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Arranged into the 1734 election, the 1741 election, and miscellaneous, 1727-1861. Items numbered L711-748, 750-752, 753-790, 792-853, 855-857, 859-867, 1023, 1026.

Arranged chronologically by the start of the lawsuits.

Items numbered L1279-L1282, L1284, and M1283.

Literary, legal and historical manuscripts, together with volumes of pedigrees and account books, including the account rolls of Sir Richard Wynn, treasurer of Queen Henrietta Maria.

Title deeds belonging to the Purcell family situated in Nantcriba, Overgorther, and Forden, Montgomeryshire, 1426-1659, [18th cent.], and other nearby parishes in Montgomeryshire, as well as in Shropshire and Somerset, 1381-1658. The files describe properties in Clevedon, Clopton Wyke and Tickenham, Somerset, 1381-1557; Shrewsbury, 1411-1608; Nantcriba, Overgorther and Wropton, 1426-1635; Nethergorther, Osbaston, Alberbury, Church Stoke, etc., 1447-1573; Forden parish, 1534-1582; Thornbury, 1536-1657; Ackley, Gwnnley and the manor of Teirtref, 1539-1659; Trwstllywelyn, Llifior, Faenor Uchaf, Berriw, etc., 1541-1658; Wolston Mynd and Badnesse, 1544-1627; Cilcewydd, 1544-1628; Leighton, 1555, 1663; a general livery, miscellaneous bonds, etc. of Nicholas and Richard Purcell, 1556-1574; Munlyn, 1580; and original document wrappers, [18th cent.

Wills, letters of administration and other documents associated with probate belonging to the familes of Vaughan of Llwydiarth and Llangedwyn, 1584-1718, a further copy of Edward Vaughan’s will, 1717-1718; Thelwall of Plas y Ward, 1599-1733; and Kyffin of Glascoed, 1633-[c. 1653].

Family settlements, papers relating to the family trusts, and abstracts of title of the Williams Wynn family of Wynnstay, 1771-1933, and an inventory of the settled chattels, [1948]. The series includes the marriage settlements and related documents of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, fourth Baronet, and Charlotte Grenville, 1771-1828, Charles Watkin Williams Wynn and Mary Cunliffe, 1806-1808, and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and Henrietta Antonia Clive, 1817; various settlements, wills and trusts relating to Lady Charlotte Wynn, 1832-1869, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn [fifth and sixth Baronets] and family, 1842-1885, Charlotte Henrietta Williams Wynn and Count Frederick Bismarck, 1856-1886, and Sir Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams Wynn, 1884-1933.

Mortgages and other papers relating to mortgages (mainly copies and drafts) on the Wynnstay estates in Salop, Montgomeryshire, Flintshire, Merioneth and Denbighshire, but also including a small number of family deeds, and documentary evidence of mortgages of the Peniarth estate for which the Williams Wynn family acted as trustees, 1770-1921. The Wynnstay securities comprised two very large mortgages of £77,000 and £60,000, respectively assigned to new mortgagees in 1845.

Drafts and final accounts of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, sixth Baronet Wynnstay, and the trustees under the will of his father the late Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (d. 1840), 1844-1885; Longueville and Co.’s accounts with Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and the trustees, 1853-1869; and the succession account of the sixth Baronet, 1885-1886. Most of the accounts list properties which were sold by the Wynnstay estate, their locations and the names of the purchasers, or properties valued for the succession acccount.

Papers relating to the mining of lead, coal and slate on parts of the Wynnstay estate, at Plas Issa Colliery, Denbighshire, 1814-1827, Cafartha, Van, Snowbrook, etc. lead mines, Montgomeryshire, (Watermark 1853)-1886, Trefonnen Colliery, Oswestry, 1873-1883, and various quarries in Montgomeryshire and Caernarfonshire, 1882-1886.

Two bundles of papers relating to elections in Montgomeryshire, 1863-1877. The first comprises legal papers in a lawsuit of 1863 relating to the Montgomeryshire parliamentary election of 1862; and the second contains an electoral register, vouchers and letters dating from the Montgomeryshire Boroughs election, 1877.

Miscellaneous estate administration papers of the Merioneth and Caernarfonshire estates, consisting of an acquittance for payment out of the manor of Maenan, 1675; abstracts of leases, etc., in Merioneth, [post-1728], 1867; estate correspondence and sale catalogues, Merioneth and Caernarfonshire, 1804-1890; property tax receipts from Llanuwchllyn and Bala, 1814-1815; memoranda for the Glan-llyn estate audit, 1862; a gamekeeper’s appointment, Glan-llyn, 1881; and copy of a patent roll of Charles I of 1628, concerning the Dyfi (Dovey) fishery, [c. 1900].

Miscellaneous estate administration papers of the Llangedwyn and Glascoed estates in Denbighshire, comprising estate accounts, 1659-1684, 1810; a perambulation in Lledrod, Llansilin, 1668; accounts for building and repairs, 1698-1872; accounts of timber work, 1810-1871; estate correspondence, 1816-1905; a steward’s account [valuation], 1835; and appointments of employees, 1856-1877.

Scope and content: Records deriving from mining, quarrying and other industrial enterprises in Denbighshire, comprising a lease of mines in the manor of Denbigh to Sir John Wynn, 1704; a lease of coal works in Cefn Bychan, Ruabon, 1772; a lease of mines in Llechwedd y Gribin, Maesyrychen, 1776; agreement for the lease of a slate quarry in Cynllaith Owain, 1778; deeds and documents concerning Afon Eitha Colliery, Dinhinlle Uchaf, Ruabon, 1803-1817; royalty returns book (coal, quarries, brick-works, etc.), 1868-1898; royalty returns book (quarries), 1868-1908; and deeds and documents for a tramway for Pant Glas Slate and Slab Quarry, 1884-1886.

An original pedigree roll showing the descent of Vychan and Herbert, [pre-1580] and four volumes of pedigrees and relevant notes copied from manuscript and printed sources relating to Protheroe, [1830-1835]; descents from the fifteen tribes of Wales, [c. 1835]-[post-1856]; "Ynysmaengwyn and Gwydir", [1851x1883]; and Shropshire families [post-1863].

An original parcel of appointments to official posts to serve the government of the Stuart monarchs, and papers associated with their duties, belonging to Sir Richard Wynn, 1626-1641; Henry Wynn, 1630-1661, William Wynn, 1641, and Sir William Williams, 1661-1690, together with the original eighteenth century wrapper.

Papers relating to several successive and interrelated lawsuits, 1604-1664, involving the Vaughan family of Llwydiarth and the Price family of Llwydiarth, disputing the title to properties in Eglwysegl, Dinbren and Trefor Isaf near Llangollen, Denbighshire, claimed by Richard Price under an entail in the marriage settlement of his father, Edward Price the elder. The files contain the inquisitions post-mortem Edward Price, 1604, and Sir Robert Vaughan, 1631; two cases brought against Richard Price respectively by Margaret and Elizabeth Price, 1608-1615, and by Sir Robert Vaughan, 1619-1620, which include a subsiduary suit brought by Mathias Springham, a London merchant, mortgagor and lessee of the Prices; the main lawsuit by Richard Price against Edward Vaughan, 1641, alleging that the premises had been appropriated by Owen Vaughan through his wardship of the plaintiff’s nieces, Margaret and Elizabeth Price, previously assigned to him by Edward Herbert; a continuation of the case by Leonard Thompson and his wife, Catherin, daughter of Richard Price, against Edward Vaughan, 1651; and a further lawsuit brought by her (remarried to Edward Wright) against Edward Vaughan’s executor, Charles Salesbury of Bachymbyd, and his brother, Rowland Vaughan, 1662.

Scope and content: Legal papers, 1650-1669, from cases involving Charles Salesbury of Bachymbyd, executor of Edward Vaughan (d. 1661) and Rowland Vaughan, the deceased’s brother, in dispute with various individuals claiming title or financial settlements out of the estates. Some disputes also involved Howell Vaughan of Glan-llyn and John Lloyd of Maes y Pandy, trustees appointed by Edward Vaughan in a lease of 1655. The most substantial of the claims were made by Magdalen and Katherine Vaughan, surviving daughters of John Vaughan, who had an interest in the Llangedwyn estate and who had already succeeded in gaining a substantial financial settlement in 1657; and Sir Charles Lloyd of Garth and his sons, who had adopted the surname Vaughan and laid claim to the title of the Llwydiarth estate, 1661-1666. Other legal adversaries of Charles Salesbury included the publicans of Montgomery and others to whom payments or legacies were owed, 1662-1667, and several individuals seeeking to recover possession of properties which they had mortgaged to Edward Vaughan, 1663-1666.

Papers deriving from miscellaneous legal cases brought before the courts of the Council in the Marches of Wales, Chancery, the Great Sessions and the Exchequer, mainly relating to disputes over title, trespass and ejectment to try title, debts owed by bond or mortgage, breach of covenants in conveyances or leases, and detention of title deeds, predominantly in Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, 1509-1819. The more substantial of the files describe cases of the Eyton family of Ruabon, 1531-1628, William Wynn of Garthgynan, 1639-1652; the bankruptcy of the Gough family of drovers, 1652-1653; Sir John Wynn’s claim on the Gwydir estate, 1660-1675; an ejectment from farm near Holt Castle, 1663-1667; a prosecution for debt against Richard Price for debt, affecting lands in Dinbren, 1663-1670; encumbrances on le Forrest and Kevenhire estate, 1664-1700; trusts involving Sir John Wynn, 1671, and 1672-1673; debts of the Grocers’ Company, 1672-1687; a breach of the peace at Wrexham, 1676; and numerous writs, mainly for summoning defendants to court. Several other cases involve Nicholas Purcell, 1562; Sir Richard Gwynne, 1606-1621; Sir John Wynn, [1664x1683], 1681-1684; Henry Wynn, 1666; Maurice Wynn, [pre- 1671]; the Kyffin family, 1644-1648, 1657-1666, 1673; and the Pugh family of Mathafarn [1636], [c. 1666].

The Lordship/Manor of Cynllaith Owain chief rents collection comprises property in p. Llansilin, co. Denb., including t's Llansilin, Lloran, Moelfre, Estynllan, Priddbwll, Sycharth, Rhiwlas and Bodlith. From R64 to R92, 1808-1835, some cottage and enclosure rents are included with the chief rents, but chief rents only appear in the rentals from R94 to R151, 1837-1896. The rents are collected at Michaelmas, not Lady Day. Collectors: Samuel Lovett, 1808-1835, John Croxon, 1841-1842, Nathan Burlinson, 1852-1862, William Jones, 1863-1871, Owen Hughes, 1871-1879. For details of the post-1896 rents, see the series of Tithe, Chief and Fee Farm Rentals which contain Cynllaith Owain chief rents from 1863 onwards. See also the Llangedwyn estate rents, which contain Cynllaith Owain chief rents from 1898-1910.