The contents of the manuscript are as follows:
(i) Blazons of Scottish peers. The material was collected in the first half of the century and has corrections and additions by Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane. There are references to the works of John Guillim, Alexander Nisbet and George Crawfurd (folio 1).
(ii) A list of the parishes in Scotland, arranged under the various presbyteries (folio 34).
(iii) An incomplete catalogue of religious houses in Scotland, with the names of their founders and dates of foundation (folio 46).
Sections (ii) and (iii) are in the same hand.