fol. 1*2 A paper folio recording the British Museum's purchase of the manuscript from W. H. Richardson.

fol. 1v Agreement not to shave on the Sabbath days, 1697.

fol. 2r A draft agreement, cancelled, between the Barbers and Surgeons and William Dibney.

fol. 3r A seventeenth-century list of the ‘Articles of the Company’, as contained within the manuscript.

fols. 3v–4r A list of ‘Additions and Alterations’ to the ordinances, as contained within the manuscript.

fol. 5r A declaration to be sworn by members of the Guild. The folio records that the book was created in 1486 although the text is of a later date.

fol. 6r and passim The crest of the Barbers’ and Surgeons’ Guild, the beginning of the second phase of the book's decorative scheme which continues with a series of royal portraits: Henry VII (fol. 7r); Henry VIII (fol. 8r); Edward VI (fol. 9r); Mary (fol. 10r); Elizabeth I (fol. 11r); James I (fol. 12r); Charles I (fol. 13r); Charles II (fol. 14r); James II (fol. 15r); William and Mary (fol. 16r shows the portrait pasted to a modern page, fol. 161*r once contained the portrait but is now blank); Anne (fol. 18r); George I (fol. 20r); George II (fol. 22r); George III (fol. 24r).

fol. 14v A record of the book being ‘corrected and augmented’ in 1592.

fol. 15v A blank folio.

fols. 17r–27r The ordinances of the Guild, as listed on fol. 3r.

fols. 27v–33v The alterations and additions to the ordinances, as listed on fols. 3v–4r.

fols. 34r–34v Further orders concerning the Guild's governance, dated 1757–1768. Also, a note recording the book coming into the possession of E. N. Alexander.

fols. 341*–f.347* Empty folios, also fol. 35r.

fols. 35v–37r An oath, swearing to observe the Guild's ordinances, and signatures of Guild members.