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Accounts of several members of the Owen family of Clenennau and Porkington, 1612-1706, including the account of Ellen Owen during her administration of the estate of her late husband, John Owen of Whittington, 1612; a receipt to William Owen for a fine of £16 for discharge of the order of knighthood, 1631; a bill to Sir John Owen for clothing, fabrics and haberdashery, 1638-1648; a demand for allowances from Sir John Owen for a prisoner escaped from Caernarfon Castle, for sheep, corn, crown rents and soldiers' quarters, [post-1644]; Sir Robert Owen 's promissory note to pay the fees for his knighthood, 1678; bills for legal costs, 1679-1698; receipts for legacies bequeathed by William Owen to his younger children, 1682-1687; an account of the funeral expenses of Ellen Owen, 1702-1706; and an account of Jane Owen as executrix and trustee of her sister, Ellen Owen, 1702-1711.

Includes an agreement between William Owen of Porkington and his sisters for the occupation of Constable 's Hall, 1626, and assignments of the lease of crown lands in Penychen to Ellin and Penelope, 1627, 1642; deeds associated with the surrender by Ellis Maurice to John Owen of Tyddyn Mawr yn y Pennant, Penyfed, 1626/7; a letter of attorney by William Owen empowering his brother, John, to take possession of lands in Penyfed originally leased to their mother, Ellen Eure, 1629; post-nuptial settlements of William Owen and his wife, Mary, 1630/1, 1637; and family trust settlements by Sir John Owen of the Clenennau estate, lands in Denbighshire and Shropshire, Rhedynogfelen and Gest, 1633/4, 1663.

Letters to Sir John Owen, 1647-1660; subjects include legal proceedings against him for a debt connected with the guardianship of his nephew, William Vaughan, with drafts of his request for advice, [c. 1660]; lawsuits between Theodor Roberts, clerk of Llanfor and a Mr [Lewis?] Lloyd of Rhiwaedog, 1652; official orders for the demolition of Harlech Castle, 1647; news of a defeat of the Spaniards by the Portuguese army [1659?], raising of infantry troops and appointments to the Shropshire Corporation; and a cryptic, outgoing letter to Edmund Meyricke.