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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 5 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/5

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JEDBURGH 29 [Page] 85
A Survey of the CARRIAGE AND HORSE TAX. in the Burgh of Jedburgh
from the 5 of April 1786 to the 5 of April 1787 By William Brunton Surveyor

I William Brunton do hereby Certify that upon Careful examination of
the forgoing Several Rates and Dutys I find that they Amount in whole to the Sum
of five pounds Ten Shillings Ster [Sterling] And that upon the 26 day of Sepr. [September]
I delivered to James Black Collector of the Said dutys for the Shire
aforsaid an exact duplicate of the above Accounts examined and Compared
with the forgoing which Containd my Oath That Requisitions were left with
the Several Gentlemen And that they are Lyable in the Sums Set against
their Several Names

William Brunton

Transcriber's notes

In the original there is no distinction between Carriage horses and Saddle horses,

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 5 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/5

This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the Scottish burghs of Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Arbroath (Aberdrothock), Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Burntisland, Campbeltown, Crail, Cupar, Dingwall, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dysart, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, Fortrose and Rosemarkie, Glasgow, Haddington, Inverary, Inverkeithing, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcudbright, Kirkwall, Lanark, Lauder, Linlithgow, Lochmaben, Montrose, Nairn, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Pittenweem, Queensferry (South Queensferry), Rothesay, Rutherglen, St Andrews, Sanquhar, Selkirk, Stirling, Stranraer, Tain, and Wigtown, between the 5th of April 1786 until the 5th of April 1787.

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).

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