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Agreement between John Myddelton and his mother concerning sharing profits in a shop.

Letters to Mary Myddelton at Croes Newydd, mostly relating to household, estate, personal and social matters, and also including a few letters from Jo[hn] Myddelton relating to election prospects with regard to the Denbigh county and borough seats, 1727; as well as a considerable number of letters from [Judge] Ro[bert] Price, London, containing references to notable events and people, amongst which are: the death of [Joseph] Addison, 1719; the South Sea Company's affairs, 1720-1722; the attainder of [Christopher] Layer, 1722; Jonathan Swift, 1724; parliament's action in depriving the Montgomery outboroughs of the right to participate in the election of a member of parliament, 1728; an incident relating to the Duchess of Queenborough and the 'new Beggar's Opera', 1729; and parliamentary news, including ministerial changes and references to Lord Sunderland and Sir Robert Walpole. Mary Myddelton rented Croes Newydd in 1719, and remained there for the rest of her life.

Letters addressed simply to 'Madam', all of which appear to have been intended for members of the Myddelton and Lloyd families and their associates. Many of them were meant for Mary Myddelton, but others were clearly not, and in most cases it is not clear which are which, even when annotated in Mary Myddelton's own hand (which sometimes appears on letters addressed to people other than herself); some letters are from Mary Myddelton herself; others mention her in the third person or date from after her death; and others are copies or drafts written on a sheet of paper from a previous letter, so that the real intended addressee is not always the apparent one.

Letters to Elizabeth Edwards, a step-daughter of the steward of Chirk Castle, Thomas Cupper, at Croes Newydd.

Letters addressed to Mary Hale, Mary Myddelton's ward, at Croes Newydd, including some addressed to both ladies; Mary Hale lived at Croes Newydd until she married William Lloyd (then tenant of Plas Power) in 1746. The Hale and Myddelton families seem to have become involved with each other through a common interest in the East India Company.

Letters, copies and drafts of letters to members of Mary Myddelton's family, including her brother William and her father Richard; as well as members of the Lloyd family before they moved to Plas Power; and their representatives and associates, including officers, agents, tenants, and visitors to Chirk.

Letters to other identified recipients, predominantly members of the Fownes, Myddelton and FitzHugh families and households, and their representatives and associates, together with those of the Lloyd family after Rev. Thomas Lloyd moved to Plas Power in 1720; included are letters from William Fownes, Richard Myddelton, Mary Myddelton and Roger Mostyn; as well as a letter from [Philip, duke of] Wharton, to his sister Lady Jane Holt, 1726, expressing his concern for his family in the light of his appointment as Jacobite ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire; a letter from John Yorke with military news from 'camp between Balaklava and Sebastopol', October 1854, and a copy of his letter from 'Balaklava Harbour'; and two letters from E.J. Stracey from Balaclava, October [1854], and 'camp before Sebastopol', December 1854, concerning military affairs and the condition of the army.

Letters to unidentified recipients, mostly apparently members of the Fownes, Myddelton and FitzHugh families and households, and their representatives and associates, together with those of the Lloyd family after Rev. Thomas Lloyd moved to Plas Power in 1720; many of the letters are drafts in the hand of Mary Myddelton, and some may relate to Chirk Castle rather than Plas Power; included are a copy of a letter from an army officer north of Aberdeen, February 1715/6, to 'his ffreind att London' concerning the campaign against the Jacobites, and a letter from Captain E.W.D. Bell at Alma Heights, September 1854, concerning a recent action.