Extracts in prose and verse, and genealogical and topographical notes mainly relating to Lincolnshire and surrounding districts, by William Smith Hesleden. Pages 22-54 comprise a travel journal, with descriptions of Ghent, Bruges, Brussels, Frankfurt, Augsburg, Trent, Alexandria, Zea, Abyssinia and Gondar in Ethiopia. The volume also contains sealing-wax impressions of Roman coins and signet seals, sketches of monuments, and notes and sketches on the training of fruit trees.
See also English MS 221 below for further papers of W.S. Hesleden.