The contents are as follows:

(i) Suit-roll of Moray, giving the number of men supplied as soldiers by each laird, 17th century. (Inv. XXXV, Mac. 65.) (Folio 1.)

(ii) Suit-rolls of the Regality of Spynie of the head-court thereof, 1671, 1688. (Inv. XXXIX, Mac. 66.) (Folio 3.)

(iii) Copy, 18th century, of valuation of teinds of the Presbytery of Elgin, 1629. (Inv. XLV, Mac. 67.) (Folio 7.)

(iv) Stent and valuation-roll of the Earldom of Caithness, 1636; rental of land in Caithness belonging to the Bishopric of Orkney, early 17th century; copy, 1780, of the rental of the Bishopric of Caithness (from Adv.MS.31.3.16, pages 6-7) and of lands in Caithness belonging to the Bishopric of Orkney (from a manuscript in Register House, probably that mentioned in ‘A Guide to the Public Records of Scotland deposited in H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh’, page 195, number 7); rental of Caithness, 1615. (Inv. L, Mac. 68.) (Folio 21.)

(v) Copy, 17th century, of the taxed roll of Aberdeenshire for the late 16th century; notes, circa 1700, of retour duties of Aberdeenshire for 1550-1697. (Inv. LI, Mac. 68.) (Folio 31.)

(vi) Copy, attested by Sir James Learmonth, Lord Balconie, 1653, of the roll of valuations and rent of the shires of Scotland. (Inv. LII, Mac. 68.) (Folio 44.)

(vii) Copy, 18th century, made by Archibald Dunbar, Schoolmaster in Alves, of the minutes of revaluation and of the valuation-roll of Moray for 1667. (Inv. LV, Mac. 69.) (Folio 46.)

(viii) Valuation-roll of Banffshire for 1679, and a copy, 18th century, of that for 1690. The former is said by James Grant in ‘Records of the County of Banff’, page 269, not to be extant; the latter is published in ‘Records of the County of Banff’, pages 269-280, from another copy. (Inv. LVI, Mac. 69.) (Folio 54.)

(ix) Copies, 18th century, of the valuation-rolls of Inverness-shire for 1691; of Caithness; of Ross-shire for 1742; and of Cromarty for 1710-1744; with a printed copy of the minutes of revaluation, 1694, and of the valuation-roll of Cromarty for 1698. (Inv. LIX, Mac. 69.) (Folio 70.)