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The series comprises letters to Hugh Roberts of Gwydir and Llwyn Gronw, 1713, Hugh Hughes of Weeg, Vicar of Bangor, Registrar and Precentor, 1735-1749, to John Hughes of Gwydir, Llwyn Gronw and Cae'r berllan and other members of his family, 1741-1767, and to Elizabeth Williams (née Hughes) of Weeg and Denbigh, 1776-1823.

The file comprises a letter to Hugh Roberts of Gwydir and Llwyn Gronw from John Wynn of Watstay, concerning the Caernarfonshire election, 1713.

The file comprises letters to Hugh Hughes, 1735-1749, all from personal, academic friends, including William Herring, 1740-1749, on literary matters, church officials and preferments, national events in Europe and the West Indies, Denbigh parliamentary election, persecution of Methodists and threat of a French invasion during the Jacobite Rebellion.

The file comprises letters to John Hughes of Weeg, his wife, Mary, and his sister, also Mary, concerning a will, financial and domestic matters.

The file comprises letters to Elizabeth Williams, 1776-1823, second daughter of John Hughes, from Roger Clough, regarding payment of interest, Lady Mary Eyre of Mortlake, on the last days and death of a Mrs Davis, and Mary Pugh of Coytmor on a visit to Bath.

The series comprises letters to Catherine Roberts and other members of the Roberts family at Bryn y neuadd and Varchwel, 1705-1752, Humphrey Roberts of Bryn y neuadd, 1721-1736, and his wife, Dorothy, 1728-1757.

The file comprises letters to Catherine Roberts, her son, John, and her grand-daughter, Mary, concerning family, alleged mishandling of goods, and the death of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn in 1749.

The file comprises letters to Humphrey Roberts from correspondents who include his wife, Dorothy, on domestic and farm tasks, Robert Wynne of Garthewin, 1721-1736, on topics such as the trial of the Sheriff of Denbigh, alterations to Newtown and other churches. Subjects of other letters include payment of debts after the deaths of Robert and Bridgett Coytmore, and removal of goods and deeds from Thomas Wynne's house.

The file comprises letters to Dorothy, wife of Humphrey Roberts, on domestic and family matters.

The series comprises letters to Mrs [Mary] Wynne, 1793-1794, Robert Watkin Wynne and his wife, Anna Sobieski, 1806-1809, and C.W.W. Wynne, 1831.

The file comprises letters to Mrs [Mary] Wynne at Denbigh, 1793-1794, on subjects which include construction of milk pans in the dairy with coloured diagrams, and a dispute over entitlement to the rents of Tu Du, given to the poor of Cerrigydrudion as a charitable bequest.

The file comprises letters, 1806-1809, mainly concerning the sale of Plasnewydd and recovery of debts, including a bill from Josiah Wedgewood, 1809.

The file comprises a letter to C.W.W. Wynne, 1831, regarding the application of William Owen Wynne for a post in Customs and Excise.

The series comprises letters, 1680-1882, to recipients who were not directly related to the Griffith family of Garn, but who had personal or business connections with them, together with a small number of letters where neither the author nor the recipient can be identified.

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 group comprises personal diaries, 1793-1839, small pocket notebooks and almanacks, 1701-1853, of the Hughes family of Gwydir, Llwyn Gronw and Cae'r berllan, and of the Griffith family of Garn, containing memoranda and personal notes of social and work engagements, accounts, family life, health problems, snippets of local and national news, poetry, recipes, household and estate management, weather conditions, journeys, hunting, shooting and fishing, useful addresses, sketches. The memorandum books are more sporadic and miscellaneous in nature than the diaries, where the format is comparatively regular. Many of the volumes contain loose enclosures of various types.

The series comprises an annotated printed almanack, 1701, and a notebook, 1736-1737, 1747, containing memoranda of Hugh Roberts of Gwydir and Llwyn Gronw and his grandson, John Hughes.

The series comprises notebooks and annotated printed almanacks, containing memoranda of the Griffith family of Garn.