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The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Historic Personal Taxes in the 18th Century

Various personal taxes were raised at different times from 1748. There were separate schedules for each tax but not all records survive. This page has transcripts of the schedules for Forgan parish from 1748 to 1798. The records are held by the National Records of Scotland, ref. E326 and the originals are online at ScotlandsPlaces, which has an overview of the records and transcripts of some of the documents. Interpreting old documents can produce different results.

The following taxes are included here:
Carriage Tax 1785-98 sorted by name,   sorted by date,
Cart Tax 1785-98 sorted by name,   sorted by date,
Clock and Watch Tax 1797-98 sorted by name
Dog Tax 1797-98 sorted by name
Farm Horse Tax 1797-98 sorted by name,   sorted by date,
Female Servants' Tax 1785-92 sorted by name,   sorted by date,
Horse Tax 1785-98 sorted by name,   sorted by date,
Inhabited House Tax 1778-98 sorted by name,   sorted by date,
Male Servants' Tax 1777-98 sorted by name,   sorted by date,
Window Tax 1748-98 sorted by name,   sorted by date.
From 1798 taxes were payable to a single consolidated fund. These were entered on a single schedule, which included houses and windows, inhabited houses, male servants, carriages, riding and carriage horses, horses used in husbandry and trade and mules, and dogs. The consolidated schedules survive for the year 5th April 1798 to 5th April 1799 only.

All records sorted by name,   all records sorted by date

There are no Poll Tax records for Forgan, and no Shop Tax records for Fife at all. The Hearth Tax and some Land Tax records are listed on other pages.

A note on the Window Tax - initially the rolls list properties with 10 or more windows but from 1762 onwards they list those with 8 or more windows and from October 1766 they list those with 7 or more. The tax was eventually repealed in 1851.

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DateTaxpayerTaxable itemsDuty paidTaxSource refNoteLocation
23 Jul 1781Mr Walker of Sampford1 house, 13 windows17s. 4d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/47/78
24 Jul 1782Mr Walker of Sampfoord13 ws. U.h.House & Window TaxE326/1/47/102[? uninhabited]
31 Aug 1771Patrick Walker at Newton1 house, 10 windows8s. 4d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/45/140Location
19 Jul 1772Peter Walker at Newton1 house, 7 windows1s. 2d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/45/161Location
15 Jul 1773Peter Walker at Newton1 house, 9 windows6s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/46/11Location
30 Jul 1774Peter Walker at Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/46/33Location
3 Aug 1775Peter Walker at Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/46/54Location
- - 1776Peter Walker in Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/46/77Location
27 Jul 1777Peter Walker at Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/46/101Location
19 Aug 1778Peter Walker at Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/47/9Location
24 Aug 1779Peter Walker at Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/47/32Location
9 Aug 1780Peter Walker at Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/47/56Location
23 Jul 1781Peter Walker in Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/47/78Location
24 Jul 1782Peter Walker in Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/47/102Location
22 Jul 1783Peter Walker in Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/47/124Location
4 Aug 1784Peter Walker in Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/48/10Location
19 Sep 1785Peter Walker in Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/48/32Location
28 Jul 1786Peter Walker in Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/48/54Location
10 Aug 1787Peter Walker in Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/48/78Location
2 Aug 1788Peter Walker in Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/48/99Location
24 Jul 1789Peter Walker in Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/49/10Location
27 Jul 1790Peter Walker at Newton1 house, 8 windows4s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/49/35Location
6 Apr 1759Thos Walker Esqr1 house6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/42/311
21 Jul 1759Thos Walker Seaforth1 house6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/43/43
2 May 1760Thos Walker Seaforth1 house6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/43/80
2 Aug 1760Thos Walker in St foord1 house6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/43/115
early 1761Thos Walker St foord1 house6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/43/154
26 Jun 1761Thos Walker in [St foord]1 house6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/43/190
- Feb 1762Thos Walker in [St ford]1 house6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/43/222
15 Jun 1762Thomas Walker in [St Ford]1 house, 8 windows0 + 0 + 4s. 0d. (windows) + 6d. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/44/13
8 Feb 1763Thomas Walker in [St Ford]1 house, 8 windows0 + 0 + 4s. 0d. (windows) + 6d. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/44/46
27 May 1763Thomas Walker at [St Ford]1 house, 8 windows0 + 0 + 4s. 0d. (windows) + 6d. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/44/75
10 Feb 1764Thomas Walker at [St Ford]1 house, 8 windows0 + 0 + 4s. 0d. (windows) + 6d. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/44/107
11 Jun 1764Thomas Walker in [St Ford]1 house, 9 windows0 + 0 + 4s. 6d. (windows) + 6d. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/44/136
29 Mar 1765Thos Walker at [St ford]1 house, 9 windows0 + 0 + 4s. 6d. (windows) + 6d. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/44/166
9 Jul 1765Thos Walker at [St ford]1 house, 9 windows0 + 0 + 4s. 6d. (windows) + 6d. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/44/196
3 Dec 1765Thos Walker at [St ford]1 house, 9 windows0 + 0 + 4s. 6d. (windows) + 6d. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/44/224
29 Jun 1766Thos Walker near [St foord]1 house, 9 windows0 + 0 + 3s. 9d. (windows) + 5d. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/45/12
25 May 1767Thos Walker [St Fort]1 house, 10 windows4s. 2d. (windows) + 6d. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/45/35
20 Sep 1767Thos Walker at [St Fort]1 house, 10 windows8s. 4d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/45/58
.. Sep 1768Thos Walker at [St fort]1 house, 10 windows8s. 4d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/45/82
18 Aug 1769Thos Walker at [St fort]1 house, 10 windows8s. 4d. (windows) + 1s. (house)House & Window TaxE326/1/45/102
23 Aug 1770Mr Thomas Walker at [St fort]--House & Window TaxE326/1/45/121
29 Jun 1766John White in Hillside1 house5d.House & Window TaxE326/1/45/12Location
10 Aug 1758Alexr Young1 house6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/42/299
1748Total Forgan parishDuty on windows£5 4s. 3d.Window TaxE326/1/42/31
May 1753Total Forgan parishDuty on windows£2 10s. 4.5d.Window TaxE326/1/42/191
15 May 1754Total Forgan parish£5 0s. 9d.Window TaxE326/1/42/216
15 May 1755Total Forgan parish£5 0s. 9d.Window TaxE326/1/42/229
15 May 1756Total Forgan parish[half year Whitsunday to Martinmas 1756]£2 10s. 4.5d.Window TaxE326/1/42/245

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