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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Hearth tax - Lanarkshire - Volume 1, E69/15/1

Hearth tax transcription

[page] 92 -- Robertoun Parish

Imprimis the Lord Marques of Douglas proppertie wt [within] the sd [said] parish -- 58
The Laird of Hardingtowns house thr [there] -- 12
Item his proppertie thr [there] -- 40
The Laird of Littells house & Maines -- 12
The lands of Hillend thr [there] -- 3
The Ministers Manse -- 3
Suma [Summa] of the hail hearths
wt [within] the sd [said] parish deficient
& poor being includit is -- 128

Deficients to be deduced thrfrae [therfrae] as fallowes viz
Ane waist Coat house said to be lyfrented by the Lady Hardingtown -- 1

poor wt [within] the sd [said] parish to be
deduced conform to the Ministers
testificat
Andrew Clark -- 1
John Robertson -- 1

So rests frie hearths the deficient
& poor being deduced
Ane hundred twentie five -- 125

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Hearth tax - Lanarkshire - Volume 1, E69/15/1

This volume contains a list of householders liable for hearth tax in Lanarkshire in 1694.

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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