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The deeds and related documents appear to fall naturally into three main groups. Firstly there are the deeds and financial papers for land purchases in Montgomeryshire by Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, which were found as a physically discrete group in the archive, 1582-1853; secondly there are deeds relating to various property purchases and exchanges made by the Wynnstay estate in Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merioneth, Montgomeryshire and Salop, [1782]-1945; and thirdly, conveyances, particulars, conditions of sale, abstracts of title, etc. recording extensive land sales by the Wynnstay estate, [1771]x1938.

Official papers deriving from administrative procedures of the Crown and central government, consisting of official appointments to posts in the service of the Crown, 1626-1690, [18th cent.]; accounts of revenues, crown land surveys, sequestration papers, government proposals, reports, orders, etc., 1608-1705; Acts of Parliament, bills, petitions, etc., 1640-1880.

Papers deriving from official administrative procedures, local government and justice at county level, in Montgomeryshire, 1605-1727, 1847; in Denbighshire, [1424], 1529-1851, 1906; and in Merioneth, Anglesey and Caernarfonshire, North Wales (misc.) and Shropshire, 1523-1797. They typically include appointments and duties of county officials, commissions of militia officers, election papers, taxation and subsidy records, town and borough records, and other papers routinely issued at the Quarter Sessions.

Papers deriving from the administration of various charities, schools and churches which were either founded, patronised or otherwise supported by the Williams Wynn family or other individuals with whom they had personal or business connections. The papers mainly concern institutions mainly in Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, and they comprise deeds, regulations and accounts of charitable institutions and schools, 1599-1908; and church appointments, consistory court papers, faculties, etc., 1547-1773, 1861-1902.