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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Poll tax - Ayr county - Largs and Kilbirnie parishes, E70/1/2

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Poll tax - Ayr county - Largs and Kilbirnie parishes, E70/1/2

This item lists the names of the poll tax payers for the parish of Largs and the parish of Kilbrinie, 1698

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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