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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 The tax was eventually repealed in 1851.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
early 1761Total Forgan parishMartinmas 1760 to Whitsunday 1761£3 12s. 7.5d.House & Window TaxE326/1/43/155
26 Jun 1761Total Forgan parishWhitsunday to Martinmas 1761£3 3s. 9d.House & Window TaxE326/1/43/190
- Feb 1762Total Forgan parishMartinmas 1761 to Whitsunday 1762£3 3s. 9d.House & Window TaxE326/1/43/222
15 Jun 1762Total Forgan parishWhitsunday to Martinmas 1762£5 13s. 9d.House & Window TaxE326/1/44/13
8 Feb 1763Total Forgan parishMartinmas 1762 to Whitsunday 1763£5 4s. 9d.House & Window TaxE326/1/44/46
27 May 1763Total Forgan parishWhitsunday to Martinmas 1763£5 3s. 9d.House & Window TaxE326/1/44/75
10 Feb 1764Total Forgan parishMartinmas 1763 to Whitsunday 1764£5 3s. 9d.House & Window TaxE326/1/44/107
11 Jun 1764Total Forgan parishWhitsunday to Martinmas 1764£5 6s. 6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/44/136
29 Mar 1765Total Forgan parishMartinmas 1764 to Whitsunday 1765£5 6s. 6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/44/166
9 Jul 1765Total Forgan parishWhitsunday to Martinmas 1765£5 2s. 6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/44/196
3 Dec 1765Total Forgan parishMartinmas 1765 to Whitsunday 1766£5 6s. 6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/44/224
29 Jun 1766Total Forgan parishWhitsunday 1766 to 10 Oct 1766£4 0s. 5.25d.House & Window TaxE326/1/45/12
25 May 1767Total Forgan parish10 Oct 1766 to 6 Apr 1767£6 1s. 1d.House & Window TaxE326/1/45/46
20 Sep 1767Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1767 to 5 Apr 1768£10 6s. 4d.House & Window TaxE326/1/45/58
.. Sep 1768Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1768 to 5 Apr 1769£10 8s. 6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/45/82
18 Aug 1769Total Forgan parish6 Apr 1769 to 6 Apr 1770£10 1s. 6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/45/102
23 Aug 1770Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1770 to 5 Apr 1771£9 5s. 4d.House & Window TaxE326/1/45/121
31 Aug 1771Total Forgan parish6 Apr 1771 to 6 Apr 1772£9 13s. 8d.House & Window TaxE326/1/45/140
19 Jul 1772Total Forgan parish6 Apr 1772 to 6 Apr 1773£9 6s. 6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/45/161
15 Jul 1773Total Forgan parish6 Apr 1773 to 6 Apr 1774£9 7s. 10d.House & Window TaxE326/1/46/11
30 Jul 1774Total Forgon parish6 Apr 1774 to 6 Apr 1775£9 5s. 10d.House & Window TaxE326/1/46/33
3 Aug 1775Total Forgon parish6 Apr 1775 to 6 Apr 1776£9 7s. 0d.House & Window TaxE326/1/46/54
- - 1776Total Forgon parish6 Apr 1776 to 6 Apr 1777£8 5s. 8d.House & Window TaxE326/1/46/77
27 Jul 1777Total Forgan parish6 Apr 1777 to 6 Apr 1778£7 10s. 2d.House & Window TaxE326/1/46/101
19 Aug 1778Total Forgon parish6 Apr 1778 to 6 Apr 1779£7 12s. 4d.House & Window TaxE326/1/47/9
24 Aug 1779Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1779 to 5 Apr 1780£7 12s. 4d.House & Window TaxE326/1/47/32
9 Aug 1780Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1780 to 5 Apr 1781£7 12s. 4d.House & Window TaxE326/1/47/56
23 Jul 1781Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1781 to 5 Apr 1782£7 18s. 0d.House & Window TaxE326/1/47/78
24 Jul 1782Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1782 to 5 Apr 1783£6 14s. 8d.House & Window TaxE326/1/47/102
22 Jul 1783Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1783 to 5 Apr 1784£6 9s. 8d.House & Window TaxE326/1/47/124
4 Aug 1784Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1784 to 5 Apr 1784£8 17s. 8d.House & Window TaxE326/1/48/10
19 Sep 1785Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1785 to 5 Apr 1786£8 11s. 8d.House & Window TaxE326/1/48/32
28 Jul 1786Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1786 to 5 Apr 1787£8 11s. 8d.House & Window TaxE326/1/48/55
10 Aug 1787Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1787 to 5 Apr 1788£9 12s. 8d.House & Window TaxE326/1/48/78
2 Aug 1788Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1788 to 5 Apr 1789£5 14s. 10d.House & Window TaxE326/1/48/99
24 Jul 1789Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1789 to 5 Apr 1790£9 9s. 10d.House & Window TaxE326/1/49/10
27 Jul 1790Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1790 to 5 Apr 1791£9 9s. 10d.House & Window TaxE326/1/49/35
1 Jul 1791Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1791 to 5 Apr 1792£11 9s. 8.6d.House & Window TaxE326/1/49/60
25 Jul 1792Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1792 to 5 Apr 1793£11 2s. 0.2d.House & Window TaxE326/1/49/82
18 Jul 1793Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1793 to 5 Apr 1794£11 2s. 0.2d.House & Window TaxE326/1/49/99
4 Aug 1794Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1794 to 5 Apr 1795£11 2s. 0.2d.House & Window TaxE326/1/49/119
2 Oct 1797Total Forgan parish5 Apr 1797 to 5 Apr 1798£12 3s. 0d.House & Window TaxE326/1/49/143
18 Nov 1798Total Forgan parish£156 1s. 4d.Consolidated schedulesE326/15/11/51

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