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The Wynnstay (Longueville) group consists of papers which were identified as Wynnstay material within the several supplementary groups of Longueville papers deposited at NLW between 1942 and 1992. They comprise family settlements, trusts and probate records, 1710-[1948]; title deeds and other documents mainly relating to land sales and purchases, 1582-1945, including the purchases by Charles Watkin Williams Wynn in Montgomeryshire in the early nineteenth century; financial papers, 1770-1921; estate administration records, 1814-1928; estate letters, 1777-1957; legal papers, 1782-1925; election papers, 1813-1877, which include poll books and check books from the Denbighshire election of 1868; and miscellaneous files assembled by the Longueville and Co. office, 1717-1909.

Miscellaneous papers relating to Owen Wynne of Overton, Flintshire, 1773-1823. The connection with Wynnstay is not entirely clear although Watkin Williams Wynne (sic) is named as a trustee of the marriage settlement of Maurice Wynne and Elizabeth Edwards in 1723 (see schedule of deeds, 1779). The file includes a release by Owen Wynne of Wrexham to his eldest son and heir Watkin Edwards Wynne of Sion Hill, St Dunstan in the East, London, of the Eagles Inn, Penmachno, Caernarfonshire, and Tyddyn Issa in the parish of Llanddaniel, Anglesey, 1773; a schedule of deeds and writings (1718-1779) delivered to Arabella Rawdon, a mortgagee, 1779; renunciation by Susannah Wynne of the letters of administration of Owen Wynne, 1780, and a certified copy (made 1823) of the parish register of Overton recording Meyrick and Wynne burials, 1770-1805. A case states the claim by Owen Wynne against Anna Maria Wynne of Llewesog, on the personal estate of Watkin Edwards Wynne (d. 1796), settled in 1800. Other items include an abstract of Owen Wynne’s title to properties in Caernarfonshire, 1723-1796; conditions of sale and particulars of his estates in Penmachno and Llandecwyn, and in the township of Huyton, Lancashire, 1798-1802; an assignment of mortgage from Charles Potts to Robert Aldersey of Chester, of the Plas yn y Coed estate in Overton, Flintshire, and the Llwyn estate, Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch, Denbighshire, 1799; particulars and an agreement by Owen Wynne to purchase part of the estate of Phillip Lloyd Fletcher in Overton and Bangor Is-coed, Flintshire, 1800; and accounts of solicitors’ costs to Rev. Maurice Wynne, D.D., administrator of the goods of Owen M. Wynne, deceased, 1800-1804.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 13 June 1949-30 Dec. 1950. Spine labelled 'Letter book' and inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 9’. Discusses the position and valuation of the Wynnstay heirlooms; the picture of the Blind Harpist was sold to Brigadier Eric Skaife, 1 February 1950 (p. 533)

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 11 May 1948-13 June 1949. Spine labelled 'Letter book', and front cover inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 8'. Describes the sale of Glan-llyn and parts of the Montgomeryshire estates, 28 December 1948 (p. 597); and the cleaning of Hoppner portraits, 25 April 1949 (p. 867)

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 31 May 1947-11 May 1948. Spine labelled 'Letter book', and front cover inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 7.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 11 July 1946-31 May 1947. Spine labelled 'Letter book', and front cover inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 6'. Index (unused) at the front of the volume.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 5 Dec. 1944-11 July 1946. Spine labelled 'Letter book' and inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 5'. Discusses the deposit of Wynnstay mediaeval deeds at the National Library of Wales, 1945, the inspection of the family portraits by John Steegman of the National Portrait Gallery, 1945, and the exhibition of pictures by the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1946. Includes information about the manorial rights of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn in Valle Crucis (Eglwysegl), 1945

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 19 June 1940-4 Dec. 1944. Spine labelled 'Wynnstay 4'. Includes information about the manorial rights of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn in Arwystli and Cyfeiliog (Llanbryn-mair estate), 1940-1941.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 6 Aug. 1936-18 June 1940. Spine labelled 'Wynnstay 3'. Includes a letter to R.O. Reynolds discussing the legal implications of an escaped tiger in Birkenhead, Liverpool, 16 August 1939 (p. 799); deleted, probably not relevant to Wynnstay.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 23 Dec. 1930-6 Aug. 1936. Spine stamped 'Letter book, Wynnstay 2'

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, mainly letters addressed to the Wynnstay estate office, or relating to Wynnstay estate business, 8 Nov.-30 Dec. 1957. Spine labelled 'Letter book'. Index (unused) at the front of the volume.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 25 June 1956-8 Nov. 1957. Spine labelled 'Letter book' and inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 14'. Discusses the future of the picture ‘The Blind Harpist’ following the death of Sir Eric Skaife, 30 October 1956 (p. 203), 24 Sept. 1957 (p. 861)

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 3 Feb. 1955-25 June 1956. Spine labelled 'Letter book' and inscribed 'No. 13'

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 27 Oct. 1953-3 Feb. 1955. Spine inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 12' and labelled 'Letter book'. Topics include the Wynnstay George III silver gilt toilet service, 16 January 1954 (p. 145); the National Library of Wales binding of John Gould’s monograph on Humming Birds, March-May 1954. Index (unused) at the front of the volume.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 30 June 1952-27 Oct. 1953. Spine inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 11' and labelled 'Letter book'.

DescriptionVolume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 30 Dec. 1950-30 June 1952. Spine inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 10' and labelled 'Letter book'. Index (unused) at the front of the volume. Describes the origin and valuation of some furnishings and pictures belonging to the Williams Wynn family, 11 July 1951 (p. 321). Gives information about the Wynn name and arms, 10 November 1951 (p. 523). Discusses deposit of Wynnstay estate records at the National Library of Wales, November 1951. Index (unused) at the front of the volume.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 7 Feb. 1928-23 Dec. 1930. Spine stamped 'Letter book', and labelled 'Wynnstay 1'

Account book inscribed "Ledger" on the cover and "Wynnstay House Book" within, recording household expenses, 1843-1857. The first part of the volume lists orders from tradesmen, with their accounts and bills settled, 1843-1848; the second part contains the house steward’s account, listing mainly servants’ wages and household commodities, purchased, 1855-1857.