The manuscript contains bills of the following tradesmen:

(i) Smiths, 1659-1690, Edinburgh, Leith, Musselburgh and East Lothian, including accounts for work at Tweeddale House and Yester Church (folio 1);

(ii) Wrights: James Baine, Edinburgh, 1667-1683, chiefly for work at Yester House and Pinkie (folio 65); Alexander Hay, Edinburgh, circa 1683-1688, chiefly for work at Yester House and Pinkie (folio 81); agreement with Alexander Izatt, Holyroodhouse, for work to be done in Yester Church, 1688 (folio 99); various wrights, Edinburgh, Leith and East Lothian, 1672-1691 (folio 100); Robert Meikle, Skedsbush, to Lady Jean Hay, 1692 (folio 112);

(iii) Masons, 1668-1694, Edinburgh and Yester (folio 114);

(iv) Slaters, 1663-1694, Edinburgh and Yester (folio 142);

(v) Plumbers, 1678-1681, Edinburgh and Musselburgh (folio 158);

(vi) Plasterers, 1670-1688, Edinburgh and Musselburgh (folio 160);

(vii) Glaziers, Edinburgh and Haddington, 1652-1689, undated (folio 165);

(viii) Painters, 1671-1692, Edinburgh and Yester (folio 179);

(ix) Miscellaneous building accounts, 1671-1696, undated, including a bill for marble, 1683 (folio 183).