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Case and opinions on procedure for William Owen, one of the defts in a Chancery suit, 1729, 1732, concerning the redemption of a mortgage for £1200 [on Ystumcegid] which Dame Margaret Owen borrowed in 1700 from trustees appointed by the will of Dr William Lewis for the management of money bequeathed for charitable use, one of whom was Humphrey Humphreys, Bishop of Bangor; answer of Margaret Lloyd, daughter of Humphrey Humphreys, another deft in the case, 1732; receipts for payment of interest, 1724-1727; and relevant letters, 1729-1730.

Records deriving from administration of the Clenennau, Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid estates in Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, 1530-1902. The lands belonging to Clenennau were situated in Penmorfa, Gest, Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Beddgelert, Llanystumdwy, Caernarfon town, Pwllheli, Treflys and Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarfonshire, and in Llanfair[-juxta-Harlech], Llanenddwyn, Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Penrhyn, Ffestiniog, Penllyn, Llanfrothen and Nanmor, Merionethshire. The Glyn and Sylfaen estates lay in Talsarnau, Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Llandanwg, Llandecwyn and Llanaber; and Ystumcegid in Llanfihangel[-y-pennant], Llanystumdwy, Penmorfa, Cricieth, Clynnog and Penyfed. The records from each estate are similar, comprising rentals and related papers, [1535]-1849, accounts, 1534-1827, leases, 1530-1842, correspondence, 1609-1888, and miscellaneous estate administration papers, 1662-1902. It is interesting to note the relationships of the Owen family with the eighteenth century estate stewards, notably Anne Jones of Clenennau, Griffth Parry, John Parry of Brynbanon and Humphrey Owen of Lasynys.

Letters to Sir William Maurice, 1587-1619, and Elen Eure 1624; Col. William and Mary Owen, 1632-1670; Sir John Owen, 1647-1660; Jane Owen, 1669-1718; Catherine Owen, 1679; Ellen Owen, 1679-[c. 1701]; Sir Robert Owen, 1681-1697; Lady Margaret Owen, [c. 1682]-1727; and Elizabeth and Thomas Longueville, 1724-1743. Recurrent topics include the public duties of Sir William Maurice, Sir John Owen and Sir Robert Owen; local and national official appointments; the aftermath of the Civil War; post-Restoration political events and religious unrest; debts owed by Sir Henry Johnes of Abermarlais to Sir William Maurice and his immediate descendants; litigation concerning the North Wales and Oswestry estates; and financial issues arising from the estates of Sir Robert Owen and his sister, Ellen. There are several letters by Humphrey Humphreys, Bishop of Bangor and of Hereford, and other correspondents to Sir Robert Owen about family settlements; and to Jane Owen, Ellen Owen and Lady Margaret Owen concerning the education of Sir Robert 's children after his death, personal debts and encumbrances on his estate, particularly the mortgage of Ystumcegid, 1698-1704.

Papers relating to two equity suits in the Court of the Great Sessions of Caernarfonshire, concerning the inheritance of the Ystumcegid estate. The first item comprises the answers of William and Robert Wynn, defendants in a case brought by Lowry Owen (nee Glynne), and other family members [1647x1658], in which the plts claimed two thirds of Robert Owen 's Caernarfonshire estate, contrary to the terms of his marriage settlement and will. The second case was brought by Owen Wynn of Glyn plt., against William Wynn and other defts, 1675-1683, concerning the title to the Ystumcegid estate which he claimed under the marriage settlement of his parents, Robert Wynn of Glyn and Catherine Owen of Ystumcegid. The file includes details of a related action brought by a lessee of John and Thomas Glynne, plt., against the tenant of Owen Wynn, deft, for ejectment from farm of lands in Criccieth, Penmorfa and other parishes in Eifionydd, comprised in the family settlements of Robert and Catherine Wynn, 1675. The matter appears to have been settled in 1683 by arbitration and a release of all further actions by William Wynn to the widow and daughters of Owen Wynn shortly after his death.

Mortgage for £2400 of the Ystumcegid estate, Caernarfonshire, by Sir Robert and Dame Margaret Owen to Sir Robert 's sister Ellen, with a bond and receipt, 1687; a further mortgage for £1200 by Dame Margaret Owen and Ellen Owen to Humphrey Humphreys, Bishop of Bangor and Owen Hughes of Beaumaris, trustees appointed by the will of Dr William Lewis D.D. for the management of money bequeathed for charitable use, 1700; a bond and a fine relating to an obligation of William Owen upon coming of age to convey his interest in the estate to his mother 's mortgagees, 1703, 1707; and the eventual reconveyance from Margaret Lloyd of Cesail Gyfarch, daughter of Humphrey Humphreys, 1734.

A small number of title deeds, 1597-1672, for properties acquired by the Owen family of Ystumcegid and later by the Wynns of Glyn, situated in Caernarfonshire at Clynnog, Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel-y-pennant and Llanystumdwy combined with Cricieth, Penyfed and Pennant.