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Title deeds for properties in the parish of Llanbryn-mair, 1570-[?c. 1800]; the township of Tafolwern, 1599-1680; and for Havod Owen in Tirymynach, 1613-1781.

Title deeds relating to properties in the parish of Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, comprising lands in the townships of Llwynydd and Rhisgog, 1394, 1496, 1607; miscellaneous properties in Llanbedr, 1512, 1597, 1629, 1740; and properties in Rhiw Isaf, 1555-1626. The series also includes a bundle of leases and associated documents for the lordship of Dyffryn Clwyd, 1565-1602, of which the chief rents were due to the Earl and Countess of Warwick

Title deeds for properties in the town of Caernarfon, Treflan and the parish of Llanbeblig acquired through purchase and lease by Sir John Wynn of Gwydir and his father Maurice Wynn, namely Scasbrickes Place and Lyncells Lands, Caernarfon, 1482-1614; Kay Havod Tudur, Kay Kaled, an enclosed ‘ffrith’, mansion house and lands in Treflan, 1519-1605; Tuthin Thomas Irland in Pennygelly, Caernarfon, 1572-1577; miscellaneous properties in Caernarfon, 1578-1674; a house adjacent to Scasbrickes Place, 1617; and miscellaneous properties in Treflan, 1598, 1674.

Title deeds relating to properties in the parish of Llanarmon-yn –Ial, in two files describing Tir Llewelyn Vaughan in Alltgynbynd and Bodidris, 1515-1560, and lands in the townships of Gelligynan and Chwileiriog, 1543-1584

Title deeds relating to properties in the parish of Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr in Denbighshire, namely Tyddyn y Tuy yn Cwm Cyllan, 1527-1679; miscellaneous parcels of land, 1595, 1639; and Y Kae yn Ymil y Groeslwyd, 1638-1687.

Title deeds relating to the parish of Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, the townships of Llywarch and Tregeririog, and the parish of Llansanffraid Glynceiriog, Denbighshire. The files describe miscellaneous properties in Llanarmon and Llywarch, 1622-1650; Gwern y Cwm and Keven y Gwastad, Llywarch, 1626-1658; Gwerne y Pentre and a messuage in Tregeiriog, 1627-1637; lands of the Moody family in Llanarmon and Tregeiriog, 1631-1655; and lands in Nantyr, Llansanffraid Glynceiriog, 1646-1682, 1818.

Papers relating to the scheme by Liverpool Corporation to obtain a water supply from the rivers Vyrnwy, Marchnant and Conwy in Montgomeryshire, and the effect of the scheme on the estates of Llwydiarth and Llanforda belonging to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn of Wynnstay, 1880-1893. They comprise a petition against the bill, amendments to the Act of Parliament, together with relevant maps and correspondence.

Title deeds relating to Lincolnshire, mostly in connection with the grant by Queen Henrietta Maria to Sir Richard Wynn of lands in Coggisland, Alderland, part of the dissolved Abbey of Croyland, South and North Fens in the manors of Spalding, Pinchbeck, Weston and Moulton, and Deeping Fen, comprising an original deed box, 1635-1637, and further separate deeds, 1635-1653; there is also a much later deed of covenant concerning lands in Davenport, Middle Raisen, 1814.

Letters to members of the Wynn family of Gwydir, namely Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, 1599-1619; Richard Wynn and his brother William Wynn of Garthgynan, 1642-1664; and Sir John Wynn of Gwydir and Watstay, 1671-1695. The files include occasional copies of outgoing correspondence.

Letters to two members of the Williams Wynn family, namely Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 3rd Baronet., 1719-1744, and Sir Hugh Williams of Bodelwyddan, 1859.

Letters to Sir William Williams of Llanforda from James Evans in Gray’s Inn, 1701-1704; various business and social acquaintenances, 1705-1733; his son, Watkin Williams Wynn, 1706-1735; his son, Robert Williams, 1709-1737; miscellaneous family members, 1711-1727; his daughter, Sidney Wynne, 1714-1735; his son, Richard Williams of Penbedw, 1717-1730; and his brother, John Williams of Chester, 1727. The letters provide a view into the private affairs of this influential family, their position in Welsh gentry society, and their involvement in local life and in parliamentary politics during the early Hanoverian period. Recurrent family topics include the death of Sir John Wynn, Sir William Williams’s second marriage, 1719, and private financial arrangements.

Correspondence belonging to Sir William Williams of Glascoed (Speaker Williams), comprising miscellaneous letters from several individuals, 1671-1699; letters to his agent about the sale of the Hengwrt library, 1678; and letters from Ellis Lloyd of Penylan mainly concerning a property exchange, 1682-1683.

Letters of the families of Thelwall, Kyffin and Vaughan, who were linked to Wynnstay by marriage, and others who may have had business or social connections with the estate. The files comprise letters to Edward Williams of Isaf, sheriff of Caernarfonshire, 1571-1574; letters by Theodore Maurice of Kevenhire, 1656-1662; letters to Edward Thelwall of Plas y Ward, [17th cent., first half]; a letter to Charles Kyffin of Glascoed, 1659; letters to the Vaughan family of Llwydiarth and Llangedwyn, 1663-1697; and letters of miscellaneous correspondents, 1671-1913.

Letters and papers relating to Sir William Williams, kt and bart, recorder of Chester, solicitor general, speaker of the House of Commons. Items numbered C 11-12, 14-64, L 388-404, 407-415, 416 (x2), 417-442, 444-534, 537, 539-559, 562-585, 696-706, 1233. Arranged into letters, 1675-1689 (C 11-12, 14-33), legal papers, 1626-1699 (C 34, 36-39, 41-42, 44-47, 51-64, L 388-404, 407-415, 456-460, 522, 539-540, 551-556, 562-585, 696-706, 1233), parliamentary papers, 1670-1689 (L 416 (x2), 417-428, 430-436, 440-442, 453-455, 465-521, 523-524), miscellaneous papers, 1572-1698 (C 35, 40, 43, 48-50, L 444-445, 461-464, 525-534, 537, 541-550, 557-559), and papers relating to Crown revenue, 1597-1689 (L 429, 437-439, 446-452).

Legal papers from cases involving Sir William Williams of Llanforda, also called William Kyffin Williams, 1674-1735, [1769], in dispute mainly with the Kyffins (his mother’s family), 1674-1689, and the Thelwalls, who were related to him by marriage, 1690-1717; other files include a dispute over the title to lands in Lloran and Trefonnen, 1713-1715, disputes with Edward Jennings, Elihu Yale and his own sons concerning legacies in the will of Sir John Wynn, 1719-1721, [1769]; and legal opinions on the remainders of the estates of Sir William Williams, 1734-1735.

Papers deriving from legal disputes of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 3rd Baronet Wynnstay, 1719-[1748], and the fourth and fifth baronets, 1750-1793. Three of them relate to demands for legacies due from the estates of Edward Vaughan of Llwydiarth, Maurice Vaughan and Mary Strangeways (nee Vaughan), 1719-1731. There is a substantial prosecution of John Humffreys, former steward of the Llwydiarth and Llangedwyn estates, 1726-1735. The remainder include Lady Williams’s entitlement to the personal estate of Sir William Williams of Llanforda, 1740; Robert Williams’s entitlement and the payment of his debts, 1750-1751; Sir Watkin Williams Wynn’s recovery of debts due from the bankrupt John Howell, 1785-1787; an action of ejectment from farm in Lloran and Llywarch, [1792]-1793; and a boundary dispute in the manor of Arwystli, [19th cent].

Papers deriving from lawsuits or arbitration involving the successive owners of the Much Wenlock estate or their tenants, comprising a legal opinion on a lease, [post-1603]; an arbitration award for land in Spittle Street, 1649; cases of the Gage family, 1703-1714; case of Sir John Wynn concerning the election of a bailiff, 1714; an ejectment from farm of the manor of Much Wenlock, 1720; prosecutions for holding a market at Broseley without licence, 1745, and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn’s case respecting Wenlock enclosure award, 1780.

Leases, agreements and various other papers relating to tenancies mainly on the Wynnstay estate, comprising a distraint on the tenant of Allt Goch in the parish of Meifod, Montgomeryshire, 1815-1823, miscellaneous leases and agreements, 1842-1892, and a lease to Cefn Mawr and Rhosymedre Gas Company Limited, 1865.

Arranged chronologically by the start of the lawsuits.