The collection may have been at some time in the possession of Sir Robert Douglas; almost certainly it was later in the possession of George Chalmers who apparently was responsible for having it bound (the binding is similar to others known to have been in his possession. An impression apparently of his bookplate is visible at folio i. Subsequently it was number 11537 (or part thereof) in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps. This is described in his catalogue as ‘Macfarlane`s Collections for the Scotch Families of Agnew, (etc.) 2 Vols. f. ch. s. xviii’, but the number, which does not appear in this volume, is written inside the front cover of Adv.MS.20.1.14, apparently wrongly, unless it was the second volume. It was sold with Adv.MS.20.1.14 as lot 700 at the sale of Phillipps`s manuscripts at Sotheby`s in June 1893.