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Office copy will of Rev. Dr Powell, 3 April 1679; office copy will of Humphrey Edwards, 7 Nov. 1757; mortgage of lands in Whittington and Selatyn for 1,000 years for securing £1,500, by Humphrey Edwards and Mary his wife to William Forrester., Nov. 1757; deed to declare the use of a fine by Humphrey Edwards and his wife, 1 Dec. 1757; assignment in trust by Baldwin Leighton and the executors of the late William Forrester to John Edwards, a trustee for his brother Humphrey Edward, 1 Sept. 1765; common recovery between Corbe and another (demandants), Pardoe and another (tenants), Edwards (vouchee), 1776; mortgage for the sum of £656.16.6 on Old Port Farm and other lands raised to discharge the shares of Mrs Pritchard and W. James Edwards by Sir Thomas Jones and Dr Edward Edwards, trustees of a term of 500 years in the marriage settlement of Humphrey Edwards, to Richard Hughes, 27 Sept. 1779; assignment of mortgage on part of Old Port Estate for securing £656.16.6 by Richard Hughes James Edwards, 25 Sept. 1782; declaration of trust as to £156.16.6 part of money secured on Old Port Estate by James Edwards to Mrs Edwards, 20 April 1786; mortgage of several allotments in Whittington and Selatyn, in pursuance of a power in the Whittington Inclosure Act for securing £308 and interest by Edwards, widow, and another, to Edwards, 1 Jan. 1788; common recovery between Doniville (demandant), Kinderley (tenant), Edwards (vouchee), Hilary Term, 1807; Davies and another, executors of Edwards, to Edwards, assignment of remainder of a term of 1,000 years affecting Old Port Estate in Oswestry, Whittington and Selatyn, office copy extract from the probate of David Davies, 21 July 1797; office copy extract from the probate of David Davies, 30 June 1804; release to make a tenant to the precipe for suffering a recovery by Edwards to Kinderley, 31 Jan. 1807; conveyance by John Westcombe and Rev. P. Davies to Henry Desborough, Oct. 1820, of the real estate in Shropshire devised by the will of Pryce Edwards, esq., upon the appointment of Harry Desborough as trustee in place of John Westcombe, appointment of John Fane as trustee of the Shropshire estates of the late Pryce Edwards in the place of the Rev. P. Davies, dec., 22 Jan. 1828; conveyance of those estates so as to vest in Mr Fane jointly with Henry Desborough, [c. 1828]; lease and release by Henry Desborough, esq., and the Hon. P. S. Pierrepont and his wife, to the trustees of W. A. Gore, esq., and Mary Jane, 13-14 May 1828; deed of covenant for production of title deeds by Charles T. Thrustou, esq., RA, and the Hon. P. S. Pierrepont to Thomas Netherton, Parker, esq., and another, 13-14 May 1828; assignment of term of 1,000 years in part of the Old Port Estate, Shropshire, upon trust to attend the inheritance by Miss Davies and others by the direction of Henry Desborough and others, to Edmund Hopkinson, esq., trustee , 8 Dec. 1828; and orders, certificates, etc., in the matter of W. Ormsby-Gore and Mary Jane, his wife.

Office copy extract from will of David Davies, 30 June 1804; final concord between Septimus Burton, plaintiff, and The Hon. Philip Sidney Pierrepoint and Georgina his wife, deforciants, Hilary Term 9 Geo. 4; copy final concord, 1, 3 March 1828; conveyance of part of the Old Port Estate, Shropshire, by Henry Desborough, esq., and Mr and Mrs Pierrepont to William Ormsby Gore, esq., to uses to bar dower, 14 May 1828; deed of covenant for production of title deeds between Charles T. Thurston, esq., and Hon. P. S. Pierrepont to William Ormsby Gore, esq., 27 March 1830; assignment of term of 1,000 years for further securing mortgage and interest and subject thereto to attend the inheritance by Edmund Hopkinson by the direction of W. Ormsby- Gore, esq., and appointment of Edmund Hopkinson, mortgagees, to Thomas L. Longueville, the younger, gent., abstracts and other papers.

Deeds relating to freehold lands and hereditaments known as Tygwyngamlas,. Carreg-y-ro and Tynewydd situate at Rynys, p. Llanfihangel-y-traethau, co. Mer.

Contract between the Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham and Lord Harlech and conditions of sale of a piece of land situate in p. Llandanwg, co.Mer., known as Ffridd-y-Brenin, 21 June 1910; conveyance of the same by the Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham to the trustees of Brogyntyn Settlement 1881, 10 March 1910, together with abstract of title, requisitions and further requisitions, 1910.

Leases mainly by members of the Ormsby Gore family of Brogyntyn, of lead, copper, manganese and sulphur mines, and of slate quarries in the parishes of Llanaber, Llandanwg, Llandecwyn, Llanddwywe, Llanelltud, Llanfihangel-y-traethau and Llanfrothen in the county of Merioneth, 1837-1947. The sites include Bwlch-y-Plwm, Pant y maesudor and Pant-y-Maesydd, 1837-1875, Rhosiger, Farchynys and Sylfaen, 1859-1888, Lletty Fwyalch and Llechwedd Du, 1867-1872, Hafod Ucha, 1872-1873, Rhosydd, 1890-1891, and others. One file (ref. 55/8) contains a lease by Queen Victoria to William Richard Ormsby Gore of coal, metals, metallic minerals and ores, limestone and slate on or under land in the parishes of Llanenddwyn, Llanddwywe and Llanelltud, Merioneth, 1894.

Deeds relating to farm and lands called Cefn Mine situate at Llandanwg, co. Mer., purchased from The Earl of Winchelsea.

Marriage settlement of Rev. Ellis Wynne, Lasynys, and Lowry his wife, being a release, with counterpart, to William Wynne of Maes y Neuadd, esq., and Robert Wynne, Taltreuddyn, esq, 20 June 1706 of Maes y Garnedd, Lasynys, etc., in Llanbedr, Llanddwydwe and Llandanwg; marriage settlement of John Davies the younger of Glascoed, co. Denb., and Sarah his wife, daughter of Margaret Evan of Bala, widow, 20 March 1728/9; release to suffer a common recovery by William Wynne of Lasynys, clerk, to William Anwill, 2 Aug. 1734; release by William Wynne of Lasynys, clerk, to William Wynne of Rhagad, co. Mer., 20 Oct. 1734; marriage settlement of William Wynne of Lasynys, clerk, and Jane Lloyd of Trallwyn, co. Caern., 1735/6; probate of will of by William Wynne of Lasynys, clerk, 1761; marriage articles of Robert Pugh of Garthmaelan, co. Mer., esq., and Jane Wynne of Lasynys, 11 Feb. 1765; lease and release to make a tenant to the precipe to suffer a common recovery being part of the marriage settlement of the said Robert Pugh and Jane Wynne, 6-7 March, 1765; exemplification of a common recovery between Robert Howell Vaughan and William Ellis, 18 April, 1784; lease and release to make a tenant to the precipe to suffer a common recovery between John Wynne Pugh and John Oldfield of Betws abergele, and William Ellis, gents., 10-11 March 1789; marriage settlement of John Wynn Pugh of Galltmaenan and Catherine Parry of Dolgellau, 1 Sept., 1789; release by the said John Wynn Pugh formerly of Galltmaenan and now of Beace, co. Salop to Thomas Jones and Hugh Jones, both of Dolgellau, gents., 25 May 1795; deed for securing £300, £1100 and £600 by Thomas Jones of Ynysfor, co. Mer., to the said John Wynn Pugh now residing at Beace, 31 Jan. 1810; lease and release to make a tenant to the precipe to suffer a common recovery of lands in Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd an Llanarmon by John Wynn Pugh residing at Beace and his son Robert Parry Pugh of Maidstone, Kent, to Goodman Roberts of Ruthin, gent., 18-19 June 1811; exemplification of the said recovery, mortgage by John Wynn Pugh now residing at Shrewsbury and the said Robert Parry Pugh now residing at Woodhall, co. Salop, to Thomas Panting of Shrewsbury, 23 Aug. 1811; lease and release to make a tenant to the precipe to suffer a common recovery of estates in co. Mer. by the said John Wynn Pugh and Robert Parry Pugh to Thomas Anwill of Bala, 19-20 March 1812; exemplification of the said recovery, 30 July 1812; lease and release to make a tenant to the precipe to suffer a common recovery of estates in co. Denb., by the said John Wynn Pugh and Robert Parry Pugh to the said Goodman Roberts, 1-2 July 1812; lease and release to uses by the Rev. Griffith Owen of Llanenddwyn, surviving trustee of the marriage settlement of John Wynn Pugh and Catherine his wife, to Hugh Jones of Dolgellau, butcher, 5-6 Feb. 1813; mortgage (lease and release) for £1500 by John Wynn Pugh and Robert Parry Pugh to Richard Williams of Shrewsbury , hatter and grocer, and Andrew Beacall of the same, carrier, trustees of the marriage settlement of the late Zacharias Wood late of Shrewsbury and Sarah Ambler, 13-14 Dec. 1813; conveyance to uses by Thomas Parry, the said JWP and RPP and others to Hugh Owen of Machynlleth, esq., 19-20 Aug. 1814; surrender of a term of 60 years by said Hugh Jones to JWP, 7 Dec. 1814; lease and release to make a tenant to the precipe to suffer a common recovery by JWP and RPP to Thomas Anwill, 17 March 1815; exemplification of the said recovery, 25 March 1815; attested copy lease and release in trust to sell by RPP to Edmund Chandlers, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, 24-5 Sept. 1815; copy deed of indemnity by the said RPP and Edmund Chandlers to Hugh Jones and trustees, 19 April 1816; grant of an annuity of £15 by RPP to the said Hugh Jones, 12 Feb. 1818; and a warrant of attorney being a collateral for the said annuity, 12 Feb. 1818; lease and release of reversion in fee by RPP, mortgagee and Edmund Chandlers trustee for sale to JWP, 18-19 July 1819; lease and release by JWP to John Craig and Rev, James Craig in trust to sell foe securing £1600, 12-13 Aug. 1819; covenant for production of title deeds by Thomas Parry Jones Parry of Madryn, co. Caern., and Ellis Williams, Wellclose square, linen draper, 13 Dec. 1830; assignment of terms 100, 500 and 1000 years from Owen Griffith to Ellis Williams and his trustees, 30 Dec. 1830; extract form the will of the said Ellis Williams, proved 31 Aug. 1837; and extract from the will of Morgan Williams, 1 Crown Court Cheapside, London, Manchester warehouseman, proved 26 Nov. 1852.

Conveyance of lands and hereditaments situate in p. Llandanwg, by John Feltham and others to Rev. Hugh Ker Cokburne, 19 Feb. 1864; deed of covenant between John Feltham and others to Rev. Hugh Ker Cokburne, 19 Feb. 1864; conveyance of m's and lands and hereditaments in p[?] Llandanwg by the trustees of the will of the late Rev. H. K. Cokburne to the trustees of the marriage settlement of the late Lord Harlech, 29 Sept. 1876; and abstracts, shorthand notes in re Cooper & Allen, plans and sundry papers, [c. 1876].

Bundle of 23 title deeds of properties in Selatyn and Whittington, co. Salop, 1805-1904; release of a property in Penrhyn Vechan, p. Llandrinio, 1740; rentals of estate in Merioneth 1802-1803; bond from William Gore of Baker Street, Portman Square, p. Marylebone, Middlesex, 1815.

Title deeds and various other documents relating to miscellanous properties mainly in Oswestry, Selatyn and Whittington in the county of Salop (Shropshire) purchased by or belonging to the Brogyntyn estate, 1740-1939. The most substantial files are for the Parados estate, Selatyn, 1748-1829, a messuage in Porkington purchased from Edward Roberts, 1764-1826, Oerley Hall and adjoining lands, 1783-1830, Mount Pleasant, Selatyn, and land purchased from John Basnett, 1810-1819. Others include purchases from John Mytton of Halston, 1805-1826, and from John Lloyd, 1805-1829, Tynewydd or New Barns, Selatyn, 1805-1901, several fields near Oswestry, 1810-1848, Hengoed Vicarage, 1854-1897, Porkington Terrace, Oswestry, 1888-1892, the Burnt House farm, Selatyn, 1893-1901, and the Almshouses, Oswestry, 1911. A small number of deeds record the sale or lease of land by Lord Harlech to Liverpool Corporation, Oswestry Rural District Council and Oswestry Corporation for the provision of a water supply and a site for a hospital, 1895-1908.

Conveyance by Hon. T. Kenyon and others to W. Ormsby Gore of swan Hill and other lands in Oswestry and Selatyn, 26 March 1842; Conveyance by Hon. T. Kenyon and others to W.R.O Gore of several pieces of land situate near Oswestry, 15 April 1843; Conveyance by the trustees of Oswestry District Turnpike Roads to W. W. E. Wynne and W. K. Slaney of a cottage and yard in Willow Street, Oswestry, 20 Oct. 1876; and Abstract of title and agreement for sale, [19 cent.].

Title deeds relating to Pant Glas Farm (formerly Nant) and land at Pant Glas, 1771-1868, and to Pant Glas school, 1903, all in the parish of Selatyn, purchased by or owned by the Brogyntyn estate.

Final concords, Pantglas, [19 cent]; feoffment by William Lloyd to Maurice Roberts of a m. and land in p. Selatyn, Shropshire, 24 June 1805; ; probate of will of Morris Roberts, 1809; lease and release by Evan Morris and wife to Edward Roberts of premises in t. Porkington, 30 -31 Jan. 1811; mortgage by Edward Roberts to Thomas Edwards of remises in Porkington for securing £100, 23 March 1811; conveyance by William Lloyd to Edward Edwards of houses and lands in Nanty Cerrig in Selatyn upon certain trusts, 28 June 1854; probate of will of Edward Roberts, 28 June 1854; conveyance by Edward Roberts and others to Samuel Grice of several m's land and hereditaments situate at Pantglas in p. Selatyn, 14 July 1857; conveyance by Samuel Grice to Mrs M. J. Ormsby-Gore of several m's lands and hereditaments situate at Pantglas in p. Selatyn, May 1868; and memorandum of agreement for sale and other papers.

Title deeds relating to Pentrepant, clover fields and Ty Coch, all belonging to the Pentrepant estate in the parishes of Selatyn and Whittington, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate from George Henry Warrington and Ethel Mary Trollope, a daughter of the Carew family of Crowcombe Court, Somerset, 1741-1894.

Conveyance G. H. W. Carew and his trustee to Mrs Ormsby Gore of a tmt called Ty Coch and other hereditaments in Selatyn, 25 March 1868; deed of indemnity by same to same, 25 March 1868; deed of exchange between G. H. W. Carew and Mrs Ormsby Gore, lands in p. Selatyn, 25 March 1869; conveyance of several pieces of land situate in p. Selatyn by G. H. W. Carew to Mrs M. J. Ormsby-Gore, 25 March 1869; ;deed of indemnity by same to same, 25 March 1869; conveyance of several m's or dwelling houses hereditaments and premises called Warrington Place situate in Willow Street, Oswestry, by G. H. W. Carew and his trustees to J. R. Ormsby-Gore and W. R. Ormsby-Gore. 25 March 1869; deed of indemnity by same to same, [c. 1869]; two abstracts as to Warrington Place, succession accounts, particulars of sale, abstracts and other papers, including a conveyance by J. R. Ormsby-Gore and W. R. Ormsby-Gore to the trustees of Mrs M. J. Ormsby-Gore, dec., of a piece or parcel of land on the north side of Willow Street in the town of Oswestry, 25 March 1870.

Probate of the will of Dame Ellin Eure [nee Maurice] of Porkington, containing several charitable bequests and the devise of six small dwellings in Willow Street, Oswestry, to the bailiffs and burgesses of Oswestry for housing the poor, 1626.

Brogyntyn, 1698-1824, namely Sir Robert Owen of Porkington, 1696, with codicil, 1698, proved 1698; Jane Owen previously of Porkington, then of Wrexham, 1727, with codicil, 1732, proved 1733; William Ormsby of Willy Brooke [Ireland] 1737, proved 1739; Lewis Owen of Wexham, Buckinghamshire, B.D., 1735, with deposition, 1746, and administration, 1758; Margaret Godolphin of Abertanat, 1764; Francis Lord Godolphin, 1764, with codicils, 1764, 1765, proved 1766; William Owen of Porkington, 1762, proved 1767; Francis Owen of Conduit Street, St George’s [London], 1773, proved 1775; William Ormsby of Willowbrooke, Sligo, 1780; Francis Lord Godolphin, with codicil, 1784, proved 1785; Owen Ormsby of Porkington, 1804; Margaret Ormsby of Porkington and of Stanhope Street [London], Middlesex, 1805, proved 1806; Elizabeth Gore of Baker Street Marylebone, 1813, proved 1815, and part of a previous will, signed and dated 1810; and John Owen of Penrhos, Montgomeryshire, 1817, proved 1824. The file also contains the will of Hugh Owen of Woodhouse, Salop, 1764, with an official extract of the will and successive administrations, 1768 and 1773; the will of Sarah Owen of Woodhouse, 1764; and the administration of Humphrey Jones of Machynlleth, 1809.

Bundle labelled ‘Probates etc.’ containing mainly copy wills of the Godolphin, Owen and Lyster families, 1730-1799, namely Henry Godolphin, Provost of the College of Eton, Berkshire, 1730, with codicil, 1731; Rev. Lewis Owen of Wexham, Buckinghamshire, 1735 (recte 1745), proved 1746; Elizabeth Lyster of Penrhos, Montgomeryshire, 1747, proved 1764; Elizabeth Owen [widow of Lewis Owen], 1752, with codicils, 1753, 1756; Margaret Godolphin of Abertanat, 1764; and Ellen Owen of Porkington, 1796; cases and opinions concerning devises in the wills of Francis Lord Godolphin and Margaret Godolphin to Ellen Owen and Francis Owen, 1793, and a bill to Ellen Owen for legal expenses, 1797-1799. The file also contains the administration of Rev. Richard Hughes of Dolgellau, 1826.

Draft abstract of the will of William Owen of Porkington, 1762, proved 1767 (Watermark 1804)

Probate copy of the will of Ellen Owen of Porkington, Salop, made in 1796, proved 1802, which includes bequests to the charities founded by the Owen family in Selatyn, Penmorfa and Llangollen.