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A copy of printed works, 'A form of prayer and humilation' (1690) and the Order for Common Prayer, comprising orders of service including prayers, hymns, collects and other readings.

Notes concerning food prepared and consumed, visitors, household goods, domestic tasks to be done, persons with access to keys, book subscriptions, servants' wages, the design of a picture, steel traps placed to deter trespassers in Mrs Lloyd's pleasure garden, and recipes for cattle feed, shoe grease and cleaning leather breeches.

Deeds relating to properties in London, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Middlesex and Suffolk, together with agreements and bonds of obligation made by persons resident in those counties, and a recitation of deeds and inquisitions concerning lands in Kent formerly in the possession of Lord Cobham. Some of the documents also refer to land in Shropshire.

Miscellaneous papers including: pen trials; extracts from, notes relating to, and fragments of printed works; an account of a speech at the Sheldon theatre in Oxford, 1733; an essay on morality; a printed petition [to queen ?Anne] by Edward Trevor; a letter from the sister of the lawyer [Charles] Talbot to his newly born child; a list of members of the Warwickshire Hunt Club; and a wrapper containing 'ye key of ye little box with all ye childrens things'.

Personal papers of members of the Myddelton, Lloyd and FitzHugh families, including material created by them and accumulated by them that is not of a legal, antiquarian, genealogical, academic, political, literary, or ecclesiastical nature.

Rentals and particulars of the Park Hall estate, Shropshire, 1721, 1724.

A list of persons, together with dates, arranged daily and in chronological order from May to August.

Two plans of the house and gardens.

Estate, financial, legal, personal, domestic, industrial and commercial papers of the several families who held the Plas Power estate, notably the Myddeltons, Lloyds and FitzHughs, including some papers relating to the Myddelton family of Chirk and their estates.

Valuations of estates in Denbighshire, Flintshire and Shropshire, notably Hafod-y-bwch, Marchwiail, and the Park estate, together with proposals to Mary Myddelton concerning land in Merionethshire..

Inventories of plate, silver, linen and other items at Plas Power, 'Plas Newydd' [recte Croes Newydd], Hafodybwch, and in London, together with a letter requesting goods for Mr Lloyd and a promise to deliver a coach to Mary Myddelton, both of which consist mainly of descriptions of the items.

Prose, poetry, ballads, essays, letters, speeches (some parliamentary), broadsides, press articles, material copied from printed works, and notes, both satirical and non-satirical, relating to British politics from the second Civil War to the accession of Victoria, including relations with European powers. They display a variety of political sympathies concerning George I, James Stuart (the 'Old Pretender'), Queen Mary, Queen Anne, the Duke of Marlborough, and other figures in British politics, as well as Robert Myddelton's election to Parliament in 1722. Many of them are mostly undated, but most of them appear to have been composed between the 'Glorious Revolution' and the Hanoverian succession, which are the main topics. Also included are a printed volume detailing the royal houses of Europe, a copy of a letter from an Austrian ambassador, accounts of military engagements at sea and in the Low Countries, and a few writings on religious and ecclesiastical subjects.

Papers relating to many aspects of British political life, together with some concerning Europe.

Details of properties, including their values, main physical characteristics, and tenants.

Papers relating to the activities of the Myddelton, Lloyd and FitzHugh families in public office. Several members of the Myddelton family held office as Deputy Lieutenants of Denbighshire.

Accounts of Plas Power Home Farm.

Lawyer's opinions and memoranda, together with an inventory and a draft bond, relating to Mary Myddelton's purchase of Hafodybwch.