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The file comprises deeds for lands (Bryngwyn, Bryn Robin, etc.) and a smithy in Henllan, and a property called Dolben, Llanefydd, which were sold by Robert Salusbury Cotton to John Jones in 1776. The bundle includes a mortgage by John Jones to Robert Williams of Gwysaney, 1780, after which date Dolben disappears from the deeds. In 1793 an agreement was made to sell the lands at Henllan to John Wynne Griffith, and they were assigned to him the following year.

The file comprises an agreement, 1754, by John Griffith (2) of Garn to sell to John Rocke of Trefnannau the estate of his wife, Mary, deceased, in the townships of Collfryn and Trefnannau, with the additional information that she had inherited the land under the will of her aunt, Mary Davies, who had originally purchased it from William Vaughan.

The series comprises original and copy leases, agreements to lease, etc. for named properties in the parishes of Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Llanrwst, Henllan and Llanefydd.

The series comprises original leases and attornment of tenant for properties in the parishes of Mold and Rhuddlan.

The series includes petitions to court, writs, memoranda, bills of complaint, defendants' answers, cases with opinions of counsel, affidavits, interrogatories and depositions of witnesses, jury lists, copies and abstracts of deeds, and pedigrees to prove title. A large part of the records comprises disputes over title to land or inheritance, which took place in the High Court of Chancery or on the equity side in the Court of Great Sessions. The most substantial of them concern Cae'rberllan and Nant yr Helfa, 1672-1695, the Flintshire (Cwyber) estate, 1687-1749, 1787, Tyddyn Glan y Ffynnon, Gwaun Dwysog, etc., 1745-1754, the estate of John Griffith (2) of Garn, 1758, 1764, and the will of Charlotte Botfield of Norton Hall, 1829-1832.

The file comprises letters on miscellaneous subjects, including a legacy by Margaret Foulkes of Ereifiad, 1680; conveyances and estate repairs; election policy in the Denbighshire boroughs; advice of Dr Swift (copy) and 'Narcissa' upon marriage and virtue; an explosion at Chester, 1772; mortgage of an Irish estate; customs of the German princes; and Welsh patriotism, 1882. Recipients include John Myddelton at Denbigh, 1734, John Bulkeley of Porthamel, 1743, 1745, and Miss Myddelton of Chirk [1814x1820].

The file comprises letters by Edward Humphrey Griffith, 1806-1842, to his father, mother, brother, George, and wife, Maria, on his school work, requests for clothing, death of Conway Shipley, 1808, work as an apprentice in the import and wholesale business and bankruptcy of the company, Patterson and Malonek, Liverpool, 1810-1811, friendship with Philip Jones of Llysmeirchion, a riot at the theatre, 1810, news of the French defeat by Wellington, 1815, management of Denbighshire estate, particularly arrears of rents and difficulty of selling livestock, with accounts to his father, 1820-1822, an accident while travelling by boat, news of the Chambres and Heaton families, enclosures, 1822, lameness of his brother, William, 1824, and the death of George's wife [1842].

The file comprises a letter, 1858, to his cousin, [William] Douglas Wynne Griffith, written from Gibraltar, on the subjects of shooting game birds, dogs, hunting, a fatal shipwreck, and meeting Lord Cardigan and [Adeline] de Horsey after their elopement.

The file comprises letters from Elizabeth Griffith, 1808, to her mother and father on family news, friendship with the Penson family and an order for clothes.

The file comprises letters by Frederick Griffith, 1815-1824, to his father, about the unreliability of the Holyhead to London coach, his proposed tenancy of Ysgeifiog and hiring of a servant.

The file comprises letters by George Griffith, 1801-1842, to his father, mother, aunt, Elizabeth Williams, brothers, Edward and Thomas, John Copes and [sister-in-law?], Mrs Griffith, on his schooldays, the Denbigh, Flint and London elections, 1807, his training as a solicitor, 1817, news of the families of Rutter, Clough, Lloyd of Tros y Park, Sir Watkin [Williams Wynn], Price, Kenrick of Nantclwyd, 1817-1823, a visit to Holland and Belgium, 1819, his father's election as MP, 1820, fashions, institutions and social conditions in Paris, 1820, 1833, complaints about reduction in his allowance, his father's dispute with Philip Chambres regarding encroachment, 1822, death of his wife, Charlotte, 1842.

The file comprises letters by Harriet Griffith to her father, 1820, about social engagements, friendship of Mrs Botfield, overspending on clothes, unhappiness of the Dean of St Asaph concerning his son and his illness, schooldays at Mrs Gifford's, to her brother, William, 1832, about furthering his legal career, and to Maria Griffith, her sister-in-law, 1842, on the death of Charlotte Griffith.

The file comprises copies of letters, 1808-1809, sent to her grandson, Thomas Griffith, in India and the East Indies, with detailed items of family, local and social news.

The file comprises letters, 1789-1809, mainly to her husband, John Wynne Griffith, about local social acquaintances and the Hunter family of Birmingham, vestry meetings at Henllan for landowners 'claiming their property in the church', 1804, requests for fabric and personal items, intention of Miss Giffard to sell lands in Henllan, 1807, and to Jane Evans on the unfairness of legacies left by Mrs Myddleton, with a remedy for illness.

The file comprises letters by John Griffith Price and Augustus William Price, 1858-1860, to their uncle, George Griffith, their mother and father, Harriet and John Price, and cousin, William Douglas Wynne Griffith, about army life in India.

The file comprises letters by by John Wynne Griffith, 1783-1832, to his mother, Jane, his wife, Jane, son, George, and various acquaintances, on the subjects of social contact with Miss Wynne (presumably Jane), processions in London for proclamation of peace, 1783, botany and introduction to Sir Joseph Banks, 1783, 1806, fortifications at Portsmouth, request for a letter of introduction for his son, Thomas, outings to the theatre in London, 1807, enclosure and encroachments, 1807, [1818]- 1822, trusteeship of Plasnewydd estate, 1822-1823, financial burdens on his own estate, 1822, riotous elections, 1826, spa treatment for ill health; and a letter by John Griffith to an Oswestry lawyer, 1799, on financial problems.

The file comprises a letter [c. 1803] written at Ruthin to his grandmother, Jane Griffith, reporting an injury to his brother Thomas' leg and burial of old aunt Wynne.

The file comprises a letter by Margaret Griffith to her son [John Griffith], concerning debts on the Cwyber estate, 1724.

The file comprises a letter by Reginald Charles Heaton to his aunt, Jessy Griffith, regarding pedigrees and arms of Heaton and Griffith.

The file comprises letters by Richard Augustus Griffith, 1810-1824, to his father and mother on the subjects of travel arrangements for the school holidays, acquaintances such as Roger Clough, livestock management, estate repairs, arrears of rents, death of [Edward] Hughes of Kinmel, [1815].