Chartulary produced in Scotland containing charters relating to the Cistercian Abbey of Newbattle, founded in 1140 and dissolved in 1587.

Davis has dated the manuscript to after 1339. The manuscript is multi-scribal and has been written in a variety of charter hands, with frequent marginal annotations.

The manuscript is arranged topographically and includes copies of royal and episcopal charters, as well as papal charters to the abbey and Cistercian Order. These charters are followed by some later 15th-century additions.

The contents are as follows:

On the front pastedown are newspaper clippings from 'The Scotsman' dated 11 August 1896.

Vellum flyleaves in an earlier script in double columns, with some work lost due to trimming. Folios ir-iiv.

Contemporary table of contents. Folios 1r-5v.

Additions to the charters, interpolated. Folios 6r-8v.

Charters arranged in topographical order, with the interpolation of folios 41-43. Folios 9r-59v.

Papal Bulls, interspersed with additions to charters. Folios 60r-71v.

15th-century additions of charters granted by Abbot Patrick around 1470. Folios 72r-87v.

Vellum flyleaf with various inscriptions. Folio 88rv.

On the two rear paper flyleaves and the pastedown are 19th-century notes on the charters.

The manuscript is decorated with penwork initials and red paraphs up to folio 59v, as well as the occasional marginal drawings of faces and maniculae. From folio 60r onwards there is no coloured initial work or paraphs, but plain penwork initials are still present.

There is a set of 19th-century numbering in pencil next to each charter which refers to its position in the Bannatyne Club printed volume.

Various numbering systems, some possibly scribal, are evident in both Roman and Arabic numerals.

Most leaves have been lined on the recto and verso sides, however, this is inconsistent. Pricking is occasionally visible for the horizontal lines.

There is evidence throughout of corrections and erasures in the hand of the scribes or contemporaries.