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Volume contents
- 1 - 1787-8 counties , Lanarkshire
- 27 - 1787-8 counties , Midlothian
- 55 - 1787-8 counties , Moray
- 61 - 1787-8 counties , Nairnshire
- 63 - 1787-8 counties , Orkney
- 65 - 1787-8 counties , Peeblesshire
- 71 - 1787-8 counties , Perthshire
- 81 - 1787-8 counties , Renfrewshire
- 91 - 1787-8 counties , Ross-shire
- 95 - 1787-8 counties , Roxburghshire
- 109 - 1787-8 counties , Selkirkshire
- 113 - 1787-8 counties , Stirlingshire
- 121 - 1787-8 counties , Sutherland
- 127 - 1787-8 counties , West Lothian
- 133 - 1787-8 counties , Wigtownshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Actual # | Carriage horses <br>(10s each) | Saddle horses <br>(10s each) | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collection of Parishes Contd. [Continued] & Bt. [Brought] over | 371 | 108 | 263 | £185.10.0 | |
| Herriot | 3 | 3 | £1.10.0 | ||
| Crichton | 9 | 2 | 7 | £4.10.0 | |
| Cranston | 12 | 4 | 8 | £6.0.0 | |
| Stow | 15 | 5 | 10 | £7.10.0 | |
| Newbottle 25 | 9 | 2 | 7 | £4.10.0 | |
| Dalkeith | 40 | 9 | 31 | £20.0.0 | |
| Inveresk 27 | 87 | 30 | 57 | £43.10.0 | |
| 546 | 160 | 386 | £273.0.0 Exd. [Examined] GS. [General Surveyor] |
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I John Wood Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon
careful Examination find these duties to amount to the Sum
of two hundred & seventy thre pounds Stg. [Sterling], And that upon this
present day being the 12th of November 1787 I did deliver
to George Cranstoun Esqr. Collector, a full Duplicate of the
Accompt which contained my Oath that the Charges made,
agt. [against] the several Inhabitants are either from signed Lists de
livered to me, Or where they failed to make out & have
ready such Lists when called for in terms of Law, from
the best Information I could receive, at same time leaving
notices for them of the Charges to be made
John Wood
James Brunton Wright Dalkeith liable
in double duty by surcharge 1-1-£1.0.0
The above added to the Collector's Book 5 Jany [January] 1788
John Wood
Transcriber's notes
The surcharge is entered on page 53
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 7 - Counties (L-W) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/7
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, Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), and Wigtownshire, between the 5th of April 1787 until the 5th of April 1788.
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).