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Agreements and conveyances of land by successive members of the Ormsby Gore family to the Mawddwy Railway Co, 1866, Cambrian Railway Company, 1870-1882, Great Western Railway Company, 1897-1898, and The Portmadoc Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway Company, 1904, for the purposes of various railway development schemes; and a document relating to an electricity development scheme by North Wales Power Company, 1927.

Title deeds relating to a farm house and lands in the township of Porkington in the parish of Selatyn, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn trustees from David Jameson of Oswestry, 1808-1820

Wills and other probate records of the families of Anwyl of Park, 1600-1700; Godolphin of Abertanat and Baylies, 1725-[c. 1862]; Vaughan of Corsygedol and Talhenbont, 1606, 1636; and Wynn of Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid, 1563-1691.

Wills and other probate records of Sir William Maurice and family, 1621-1627; Col. William Owen and family, 1629-[c. 1674]; Ormsby-Gore family, 1675-1829; William Owen and family, 1678-1732; Sir Robert Owen and family, 1698-1754; and his son, William Owen and family, 1762-1802.

Printed newsletters and broadsides relating to contemporary news and politics, 1666-[c. 1800], general information leaflets, 1680-1831, and advertisements for goods, 1687-1861.

Title deeds and other papers relating to fish ponds called Porkington Pools in the parish of Selatyn, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate, 1686-1823.

Bundles labelled ‘Porkington estate vouchers’ 1864-1869. The descriptions on the labels do not always match the dates of the receipts. Most of the vouchers are numbered but some are missing from the sequence. They cover both the Porkington (Brogyntyn) estate and the Llanddyn estate at Llangollen. Typically they include bills and receipts for building materials, repairs to buildings, railway freight of stone and timber, ironmongery, coal, stationery, labourers’ wages, land drainage, garden work under James Edwards, bailiff’s bills of David McConnell, gamekeeping equipment, tithe rent charges, general district rates, church rates, poor rates, land tax, income tax and chief rents in Selatyn, Oswestry, Whittington, Llanforda, Middleton and Llangollen, subscriptions to schools at Trefor [Llangollen], Llandysilio and Guilsfield, subscriptions to Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian Society, annuities, allowances and sick pay, and the rent of a pew in Oswestry parish church. There are occasional letters from tradesmen presenting bills to the Brogyntyn agent. Specific points of interest are described at file level.

Personal papers associated with the career and interests of William Ormsby-Gore, specifically political papers deriving from his membership of Parliament, 1822-1857, his presidency of the Genealogical Society, 1853, and a tribute by the London Stock Bank immediately following his death, 1860.

Papers relating to the career and interest of William Richard Ormsby-Gore, comprising army certificates, 1836-1854, official passes, 1837-1839, 1870-1875, MP 's papers, [c. 1852]-1859, and freemasonry papers, 1852-1894.

Title deeds relating to Pentrepant, clover fields and Ty Coch, all belonging to the Pentrepant estate in the parishes of Selatyn and Whittington, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate from George Henry Warrington and Ethel Mary Trollope, a daughter of the Carew family of Crowcombe Court, Somerset, 1741-1894.

Title deeds relating to Pentreclawdd Farm and cottages in the parish of Selatyn, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate, 1607-1899

Title deeds, which appear to relate to two separate parts of a property called Pentre David in the parish of Selatyn, Salop, 1707-1827. One part, together with Hen Plassey, was purchased by the Brogyntyn trustees from Frederick West in 1827, and the other, Pentre David Farm, had been purchased from Thomas Jackson in 1822

Title deeds of lands acquired through purchase, marriage, mortgage and lease by the families of Derwas of Penthryn Fechan, Penrhos and Llwyn y Mapsis, Penryn of Domgae and Llandrinio, Lyster and Owen of Penrhos, and Ormsby-Gore of Brogyntyn, situated for the most part in Haughton, Llandrinio and Llandysilio, 1508-1827. Other locations include the parishes of Castell Caereinion and Welshpool, 1585-1728, Guilsfield, 1573-1826, Llanfechain and Llansanffraid Deuddwr, 1592-1794, in Montgomeryshire, Llanymynech on the Shropshire border, 1672, and miscellaneous parishes, 1541-1828. The effects of the enclosure of common land are apparent in some deeds of the late sixteenth to late eighteenth centuries. Other documents illustrate the acquisition by single landowners, such as the Penryn family, of mediaeval field strips previously in multiple ownership. During the first half of the eighteenth century the Penrhos estate was consolidated and enlarged by Elizabeth Lyster and by her daughter, Elizabeth Lyster (married name Owen). William Ormsby-Gore increased the estate still further with the purchase of a farm in Guilsfield, 1826.

Deeds and documents relating to the Penrhos and Cemmes (Cemais) estates in Montgomeryshire, formerly belonging to John Owen, which descended to Mary Jane Ormsby Gore of Brogyntyn, 1647-1866, and later deeds, 1883-1899. The properties lay mainly in the parishes of Llandrinio, Llandysilio and Cemais.

Pedigrees, copies of manuscripts, extracts from original and published sources, genealogical notes, copies of monumental inscriptions and correspondence relating to Owen of Clenennau and Brogyntyn, [1702x1823]-1882, and other families who were related to them by marriage or who were relevant to the history of the estate, namely Anwyl of Parke, [18 cent., first quarter], 1751, Derwas and Lyster of Penrhos, 1767-[post-1823], Eure, [post-1861], Godolphin, 1724x1868, Longueville, 1830-1833, Mostyn, [1729x1744]-1951, Vaughan of Corsygedol, 1698-[c. 1795], Wynn(e) of Glyn, Gwydir and Peniarth, 1790-1837, Wynne of Garth, 1753, and miscellaneous others, [post-1727]-1862.

Pedigrees, transcripts and extracts from original and published sources, copies of monumental inscriptions, notes and relevant correspondence relating to the intermarried families of Gore, Gorges and Ormsby, 1794x[1904] and numerous peripheral families such as Bertie, earls of Lindsey, Willoughby of Eresby, (Watermarks 1814-1830), Gordon of Huntly, 1887-[c. 1906], Hyde of Castle Hyde, [1832x1855], Smyth of Long Ashton, [1822x1857], and miscellaneous other families, [1812x1864]. Several of the files contain material relating to the connections of the Gore family in Ireland. Much of the material appears to have been compiled in the nineteenth century by William and Mary Jane Ormsby-Gore, and the sources they used are cited in the majority of cases.

Personal papers of George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore, comprising two diaries from his days at school and in the Coldstream Guards, 1873, 1883, and a small number of army certificates, 1874, 1878.

Title deeds relating to Pant Glas Farm (formerly Nant) and land at Pant Glas, 1771-1868, and to Pant Glas school, 1903, all in the parish of Selatyn, purchased by or owned by the Brogyntyn estate.

Title deeds of properties in the town and parish of Oswestry, 1397-1838. A number of properties in and around the town were owned by Richard Dryhurst and his son, Edward, prior to their purchase by William Owen in 1636-1639. Other premises were purchased by William Owen, 1660-1661, Sir Robert Owen, 1688-1689, and William Ormsby-Gore, 1835-1838. Detailed boundary clauses in many of the deeds provide useful information about the urban development of Oswestry from the late Mediaeval period onwards.

Manuscript and printed papers of academic and general interest comprising original documents with accompanying items [14 cent., second ½], 1590, 1924; sermons and notes on religious subjects [early 17 cent. x mid 18 cent.]; epitaphs [c. 1686], 1736; academic exercises [17 cent.]-1836; catalogues of books and documents, 1702-1946; volumes of historical and literary material, 1743-1780, 1797; anecdotes, 1776; a catalogue of coins, and notes about money [c. 1835]-1940. There are also notes, transcripts, articles and other literature relating to historical and antiquarian subjects, [1656]-[late 19 cent.], natural history and topography, [c. 1693-19 cent.], prophecies, [c. 1694], [19 cent.], miscellaneous depositions and notes, [c. 1722], and philosophical and moralistic themes, [1730x1784], 1842. Further volumes purchased in Bonhams sale, March 2017, comprise a catalogue of Brogyntyn library, 1809-1812, and two catalogues of plays, 1815.