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The series comprises probate records of the Griffith family of Garn, 1685-1835, including four of its owners, John Griffith (1), (2) and (3), 1685, 1759 and 1791 respectively, and John Wynne Griffith, 1835. A notable omission is the will of Robert Griffith (died 1818), to which specific references are made both in the family settlement of 1833 and in the will of his father, John Wynne Griffith, 1835.

The series comprises wills of Humphrey Roberts of Bryn y neuadd, 1774, and aunts from the related Jones family of Beaumaris, 1714, 1719, 1724.

The series comprises papers resulting from disputes settled by arbitration and private agreement, mainly concerning land boundaries, and solicitors' opinions on family settlements, 1677, 1761-1839.

The series comprises letters by non-family correspondents to John Griffith (2) of Garn, 1733-1758, John Griffith (3), 1758-1791, Jane Griffith, 1761-1805, and Ann Maria Griffith, 1785. Recurrent subjects are management of the Denbighshire estate, problems surrounding the purchase of Gwaun Dwysog in Henllan, and the education of the young John Wynne Griffith.

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 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 includes papers linked with the clergy of Llanaber, 1727, application of the Poor Law in Henllan, 1764, and disestablishment in Wales, 1912.

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 series comprises wills of members of the Wynne family of Plasnewydd, 1782, 1811.

The series consists of probate records, 1666 and 1704, of other families, namely Griffith and Chambres, connected with Griffith of Garn but which lie outside the main groups listed previously.

The series comprises a notebook of Richard Heaton of the Middle Temple, dated 1764, containing rules and orders, entries and case studies in common law in the court of Great Sessions for the counties of Flint, Denbigh, Montgomery and Chester, and rules of the court of Chancery for the counties of Montgomery, Denbigh and Flint.

The series comprises accounts for legal expenses, 1687-[c. 1704, 1733-1849, personal expenditure, 1762, 1787-1885, probate and inheritance, 1727-1863, subscriptions, 1785-1861, tax and other dues, [pre-1791]-1812, insurance bills, 1819-1860, tithe accounts, 1841-1844, 1904, receipts, 1714-1876, 1906, and a few miscellaneous accounts, 1775-1862.

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 series comprises papers deriving from John Griffith's trusteeship of Cadwallader Wynne's Voelas estate, 1712-1763, and John Wynne Griffith's trusteeship of Robert Watkin Wynne's Plasnewydd and Garthmeilio estates, 1783-1843.

The series includes papers relating to the Denbighshire militia, 1801-1813, 1871-1876, and papers concerning the court martial of Capt. John Davies and others of the Western Regiment of Denbighshire Local Militia, 1813.

The series comprises crown rent accounts and other relevant papers concerning the Denbighshire, Flintshire and Merionethshire estates of John Wynne Griffith, 1791-[c. 1821] and his son, George, 1843-1845.

The series comprises loose accounts, 1708-1836, and a notebook containing accounts, 1764-1768, of profits from sale of estate produce, expenditure on agricultural implements, livestock, seeds, fertiliser, building materials and labour, together with an unrelated Greek and Latin vocabulary.

iThe series comprises loose sheets and three notebooks containing surveys and valuations of Cwyber, 1751, Garn and Cwyber demesnes, 1753, Cae'r berllan, 1755, Rhuddlan (Cwyber and Tre Llewelyn), 1781, Henllan, 1807, Llanrwst, 1811, Bryntirion [c. 1834], Pentre Du and Merllyn, 1836, Bryn Issa, Llanefydd [1846x1849], other estates purchased by George Griffith in Llanefydd, [post-1864], Cleiriach and houses in Denbigh, [c. 1866], Bryn Llwyd and Wern Isaf, 1880, showing variously their size, yield, soil quality and yearly value.

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 series consists of accounts deriving from agricultural management of the Denbighshire estate, 1759-1849, and from the maintenance and repair of buildings, 1799-1911.