The manuscript contains the following bills from the following merchants:

(i) Cloth, various items of clothing, linen, bedding, haberdashery, etc., from merchants; John Scott, Edinburgh, 1653-1669 (folio 1); Robert Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1677-1688 (folio 17); William Ray, Haddington, 1685-1691 (folio 30); James Bowden, Edinburgh, 1685-1687 (folio 38); various merchants, chiefly Edinburgh (folio 45);

(ii) Edinburgh tailors: John Steel, 1640-1643 (folio 123); John Paxton, 1658-1659 (folio 126); Alexander Home, 1663-1681 (folio 132); Andrew and Thomas Littlejohn, 1667-1682 (folio 156); various tailors, shirtmakers, staymakers, beltmakers, etc., 1644-1689 (folio 164);

(iii) Edinburgh shoemakers, 1656-1687 (folio 192);

(iv) Robert Newlands, glover, Edinburgh, 1676-1690 (folio 228);

(v) Laundry bills, Edinburgh, 1680-1687 (folio 235).