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.