A collection of copies of letters written in the years 1669-1671 by Dr William Aglionby, travelling tutor first to a son of Sir Andrew Henley and afterwards to a son of Sir Robert Paston, addressed to the parents of his pupils and to other friends. At the beginning is 'A distribution of my time this first day of the year 16–', followed by a leaf of 'Journal observations out of bokes and conversation'. At the other end of the volume, reversed, in the same handwriting, is a 'Journal of a voyage into France', on about 30 pages, beginning 'The 21th [sic] July, 1669, wee sett out from the country ...'.