The papers concern the following:

(i) Lands of Rodonna, 1565-1622 (folio 1);

(ii) Taxation of the sheriffdom of Peebles, 1604-1638, undated (folio 11);

(iii) Superiority of Todrig, 1620-1666, undated (folio 131);

(iv) Lands of Nether Menzion, 1628-1662, with a 17th-century copy of a gift by Mary Queen of Scots of the lands of Nether Menzion to George Hay of Monkton, 1566 (folio 156);

(v) Lands of Whitehaugh and Alexander Hay of Bara, 1646-1656 (folio 67);

(vi) Lands of Harcus, 1653-1678, undated, including papers concerning its purchase and false disposition by Robert Fergushill (folio 183);

(vii) Lands of Burrowfield, Acrefield-Cardrona and Cockieland, 1671-1687, undated, being chiefly papers concerning John Borroman (folio 206).