Readings on various statutes delivered in the Middle Temple by Weston, Bowyer, Savyle, Ross, Johnson, Sherley, Harris, Agmundesham, Gibbes, Williams, Ewens, Marston and Phillips, all of whom, according to Dugdale, were the readers appointed between 1585 and 1596, which years correspond with the dates given in the manuscript. The pages of the last reading, according to a later note, are misplaced: 'This reading is continued at f. 87, and concluded at f. 78'.