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Letters to Mary Myddelton at Croes Newydd, mostly relating to household, estate, personal and social matters, and also including a few letters from Jo[hn] Myddelton relating to election prospects with regard to the Denbigh county and borough seats, 1727; as well as a considerable number of letters from [Judge] Ro[bert] Price, London, containing references to notable events and people, amongst which are: the death of [Joseph] Addison, 1719; the South Sea Company's affairs, 1720-1722; the attainder of [Christopher] Layer, 1722; Jonathan Swift, 1724; parliament's action in depriving the Montgomery outboroughs of the right to participate in the election of a member of parliament, 1728; an incident relating to the Duchess of Queenborough and the 'new Beggar's Opera', 1729; and parliamentary news, including ministerial changes and references to Lord Sunderland and Sir Robert Walpole. Mary Myddelton rented Croes Newydd in 1719, and remained there for the rest of her life.

Letters to Mary Myddelton, mostly relating to household, estate, personal and social matters, and also including a number of letters, 1719-1723, from [Judge] Ro[bert] Price, London, containing references to notable events, amongst which are: the Peerage Bill, 1719; the publication of Bishop [Thomas] Ken's works, 1721; Spanish demands for Gibraltar, 1721; the burning of the Pretender's declaration to the king, 1722; Sir Richard Steele's new play 'The Cautious Lover', 1722; the suspension of Habeas Corpus; 1722, the condemnation of the bishop of Rochester, 1723; the stopping by the government of the publication and distribution by the Duchess of Buckingham of the late Duke's works, 1722; and the passing of various Acts of Parliament. Mary Myddelton rented Croes Newydd, in the parish of Broughton, near Wrexham, from Robert Ellis in 1719, and she remained there for the rest of her life.

Letters to Mary Myddelton at unspecified addresses, relating to household, estate, personal and social matters, including some from Judge Ro[bert] Price.

Letters to other identified recipients, predominantly members of the Fownes, Myddelton and FitzHugh families and households, and their representatives and associates, together with those of the Lloyd family after Rev. Thomas Lloyd moved to Plas Power in 1720; included are letters from William Fownes, Richard Myddelton, Mary Myddelton and Roger Mostyn; as well as a letter from [Philip, duke of] Wharton, to his sister Lady Jane Holt, 1726, expressing his concern for his family in the light of his appointment as Jacobite ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire; a letter from John Yorke with military news from 'camp between Balaklava and Sebastopol', October 1854, and a copy of his letter from 'Balaklava Harbour'; and two letters from E.J. Stracey from Balaclava, October [1854], and 'camp before Sebastopol', December 1854, concerning military affairs and the condition of the army.

Letters to Thomas Davies, attorney at law, Wrexham, relating to matters concerning William Lloyd's estate.