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The file comprises deeds for Ty Gwyn and premises in Tre'r-llan, and Ty Coch, Henllan, which were described in the marriage settlement of Thomas Lloyd of Vaynol and Mary, daughter of Richard ap Harry Peake, in 1630. By 1731, the properties were in the ownership of William Lloyd, who mortgaged them to Jane Hughes of Henllan in 1742. He sold them in 1749, together with a seat in Henllan church, to Robert Thomas of Henllan, still encumbered by the unpaid mortgage and subject to leases and a life estate to himself in a room with fireplace. Robert Thomas, in his will, proved 1770, instructed that his daughter, Susan, wife of William Hughes of Plasmyvod, was to receive the rents and profits. There appears to have been a purchase of a further cottage by Susan's son, John Williams, in 1784. Ty Gwyn and Ty Coch were eventually purchased by George Griffith of Garn from Thomas Hughes of Liverpool, who had inherited them from his father's cousin, John Hughes of Garthgynnan, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, after 1834.

The file comprises a deed of sale, 1867, by Baron Edward Walter Charles Grainger and his mortgagees to George Griffith, of Twysog, Lodge Farm, Old Mill, Holburn, Tyddyn Issa, Bwlch Sadwrn, land at Tryan, in Henllan and Llanefydd, and messuages in School Street, Henllan, with several drafts, and abstracts of title, 1795-1866, 1867.

The file comprises a copy of an attested copy and two extracts of the will of Ellis Davies of Cerrigydrudion, gent., dated 13 Jan. 1689, containing a bequest of money to the church and a messuage called Tu Du, the rents and profits of which are to be used for relief of the poor of the parish. [Tu Du was later owned by Mary Wynne of Plasnewydd, but it was apparently in the management of her daughter, Jane Griffith of Garn, by 1792.]

The file comprises papers deriving from George Griffith's appointment as a trustee to the marriage settlement of Sophia Price of Bodnant, Denbighshire, and Rev. Peter Williams of Meliden, Flintshire, including the pre-nuptial settlement, 1825, assignment of a mortgage in trust for the uses of the marriage settlement, 1825, a release on payment of shares under the terms of the marriage settlement of Edward Edwards, 1863, and a final release of trustees from the trusts, 1879.

The file comprises a notification that goods remaining in the Tan Yard, late in the holding of Robert Price, were trust property of John Wynne Griffith and others, and a summary of the will of Thomas Roberts [of Chweffordd, Henllan].

The file comprises a lease by John Hope Wynne Eaton and Margaret, his wife, to John Wynne Griffith in the year of his marriage, 1785.

The file comprises tithe accounts for Merllyn, Bryn Issa and Garn, demands for payment of tithe to the parishes of Cwm, Rhyl, Rhuddlan, Llanefydd and Llanrwst, with receipts and occasional covering letters, 1841-1844, 1904.

The file comprises a valuation of oak and ash trees growing at Waen Dwysog, 1748, agreement for sale of oak, ash, elm and saplings at Waen Dwysog, 1772, bill for labour, 1809, and particulars and conditions of sale of fallen timber at Roe and Garn, 1814.

The file comprises a mortgage of lands called the Middletown by James Augustus Hunter of Hockley, Birmingham, and Elizabeth, his wife, to William Tanner and Samuel Bennison, dated 1815. James Hunter was a nurseryman and a friend of John Wynne Griffith of Garn.

The file comprises deeds for Tan y Llan and Pentre in the parish of Llanefydd and Llain Hir in Henllan, which were sold to John Wynne Griffith by Elizabeth Giffard in 1819. It includes an abstract of her title, 1737-1818. [Tan y Llan was conveyed to trustees in a family settlement of 1833, for raising money for the portions of J.W.G.'s younger children].

The file comprises certification, 1813, by William Jones of Groes that he has given possession of a croft called Tan y Graig to John Wynne Griffith in exchange for a field called Croft Francon, belonging to Gwaun Dwysog.

The file comprises an abstract of title of trustees for the sale, 1798-1855, and a deed of sale by Thomas Longueville Longueville and Edward Williams, trustees of Frederick Richard West, to George Griffith of Garn, with a covenant for production of deeds, 1856.

The file comprises an assignment of mortgage by John Yale to John Griffith (2) of Garn, of Talwrn in Nerquis, Flintshire and Rhyd y Caerway, Hafod y Bawie, and other lands in Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, 1752, and an attornment of tenant of Talwrn by Thomas Langford to John Griffith, 1756.

The file comprises a draft deed of sale by Thomas Longueville Longueville and Edward Williams, trustees of Frederick Richard West, to Hugh Hughes of a smith's shop and croft whereon H.H. had already erected a house, called the Cross Keys, and a draft mortgage of the premises by H.H. to George Griffith of Garn, 1856.

The file comprises a roll of Ruthin school, 1803, which includes the names of of John Wynne Griffith the younger and Thomas Griffith, ordination papers of Robert Griffith, clerk, 1811-1812, articles of clerkship of George Griffith to an attorney, 1811, and his appointment as Recorder of Denbigh Town and Corporation, 1834, a special constable's warrant card of William Douglas Wynne Griffith, 1915, and specifications for the uniform of deputy lieutenant, 1920.