| Administrative History | John Lawson was Clerk of the Exchequer who wrote a book about taxation under Charles I (1600-1649) in c 1780. |
| Custodial History | A Victorian Aberdeen University bookplate was on the old boards, now rebound. The contents page is in the same hand as that of MS 1063. |
| Description | 'The Taxt roll of Shirrefdoms, stuartries, bailziaries, being ye taxation granted to King Charles 1st, 1625, A list of the religious houses, person and several other memorable things, collected from the public records', c 1780. |