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Bundles of correspondence filed by the Wynnstay agents, Samuel Sidebotham, 1777-1789, and William Parry Richards, 1808-1813. Two of the files consist exclusively of letters from Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 4th Bart., and his wife, Lady Charlotte, 1783-1789. Other regular correspondents include Francis Chambre and Jonathan Barff of Oswestry, John Evans of Llwynygroes, and Edward Jones [?steward] of St James’s Square. The letters concern routine administration of the estate and household, the private life of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, coal mining enterprises in Wrexham, Ruabon, Gwersyllt, Rhosllanerchrugog and Trefarclawdd, possession of the small tithes of Wrexham, the living of Llanuwchllyn, a new church gallery and staircase by [?George] Wilkinson, appeals for charity or personal assistance, the Denbighshire election, 1784, and political, social and local news. Many of the letters reflect the personal interests of the fourth baronet, describing the landscaping and improvements at Wynnstay by John Evans, [?John] Midgley, [George] Wilkinson and James Wyatt; the Handel commemoration in 1784, subsequent concerts in Westminster Abbey, and the baronet’s increasing financial difficulties. The file of later letters, 1808-1813, shows the 5th baronet’s more systematic approach to financial affairs and the practical management of the estates, mainly in Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire and Bala.

Manuscript copies and published versions of bills, Acts of Parliament, petitions and cases, sometimes with accompanying notes, comprising an Act for the relief of His Majesty’s army, 1640; private Acts of Parliament, and miscellaneous petitions and cases, 1646-1698; the Case of the Irish Adventurers, 1653-1668; miscellaneous bills and Acts of Parliament, [1662]-[1681], 1836-1880; and bills and Acts of parliament concerning manufacture and commerce, 1661-1680, religion, 1678-[c. 1694], regulation of the election of MPs, 1696, enclosures, 1763-1816, and canals and roads, 1794-1820.

Miscellaneous papers deriving from the acts and procedures of central government, probably accumulated by Sir Richard Wynn, Henry Wynn and Sir William Williams in the course of their official duties in service to the Crown. They comprise accounts of crown revenues, 1608, 1671; surveys of crown lands in Caernarfonshire, 1608-1673; sequestration papers for the estate of Edward Vaughan, 1622-1654; a chart of the nobility of England, [c. 1636]; proposals for the abolition of the Court of the Council of the Marches of Wales, 1641-1689; and copies of official reports, orders, evidence, etc., [c. 1653]-1705.

Drafts and final accounts of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, sixth Baronet Wynnstay, and the trustees under the will of his father the late Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (d. 1840), 1844-1885; Longueville and Co.’s accounts with Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and the trustees, 1853-1869; and the succession account of the sixth Baronet, 1885-1886. Most of the accounts list properties which were sold by the Wynnstay estate, their locations and the names of the purchasers, or properties valued for the succession acccount.

Abstracts, schedules, requisitions on title, etc. found with the conveyances and assembled by Longueville and Co., probably for the purpose of land purchases and sales by the Wynnstay estate between 1771 and 1881.

Title deeds relating to properties in the town of Abergele, 1359-1512; the commote of Is Dulas, 1395-1473; and in the township of Hendregyda in the parish of Abergele, acquired by the Holand family and by Edward Williams of Castell, [1422x1461], 1499-1600.

Title deeds and associated bonds for properties in the township of Bodsilin in the parish of Aber, namely Tythyn Pen y Bont, 1596-1614, Kay Madog, Kay Pen y Lan, etc., and Kay Madog Issa, 1596-1613, and Llwyn Eden, 1613-1614, purchased by Richard Gwynne of Bangor.