Collection of medical, veterinary and household recipes, largely in a single hand, There is evidence to suggest the compiler, who seems to have been called John Binns, was from Yorkshire: he records entries from the parish register of Linton, near Skipton [Yorks.], for 1654 (f. 1), and copies notices for prospective emigrants to Nova Scotia advertised locally (f. 79). One of the veterinary remedies is ascribed to a John Jackson, of Sheriff Hutton [Yorks.] (f. 2v.). Medical authorities include Dr Sutcliffe (f. 33v.) and Dr Petry (f. 63). Two further recipes were supplied to the compiler by a Mr James Driver, of Mile End Old Town [Middlesex]. Another entry mentions powders for the gravel and stone 'to be had of Mr James Sperry, Linen-Draper, at Lamb, in Vere Street, near Oxford Chapel, London, and nowhere else' (f. 28v.). Other recipes are culled from various sources, including the Press (Morning Chronicle, Gazeteer and New Daily Advertiser). There are lengthy receipts for cement and ink, and a whimsical 'cure for love' (f. 29v.).