Volume contents
- 1 - 1790-1 counties , Aberdeenshire
- 13 - 1790-1 counties , Argyll
- 19 - 1790-1 counties , Ayrshire
- 35 - 1790-1 counties , Banffshire
- 39 - 1790-1 counties , Berwickshire
- 53 - 1790-1 counties , Buteshire
- 55 - 1790-1 counties , Caithness
- 57 - 1790-1 counties , Clackmannanshire
- 63 - 1790-1 counties , Dumbartonshire
- 71 - 1790-1 counties , Dumfriesshire
- 83 - 1790-1 counties , East Lothian
- 85 - 1790-1 counties , Haddingtonshire
- 116 - 1790-1 counties , Angus
- 125 - 1790-1 counties , Inverness-shire
- 129 - 1790-1 counties , Kincardineshire
- 133 - 1790-1 counties , Kinross-shire
- 137 - 1790-1 counties , Kirkcudbrightshire
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304 Horses Single ones at £0.10.0 is £152.0.0
24 Horses twos at £0.15.0 is £18.0.0
60 Horses 3a5 at £0.17.6 is £52.10.0
20 Horses six upwards at £1.0.0 is £20.0.0
Totall £242.10.0
I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination
of the foregoing Several Duties I find they Amount in whole to Two hundred & Forty two Pounds
Ten shillings sterling and that upon the day of February 1791 I delivered to Major
Gardyne Collector of the said duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the Above
account or Survey as will appear from --- duly examined and compared with the foregoing
which contained my oath that Notices were left with Several persons before named
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 5th day of
April 1789 to the 5th day of April 1790 and 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 Horses of
those who Neglected or refused to give in a list thereof in terms of the Notices left with them
aforesaid.
William Greig Surveyor
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 17 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/17
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, and Kirkcudbrightshire, between the 5th of April 1790 until the 5th of April 1791.
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).