The papers consist of the following:

(i) Inventory, 1636, of the 10th Earl of Errol's debts at the time of his death (folio 1);

(ii) Papers, 1669, concerning the claims of the 3rd Earl of Kinghorne (folio 33);

(iii) Legal and financial papers, 1624-1688, including papers of transactions between the 1st Earl of Tweeddale and the tenants of Aithmuir and Powgavie (folio 41);

(iv) Inventory of the writs of Errol, 1653 (folio 161).