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Notes relating to moneys at Chirk Castle belonging to Sir Richard Myddelton, and the settlement of his affairs (possibly after his death).

A notebook of tables and examples.

Prose, poetry, ballads, essays, letters, speeches (some parliamentary), broadsides, press articles, material copied from printed works, and notes, both satirical and non-satirical, relating to British politics from the second Civil War to the accession of Victoria, including relations with European powers. They display a variety of political sympathies concerning George I, James Stuart (the 'Old Pretender'), Queen Mary, Queen Anne, the Duke of Marlborough, and other figures in British politics, as well as Robert Myddelton's election to Parliament in 1722. Many of them are mostly undated, but most of them appear to have been composed between the 'Glorious Revolution' and the Hanoverian succession, which are the main topics. Also included are a printed volume detailing the royal houses of Europe, a copy of a letter from an Austrian ambassador, accounts of military engagements at sea and in the Low Countries, and a few writings on religious and ecclesiastical subjects.

Literary works created and collected by members of the Myddleton, Lloyd and FitzHugh families.

Poems, songs, riddles, satires, elegies and declamatory addresses, concerning a wide variety of subjects.

Papers relating to the ecclesiastical activities of clergymen attached to the Plas Power household and estate.

A proposal, 1662, to establish a joint stock company for a fishery on the coast of Wales, together with a bill, 1730, concerning a cargo of French wine bound from Dublin to Chester. (Sir Richard Myddelton served as Collector and Surveyor of His Majesty's Customs from 1660 until 1686.)

Letters patent authorising the issue of briefs for a collection to relieve the inhabitants of Newport, Shropshire, after the town was ravaged by fire.