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The file comprises letters by Robert Griffith, 1801-1815, to his father, mother, grandmother and brother, Edward, on schooldays at Oswestry, the headmaster, Mr Donne, as mayor of Oswestry, activities of volunteer troops, including his father's march to Caernarfon as Major in the Denbighshire Volunteers, illness of Mrs S. Price, 1804, death of [Owen] Ormsby of Porkington, 1804, and an intended marriage between his daughter and Lord Kirkwall, Oswestry races, shooting, Nelson's victory, 1805, visits to Bangor, Donnington and Bath, Lord Bulkeley's birthday celebrations, 1807, university life at Oxford, misbehaviour of Charles Wynne, effects of recent wars in Europe, 1815.

Diaries of William Richard Ormsby-Gore, comprising two early journals describing journeys through Greece and Turkey, 1837, Tyrol and the Rhine, and London to Corfu, 1839, and three later personal diaries, 1866, 1892-1893, recording family events including the death of his wife, Emily, in Jan. 1892; daily weather conditions; management of the Shropshire, Glyn, Tetworth and Irish estates; game shooting; debates in the House of Commons, mainly concerning reforms in Ireland; attendance as a magistrate and charity board member in Ireland; involvement in parish affairs, local events and institutions of Shropshire and North Wales, particularly the administration of Oswestry and Deuddwr schools; his political concerns and presidency of Oswestry Conservative Club; his presidency of agricultural societies in Oswestry and Merionethshire; connections with the freemasons of North Wales; sojourns in London, France and northern Italy; attendance at the House of Lords; his chairmanship of the London Joint Stock Bank and interest as a shareholder of the Oswestry Bank. Several entries from 1892-1893 refer to the Brogyntyn manuscripts and their interest to academic researchers. An additional diary of W.R. Orsmby Gore was purchased in March 2017, describing the voyage of his regiment, 13th Light Dragoons, to the Dardanelles during the Crimean War and life in the army camp, 1854.

Volume containing: papers concerning a charity in the will of Sir Nathaniel Lloyd of Aston to benefit the poor of Oswestry and Whittington, of which William Owen was a trustee, 1740-1753; a certificate granting a blind woman admission to the almshouses at Oswestry, 1690; observations on the history of Oswestry by the town recorder, 1635; documents relating to the administration of Oswestry Free Grammar School, especially malpractices by the trustees, [c. 1707]-1772; abstract from a deed of Thomas, Lord Arundell, 1424, and an agreement on behalf of Dame Margaret Owen, 1700, showing rents issuing from properties in and around Oswestry; abridged copies of the borough charter granted by Charles II in 1673; and names of Shropshire tenants in an ejection suit, [mid-17 cent]. Separate from the volume is a copy of a letter from the Bishop of St Asaph concerning Nathaniel Lloyd 's charity, 1757.