Title deeds of properties situated in the adjacent Shropshire parishes of St Martin 's, 1582-1672, and Selatyn, 1479-1834; the latter includes the township of Brogyntyn (Porkington). Among the more significant transactions are leases, family settlements, purchases and sales by Thomas, Margaret and John Lacon in Selatyn, 1479-1623; the acquisition of plots of land by John Owen of Fernhill, 1607; deeds of sale and mortgage to William Owen 1623-1664, Sir Robert Owen, 1686-1691, his son William Owen, 1732-1743, Mary Jane and William Ormsby-Gore, 1802-1834; and deeds relating to old common land in the manor of Whittington, adjoining the turnpike road in Selatyn, enclosed under the Enclosure Act and transferred to private ownership, 1783-1834.