Volume contents
- 1 - 1797-8 counties , Aberdeenshire
- 13 - 1797-8 counties , Argyll
- 19 - 1797-8 counties , Ayrshire
- 31 - 1797-8 counties , Banffshire
- 35 - 1797-8 counties , Berwickshire
- 53 - 1797-8 counties , Buteshire
- 55 - 1797-8 counties , Caithness
- 57 - 1797-8 counties , Clackmannanshire
- 61 - 1797-8 counties , Cromartyshire
- 63 - 1797-8 counties , Dunbartonshire
- 71 - 1797-8 counties , Dumfriesshire
- 99 - 1797-8 counties , East Lothian
- 107 - 1797-8 counties , Fife
- 135 - 1797-8 counties , Angus
- 157 - 1797-8 counties , Inverness-shire
- 161 - 1797-8 counties , Kincardineshire
- 167 - 1797-8 counties , Kinross-shire
- 171 - 1797-8 counties , Kirkcudbrightshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Actual # | 1 horse | 2 horses | 3-5 horses | 6 or more horses | Duty | 10% per 31 George III | 10% per 36 George III | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1797 | Montrose | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Sep 1797 | Alexander Stewart Newmans wells | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | £0.10.0 | |||||||||||||
| George Carnegie Esq | 3 | 1 | 2 | £2.5.0 | £0.4.6 | £2.5.0 | |||||||||||||
| John Duncan of Rosebank | 3 | 1 | 2 | £2.5.0 | £0.4.6 | £2.5.0 | |||||||||||||
| James Walker Newbigging | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | £0.10.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mr Renny Borrowfield | 3 | 1 | 2 | £2.5.0 | £0.4.6 | £2.5.0 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | 5 | 6 | £7.15.0 | £0.15.6 | £7.15.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lunan | √ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 Sep 1797 | Alexander Taylor Lunan | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | £0.10.0 | |||||||||||||
| Mr Gowans Minr [Minister] | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | £0.10.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mr Arnot Arbickie | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | £0.10.0 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | £1.10.0 | £0.3.0 | £1.10.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Craig | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 Sep 1797 | Hercules Ross of Rossie | 5 | 1 | 4 | £4.0.0 | £0.8.0 | £4.0.0 | ||||||||||||
| David Cook Balkelly | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | £0.10.0 | ||||||||||||||
| David Scott of Dunninald | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | £0.10.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alexander Strachan Scotstown | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | £0.10.0 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | 4 | 4 | £5.10.0 | £0.11.0 | £5.10.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stricathro | |||||||||||||||||||
| 30 Aug 1797 | John Adamson Side | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | £0.10.0 | |||||||||||||
| David Rankin Wr [Wester] town | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | £0.10.0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Hobb Smiddyhill | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | £0.10.0 | ||||||||||||||
| David Crichton Ardow | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | £0.10.0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Durrie Newtown | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | £0.10.0 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | £2.10.0 | £0.5.0 | £2.10.0 |
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14 FORFARSHIRE
Report of the CARRIAGE AND SADDLE HORSE TAX. in the Shire of
Forfar for the year to 5 April 1798 [5 Apr 1798] by Robert Dunbar Junr [Junior]
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 29 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/29
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 1797 until the 5th of April 1798.
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).