Volume contents
- 1 - 1790-1 counties , Lanarkshire
- 37 - 1790-1 counties , Midlothian
- 73 - 1790-1 counties , Moray
- 77 - 1790-1 counties , Nairnshire
- 79 - 1790-1 counties , Orkney
- 81 - 1790-1 counties , Peeblesshire
- 87 - 1790-1 counties , Perthshire
- 95 - 1790-1 counties , Renfrewshire
- 107 - 1790-1 counties , Ross-shire
- 111 - 1790-1 counties , Roxburghshire
- 123 - 1790-1 counties , Selkirkshire
- 127 - 1790-1 counties , Shetland
- 129 - 1790-1 counties , Stirlingshire
- 141 - 1790-1 counties , Sutherland
- 147 - 1790-1 counties , West Lothian
- 159 - 1790-1 counties , Wigtownshire
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[Page] 139
CARRIAGE AND SADDLE HORSE TAX.
I James Allan Surveyor aforesaid, do hereby
Certify, That upon carefull Examination I find the foregoing
duties amount to One hundred and Twenty six [pounds]
Fiveteen Shillings Sterl [Sterling] and that upon the11th Curt [Current] I delivered
to Mr Thomas Wingate Collector of said Duties an exact
duplicate of this Account duly Examined & Compared which
contained my Oath that the preceeding Inhabitants were
duly served with Requisitions, and that they were charged
in Conformity to their several Returns now in my possession
or according to my knowledge & belief that they were liable
in said duties
James Allan Surveyor
Alloa 13th Dec [December] 1790
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 18 - Counties (L-W) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/18
This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the counties of Lanarkshire, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Morayshire (Elgin and Forres), Nairnshire, Orkney, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross-shire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Shetland (lordship of Zetland), Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), and Wigtownshire, 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).