The papers consist of (i) notarial entries 1471-1477 relating to Dumbartonshire (notary and place unidentified) (folio 1). The name John Kyd (?) is at folio 11 verso; folio 1 is stuck to folio 2 and folios 11-12 appear to be wrongly folded; (ii) copies by Walter Watson, notary, keeper of the protocol books, of documents dated Dunbarton 1449, 1507-1511, 1526 and 1547 (not in chronological order) (folio 20); (iii) an unidentified protocol book, possibly a fragment, apparently relating to Dunbarton (folio 27).