The contents include notes on and blazons of the arms of the five conquerors of England and the seven Saxon kings (page 1) based on ‘The Accedence of Armorie’, pages 35-40; notes on and blazons of the arms of the English dioceses (page 5) and the Oxford and Cambridge colleges (page 16); the succession of English princes, dukes and earls since 1066 (page 25); the order of viscounts and barons (page 88); and an alphabetical list chiefly of the English gentry with blazons (page 92).

The date 1617 has been deleted from the title page, and `this present year 1618’ appears on page 2. The work was probably compiled for James Douglas, one of the Secretaries for Scottish affairs at the court of James VI. His coat or arms is painted on folio ii and he is mentioned as ‘my honourable good friend’ on page 197.