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The file contents include some lewd, schoolboy jokes.

The file comprises deeds for the sale of Merllyn, Henllan Mill and house, and Pentre Du by John Heaton and John Richard Heaton, his eldest son, to George Griffith in 1837. Pentre Du had been included in the marriage settlement of Robert Wynne, 1751, and was sold by his son to John and Sarah Heaton with the rest of the Plasnewydd estate in 1808. J.H. acquired Merllyn and the Mill, mortgaged by Robert Watkin Wynne in 1790, by an exchange of lands in 1831. Another property at Pentre Du had been purchased by John Griffith (3) of Garn in 1782.

The file comprises printed pamphlets, circulars and handwritten notices outlining regulations to be observed nationally by militia groups in Britain, and more particularly, by the Denbigh and Lleweni Volunteers, 1801-1807, accounts, 1813, and records of the Denbighshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, 1871-1876, including pay lists, a summarised attendance register and muster roll.

The file comprises agreements by John Griffith (2) and (3) to grant mining leases for the extraction of lead ores, calk (pitch) and calamine (zinc ore) from land at Llanefydd and Henllan, 1751, 1752, 1771, an account of expenses at Coed Pantwn, 1752, authorisation to Rev. John Price to let part of a mine working in Llanarmon-yn Iâl, 1757, and note of sale of lead ore, 1789.

The file comprises miscellaneous accounts, 1775-1862, including comparative prices of corn, 1816, bill for painting a pew in St Asaph church, 1833, list of tickets sold for Denbigh Corporation Michaelmas dinner, 1827, and account of Lord Mostyn's estate, [1844x1855].

The file comprises a sheriff's writ for apprehension of David Owen to answer David Morris, 1690, duties of inhabitants of Clocaenog Park to attend manorial courts, list of persons summoned for a special jury in the case of William Jones, 1783, with instructions on the purpose of manorial courts and duties of officers in the Court Leet and Court Baron, list of gentlemen who have promised to serve on a grand jury at Denbigh Assizes, 1885, and a general release from a debt to the Inland Revenue, 1928.

The file comprises loose recipes and small notebooks, 1725, 1771-1785, and a large 'Receipt Book' of Jane Griffith, 1769-1790, which contains culinary, medical, veterinary, household and cosmetic recipes, and which is a re-used Bangor diocesan registrar's account book of 1746-1749, probably owned previously by Jane's uncle, Rev. Hugh Hughes.

The file comprises suggestions for English, Latin and Welsh inscriptions, with sketches, for a commemorative vase to be presented to Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn for service to his country in Ireland and France, dated 1815.

The file comprises a 500 year mortgage for £600, dated 1794, by John Wynne Griffith of Garn to Robert Williams of Gwasaney, of a recently purchased messuage and garden called Bryngwyn with several pieces of land in the parish of Henllan, including two messuages, a garden and smithy in the occupation of Thomas Hughes, smith, excepting a lease affecting the latter premises for 58 years still unexpired.

The file comprises a mortgage dated 1799 by John Wynne Griffith to Mary Lloyd of Penniarth for 500 years, for £600 which he has charged on a messuage called Coed in the parish of Llanefydd, in exercise of a power in his marriage settlement for raising a sum not exceeding £1000.

The file comprises a mortgage for 500 years, dated 1761, of Coed Panton in the parish of Llanefydd, Denbighshire, with closes and parcels of land (names given), as security for repayment of a debt of £350 due by bond from John Griffith (3) of Garn to David Davies of Aberchwiler, preceded by a deed to make a tenant to the precipe of the Garn estate (of which Coed Panton was part), 1759.

The file comprises a mortgage for £1000 dated 1760, by John Griffith (3) to Robert Wynne of Garthewin, of Cwyber and Tre-Llewelin in the parish of Rhuddlan, Flintshire, preceded by a deed to make a tenant to the precipe, 1759, to enable a recovery to be suffered to the use of the said John Griffith. This mortgage followed shortly after the death of John Griffith (2) in 1759, presumably a time of considerable expense, and indeed legal records suggest that his personal estate was insufficient to meet all the debts.

The file comprises a mortgage for a term of 500 years, dated 1757, in estates comprising Garn and other Denbighshire properties specified in the marriage settlement of John Griffith (2) of Garn, situated in the parishes of Henllan and Llanefydd, a portion of Roe in the parish of St Asaph and the Flintshire properties, including Cwyber, in the parish of Rhuddlan, as security for the repayment of a debt of £560 due by bond from John Griffith (2) to Edward Travers of Lincoln's Inn, accompanied by an appointment made in accordance with the terms of the marriage settlement to John Davies, surviving trustee, to raise £400 towards discharging the debt; after the death of John Griffith (2) there was still owing to Edward Travers the sum of £542-1-2, which John Griffith (3) paid in 1760.

The file comprises a mortgage, dated 1856, by George Griffith to Rev. George Powell and others for £5000 of Hafod, the mill, Tyn y Celyn, Vach, Pwll y Glomen, Bryn Deunydd and Erw'r Streat in the parish of Llanefydd , recently purchased from John Richard Heaton, subject to crown rent charge on Bryn Deunydd, with a reconveyance, 1862.

The file includes the original mortgages of Cwyber and the surrounding lands in Rhuddlan by John Griffith (1) of Garn to Pierce Lloyd, Pierce Lloyd's widow, Anne, and his son, Richard Piers, in 1680, 1682 and 1685 respectively; a surrender of lands in Cwyber by the widow of John Morgans, a trustee of J.G.'s will, to his creditors, Edward Chambres and Thomas Griffith, 1695; a mortgage by John Chambres (son of the creditor) and others to Ralph Wilbraham and Ellis Young, 1704, to enable partial repayment of the original mortgages; a feoffment by the last named mortgagees, to uses of the marriage settlement of Thomas Foulkes and Margaret, his wife, for whom they were trustees, 1705; an assignment to John Griffith (2), [1716x1722], by the surviving heirs of the original Lloyd/Piers mortgagees, of the portion of land mortgaged in 1685, and the remaining mortgage to Lewis Atkinson, 1722; an assignment by Lewis Atkinson, following an investigation of title, back to John Griffith (2) and a mortgage of Cwyber House, 1739; assignment of a bond by John Humffreys (claimant against Lewis Atkinson and others) to John Griffith, 1739, and the final reconveyance from Foulk Lloyd (administrator of Lewis Atkinson) to John Griffith (2), 1749, more than sixty years after the first mortgage. Cwyber was mortgaged again, with other parts of the estate, by John Griffith (2) in 1757, and by John Griffith (3) in 1759.

The file comprises a pedigree roll, with coloured coats of arms, thought to be in the hand of Rhys Cain, showing possible lines of descent of William Myddelton (died 1636), son of John Myddelton of Gwaunynog, and Alis vch Hugh ap Ellis. [The Griffith connection occurred later, when John Griffith (1) of Garn married Mary, daughter of Foulk Myddelton in about 1670.]

The file includes a final concord of lands in Gwernefail, Llanycil, 1681, and a surrender by William John ap Richard and Jane to their son, John, of Nant yr Helfa, Llanycil, and Tomlyn, Llanrwst, 1691.

The file comprises a grant in fee farm by Humfrey Cloughe of Denbigh, mercer, to David Ryder of the same place, burgess, of a parcel of land 21 yards long and 1 yard wide in a suburb of Denbigh, in a place called Neelders Hill, between the garden of Humfrey Cloughe on one side and the land or stable of David Ryder on the other at an annual rent of 10d, dated 2 May 1572.