The contents are as follows:

(i) Rentals, with related notes, memoranda and correspondence, 1698-1786, undated, of lands in East Lothian, Berwickshire, Roxburghshire and Fife, being papers relating to the purchase of lands by the 6th Marquess of Tweeddale (folio 1);

(ii) Rentals, with related papers, 1761-1883, of the Marquess of Tweeddale's estates in East Lothian, Berwickshire and Roxburghshire, including accounts, 1840-1842, of the collection of arrears of rent and accounts, 1880-1881, of public burdens, rent reductions, arrears and collections (folio 91).