The contents are as follows:

(i) Papers, circa 1661-1683 (many undated but circa 1665-1669), of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, including accounts and lists of fees and pensions, concerning Treasury and Exchequer affairs (folio 1);

(ii) Rentals of the lands of Swinton, 1663, and of Hawick, 1669 (folio 169);

(iii) 'Instructions to our commissioners of the thesaurie', [circa 1667] (folio 172).