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Title deeds and other documents relating to properties mainly in the parishes of Oswestry, Selatyn and Whittington in the county of Salop (Shropshire), either purchased by the Brogyntyn estate or already owned and later sold or leased by them, 1607-1939. The properties include lands which formerly belonged to the Earls of Powis, the Lloyd family of Aston and the Owen family of Woodhouse, former common lands in the manor of Whittington and the Drenewydd estate purchased from the Wynne family of Peniarth in 1830. There are substantial quantities of deeds for the farm of Pentreclawdd, 1607-1899, the Vron, Selatyn, 1697-1874, Pentre David, 1707-1827, Pentrepant, 1741-1894, lands around the Brick Kilns in Oswestry, 1783-1909, and miscellaneous other properties, 1740-1939.

Title deeds and other documents relating to property owned by the Brogyntyn estate in Montgomeryshire, 1647-1902. One series concerns properties of the Penrhos and Cemmes (Cemais) estates, formerly belonging to John Owen, which descended to Mary Jane Ormsby Gore, 1647-1899; another series comprises records of the manors of Broniarth and Deuddwr, 1773-1894. Other deeds concern properties in the township of Broniarth in the parish of Guilsfield, 1740-1885, and at Sarnau in the parish of Meifod, 1828-1902.

Title deeds and other documents relating to properties belonging to the Brogyntyn estate in Caernarfonshire, 1813-1924. There are four series, comprising leases of parts of Borth-y-gest farm, Ynyscynhaearn, for building plots, 1847-1924; miscellaneous deeds and documents for properties in Cricieth, Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Llanystumdwy, Morfa Bychan, Penmorfa, Treflys and Ynyscynhaearn, 1813-1909; licences and leases of mines and quarries in Caernarfonshire, 1845-1890; and licences for Ereiniog Peat and Brick Works, 1871-1883.

Wills and executors’ accounts of the Owen and Ormsby Gore families (misc.), 1626-1860, of Mary Jane Ormsby Gore, 1841-1870, John Ralph Ormsby Gore, 1876-1877, and William Richard Ormsby Gore, 1904-1922.

Original and copy wills, administration bonds, occasional inventories and other documents associated with probate belonging to the main families of Maurice of Clenennau, Owen of Clenennau and Brogyntyn (Porkington) and Ormsby-Gore of Brogyntyn, 1621-1829, and those who were connected with them by marriage, namely Anwyl of Park, 1600-1700, Godolphin of Abertanat, 1725-[c. 1862], Vaughan of Corsygedol, 1606, 1636, and Wynn of Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid, 1563-1682.

Original, draft and copy marriage settlements, other family settlements and trusts of the families of Maurice, Owen and Ormsby-Gore of Clenennau and Brogyntyn, 1485-1839 and other families related to them by marriage, namely Wynn of Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid, 1516-1683, Clayton (incorporating Griffith), 1704-1709, Godolphin, 1733, Hanmer, 1620-1656, and Lyster (incorporating Derwas), 1665-1703, with related deeds and documents of the type normally associated with disentailment and resettlement.

Private correspondence of the main Clenennau and Brogyntyn families of Maurice and Owen, 1587-1801, and their descendants, the Ormsbys and Ormsby-Gores, 1777-1950, together with two smaller groups of letters of their relatives, the Owens/Lysters of Penrhos, 1703-1823, and the Owens/Claytons of Brymbo, 1714-1739.

Large volumes, notebooks and folders, containing mainly poetry and prose compositions accumulated by various members of the Owen and Ormsby-Gore families, 1624-1868, and in particular by Frances Morres Gore, 1809-1832. The great majority are in English, but they include some works in French, Welsh, Latin and Italian by published and unpublished authors, including members of the Gore family. They broadly cover contemporary national events and politics of the Stuart period, the Hanoverian monarchy and the Napoleonic Wars, together with matters of local interest, and various romantic and moralistic themes.

Manuscript and printed papers of academic and general interest collected or researched by the family, comprising original documents [14 cent.], 1590, sermons [early 17 cent. x mid 18 cent.], epitaphs, [c. 1686], 1736, prophecies, [c. 1694], [19 cent.], catalogues of books and documents, including Brogyntyn library, 1702-1946, various academic exercises, notes, articles and other literature relating to religion, historical and antiquarian subjects, literature, natural history and topography, philosophical and moralistic themes, money and other subjects of general interest, [1656]-1940.

Complete editions, cuttings and pages of newspapers, 1685-1887; printed newsletters, broadsides, advertisements and general information leaflets, 1666-1861; and manuscript newsletters, 1676-1710.

Administrative records of the estates of Lea Hall in Preston Gubbals, Shropshire, and the Brymbo estate near Wrexham, Denbighshire, previously in the ownership of Richard Clayton, comprising rentals and accounts, 1586, 1710-1743, 1750, memoranda of leases, 1736-1749, and miscellaneous estate administration papers, 1684-1739.

Title deeds of properties belonging to the Brymbo estate near Wrexham, originally owned by the Griffith family and later administered by William Owen of Brogyntyn, 1555-1765; deeds of properties belonging to the Clayton family of Lea Hall in Preston Gubbals, Shropshire, 1682-1719; and a small number of deeds referring to premises in Bangor-is-coed, Wrexham and Gresford, 1574-1725, placed here on evidence connected with Mary Clayton and her first husband, Robert Jeffreys of Acton.

Personal papers of the Owen and Godolphin families and various members of the Ormsby-Gore family, comprising almanacks and pocket books, 1676-1765, and miscellaneous papers relating to personal interests, physical statistics, training, education and careers, 1672-(Watermark 1860), 1893-[1900].

Personal papers, comprising diaries and army papers of George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore, third Baron Harlech, 1873-1883, and diaries of his wife Margaret Ethel, 1914-1937.

Records deriving from administration of the Abertanat estate, mainly in Broniarth, Guilsfield, Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain and Llandysilio in Montgomeryshire, together with the parishes of Llanyblodwel, Oswestry and Llanymynech in Shropshire, and Llangedwyn in Denbighshire; the Penrhos estate in Llandrinio, Guilsfield, Llandysilio and Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain; and the Cemais estate in Cemais, Darowen, Trefeglwys and Machynlleth. The records comprise rentals, 1711-1846, [c. 1949], accounts, 1653-1829, leases and other tenancy papers, 1741-1815, correspondence, [16]66-1859, and miscellaneous estate administration papers, 1717-1824.

Miscellaneous papers, 1590-1938, deriving from the administration of estates in Caernarfonshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Cornwall and elsewhere, where the provenance is unknown.

Records of the manor of Deuddwr in Montgomeryshire, comprising jury's presentments and court rolls of the court leet with a view of frankpedge and court baron, 1790-1844, and miscellaneous manorial records, 1661-1840.

Rentals and legal papers of miscellaneous manors, namely Aber and Cemais in Caernarfonshire and Anglesey, Whittington and Aston in Shropshire, 1591, 1632-1709, 1749-1774.

Small numbers of title deeds relating to the town and immediate locality of Harlech, 1327-1649, the Faenol estate near Bangor belonging to Sir William Williams and Sir Thomas Williams, 1596-1645, the Irish estates of William Ormsby, Owen Ormsby, and William Gore, 1606-1799, the township of Dolbenmaen in Caernarfonshire purchased by William Owen (3), 1721-1737, and miscellaneous deeds for properties in Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Cardiganshire, Denbighshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and parts of England, 1298-1773. It has been difficult to establish the provenance of some of the deeds. The group also contains a number of unplaced bonds and general releases, the purpose of which has not been established, 1599-1780.

Records deriving from administration of the estates of William Gore, Owen Ormsby, Mary Jane and William Ormsby-Gore in the counties of Westmeath, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo and Roscommon. They comprise rentals, 1775-1858, accounts, 1789-1859, and correspondence, 1793-1887; and they constitute a good source of information on the impoverished state of Irish agriculture, land reclamation through drainage, other attempted improvements and the effects of the Potato Famine.