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Volume contents
- 1 - 1797-8 additional , Aberdeenshire
- 9 - 1797-8 additional , Argyle
- 13 - 1797-8 additional , Ayrshire
- 21 - 1797-8 additional , Banffshire
- 23 - 1797-8 additional , Berwickshire
- 31 - 1797-8 additional , Buteshire
- 33 - 1797-8 additional , Caithness
- 35 - 1797-8 additional , Clackmannanshire
- 39 - 1797-8 additional , Cromartyshire
- 41 - 1797-8 additional , Dunbartonshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Actual # of horses | Additional duty | Duty for 9 months | 20% per 37 George III |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1798 | Newlands Parish | ||||
| Collenal [Colonel] Robert Montgomery Magbiehill | 3 | £0.11.3 | £0.2.3.0 |
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Survey of Additional Duty on Carriage and Saddle Horse Tax, per 37 Geo III. Cap. 134. in the
Shire of Peebles from the 5 of April 1797 to the 5 of April 1798
By William Brunton Surveyor.
Tax Collected and proof
3 Horses @ £0.3.9 Each is £0.11.3
20 per Cent on £0.11.3 is £0.2.3
£0.13.6
I William Brunton do Certify that upon examination of the foregoing Taxs I find they
amount to thirteen Shillings and Six pence And that upon the 9 day of June 1798 I delivered
to Gideon Needham Collector of Said Taxs for the Shire aforesaid An exact Copy of the above
which Contained my Oath that above Gentleman is lyable to pay the Sum Sett against
his Name.
William Brunton.
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 32 - Counties (A-P) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/32
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, Orkney, Peeblesshire, and Perthshire, 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).