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Records of manor courts held at Chirk, Worfield and Friern Barnet.

Personal papers of members of the Myddelton, Lloyd and FitzHugh families, including material created by them and accumulated by them that is not of a legal, antiquarian, genealogical, academic, political, literary, or ecclesiastical nature.

Papers relating to many aspects of British political life, together with some concerning Europe.

Documents accumulated during the process of purchasing property for the Plas Power estate.

Rentals of the Plas Power estate, together with some from the Chirk estate and associated properties. Mary Myddelton's estates in Denbighshire were acquired with her purchase of Plas Power in 1732, by which time she was already in possession of the bulk of her estates in Shropshire, Montgomeryshire, Merionethshire, Flintshire and Middlesex; other estates were added later.

Records of tenants' duties and of communications with tenants, including matters concerning to whom rents should be paid, but not including the rents themselves or personal correspondence.

Bills, receipts, accounts and promissory notes relating to payments for: estate maintenance; domestic goods and services (notably food, clothing, medicine, etc.); agricultural equipment, produce and services, particularly work by craftsmen, tradesmen and labourers; rents; interest on loans; personal allowances; charities; loans and mortgages; legal fees; and industrial activities. Most of these records relate to the Plas Power estate, but the earlier ones are from Chirk, while some others derive from Mary Myddelton's household at Croes Newydd, and others from the Knebworth estate in Hertfordshire.