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The series comprises probate records, 1670-1823, of the Hughes family of Gwydir, Weeg, Llwyn Gronw and Cae'rberllan, including those related to them by marriage, such as Williams of Cae'rberllan and Varchwel and Wynn of Havodgregog.

The series comprises marriage settlements and other settlements of the Hughes family of Cae'r berllan and those related to them, including Hugh Roberts of Gwydir and his sister, Mary, both children of Robert of Hugh ap Moris of Mathebrwd, 1654, 1665; Williams and Hughes of Cae'r berllan and Llwyn Gronw 1670-1733; Wynn of Havodgregog, 1732-1759; and Elizabeth Hughes of Denbigh, 1784.

The series comprises original and copy leases, agreements to lease, etc. for named properties in the parishes of Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Llanrwst, Henllan and Llanefydd.

The series comprises original leases and attornment of tenant for properties in the parishes of Mold and Rhuddlan.

The series includes petitions to court, writs, memoranda, bills of complaint, defendants' answers, cases with opinions of counsel, affidavits, interrogatories and depositions of witnesses, jury lists, copies and abstracts of deeds, and pedigrees to prove title. A large part of the records comprises disputes over title to land or inheritance, which took place in the High Court of Chancery or on the equity side in the Court of Great Sessions. The most substantial of them concern Cae'rberllan and Nant yr Helfa, 1672-1695, the Flintshire (Cwyber) estate, 1687-1749, 1787, Tyddyn Glan y Ffynnon, Gwaun Dwysog, etc., 1745-1754, the estate of John Griffith (2) of Garn, 1758, 1764, and the will of Charlotte Botfield of Norton Hall, 1829-1832.

The series comprises letters by members of the Griffith family of Garn, 1724, 1783-1876, mainly John Wynne Griffith, his wife, Jane, their sons, Robert, George, Thomas, Edward Humphrey, William Henry, their daughter, Harriet, and immediate relatives, written to each other and occasionally to other close relatives and friends. The principal, recurring subjects have already been noted, but other matters of interest include botany, visits to Europe, army life in India, commerce and a local railway accident.

The series comprises letters to Hugh Roberts of Gwydir and Llwyn Gronw, 1713, Hugh Hughes of Weeg, Vicar of Bangor, Registrar and Precentor, 1735-1749, to John Hughes of Gwydir, Llwyn Gronw and Cae'r berllan and other members of his family, 1741-1767, and to Elizabeth Williams (née Hughes) of Weeg and Denbigh, 1776-1823.

The series comprises letters by non-family correspondents to John Griffith (2) of Garn, 1733-1758, John Griffith (3), 1758-1791, Jane Griffith, 1761-1805, and Ann Maria Griffith, 1785. Recurrent subjects are management of the Denbighshire estate, problems surrounding the purchase of Gwaun Dwysog in Henllan, and the education of the young John Wynne Griffith.

The series comprises letters to John Wynne Griffith of Garn, 1784-1833, many of them from creditors, lawyers and the family of Robert Watkin Wynne concerning legal and financial problems of the Plasnewydd estate trust, 1805-1822. Other, numerous correspondents include: [Sir] John Bayley, 1830, Robert and Charlotte Myddelton Biddulph, 1802-1811, 1820, William Cleaver, Bishop of Bangor, 1806, John Heaton, 1809-1822, Dr David Hughes of Jesus College, Oxford, 1806-1815, Lord Kirkwall, 1805-1813, John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1791, Robert Myddleton, 1815, Lord Orkney, 1810, on the following recurrent topics: business of the Denbigh burgesses; commons and enclosures; the Western Denbighshire Local Militia, especially the court martial of Captain John Davies in 1813, and non-payment of the Denbigh Foresters Yeoman Cavalry; presentation of an inscribed silver vase to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 1815-1816; military career of Thomas Griffith in India and the East Indies, and recovery of Java prize money after his death; careers of J.W.G.'s other sons; Denbigh borough and parliamentary elections; estate business and land conveyances; the contemporary political and social scene. Further correspondents are: Charlotte and Beriah Botfield, 1819-1822, on natural history, high society gossip and schooldays at Harrow; Lord Dinorben, 1832-1833, arranging a civic dinner and ceremony to enter the Duke of Sussex's name in the Denbigh Corporation books; John Lloyd of Glyn Nannau, 1808-1815, regarding the Garthmeilio estate; William Davies Shipley, Dean of St Asaph, 1803-1820, concerning application of the Poor Law in St Asaph and Rhuddlan, rights of common and enclosures on Rhuddlan Marsh, death of Conway Shipley; S. Thompson, 1822, reporting on Mrs Botfield's health; John Wilkin, 1822-1828, on crown rents; John Copner Williams, regarding elections and alterations to the jurisdiction of the Court of Great Sessions, 1806-1829; Sir Watkin and Charles Williams Wynn, 1815-1833, mainly on property tax and shooting rights. -- The series also contains several letters of significant botanical and horticultural importance from [Heneage Finch], Earl of Aylesford, 1799, [Sir] Joseph Banks, 1794, William Bingley, 1798, Hugh Davies, 1801, James Dickson, 1796, John Fenton, 1830, Edward Hasell, 1794, James Hunter, 1797-1820, Jonathan Stokes, 1788, Robert Teesdale, 1798, Dawson Turner, 1802-c. 1824, James Watt, 1807, and William Withering, senior and junior, 1796-1821.

The series comprises letters, 1680-1882, to recipients who were not directly related to the Griffith family of Garn, but who had personal or business connections with them, together with a small number of letters where neither the author nor the recipient can be identified.

The series comprises letters to Jane Griffith (nee Wynne), 1789-1813, John Wynne Griffith the younger, 1804, Thomas Griffith, 1804-1815, George Griffith, 1813-1870, Frederick Griffith, 1824, William Henry Griffith, 1827-1828, 1835, Charlotte Maria Griffith, 1833-1836, William Douglas Wynne Griffith, 1861-1916, and John Douglas Wynne Griffith, 1942-1943. Recurrent subjects include the military career of Thomas Griffith and his death in India, condolences on the deaths of other family members, taxation, crown rents, public appointments and duties of individuals in addition to their regular careers.

The series comprises letters to Catherine Roberts and other members of the Roberts family at Bryn y neuadd and Varchwel, 1705-1752, Humphrey Roberts of Bryn y neuadd, 1721-1736, and his wife, Dorothy, 1728-1757.

The series comprises letters to Mrs [Mary] Wynne, 1793-1794, Robert Watkin Wynne and his wife, Anna Sobieski, 1806-1809, and C.W.W. Wynne, 1831.

The series comprises copies and abstracts of charters, [post-1719]-1825, and records of the business conducted by burgesses in Holt, Denbigh and Ruthin, 1740-1741, 1803, lists of parishes, towns, freeholders and tradesmen, 1730, [c. 1791?], 1847, and Denbigh town council election papers, 1865, 1887, 1921.

The series comprises original maps, copy tithe maps and plans of parts of the Garn estate in the parishes of Henllan, Llanefydd, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Llanrwst, Llanrhaeadr-yng-nghinmeirch, Llansannan and St Asaph.

The series comprises sketch maps of Garn estate land at Rhuddlan, being an enclosure of marsh purchased in 1803 and a parcel received in an exchange with the Dean of St Asaph, 1806.

The series comprises notebooks and annotated printed almanacks, containing memoranda of the Griffith family of Garn.

The series comprises an annotated printed almanack, 1701, and a notebook, 1736-1737, 1747, containing memoranda of Hugh Roberts of Gwydir and Llwyn Gronw and his grandson, John Hughes.

The series comprises mortgages made by successive owners of Garn of various parts of the estate in Rhuddlan, Henllan, Llanefydd and St Asaph, namely Cwyber and the surrounding lands, 1680-1749, Garn, Roe and Cwyber, 1757-1760, Cwyber and Tre-Llewelin, 1759-1760, Coed Panton, 1759, 1761, Bryngwyn, 1794, Coed, 1799, and the Hafod estate, 1856-1862.

The series comprises papers deriving from trusts involving John Wynne Griffith, [c. 1814] and 1827, and George Griffith, 1825-1879, for the administration of estates belonging to other families in Denbighshire and Flintshire.