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Papers relating to the affairs of Sir Roberts[?] Owen of Porkington:
(a) List of contributors towards erecting a Hall and gaol at Krikieth; and a list of subscribers who did not pay, 1694 ;
(b) Statement by Bishop Humphreys on the arrest (and the consequent alarm of his creditors) of Sir Robert Owen, at the instance of a papist agent, when he was to appear as witness against one Gethin, a convert to popery, who had said in his presence that the Princess of Orange and Princess Anne were illegitimate, [n.d.];
(c) Case of Lady Owen in respect of a House and Garden with a Prothonotary's Office and room to keep the Records of the Counties of Northwales in the town of Carnarvon adjoining to the Shire Hall, which was in the possession of Sr Robert Owen of Porkington, Knight, and is claimed by the Justices of the Peace for co. Caernarvon, [n.d.];
(d) 1. Thomas Webb of Kensington, Middlesex; 2. The Rt Rev. Father in God Humfrey, Lord Bishop of Bangor. Assignment of a judgement and a bond against Sir Robert Owen of Porkington. Counterpart. 1701, July 29;
(e) Declaration by Bishop Humphreys that the money mentioned as paid by him in (d) was the money of Dame Margaret Owen of Porkington, Shropshire, widow, 1703/4, Feb. 1;
(f) Draft of a letter of attorney from Sir Robert Owen to William Griffith of Reiniog, co. Carnarvon, [n.d.];
(g) Miscellaneous rough accounts, largely in the hand of Bishop Humphreys, relating to Lady Owen's estate.