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 The tax was eventually repealed in 1851.

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Date	Taxpayer	Taxable items	Duty paid	Tax	Source ref	Note	Location
2 Oct 1797	Miss Gillespie Kirktoun	1 house, 22 windows	£1 18s. 6d. (windows) + 1s. (house) + 3s. 11.4d. (10%) + 3s. 11.4d. (10%)	House & Window Tax	E326/1/49/143		Location
18 Nov 1798	Miss Gillespie, Kirkton	Duties on houses & 22 windows	£8 14s.	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18		Location
18 Nov 1798	Miss Gillespie, Kirkton	Duties on inhabited houses & £10 rents	6s. 8d.	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18		Location
18 Nov 1798	Miss Gillespie, Kirkton	Duty on 1 male servant	£1 10s.	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18		Location
18 Nov 1798	Miss Gillespie, Kirkton	Total	£10 10s. 8d.	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18		Location
2 Aug 1788	William Gordon at Woodhaven for Hyre	2 carriages with 4 wheels	£14	Carriage Tax	E326/8/6/53
2 Aug 1788	William Gordon Woodhaven	1 house, 14 windows	£1 1s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)	House & Window Tax	E326/1/48/99
24 Jul 1789	Mr William Gordon in Woodhaven, Hyrer	2 carriages with 4 wheels	£14	Carriage Tax	E326/8/8/63
24 Jul 1789	William Gordon Woodhaven	1 servant: Ann Dickson House S[ervan]t	2s. 6d.	Female Servants Tax	E326/6/17/99
24 Jul 1789	William Gordon Woodhaven	1 house, 14 windows	£1 1s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)	House & Window Tax	E326/1/49/10
27 Jul 1789	William Gordon, Woodhaven	2 public carriages with 4 wheels	£14	Carriage Tax	E326/8/11/49
27 Jul 1790	William Gordon Woodhaven	1 servant: Ann Dickson housem[ai]d	2s. 6d.	Female Servants Tax	E326/6/21/90
27 Jul 1790	William Gordon at [Woodhaven]	1 house, 14 windows	£1 1s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house)	House & Window Tax	E326/1/49/35
5 Jun 1791	William Gordon in Woodhaven	2 public carriages with 4 wheels	£14+ £1 8s.	Carriage Tax	E326/8/13/55
1 Jul 1791	William Gordon at [Woodhaven]	1 house, 14 windows	£1 1s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house) + 2s. 2.4d. (10%)	House & Window Tax	E326/1/49/60
25 Jul 1792	Wm Gordon V[intne]r Woodhaven	1 house [rated] £7	3s. 6d. + 4.2d.	Inhabited House Tax	E326/3/15/115
25 Jul 1792	Wm. Gordon V[intne]r Woodhaven	1 house, 14 windows	£1 1s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house) + 2s. 2.4d. (10%)	House & Window Tax	E326/1/49/82
26 Jul 1792	William Gordon, vr [vintner], Woodhaven	2 public carriages with 4 wheels	£14+ £1 8s.	Carriage Tax	E326/8/15/58
18 Jul 1793	Wm. Gordon Vintner [Woodhaven]	1 house, 14 windows	£1 1s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house) + 2s. 2.4d. (10%)	House & Window Tax	E326/1/49/99
4 Aug 1794	Wm Gordon, vintner, Woodhaven	2 public carriages with 4 wheels	£14+ £1 8s.	Carriage Tax	E326/8/17/65
4 Aug 1794	Wm Gordon Vintner Woodhaven	1 house [rated] £7	3s. 6d. + 4.2d.	Inhabited House Tax	E326/3/15/125
4 Aug 1794	Wm. Gordon Vintner [Woodhaven]	1 house, 14 windows	£1 1s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house) + 2s. 2.4d. (10%)	House & Window Tax	E326/1/49/119
2 Oct 1797	Mr Gordon, Woodhaven	1 clock	3s. 9d.	Clock & Watch Tax	E326/12/2/29
2 Oct 1797	Mr Gordon, Woodhaven	2 public carriages with 4 wheels	£14+ £1 8s.	Carriage Tax	E326/8/19/52
2 Oct 1797	Wm Gordon Woodhaven	1 house [rated] £10	5s. + 6d. + 6d.	Inhabited House Tax	E326/3/15/142
2 Oct 1797	Willm Gordon Woodhaven	1 servant: --, Postillion	£1 5s. 0d. + 2s. 6d. + 2s. 6d.	Male Servants Tax	E326/5/25/82
2 Oct 1797	Wm. Gordon Woodhaven	1 house, 14 windows	£1 1s. 0d. (windows) + 1s. (house) + 2s. 2.4d. (10%) + 2s. 2.4d. (10%)	House & Window Tax	E326/1/49/143
18 Nov 1798	Mr Gordon, Woodhaven	Duties on houses & 14 windows	£3 18s.	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18
18 Nov 1798	Mr Gordon, Woodhaven	Duties on inhabited houses & £10 rents	6s. 8d.	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18
18 Nov 1798	Mr Gordon, Woodhaven	Duty on 1 male servant	£1 10s.	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18
18 Nov 1798	Mr Gordon, Woodhaven	Duty on 2 stage coaches or post chaises with 4 wheels	£16 16s.	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18
18 Nov 1798	Mr Gordon, Woodhaven	Duty on 4 horses used in husbandry or trade, or mules	£1 4s.	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18
18 Nov 1798	Mr Gordon, Woodhaven	2 horses exempted from duty	-	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18
18 Nov 1798	Mr Gordon, Woodhaven	Total	£23 14s. 8d.	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18
4 Aug 1794	John Greig Haysmill	1 horse	10s. + 1s.	Horse Tax	E326/9/26/123		Location
2 Oct 1797	John Greig, Hays miln	4 horses, 4 liable for duty at 2 shillings each	8s. 0d.	Farm Horse Tax	E326/10/2/303		Location
8 Oct 1797	John Greig Hays Miln	1 horse	10s. + 1s. + 10s.	Horse Tax	E326/9/29/123		Location
2 Oct 1797	John Greig, Hays Mill	4 horses, 4 liable for duty	9s. 0d. + 1s. 9.6d.	Farm Horse Tax	E326/10/9/31		Location
18 Nov 1798	John Greig, Hays Mill	Duties on houses	2s. 6d.	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18		Location
18 Nov 1798	John Greig, Hays Mill	Duty on 1 horse (for riding or drawing 2- or 4-wheel carriages)	£1 4s.	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18		Location
18 Nov 1798	John Greig, Hays Mill	Duty on 4 horses used in husbandry or trade, or mules	£1 4s.	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18		Location
18 Nov 1798	John Greig, Hays Mill	Total	£2 10s. 6d.	Consolidated schedules	E326/15/11/18		Location
May 1753	John Hay Esq	14 windows	3s. 6d.	Window Tax	E326/1/42/191		Location
15 May 1754	[-] Hay Esqr	16 windows	12s. 0d.	Window Tax	E326/1/42/216		Location
15 May 1755	John Hay Esqr	16 windows	14s. 3d.	Window Tax	E326/1/42/229		Location
15 May 1756	John Hay Esqr	14 windows	3s. 6d.	Window Tax	E326/1/42/245		Location
16 Nov 1756	John Hay Esqr	14 windows	3s. 6d.	Window Tax	E326/1/42/262		Location
23 Jun 1757	John Hay Esqr	14 windows	3s. 6d.	Window Tax	E326/1/42/271		Location
24 Nov 1757	John Hay Esqr	14 windows	3s. 6d.	Window Tax	E326/1/42/280		Location
29 Jun 1758	Jno Hay Esqr	1 house 14 windows	4s. 0d.	House & Window Tax	E326/1/42/299		Location

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