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The file comprises solicitors' opinions and Robert Wynne's objections to proposals for his daughter's marriage settlement, 1783-1793; dispute of John Wynne Griffith and his mother, Jane, concerning her annuity and other financial matters, 1800; methods of increasing the portions to be paid to John Wynne Griffith's younger children after his decease, 1832, with copies and abstracts of the relevant deeds.

The file comprises a JP's order for the course of a new road to Gyfredin, Henllan, to be diverted through the lands of John Griffith (3) of Garn and his agreement to receive the site of the old road in exchange, with coloured map attached.

The file comprises an arbitration award of John Wynne Griffith in a dispute between William Lord Bagot of Bagot's Bromley, Staffordshire., and Owen Jones of London, merchant, over the valuation of lands in the parish of Llanfihangel [Glyn Myfyr], 1807.

The file comprises personal accounts, 1762, 1787-1885, mainly bills for shoes and clothing for the Griffith family, children's school fees and hotel accommodation, but also including an account of money given to the nurse at Garthmeilio when Jane Wynne was born, 1762, and a list of medical expenses for John Wynne Griffith, 1787-1814.

The file comprises accounts of subscriptions, mainly for celebratory purposes, including John Wynne Griffith's marriage, 1785, birth of his first son, 1786, presentation of a silver vase to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 1815-1816, memorial to W. D. Shipley, 1826, George Griffith's wedding, 1836, and the coming of age of William Douglas Wynne Griffith, 1861.

The file comprises an assessment on the inhabitants of Lleweni for paying a fine on Lon Velen, [pre-1791], a small notebook containing notes of taxes paid, especially property tax, dividends and interest, 1798-1810, and certificates of allowance on property tax and poor rate, 1809-1812.

The file comprises bonds by Grace Wynne of Havod Garregog to her sister, Jane Hughes of Gwydir, for payment of £100, 1739, and by Jane Wynne to her mother, Grace Wynne, for payment of £200, 1759.

The file comprises a transcript of the burial record of Robert Wynne Price, second son of John Price and his wife, Harriet [nee Griffith], who died in 1879.

The file comprises two notebooks containing lists of books, including law books, histories, classical literature, English and Italian literature, biographies and scientific works belonging to George Griffith, 1819-1830, 1824-1829.

The file comprises letters by by John Wynne Griffith, 1783-1832, to his mother, Jane, his wife, Jane, son, George, and various acquaintances, on the subjects of social contact with Miss Wynne (presumably Jane), processions in London for proclamation of peace, 1783, botany and introduction to Sir Joseph Banks, 1783, 1806, fortifications at Portsmouth, request for a letter of introduction for his son, Thomas, outings to the theatre in London, 1807, enclosure and encroachments, 1807, [1818]- 1822, trusteeship of Plasnewydd estate, 1822-1823, financial burdens on his own estate, 1822, riotous elections, 1826, spa treatment for ill health; and a letter by John Griffith to an Oswestry lawyer, 1799, on financial problems.

The file comprises letters by Robert Griffith, 1801-1815, to his father, mother, grandmother and brother, Edward, on schooldays at Oswestry, the headmaster, Mr Donne, as mayor of Oswestry, activities of volunteer troops, including his father's march to Caernarfon as Major in the Denbighshire Volunteers, illness of Mrs S. Price, 1804, death of [Owen] Ormsby of Porkington, 1804, and an intended marriage between his daughter and Lord Kirkwall, Oswestry races, shooting, Nelson's victory, 1805, visits to Bangor, Donnington and Bath, Lord Bulkeley's birthday celebrations, 1807, university life at Oxford, misbehaviour of Charles Wynne, effects of recent wars in Europe, 1815.

The file comprises letters by Lieut. Thomas Griffith of the 20th Bengal Native Infantry, 1804-1813, to his father, John Wynne Griffith, his mother, Jane, brother, George, grandmother and aunt, written on board Lord Keith and from Calcutta, Cawnpore, Barrackpore, Prince of Wales Island, Malacca, Java and Bengal, describing the voyage, Madras and Calcutta, scenery, animals, naval engagements of the English, French and Dutch, his lieutenancy, April 1805, promotions, 1812-1813, life in the army camps, isolation from family, military and social activities of Marquis Cornwallis (and his death in 1805), Marquis of Wellesley, Col. Ochterlony, Lord Lake, Sir Edward Pellew, the Duke of York, Lord Wellington, Lord Minto, Sir George Nugent, Major Scott Waring, events in Europe and elsewhere, including Nelson's defeat of the French in 1805, military and political activities of the French under Bonaparte in Austria and Prussia, capture of Bourbon by Colonel Keating, 1810, capture of Java in 1811, collection of seeds and plants to send home, Indian life, a hurricane in Madras, 1807, preparations for war against the Sikhs, trade of the East India Company, news from home including the death of his brother, John in 1804, the Wynne family of Garthmeilio and Plasnewydd, 1806-1807, 1812, a marriage of Salusbury and Mostyn with concerns about hereditary maladies, 1810, death of his grandmother, 1811, election of Lord Kirkwall, 1813, acquaintances such as Howell and Henry Clough, William Evans, surgeon, Capt. Ingleby, Conway Shipley and Rev. Charles Shipley.

The file comprises letters by Richard Augustus Griffith, 1810-1824, to his father and mother on the subjects of travel arrangements for the school holidays, acquaintances such as Roger Clough, livestock management, estate repairs, arrears of rents, death of [Edward] Hughes of Kinmel, [1815].

The file comprises letters by William Henry Griffith, 1816-1833, written to his father and brother, George, on his university days at Oxford including a smallpox epidemic and a fatal boating accident, a rainy horticultural show, a visit to Brighton, development of his career as a lawyer, election activities of his brother, George, 1831, illness of his brother, [Richard] Augustus, cholera epidemic, 1832, his joint involvement in a Chancery lawsuit of John Wynne Griffith, 1832, concerning the latter's entitlement to payment under the terms of Charlotte Botfield 's will, concern for his father's health.

The file comprises letters by William Douglas Wynne Griffith to 'Nannie', 1868, giving an eye-witness account of events immediately after the Irish Mail passenger train disaster in the railway cutting near Abergele, and to his father, George, 1876, mainly on family news.

The file comprises a letter to John Wynne Griffith the younger, 1804, appointing him to the post of ensign in the Second Regiment of Foot.

The file comprises letters to Thomas Griffith, 1804-1815, including compliments of the Bishop of St Asaph, 1804, for his voyage to India, and requests for payment of interest on a bond, some of them written after his death.

The file comprises letters to George Griffith, 1813-1870. Subjects not previously described include George's recovery from cholera, 1846, financial responsibilities concerning the marriage settlement of Edward Edwards of Clywedog and London, 1822-1823, visits of foreign royalty to London, 1814, a family settlement, 1832, candidature of Townshend Mainwaring in the Denbigh borough elections [c. 1844], county elections, 1852, church endowments, 1837, financial matters and family trusts. Draft or copy letters by George Griffith on additional subjects concern entitlement to the rents of the Llwyn estate and family scandal of Robert and Lewis Nanney, 1816-1819; robbery of his personal possessions near Naples, 1820; succession to his father's post as recorder of Denbigh [1834]; disagreement with John Heaton over water rights at Hafod Mill, 1835; disputes over a pew in Llanrwst church, 1847, and shooting, 1862; and numerous letters to newspapers on matters of national and local concern, such as the Corn Laws, industrialisation, taxation on landowners, free trade and poaching.

The file comprises a letter to Frederick Griffith of Garn, 1824, regarding his entry to property at Ysgeifiog.