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Deeds of exchange whereby Edward Vaughan acquired parcels of land in the great meadow called Y Werne Vawr and a parcel called Bacherneley in the township of Sgrwgan from Richard Morris of Llangedwyn and his son Thomas, 1682/3, followed by deed to lead uses of a recovery, 1688.

Title deeds for Ty yn y Barkhouse, Maes Pwll Helig, etc. in the township of Sychdyn, purchased by Sir William Williams of Glascoed in 1690. They include deeds of mortgage and sale to David ap Howell ap Jankin, 1576-1598/9; a trust settlement by Richard Jenyns to the use of Richard ap Roger, 1619; several mortgages by Richard ap Roger, 1635-1680; and deed of sale by the last mortgagee, Dorothy vch Edward, to Sir William Williams, 1690.

Title deeds for properties in Street y Velin in the town of Llanfyllin. They include a mortgages by Robert ap Robert ap Hughe of Ystumgynon, 1607/8, 1615/16; a lease by his son, Edward ap Robert of Brynelltyn, of a house called Y Ty Mawr yn Streete y Velin, 1614, followed by a mortgage and evidence of sale to the mortgagee, 1620-1622; a deed of sale by Hughe ap Robert of Cefnllys, to Edward Brice/Brees of Llanfyllin, of the house and garden previously belonging to Robert ap Robert, dec., 1620; post-nuptial settlement of Edward Brees and Anne vch Hugh, in which the property is called Y Ty yn yr Ardd Las, 1624; conveyance of a seat and burial place in Llanfyllin church to Edward Brees, 1625; quitclaim by Lowry vch Hugh, widow of Edward ap Robert, 1625; pre-nuptial settlement (2 copies) of Thomas Brees and Jane, daughter of Edward Owen of Conwy, 1639, with memo relating to sale of her dower, 1666; mortgage by Anne Brees, widow, and Edward Brees [the younger], 1664; lease of the tannery, 1665; an agreement and deeds of sale by E.B., Mary his wife and Jane his mother to Evan Vaughan of Llangedwyn, of Ty yn yr Ardd Las, with the garden and half an acre, several other messuages and buildings, including the bark mill and tan-house, and sitting places in church, 1666; a conveyance by Owen Buckley [E.B.’s mortgagee] to Evan Vaughan, with accounts relating to the mortgage and repairs, 1667; a lease, 1667; Evan Vaughan’s conveyance to trustees, 1671; and deeds for the purchase of a quillet of land adjoining the garden wall in Streete y Velin from Edward Vaughan of Llwydiarth, 1672.

Gifts to Richard Meredith and Golubred his wife, of Ty Kerrig, Y Ty Du and Y Both Baghe/Ty Byghan, 1523, and of Tyddyn Madoc [Ki…?], 1527; and a lease by Richard Kyffin of Glascoed and his son, John, 1610.

Title deeds for messuages called Y Ty Du, Y Ty yn y Llan and Ty Tan y Dderwen Fawr, purchased by Sir William Williams of Glascoed in 1693. They include a conveyance by Daniell Humphreys, son of Humphrey Morgan, of Llansanffraid to Thomas Bayly of London, grocer, with a lease back to D.H., 1665; deeds leading to a settlement on Daniell Humphreys’s widowed sister, Susan Bayly, 1667; reconveyance to Daniell Humphreys, in response to an order of the High Court of Chancery, of other lands mortgaged in 1626 by his father, 1668/9; and deeds of sale by Susan Bayly to Sir William Williams, 1692/3.

Title deeds for Y Tuy Newyth, comprising a deed of sale by Oliver ap Rees ap Moris and his son, Moris, to Rees Thomas Vaughan, 1623; the latter’s mortgage to Gruffith Kyffin, 1630; and a lease by Gruffith Kyffin, 1630/1.

Title deeds for a piece of meadow called y Rhanne in the township of Glanhafon, Montgomeryshire, comprising a conveyance by Thomas ap William and his son, Hughe, to Edward Gruffith ap David ap Thomas, 1614; a mortgage by David ap Edward Griffith to Thomas Evans of Peniarth, Montgomeryshire, 1639; receipt for redemption money by David Jones of Peniarth and Ales his wife, administratrix of Thomas Evans, 1648; and their bond for peaceful possession to Gruffith Kyffin and Watkin Kyffin, 1650/1.

Title deeds relating to Y Revotty in the township of Rhiwlas, including a mortgage by Mereduth ap Ieuan ap Gronw to Ieuan ap Ior’ ap Eynon, 1396; a mortgage, 1580; pre-nuptial settlement of Moris ap Roberte ap Edward of Rhiwlas and Jane Jones of Weston Madog, Montgomeryshire, 1632; and deeds of sale to Watkin Kyffin of Glascoed, 1651.

Title deeds comprising first a deed of sale by Thomas Griffithes of Glascoed to Anna Brereton of Cefnhir, of for a piece of land called Y Kae yn Ymil y Groeslwyd, which he had previously mortgaged to Richard Maurice of Cefnhir, 1637/8; a demise by Anna Brereton to her nephew Edward Maurice of Ffarme, Kinnerley, Salop, followed by devise of the same in a copy of her will, 1672; and a second will of 1678, referring to his intended fraud and revoking the previous bequest, proved 1687.

Title deeds including leases of Tythyn y Kelikked Hova and another messuage by Ibule (Eubule), Edward and Richard Thelwall, containing covenants for the tenants to construct additional bays on the house and barn, 1513-1529; assignment of bond with power of attorney by Margaret Gruffith, executrix of the will of Gruffith ap Robert Lloyd, to John Roger Lloyd of Plas Eignion and Edward ap Moris of Efenechtyd to recover a mortgage debt owed to the deceased on a cottage and lands in the township of Treganol, 1606; quitclaim of a capital messuage in Treganol by Rice ap John ap Llewelyn of Treganol and Robert his son to Rice Salusbury of Llanfwrog, 1607; two deeds for Cockshutt in Tre’r-parc, acquired by William Lloyd of Pwllgalloder, 1659, and sold by Edward Lloyd to the trustees of the Thelwall family, 1680; and leases of properties in Gyffylliog by Sir William Williams of Llanforda and his three sons, 1739/40.

Title deeds, 1591-1617, comprising mainly mortgages and a lease for the mansion house called Y Glascoid and a piece of land called Kay Uchaf in the township of Castell belonging to Robert Lewis ap Madocke and his brother Richard, followed by the deed of sale of these and the lands of other individuals in Castell and Rug, to Sir John Wynn of Gwydir for £100 in 1597, with a condition for redemption of the mortgaged property of Ieuan ap William ap Thomas; together with counterparts and associated bonds; and a quitclaim to Sir John Wynn by Jonet the widow of Robert Lewis ap Madock, 1617.

Estate administration papers of the Wynnstay and Vale of Clwyd estates, and occasionally Flintshire, comprising Wynnstay audit minutes and agency accounts, 1848-1896; expired tenancy agreements and associated papers, 1845-1932; employee records, 1848-1930; estate correspondence, 1709, 1853-1917; tithe apportionments and other tithe papers, [pre-1719], 1841-1890; and miscellaneous estate administration papers, [?1541], 1573-1865, 1920.

Original envelope containing receipts for and authorities by Sir Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams Wynn, as to certain sums under the trusts of the will of the late Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 1915-1933.

Accounts relating to sales of estates devised by the will of the late Sir Watkin Williams Wynn [fifth] Baronet to trustees to uses in tail general, 1844-1885, and in tail male, 1853-1885.

Volume entitled "Wynnstay papers: Stone Tower Catalogue", recording wills, family settlements, and title deeds, 1185-1817, under various headings for Merioneth, Maenan lordship, Ruabon, Much Wenlock, Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire, Llanforda [incorporates Glascoed], Wrexham, Vale of Clwyd, Shropshire, Llwydiarth and Llangedwyn [includes Ystrad Marchell], Eglwysegl, Dinbren and Cynllaith Owain, "Wynnstay new series" and "W.W.W. papers", mortgages, papers relating to boundaries, and observations on the Vaughan pedigree.

Documents mainly concerned with mortgages on the Wynnstay estates, 1845-1859, to fulfil the trusts in the will of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (d. 1840) together with some earlier family deeds, 1770-1843. The file includes evidence of recoveries of the Wynnstay estates in 1770 and the manor of Pennant-lliw, Merioneth, in 1817; a release by Victoria Kynaston (widow of Edward Kynaston), Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and others to trustees, of estates comprised in the will of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (d. 1749), 1772; a release by Lady Frances Williams Wynn of a legacy and annuity left by the will of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn dec., 1775; an abstract of title to the [?]Crwyni estate in the parish of Llanfor (Gwyddelwern deleted) Merioneth, 1827; the marriage settlement of Hugh Williams and Henrietta Charlotte Williams Wynn, 1843; an assignment of bond debts owing by the late Sir Watkin Williams Wynn as part security for a loan, 1845; a copy assignment by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and the trustees to James Tulloch, John Loch, John Martin and Sir Walter Rockliff Farquhar of estates in Salop, Montgomeryshire, Flintshire, Merioneth and Denbighshire for the residue of a term of 300 years for securing £77,000 and further advances, 1845, followed by a declaration of further advance, 1846, and another mortgage, 1848; a list of farms in Montgomeryshire secured by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn in exchange with his trustees, 1846; a release and reconveyance by Edwin Lascelles and others of hereditaments in the parish of Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr, Denbighshire, discharged from a mortgage for £15,000, but to be substituted by other hereditaments, 1857; and a release and reconveyances by James Tulloch and the other mortgagees, James Morris, Hart Dyke and others to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and the trustees of the will of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, on discharge of the mortgage debts of £77,000 and £4540, 1859.

Title deeds for the Wynnstay (previously Watstay) estate, mainly lying in the vicinity of Ruabon and Wrexham, Denbighshire. As well as the main Wynnstay estate, this group of deeds incorporates Valle Crucis, Llwynedd and Wrexham Abbot, describing properties in Boiston, Bromfield and Ial, and Bryneglwys, 1348-1494, 1584-1594, 1657-1792; Erbistock, Marchwiail and Overton, 1448-1555, 1637-1792; Gresford and Holt, [1509x1547], 1653-1792; Llanarmon-yn-Ial, 1515-1584; Llandysilio-yn-Ial and Llanferres, 1347-1348, 1547-1614; Llangollen, 1555-1734, 1856; Ruabon, 1435-1859; Wrexham, 1293, 1394, 1617-1848; and miscellaneous Denbighshire deeds, [?1563x1565]-1680.