The first 341 pages of the volume are "The oeconomy of the Fleet," including complaints by prisoners dating from circa 1617-1621 with Ward Alexander Harris's answers. This section includes the statue of 3 Elizabeth (1561), the Privy Council statements of 1598, "Presidents of His Majesties Prerogative" and a petition by the warden to the House of Commons.

Pages 355-369 are "Concerninge the Fleete" and contains a writ ordering the warden to report on his records nad fees, the prison rules of 1561, a table of prisons fees, and a petition by Smith to be released.

Pages 371-399 are a 1630 order in Council to establish a "Commission to inquire after extorted fees." Jon Dibley is noted as clerk.

Pages 403-510 are a list of officers in the Court of Commons Pleas and the fees charged by them since 1587 in a 1623 "enquirie by H.M. Commissioners after extracted fees and innovated offices," with report signed by Henry Plombe and 10 others. There's also a transcription of depositions signed by officers of the Court of Common Pleas and of the certificate of the inquest of Attorneys, dated February 15, 1627, covering fees charged since 11 Elizabeth (1568) and an order concerning George Reynell, Warden of the Fleet, dating from April 30, 1598. There are orders and reports received (directed to Edward Aiscogh) from November-December 1628 for the "Commissioners for inquirie after exacted fees and innovated offices" and a January 9, 1629 order for reports on Chancery and Commons Pleas going to the Commission from the King in Council. John D[ibley] was again the clerk for this last order.

Pages 525-584 are a 1628 list of "Fees pay'd by the King, to all his Servants," including officers of the courts of revenue and of justice; admiralty, ordinance, etc.; royal household; castle garrisons; royal houses, parks, etc. The list gives name of post and salary and sometimes name of current holder as well. In particular, the names of many of the officials of the courts of justice are filled in, and the report's author may have been particularly interested in the Court of Common Pleas.

The last item in the volume, on pages 595-654, is a proposal by Sir Stephen P. for "Certaine speciall projects to discover...and prevent...abuses...by divers subordinate officers...and comon...informers..." It proposes reforms to do away with governmental peculation, bribery, neglect of duties, misusing the public, and economically unsound practices, concerning all the legacy machinery, outlaws, debtors' practices, and exporting illegal goods. Includes an appendix on the leather trade, the decay in archery trades, seamen, artificers, apprnetices, recusants, weights and measures, and extortion in under-sheriffs, etc.