Volume contents
- 1 - 1791-2 counties , Aberdeenshire
- 17 - 1791-2 counties , Argyll
- 25 - 1791-2 counties , Ayrshire
- 49 - 1791-2 counties , Banffshire
- 53 - 1791-2 counties , Berwickshire
- 67 - 1791-2 counties , Buteshire
- 69 - 1791-2 counties , Caithness
- 71 - 1791-2 counties , Clackmannanshire
- 77 - 1791-2 counties , Dumbartonshire
- 85 - 1791-2 counties , Haddington
- 97 - 1791-2 counties , Fife
- 119 - 1791-2 counties , Angus
- 129 - 1791-2 counties , Inverness-shire
- 133 - 1791-2 counties , Kincardineshire
- 137 - 1791-2 counties , Kinross-shire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Actual # | 1 horse (10s) | 2 horses | 3-5 horses | 6 or more horses | Duty | 10% per 31 George III |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1791 | Collection of Parishes Brought forward | 200 | 152 | 11 | 23 | 14 | £118.7.6 | £11.16.9 |
| No 19 | Benvee & Liff | 9 | 5 | 4 | £6.0.0 | £0.12.0 | ||
| 20 | Tealline | 4 | 3 | 1 | £2.5.0 | £0.4.6 | ||
| 1 | Monikie | 10 | 10 | £5.0.0 | £0.10.0 | |||
| 2 | Auchterhouse | 3 | 3 | £1.10.0 | £0.3.0 | |||
| 3 | Strathmartine | 8 | 2 | 6 | £6.5.0 | £0.12.6 | ||
| 4 | Keetins | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | £7.0.0 | £0.14.0 | |
| 5 | Cowper | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | |||
| 6 | Newtile | 2 | 2 | £1.0.0 | £0.2.0 | |||
| 7 | Navoy & Essie | 5 | 5 | £2.10.0 | £0.5.0 | |||
| 8 | Glammiss | 5 | 5 | £2.10.0 | £0.5.0 | |||
| 9 | Kerrymuir | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | £10.5.0 | £1.0.6 | |
| 30 | Airly | 8 | 6 | 2 | £4.15.0 | £0.9.6 | ||
| 1 | Kingoldrum | 8 | 6 | 2 | £4.15.0 | £0.9.6 | ||
| 2 | Cortochy | 6 | 1 | 5 | £5.10.0 | £0.11.0 | ||
| 3 | Glenylla | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | |||
| 4 | Lentraithen | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | |||
| 5 | Tannadice | 6 | 6 | £3.0.0 | £0.6.0 | |||
| 6 | Kinnettles | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | £7.17.6 | £0.15.9 | |
| 7 | Innerrarity | 7 | 4 | 3 | £4.12.6 | £0.9.3 | ||
| 8 | Forfar | 5 | 4 | 1 | £2.15.0 | £0.5.6 | ||
| 9 | Strickathro | 5 | 3 | 2 | £3.5.0 | £0.6.6 | ||
| 40 | Menmuir | 7 | 4 | 3 | £4.12.6 | £0.9.3 | ||
| 1 | Fearn | 4 | 4 | £2.0.0 | £0.4.0 | |||
| 2 | Othlaw | 4 | 4 | £2.0.0 | £0.4.0 | |||
| 3 | Rosscobbie | 9 | 8 | 1 | £4.15.0 | £0.9.6 | ||
| 4 | Aberlemno | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | £8.15.0 | £0.17.6 | |
| 5 | Carriestown | 6 | 4 | 2 | £3.15.0 | £0.7.6 | ||
| 6 | Guthrie | 4 | 2 | 2 | £2.15.0 | £0.5.6 | ||
| 7 | Kinnell | 4 | 4 | £2.0.0 | £0.4.0 | |||
| 8 | Carmyllie | 3 | 3 | £1.10.0 | £0.3.0 | |||
| 9 | Dunnechin | 7 | 6 | 1 | £3.15.0 | £0.7.6 | ||
| 50 | Kirkden | 7 | 5 | 2 | £4.0.0 | £0.8.0 | ||
| 403 | 300 | 21 | 58 | 24 | £240.10.0 | £24.1.0 | ||
| 300 Single | Horses | ones @ | 10/. | [£0.10.0] | £150.0.0 | £15.0.0 | ||
| 21 Single | Horses | twos @ | 15/. | [£0.15.0] | £15.15.0 | £1.11.6 | ||
| 58 Single | Horses | 3 & 5 @ | 17/6 | [£0.17.6] | £50.15.0 | £5.1.6 | ||
| 24 Single | Horses | 20/. | [£1.0.0] | £24.0.0 | £2.8.0 | |||
| 403 Single | Horses | £240.10.0 | £24.10.0 |
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Survey 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 Two hundred & Forty Pounds Ten
Shillings Sterling, also the additional duties of 10 pr [per] Cent thereon Twenty four Pounds
one Shilling Sterling, and that upon the -- day of February 1792 I delivered Major David
Gardyne of Middletown, principall Collector of the said duties for the Shire Aforesaid an exact
duplicate of the Above Acct [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 Carriage and Sadle Horses retained or employed by
them from the fifth day of April 1790 to the fifth day of April 1791 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 Carriage & Sadle horses of those whose lists are deficient, neglected 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), Horse tax - Volume 20 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/20
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, and Kinross-shire, between the 5th of April 1791 until the 5th of April 1792.
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).