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The file comprises letters on miscellaneous subjects, including a legacy by Margaret Foulkes of Ereifiad, 1680; conveyances and estate repairs; election policy in the Denbighshire boroughs; advice of Dr Swift (copy) and 'Narcissa' upon marriage and virtue; an explosion at Chester, 1772; mortgage of an Irish estate; customs of the German princes; and Welsh patriotism, 1882. Recipients include John Myddelton at Denbigh, 1734, John Bulkeley of Porthamel, 1743, 1745, and Miss Myddelton of Chirk [1814x1820].

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

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 file comprises an agreement, 1754, by John Griffith (2) of Garn to sell to John Rocke of Trefnannau the estate of his wife, Mary, deceased, in the townships of Collfryn and Trefnannau, with the additional information that she had inherited the land under the will of her aunt, Mary Davies, who had originally purchased it from William Vaughan.

The file comprises deeds for lands (Bryngwyn, Bryn Robin, etc.) and a smithy in Henllan, and a property called Dolben, Llanefydd, which were sold by Robert Salusbury Cotton to John Jones in 1776. The bundle includes a mortgage by John Jones to Robert Williams of Gwysaney, 1780, after which date Dolben disappears from the deeds. In 1793 an agreement was made to sell the lands at Henllan to John Wynne Griffith, and they were assigned to him the following year.

The file comprises part of a mortgage by John Myddelton to Peter Myddelton of messuages, lands and a mill, probably in the parish of Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch.

The file comprises a duplicate conveyance, 1891, by W.D.W. Griffith to trustees of the will of Robert Hughes of Rhyl, of land in Cae Pen y Maes in the township of Trelewelyn near Rhyl, intended by R.H. to be used as a public footpath, with a drainage ditch alongside, shown on an integral map.

The file comprises a charge by Maurice Jones of Dole, co. Mer., of £1200 on Kefn Coch and fields (named), being part of £3000 left to him in trust by the will of his father, Hugh Jones.

The file comprises deeds for Kay Bach in the township of Castell, which became part of the lands of Elizabeth Hughes, inherited from her father, Thomas Williams of Chester. It was originally purchased by Hugh ap Robert of Caerhun from John ap Harry ap David, probably in 1616, and was devised by will in 1623 to his eldest son, Richard ap Hugh ap Robert, with remainder to his other offspring. It is not clear how the land descended to Thomas Williams. Kay Bach was one of several properties in Caerhun and Chester leased to a trustee by Robert and Elizabeth Hughes in 1737.

The file comprises life assurance bills and receipts, 1819-1860.

The file comprises a pedigree sketched on a printed leaflet, [post-1810] and a fuller, typed version by T. A. Glenn, showing the title of the Hughes family to Cae'r berllan and Garth Garmon lands, and their connection with the family of Williams, probably compiled c. 1934.

The file comprises prenuptial and postnuptial settlements of Maurice Wynn of Havodgregog and Grace Hughes of Gwydir (aunt of Jane Griffith, née Hughes), 1732, 1734/5; disentailment of the Havodgregog estate and property in Pwllheli, 1756; the marriage settlement of Jane, daughter of Grace Wynn of Havodgregog and Zacheus Hughes of Trefan, 1759.

The file comprises a grant of annuity by Anne Hughes, widow of Robert Hughes, 1670, and articles of agreement, 1676, by the representative of John ap Richard (alias Evans) another claimant to Cae'r berllan and Nant yr Helfa, to release right and title to William John ap Richard; prenuptial and postnuptial settlements of John Williams of Cae'r berllan and Grace Williams of Coed Mawr, 1686, 1695; marriage settlement of Owen Hughes, second son of Hugh Roberts of Gwydir, and Jane Evans of Gymanog, 1699; a surrender by Grace Williams of Cae'r berllan, 1732/3, of the lands in Tybrith which had been granted as her jointure by her marriage settlement of 1686, in return for an annuity; disentailments of Llwyn Gronw and Cae'r berllan by Robert Hughes, 1733, presumably in anticipation of his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Williams of Chester, in the following year.

The file comprises the marriage settlement of Robert ap Thomas and Mary, daughter of Robert ap Hugh ap Moris, all of Mathebrwd, 1654, of lands in Mathebrwd which were purchased by Mary's brother, Hugh Roberts, to become part of the Llwyn Gronw estate, in 1700; and the marriage settlement of Hugh Roberts [of Gwydir] and Dorothy Frizer of Trovarth, 1665, great grandparents of Jane Griffith (née Hughes).

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 file comprises the marriage settlement of Rev. Peter Williams, one of the Vicars Choral of the Cathedral of St Asaph and Elizabeth Hughes, sister of Jane Griffith, 1784.

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 file comprises deeds, 1732-1800, for a house and several gardens in Lower Ward, Middle Lane and Penybank's Hill, Denbigh Between 1739 and 1749, a gardener named Thomas Humphreys purchased a messuage and several gardens in Denbigh. Under the terms of his his will, proved 1762, his wife, Mary Davies, received most of his property, which was inherited in turn by her nearest kin, Edward Parry of Cader, Llanrhaeadr-yng-nghinmeirch. The premises descended to the latter's son, David Parry, who sold all his father's property in Denbigh to Mary Wynne in 1800. -- The deeds include a mortgage of 1732, deeds of sale to Thomas Humphreys, 1739, 1744, 1749, his will, 1762, a pedigree showing Edward Parry's relationship to Thomas Humphrey's widow, the will of Edward Parry, proved 1783, a copy of part of David Parry's marriage settlement, 1797, showing his right to dispose of the premises in Denbigh, and the deed of sale to Mary Wynne, 1800.

The series comprises inventories of household items removed from Garn for specific purposes, instructions for management of servants, printed advertisements, 1781-[1838], lists of garden seeds and plants [1784x1834].