The contents are as follows:

(i) Account, 1644, of James Murray, merchant, Edinburgh, for his brother, Robert (folio 1);

(ii) Account, 1646, of marriage expenses of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale (folio 2);

(iii) Receipt, 13 July 1650, by Major Robert Scott 'to have received from Jon Lord Hay of Yester two horsemen' (folio 4);

(iv) Accounts and related papers, 1650-1686, concerning the Tweeddale fortune, being inventories and notes of debts of the 1st Earl and of the 2nd Marquesses of Tweeddale, with a paper in the hand of the 6th Marquess of Tweeddale endorsed 'Copy of some notes made by the first marquis of Tweeddale anent his Estate and private affairs about the year 1686' (folio 5); and accounts, 1667-1692, between the 1st and 2nd Marquesses of Tweeddale (folio 113); see also MSS.14482 and 14644, folios 47-82;

(v) Accounts and related papers, 1656-1657, concerning the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale's house in Haddington (folio 224);

(vi) Accounts, 1658-1671, of Alexander Todrick for Jean, Countess of Tweeddale (folio 231);

(vii) Accounts, 1668-1669, 1682-1689, concerning the militia (folio 253);

(viii) Note, 1673, of expenses at the marriage of Sir Francis Scott, 1st Baronet of Thirlestane (folio 258);

(ix) Note, 1674, of expenses for the Duke of Hamilton at Morpeth (folio 259);

(x) Memorials, 1674-1675, to commissioners and friends, with related accounts and inventories of debts, by the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale (folio 261);

(xi) 'An account of debursements for the Master of Yester & his brother since there entrie to the colledge', 1683 (folio 284);

(xii) Accounts, 1683-1685, concerning the Earl of Roxburghe (folio 285);

(xiii) Account, in the hand of Margeret, Countess of Roxburghe, endorsed 'Ane accompt of my second sons John and William Kers annuall rent from Whitsonday 84 to Whitsonday 1688' (folio 293);

(xiv) Account, 1687, of funeral expenses for Jean, Countess of Tweeddale (folio 294);

(xv) Account with related papers of chamber rent due to William Mure, vintner in Edinburgh, for Alexander Lumisden, servant to the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, at the time of the latter's decease (folio 296).