Page] 71
ADDITIONAL CARRIAGE and RIDING HORSE TAX of Forfar Shire Continued.
I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify, that upon carefull examination of the foregoing duties
I find they amount in Whole to twenty Six pounds, ten Shillings and Seven pence half penny Sterling,
and that upon the -- day of March 1790 I delivered Major David Garden Collector of the Said duties
for the Shire 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 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 Horses, retained or employed by
them from the fifth day of April 1788 to the fifth day of April 1789, and that the Said Account or
Survey is made out from the lists returned to me, and from the best information I could procure
William Greig Surveyor of
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 15 - Counties (A-R) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/15
This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the counties of Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Bute, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Fife, Forfarshire (Angus), Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Morayshire (Elgin and Forres), Nairnshire, Peebles-shire, Pertshire, Renfrewshire, Ross-shire, and Roxburghshire, between the 5th of July 1789 until the 5th of April 1790.
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).