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Title deeds of properties belonging to the Abertanat estate of the Tanat and Godolphin families, lying in the township and manor of Broniarth in Guilsfield, 1476-[1792], also in the parishes of Llandysilio, 1552-1736, Llanfechain and Meifod, 1640, 1722, Llangedwyn and Llansanffraid in Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire, 1690, 1749, Llanyblodwel and Llanymynech, 1535-1746, St Martin 's and Whittington in Shropshire, 1527-1765. The documents relating to Broniarth show clearly how land was acquired and transferred under the manorial system. Some of the late sixteenth century Montgomeryshire deeds illustrate the acquisition by the Tanats and others of strips of land within larger named fields previously in multiple ownership under the mediaeval agricultural system. A large file of Shropshire deeds relates to the Moreton Hall (renamed Margaret Hall) estate in Weston Rhyn, Ifton and Daywell, purchased by Margaret Godolphin between 1760 and 1763.

Account books and a large number of loose bills and receipts, 1653-1829, deriving from administration of the estate of Abertanat (Broniarth), incorporating Moreton Hall, and of the Cemais and Penrhos estates, showing income from rents and duties; usual outgoings for tithes, chief rents, taxes, and other dues; profits from estate produce and livestock; occasional rentals; disbursements for repair and maintenance of buildings, purchase and carriage of commodities; employees' wages, agent's travelling expenses and subsistence.

Letters to [Col. William Owen?], [16]66, Sydney Godolphin, 1700-1728, Margaret Godolphin, 1717-1759, Arthur and William Owen, 1739, 1754, Mary Owen, 1776-1783, John Owen of Penrhos, 1789-1814, Owen Ormsby, 1794, and William Ormsby-Gore, 1842-1859, from tenants, solicitors and the agents of the Abertanat, Cemais and Penrhos estates, accompanied by occasional replies and relevant letters from third parties. The subject matter comprises mostly routine estate business, such as rent collection, leasing of properties, chief rents, taxes, tithes, submission of accounts, family and local news, problems encountered by agents and tenants, enclosures and encroachments on common land, particularly in Deuddwr and Broniarth, sale of crops and livestock, a sitting place in Llanymynech church, 1759, exploitation of timber and property repairs. Items of interest include fishing rights in Broniarth Pool, 1725-1728; Margaret Godolphin's intention to divert the River Tanat and a mill stream, 1733, 1737; the manorial courts of Cyfeiliog, 1754; consultation of the 1655 sessions rolls at Powis Castle in connection with property of John Owen at Broniarth, 1796; disputes over a sheepwalk on the Cemais estate of John Owen, 1806-1813; subscriptions to a new road from Meifod, 1807; and proposals for a railway near the Cemais estate, 1859. Some letters contain integral accounts.

Miscellaneous estate administration papers from Abertanat, Cemais and Penrhos, concerning hedging and timber, 1717, 1747-1792, rivers and fishing, 1760, [pre-1823], property repairs, [c. 1786]-1789, surveys and valuations, 1763-1824, and mining, 1796.

Rentals and related papers for the of the Abertanat estate, 1711-1803, [c. 1949]; the Cemais estate, between 1747 and 1824; the Penrhos estate, 1824-1833; and the three combined Montgomeryshire estates, 1803-1846. The portions of the Abertanat estate lying in Llanyblodwel, Oswestry, Llanymynech and Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain do not feature in rentals later than 1746, and in 1766 they passed to another branch of the family under the terms of Margaret Godolphin's will. The remaining part of the estate, lying in Montgomeryshire, was called Broniarth. The Abertanat (Broniarth) rentals exhibit a regularity of format, with separate columns for arrears, land tax and expenses for repairs. The Cemais rentals show that John Owen was aready in possession by 1786. By the time of the 1801 rental he also owned the Montgmeryshire portion of Abertanat in Broniarth, inherited from his cousin, Robert Godolphin Owen (died 1792).

Tenancy papers, comprising mainly leases on the Abertanat (Broniarth), Cemais and Penrhos estates in Cemais and Darowen, 1785-1796, Guilsfield, 1768-1802, Llandrinio and Llansanffraid-ym-mechain, 1776-1815, Llandysilio, 1741-1798, Meifod, 1782-1811, St Martin's, 1787, and miscellaneous Montgomeryshire parishes, [c. 1766]-1811, and a separate bundle of notices to quit tenancies, 1793. Many of the leases and agreements stipulate the reservation to John Owen of minerals, hunting, tree plantation and timber for charcoal, the preservation of game and keeping of game dogs. Some of the documents refer to parcels of old common land in Deuddwr, alloted to John Owen as a result of enclosures and susbequently leased to tenant farmers.

Accounts, bills and receipts of the Maurice family of Clenennau, 1560-1620, Tanat and Godolphin of Abertanat, 1573-1767, miscellaneous individuals, [16 cent., last quarter]-1680, Conway of Nant, 1578-1630, Wynn of Glyn, 1582-1691, various members of the Owen family of Clenennau and Porkington, 1612-1711, the estate of Sir Robert Owen deceased, 1698-1725, William Owen and family, 1710-1798, Richard Clayton of Lea Hall and Brymbo, 1719-1720, Mary Owen, 1765-1783, John Owen of Penrhos, 1765-1816, Robert Godolphin Owen, 1768-1796, Owen and Margaret Ormsby, 1776-1796, and the Ormsby-Gore family, 1797-1876. Many of them relate to marriage portions, legacies, annuities, investments, funeral expenses and legal costs.

Two large files and several other individual drafts, copies and published versions of speeches, broadcasts, essays and lectures given by William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore to various colonial and international organisations, scientific bodies, educational and cultural institutions, and conferences between 1925 and 1944. The subject matter reflects both his work in colonial administration and politics, and his personal interest in fine art, galleries and museums.

Title deeds of properties in the parishes of Alberbury, 1539, Baschurch, 1296-1695, Ellesmere, 1367-1485, Loppington [13 cent.] and Llansilin, 1596, 1727.

Several small printed almanacks and gentleman 's pocket books, dated between 1676 and 1765, containing occasional memoranda by members of the Owen family. The first two almanacks, from 1676 and 1689, are interesting for the inclusion of astrological, astronomical and meteorological phenomena.

Arbitration awards and associated bonds to abide by the terms stipulated by the arbitrators. They derive mostly from boundary disputes involving Eliza ap Moris, Moris ap Eliza and Sir William Maurice of Clenennau, 1521-1618, and the Wynn family of Glyn, 1543-1619, with a smaller number of items relating to lands of the Derwas family of Penrhos on the Montgomeryshire/Shropshire border, 1561-1717, the Owen family of Porkington and Llanddyn, 1631, 1725, Ormsby-Gore, 1822, and others in Flintshire, [c. 1429], 1566, 1581, and Merionethshire, 1556-1628.

Bonds for payment, defeasances of statute staple, acknowlegments and receipts, resulting from financial arrangements of William Maurice and family, 1584-1622, various members of the Owen family of Clenennau and Porkington, 1628-1677, [pre-1743], Wynn of Glyn, 1608-1687, Sir Robert Owen and family, 1672-1727, Godolphin, 1682-1723, Derwas and Owen of Penrhos, 1730-1791, and miscellaneous individuals, 1492-1736.

Mainly leases by William Ormsby Gore of Brogyntyn, Mary Jane his wife, and John Ralph Ormsby Gore, of parts of Borth-y-gest farm in the parish of Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarfonshire, for development as building plots, 1847-1860, and for the erection of a quay wall, 1867. There is also a lease for the site of Borth-y-gest Independent Chapel, 1871; and an acknowledgement for the conveyance of a garden plot, 1924.

Title deeds relating to a brick yard, Brick Fields, Brick Kilns and cottages in the parishes of Oswestry and Selatyn, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate, 1783-1909. These deeds show the origins and development of the brick yards, on former common land in the manor of Whittington and on land formerly belonging to Powis Castle, from the late eighteenth century

Account books, loose accounts and receipts deriving from administration of the estates of Brogyntyn (Porkington), and Llanddyn, 1634-1852, [1882?], showing the income from rents, other profits and the usual outgoings for chief rents, tithes, taxes, poor rate, other dues and charity; disbursements for repair and maintenance of buildings, purchase and carriage of commodities, sale of livestock, employees' wages, agent's travelling expenses and subsistence.

Letters to William Owen, 1666, Sir Robert Owen, 1690, and Dame Margaret Owen, 1698-1709, William Owen, 1730-1765, Robert Godolphin Owen, 1777-1784, Owen Ormsby, 1793, 1796, William Ormsby-Gore, 1830-1843, and William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 1887, received from the agents of Brogyntyn and Llanddyn and from other individuals, sometimes accompanied by relevant letters from third parties. Recurrent subjects include the submission and payment of accounts; rent collection; leasing of properties; payment of chief rents, poor rate and taxes; debts on the estate of Sir Robert Owen; problems with the lease of Ruyton Park from Lord Craven, 1701-1705; the provision of commodities; sales of timber and livestock; fishing rights and the lease of Llynclys Pool from Lord Powis, 1740-1743; property purchases; and repairs to estate buildings.

Leases and other papers associated with tenancies mainly on the Brogyntyn (Porkington) estate in the parishes of Oswestry, 1634-1754, Selatyn, 1636-1727, and West Felton, 1674-1763; and one item from the adjacent Llanddyn estate in Llangollen, 1758.

Rentals mainly for the Shropshire estate of Brogyntyn and the Llanddyn estate in Llangollen, Denbighshire, 1646-1849. They also sporadically include the Owen family's lands in Merionethshire and the Clenennau estate in Caernarfonshire, 1657-1696, 1768-1773. A substantial gap exists in the Brogyntyn (Porkington) and Llanddyn rentals between 1720 and 1762. From 1792 the rentals exist as separate units for each half year and they become more regular in format, to include columns of arrears and land tax payments. At the same date the name of Ellen Owen, Robert Godolphin's remaining unmarried sister, appears as joint owner with that of her brother-in-law, Owen Ormsby. From Michaelmas 1797, the rentals include property in Broniarth and Llandysilio, Montgomeryshire. The purchased estates of Oerley Hall and Drenewydd are included from 1827 and 1832 respectively. Several rentals include accounts of arrears and expenditure on labour and repairs.