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Private letters exchanged between Margaret Godolphin, [c. 1698]-1764, and various members of the Godolphin family of Abertanat, Eton and Thames Ditton, 1698-1763, including her parents, Sydney and Susanna, her sisters, Ellen and Mary, her nephew, Francis, their Hoblyn and Pendarves relatives, and others; together with letters from friends, solicitors and other professionals. The contents reflect in great detail the personal, domestic and social circumstances of an eighteenth century upper class family, against the background of the Jacobite Wars. Recurrent topics include the management of the Abertanat estate, especially the exploitation of timber, the death of Master Henry Godolphin, 1722, physical ailments, financial investments, family settlements and inheritance. The correspondence of Ellen, Margaret and Mary Godolphin from 1728 to 1730 shows a preoccupation with the reluctance of Miss Mary Godolphin to marry William Owen of Porkington!

Private correspondence of the main Clenennau and Brogyntyn families of Maurice and Owen, 1587-1801, and their descendants, the Ormsbys and Ormsby-Gores, 1777-1950, together with two smaller groups of letters of their relatives, the Owens/Lysters of Penrhos, 1703-1823, and the Owens/Claytons of Brymbo, 1714-1739.

Papers comprising deeds, abstracts, agreements, bonds, rentals, accounts, legal opinons and correspondence relating to several family and non-family trusts administered by members of the Maurice and Owen families, 1584, 1636-1666, [1698], 1725-1773. The family trusts here are specific and separate from those incorporated into the family settlements (section PBF).

Original, draft and copy marriage settlements, other family settlements and trusts of the families of Maurice, Owen and Ormsby-Gore of Clenennau and Brogyntyn, 1485-1839 and other families related to them by marriage, namely Wynn of Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid, 1516-1683, Clayton (incorporating Griffith), 1704-1709, Godolphin, 1733, Hanmer, 1620-1656, and Lyster (incorporating Derwas), 1665-1703, with related deeds and documents of the type normally associated with disentailment and resettlement.

Original and copy wills, administration bonds, occasional inventories and other documents associated with probate belonging to the main families of Maurice of Clenennau, Owen of Clenennau and Brogyntyn (Porkington) and Ormsby-Gore of Brogyntyn, 1621-1829, and those who were connected with them by marriage, namely Anwyl of Park, 1600-1700, Godolphin of Abertanat, 1725-[c. 1862], Vaughan of Corsygedol, 1606, 1636, and Wynn of Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid, 1563-1682.

Small numbers of title deeds relating to the town and immediate locality of Harlech, 1327-1649, the Faenol estate near Bangor belonging to Sir William Williams and Sir Thomas Williams, 1596-1645, the Irish estates of William Ormsby, Owen Ormsby, and William Gore, 1606-1799, the township of Dolbenmaen in Caernarfonshire purchased by William Owen (3), 1721-1737, and miscellaneous deeds for properties in Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Cardiganshire, Denbighshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and parts of England, 1298-1773. It has been difficult to establish the provenance of some of the deeds. The group also contains a number of unplaced bonds and general releases, the purpose of which has not been established, 1599-1780.

Title deeds of properties belonging to the estates of Abertanat in Montgomeryshire, Shropshire and Denbighshire, 1476-1765, Cemais, Montgomeryshire, 1545-1690, and Penrhos, Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, 1508-1828. Some of the sixteenth and seventeenth century Montgomeryshire deeds clearly illustrate the development of the modern rural landscape; they record the acquisition by single landowners of mediaeval field strips previously in multiple ownership.

Title deeds of properties belonging to the Brymbo estate near Wrexham, originally owned by the Griffith family and later administered by William Owen of Brogyntyn, 1555-1765; deeds of properties belonging to the Clayton family of Lea Hall in Preston Gubbals, Shropshire, 1682-1719; and a small number of deeds referring to premises in Bangor-is-coed, Wrexham and Gresford, 1574-1725, placed here on evidence connected with Mary Clayton and her first husband, Robert Jeffreys of Acton.

Title deeds of properties belonging to the Llanddyn estate, situated mainly in Llangollen, Denbighshire, and in the adjacent parish of Rhiwabon, dated between 1498 and 1829.

Title deeds of houses and lands belonging to Brogyntyn and to the purchased estates of Drenewydd, Oerley Hall and Pentre-pant, situated in the parishes of Alberbury, Baschurch, Ellesmere, Loppington and Llansilin, 1296-1727; Oswestry, 1397-1838; St Martin's, 1582-1672; Selatyn, 1479-1834; West Felton and Whittington, 1527-1767, and miscellaneous parishes, 1571-1830. The property interests of the Lacon family in Shropshire are represented in the early Brogyntyn deeds up to 1623.

Title deeds of properties acquired through purchase, lease, mortgage, marriage and inheritance by members of the Conway and Mostyn families of Nant, [mid-14 cent.], 1367-[c. 1686], mainly in the parishes of Cwm, Llanasa, Meliden and Rhiwlyfnwyd, but also in Bodfari, Gwaunysgor, Cilcain, Rhuddlan and Whitford. The earliest title deeds include a small number of fourteenth century documents involving the de Crevecoeur family, lords of Prestatyn. Further items of significance are conveyances of lands in Cwm and Diserth from 1533 to 1625 by the Lloyds of Hiraddug, who had established a marital connection to the Mostyn family. Other deeds show the acquisition of land by the Conway family, mainly in Llanasa and Meliden, between 1539 and 1624. Family settlements and associated documents of the Mostyn family, dating from 1625 to 1659, relate to lands mainly in Meliden, but also in Llanasa, Cilcain, Cwm and Whitford. Other families represented in the deeds include Holland of Prestatyn, and Prestland of Prestatyn and Wardle, Cheshire.

Title deeds of lands acquired through purchase, 'tir prid' conveyances and leasehold by the successive owners of the Glyn estate, mainly in Llanaber, Lanbedr, Llandanwg, Llandecwyn, Llanenddwyn Llanfair[-juxta-Harlech] and Llanfihangel-y-traethau in Merionethshire, 1499-1807; the Sylfaen estate, mainly in Llanaber, Merionethshire, and to a lesser extent, Dolbenmaen, Caernarfonshire, 1509-1698, [1811]; and for lands belonging to the Owen family of Ystumcegid and later to the Wynns of Glyn, in the locality of Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Llanystumdwy and Criccieth in Caernarfonshire, 1597-1672. Several of the deeds refer to former crown lands in Merionethshire.

Title deeds of lands acquired through 'tir prid' conveyances, purchase, leasehold and exchange by the successive owners of the Clenennau estate, lying in Caernarfonshire, mainly in Penyfed and Pennant, Dolbenmaen, Penmorfa and the surrounding parishes, 1427-1732, and in Merionethshire, around Llanfihangel-y-Traethau, Harlech and Llanfrothen, 1454-1833. Several of the deeds refer to crown lands, which were much disputed and subject to investigation by government officials. Some of the Merionethshire deeds are accompanied by or endorsed with nineteenth century notes

Rentals and legal papers of miscellaneous manors, namely Aber and Cemais in Caernarfonshire and Anglesey, Whittington and Aston in Shropshire, 1591, 1632-1709, 1749-1774.

Records of the manor of Deuddwr in Montgomeryshire, comprising jury's presentments and court rolls of the court leet with a view of frankpedge and court baron, 1790-1844, and miscellaneous manorial records, 1661-1840.

Records of the manor of Broniarth, Montgomeryshire, comprising original, draft and copy court rolls, 1429-1701, court files, 1633-1804, rentals of chief rents, 1687-1821 and miscellaneous manorial records, [1536]-1773.

Miscellaneous papers, 1590-1938, deriving from the administration of estates in Caernarfonshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Cornwall and elsewhere, where the provenance is unknown.

Records deriving from administration of the estates of William Gore, Owen Ormsby, Mary Jane and William Ormsby-Gore in the counties of Westmeath, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo and Roscommon. They comprise rentals, 1775-1858, accounts, 1789-1859, and correspondence, 1793-1887; and they constitute a good source of information on the impoverished state of Irish agriculture, land reclamation through drainage, other attempted improvements and the effects of the Potato Famine.

Records deriving from administration of the Abertanat estate, mainly in Broniarth, Guilsfield, Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain and Llandysilio in Montgomeryshire, together with the parishes of Llanyblodwel, Oswestry and Llanymynech in Shropshire, and Llangedwyn in Denbighshire; the Penrhos estate in Llandrinio, Guilsfield, Llandysilio and Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain; and the Cemais estate in Cemais, Darowen, Trefeglwys and Machynlleth. The records comprise rentals, 1711-1846, [c. 1949], accounts, 1653-1829, leases and other tenancy papers, 1741-1815, correspondence, [16]66-1859, and miscellaneous estate administration papers, 1717-1824.

Administrative records of the estates of Lea Hall in Preston Gubbals, Shropshire, and the Brymbo estate near Wrexham, Denbighshire, previously in the ownership of Richard Clayton, comprising rentals and accounts, 1586, 1710-1743, 1750, memoranda of leases, 1736-1749, and miscellaneous estate administration papers, 1684-1739.