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A transcript of the will, 26 June 1846, of Mary Senhouse Anwyl of Charlotte Town in Prince Edward Island, spinster, together with a case relating thereto and the opinion, 3 May 1850, of R. Hodgson, Ch[arlotte] Town; an attested power of attorney, 30 January 1850, from Mary Senhouse Annwyl to Isaac Gilbertson of Bryney groes, Bala, co. Merioneth, for the management of her estate in co. Merioneth; three letters from the Inland Revenue Office, London, to Thomas P. Anwyl, Llanycil, 1852-1854 (legacy duties payable under the will of Mary Senhouse Anwyl), and three similar letters to Rice Hugh Anwyl, Llanycil, Bala, and Isaac Gilbertson, solicitor, Corwen, 1856 (duties payable under the will of Thomas Pryse Anwyl); a holograph letter from Messrs. Townsend & Roberts, Doctors Commons, to I. Gilbertson, solicitor, Bala, 1850 (the next-of-kin of Miss [Mary Senhouse] Anwyl); five holograph letters from John Barrow, Prince Edw[ar]d Island, to Isaac Gilbertson, Bala, 1851-1853 (a proposed tablet in Bala Church, the Anwyl estate, the weather, the Protestants' noble stand in the British Dominions, an offer of a likeness of Robt. Anwyl, references to relatives) (enclosed is a form of the tablet inscription, in memory of members of the Anwyl family); a holograph letter from Jno. Jones, W[elsh] Pool, to I. Gilbertson, Bala, 1855 (an offer to buy Lane Farm); bills of exchange, 1850-1853, from John Barrow, Charlottetown, P. E. Island, to Isaac Gilbertson, Bala; the escutcheon of John Barrow (in the form of a bookplate); etc.

Letters exchanged between members of the Maurice and Owen families of Clenennau and Brogyntyn, and other correspondence from friends or associates in Wales and England, together with a number of important official documents deriving from county administration in Caernarfonshire during the Tudor and Stuart periods, 1485, 1573-1698. Many of the early letters and papers, 1580-1622, relate to the joint deputy lieutenancy in Caernarfonshire of Sir William Maurice and Sir John Wynn, showing their preoccupation with the raising and organisation of militia troops for the defence of Caernarfonshire and for despatch to Ireland. Other topics include Sir William Maurice's position as deputy vice-admiral of North Wales and the protracted civil lawsuits in which he was engaged. The collection also constitutes an important historical source for the conduct of the Civil War in North Wales. Items from that period primarily concern Sir John Owen and his brother, Col. William Owen, Royalist commanders at Conwy and Harlech respectively, and their subsequent treatment under the Commonwealth and Restoration, 1643-1666. Many of the letters from 1678 to 1698 reveal the life of Sir Robert Owen, his debts, estate business, cultural interests and attachment to the Jacobite cause, together with contemporary political news. Apart from individuals already mentioned, prominent correspondents include the Privy Council of Elizabeth I, mostly through Henry Herbert, President of the Council in the Marches of Wales, 1587-1600; Sir Henry Johnes of Abermarlais, 1605-1616; Ralph, Lord Eure, 1607-1617; members of the Brynker family, 1603-1681; the Wynn family of Glyn and Sylfaen, 1625-1697; the Anwyl family of Park, 1636-1693; Charles I, Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice, 1642-1647; Lord Byron, 1644-1648; John Williams, Archbishop of York, 1645-1646; George Twisleton, 1649-1660; the Godolphin family of Abertanat, 1658-1698; John Gadbury, 1679-1688; and Edward Lhuyd, 1696-1697.