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Records deriving from administration of the Shropshire estate of Brogyntyn (Porkington) in Selatyn, Weston, Trefonnen, Twyford, Middleton and the town of Oswestry, and the Llanddyn estate in Llangollen, Denbighshire. The two estates were contiguous and almost invariably listed together in the rentals and accounts. Some items additionally incorporate the Montgomeryshire portion of the Abertanat estate. The records comprise rentals, 1646-1849, accounts, 1634-[1882?], leases, 1634-1763, surveys and valuations, 1698-1852, correspondence, 1666-1887, miscellaneous estate administration papers, 1653-1923., and game books, 1822-1933, 1951.

Correspondents include Margaret Griffith of Caernarfon, 1742-1753, Bulkeley Hatchett, 1779-1783, and the Hoblyn family of Cornwall. Others of interest include John Jones on a proposal to build a prison at Oswestry, the condition of the house at Abertanat and the Wynnstay Theatre, 1762-1784.

Mainly abstracts of title, 1676-1700, a pedigree, drafts and copies of settlements and mortgages dated 1684-1733, counsels' opinions, notes and correspondence concerning the partition and descent of the Abertanat estate of Sydney Godolphin of Tanyllwyn and Susanna, his wife, in Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire, 1732-1750. There is also a case on the will of Margaret Godolphin with abstracts, [1774x1784]. The points in question include redemption of the mortgages, management of the estate, Margaret Godolphin' s title and the inheritance of a portion of Abertanat by her niece, Mary Owen. Correspondents include Sir John and Ann Evelyn, and members of the Godolphin family, 1733-1735. The papers also include a copy of the will of Ellen Godolphin, 1754, and opinions on her will and that of her nephew, Robert Hoblyn, 1766-1767; an abstract of title of Francis, Lord Godolphin, to the manor of Abertanat and other lands inherited from his aunt, Margaret Godolphin, 1714-1767, and cases and opinions on his will, 1784-1785.