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The collection comprises lands in the manors of Cyfeiliog and Arwystli, and in p. Trawsfynydd, co. Mer. Lands in p. Llangurig, co. Mont., are mentioned from 1886 (R141/1c) onwards. Lands in p. Llangywer, co. Mer., mentioned from 1892 (R147/1c) onwards. Lands in p's Llangollen, Llandegla, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Ruthin, and Llandysilio [yn-Iâl], co. Denb., and in p. Llanbryn-mair, co. Mont., and part of the Llwydiarth estate, contained in one or more of the volumes from 1894 (R149) onwards. Collector: Owen Hughes, 1874-1880. For details of the post-1899 rents, see the series of Farm and Cottage Rentals.

The collection comprises property in the manor of Cyfeiliog (p's Machynlleth, Cemais, Llanwrin and Llanbryn-mair), and the manor of Arwystli (p. Llangurig), all in co. Mont. From 1878 (R133/1b) onwards, property in p's Darowen and Penegoes (Manor of Cyfeiliog) and p. Llandinam (Manor of Arwystli) are included. From 1885 (R140/1b) onwards, property in p. Carno (Manor of Arwystli) is included. Property in p. Penegoes (Manor of Cyfeiliog) is omitted after 1891 (R146/1b). Collector: Owen Hughes, 1874-1880. For details of the post-1898 rents, see the Cyfeiliog/Llanbryn-mair rents in the series of Farm and Cottage Rentals.

The Glascoed estate was acquired by Sir William Williams (d. 1700) through his marriage with Margaret, daughter and coheiress of Watkin Kyffin of Glascoed, and the Llanforda estate was purchased by Sir William from Edward Lloyd of Llanforda in 1676. They comprise property in p's Llansilin (t's Moelfre, Bodlith, Priddbwll, Lloran, Sycharth, Lledrod, Estynallan, Rhiwlas), Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, [Llangadwaladr] (t. Tregeiriog), Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (t's Henfachau, Prys Fechan), [Glyntraean formerly part of Llangollen] (t's Grogeniddon, Hafodgynfor), [Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog] (t. Llywarch), [Llangollen] (t. Dinbren), [Ruabon] (t. Cristionydd Fechan), Llanynys and Derwen, all co. Denb. The following property has been added at various times:. The Glantant estate in p's Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (t's Trefeilw, Tre-wern, Henfachau, Prys, Gartheryr), [Llangedwyn] (t. Sgrwgan), Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr (Maengwynedd) 1679 onwards, bought from Edward Thelwall, esq., in 1679, previously in Plas-y-ward collection 1672-9; property in p's Abenbury (t. Abenbury Fawr), Wrexham (t. Erlas) 1676 onwards, [Glyntraean] (t. Nant-ygwryd) 1682 onwards, Commote of Ceinmeirch in Isaled 1682-5, p's Gresford, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (t. Banhadla) 1684 onwards, Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog (t. Nantyr), Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, and Ruthin town 1686 onwards, p's Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd (t. Garthgynan) and Denbigh Park 1688 onwards, Abergele (t. Towyn) 1691 onwards, Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch 1700 onwards, the Cefn Hir Estate in p. Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant 1698 onwards; p's [Abenbury] (t. Abenbury Fawr), [Wrexham] (t. Erlas, Acton) 1700 onwards. Property in p. Ruabon (t. Cristionydd Fechan) is omitted from 1686 onwards, and in p's Llanynys and Derwen from 1678 onwards. Property in p's Oswestry (t's Llanforda, Sychdyn, Trefarclawdd, Trefonnen, Pentre-gaer, Cynhinion), [St Martins] (t. Weston Rhyn), co. Shrop. The following property has been added at various times: Mr Lloyd of Llanforda's late purchase in p. Oswestry (t's Cynhinion, Sychdyn, Pentre-gaer) 1676 onwards; Broome Hall, 1684 onwards; p's [Oswestry] (t. Swinau) [Baschurch] (t. Fitchell) and Overley Hall 1686 onwards; p's Melverley 1698 onwards, [Selatyn] (t. Porkington) from 1692-7. Property in p's [Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain] (t. Llannerchemrys), [Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant] (t's Brithdir, Abermarchnant Ucha, Llanhafon), Hirnant (t. Tre'r Llan), Llangadfan (t's Cyffin, Moelfeliarth), [Llanerfyl] (t. Craen), [Llanfair Caereinion] (t's Peniarth, Bryn-glas), Llanwyddelan, Manafon, [Meifod] (t. Nantymeichiad), Garthbeibio, [Llangadfan] (t. Blowty), Llanwyddyn, Llanfair Caereinion tithes, all co. Mont. The following property has been added at various times: Property in p's [Llanfair Caereinion] (t. Gwenynog) 1678, [Llanfair Caereinion] (t. Dol-ged, Llanllugan 1676; Mr Charles Kyffin's lands in p's Llangadfan, Garthbeibio, Llanfyllin (t. Globwll), Llanfair Caereinion (t's Bryn-glas, Pen-tyrch), Llanfihangell-yng-Ngwynfa] (t. Garthbwlch) 1676, [Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa] (t. Cadwynfaen) 1680, [Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant] (t's Cefn Coch, Castellmoch) 1682-3, [Llanfyllin] (t. Nant-halan), Llanfair Caereinion (t. Brynelen, Gelligason) 1684. Property in p's Hirnant, Llanfyllin, Mochtre, Llandrinio, Pennant, Cemais, [Llanfair Caereinion] (t. Gwenynog) is added from 1686 onwards, [Llangynyw] (t. Mathrafal) 1690, and Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain 1690 onwards. Property in p's [Llanymawddwy] (t. Cywarch), [Llanuwchllyn] (t. Cynllwyd), Llanymawddwy, co. Mer., is added from 1676 onwards. Property in the Prebend of Y Faenol, p's Bodelwyddan (t. Pengwern), Dinorben, Diserth, St Asaph, Bodeugan, co. Flint, is added from 1676-9, 1682-3. From 1686-1701 all property in co. Mont. except p's Hirnant, Llanfyllin, Mochtre, Llandrinio, Pennant, Cemais, [Llanfair Caereinion] (t. Gwenynog) (acquired 1686) and in co. Mer., except Llanymawddwy (acquired 1686) is omitted. Property in Llangynwy (t. Mathrafal) appears only for the years 1690-1. Property in co. Flint is omitted from 1684 onwards. R21/11 (1723) includes 'Dog walks in Hugh Davies Collection'. RA6 (? early 17th cent) contains only property in Shropshire: p's [Llansilin] (t. Sychdyn), [Oswestry] (t's Llanforda, Pentre-gaer, Cynhinion). From RA13 (1702) onwards property in cos Mont. and Mer. is resumed. Collector: Matthew Jones ?1700-15. From R12-R13 (1704-15) onwards the Glascoed and Llanforda Collections are combined with the Plas-y-ward Collection. From 1704 onwards, property in p's [Llandderfel] (t. Betws-y-coed, Nanffreuar), [Llanycil] (t. Streflyn) is added.

The collection comprises property in p. Oswestry, Shropshire; in p's Wrexham, Gresford, Holt, Llangollen, Llandysilio-yn-Iâl, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Llandegla, Llangedwyn, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Llansilin, Erbistock, Ruabon, Marchwiail, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Llanfwrog, Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, Llanynys, Llanhychan, and Ruthin, co. Denb.; in p. Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, cos Denb. and Mont.; in p's Bangor Is-coed and Overton, co. Flint; and in p's Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain, Pennant, Llanfyllin, Hirnant, Llanwddyn, Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa, Llangadfan, Llanfair Caereinion, Llanerfyl, Garthbeibio, Cemais, Llanwrin, Machynlleth, Penegoes, Darowen, Llanbrynmair, Carno, Llanwnnog, Trefeglwys, Llanidloes and Llangurig, co. Mont. These properties were formerly to be found in the following estates or collections: Oswestry or Llanforda estate, Llansilin collection, Llwydiarth estate, Arwystli collection, Manor of Cyfeiliog collection, Llangedwyn collection, Wynnstay collection and the Vale of Clwyd/Ruthin estate collection. Farm and cottage rents are also contained in a separate series of Farm and cottage receiving rentals, 1864-1925. Until 1885 (R140/1a), the rentals below are arranged according to whether the estates were held in fee simple, tail male or tail general, whereas the properties in the separate series of Farm and cottage receiving rentals are arranged according to the more familiar pattern of estates (Llangedwyn and Llanforda rents, Wynnstay and Ruthin rents, Llwydiarth rents, Cyfeiliog/Llanbryn-mair rents, Glan-llyn rents). Collectors: Thomas Adey Cox, 1863, William Jones, 1863-1872, Owen Hughes 1872-1880. From 1865 (R120/1a) onwards, property in p. Llanbadarn, co. Card., is included. From 1868 (R123/1a) onwards the Glan-llyn estate collection is included (except for the chief rents), consisting of property in p's Llanfor, Llanycil, Llanuwchllyn, Llangower and Trawsfynydd, co. Mer., and from 1878 (R133/1a) in p. Pennal, co. Mer. From 1874 (R129/1a) onwards, property in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, is included, and from 1877 (R132/1a) onwards, property in p. Tilston, Cheshire.

The collection comprises property in p's Wrexham, Erbistock, Llangollen, Llandysilio-yn-Iâl, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Llansanffraid Glynceiriog, and Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, co. Denb. The rents are due at Michaelmas, not Lady Day. From 1884 (R140/1d) onwards, property in p. Erbistock is omitted. From 1890 (R146/1d) onwards, property in p. Llansanffraid Glynceiriog is omitted. Collectors: Nathan Burlinson, 1861, Thomas Adey Cox, 1862, William Jones, 1863-1871, Owen Hughes, 1871-1879. For details of the post-1898 rentals, see the series of Tithe, Chief and Fee Farm Rentals which contain Wynnstay fee farm rents, 1863-1918.

Fines and Amercements for the Hundred of Machynlleth, 1659-1735, with accounts of the like for the entire County of Montgomery for the years 1554/5, 1715/6, 1734/5.

Arbitration awards, bonds to abide by arbitrators’ and other related papers. Two files relate to disputes of miscellaneous individuals in Shropshire, 1449-1565, and in North Wales, 1517-1604. The rest derive from disputes of specific families and individuals, namely the Thelwall family of Plas y Ward, [1476]-1598; Owen ap Ieuan ap David in Merioneth, 1517-1543; David ap John ap Tuder in Anglesey, 1532-1535; William ap Gruffith ap Gwillim and family of Glyn Gronant and Castell, 1533-1569; and the Wynn family [of Gwydir], 1612-1710.

Pardons by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, Charles II, and the peers who had jurisdiction in the lordships of Oswestry and Ruthin, issued to David Lloit ap M’ed, Edward Eyton and Gruffith Kyffin, 1458-1626; to Richard Wynn and various other individuals in Caernarfonshire, 1604-1690; to members of the Thelwall family of Plas y Ward, 1486-1626; and to the Vaughan family of Llwydiarth, 1584, [1625x1649].

Papers deriving from miscellaneous legal cases brought before the courts of the Council in the Marches of Wales, Chancery, the Great Sessions and the Exchequer, mainly relating to disputes over title, trespass and ejectment to try title, debts owed by bond or mortgage, breach of covenants in conveyances or leases, and detention of title deeds, predominantly in Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, 1509-1819. The more substantial of the files describe cases of the Eyton family of Ruabon, 1531-1628, William Wynn of Garthgynan, 1639-1652; the bankruptcy of the Gough family of drovers, 1652-1653; Sir John Wynn’s claim on the Gwydir estate, 1660-1675; an ejectment from farm near Holt Castle, 1663-1667; a prosecution for debt against Richard Price for debt, affecting lands in Dinbren, 1663-1670; encumbrances on le Forrest and Kevenhire estate, 1664-1700; trusts involving Sir John Wynn, 1671, and 1672-1673; debts of the Grocers’ Company, 1672-1687; a breach of the peace at Wrexham, 1676; and numerous writs, mainly for summoning defendants to court. Several other cases involve Nicholas Purcell, 1562; Sir Richard Gwynne, 1606-1621; Sir John Wynn, [1664x1683], 1681-1684; Henry Wynn, 1666; Maurice Wynn, [pre- 1671]; the Kyffin family, 1644-1648, 1657-1666, 1673; and the Pugh family of Mathafarn [1636], [c. 1666].

Papers deriving from legal disputes of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 3rd Baronet Wynnstay, 1719-[1748], and the fourth and fifth baronets, 1750-1793. Three of them relate to demands for legacies due from the estates of Edward Vaughan of Llwydiarth, Maurice Vaughan and Mary Strangeways (nee Vaughan), 1719-1731. There is a substantial prosecution of John Humffreys, former steward of the Llwydiarth and Llangedwyn estates, 1726-1735. The remainder include Lady Williams’s entitlement to the personal estate of Sir William Williams of Llanforda, 1740; Robert Williams’s entitlement and the payment of his debts, 1750-1751; Sir Watkin Williams Wynn’s recovery of debts due from the bankrupt John Howell, 1785-1787; an action of ejectment from farm in Lloran and Llywarch, [1792]-1793; and a boundary dispute in the manor of Arwystli, [19th cent].

Legal papers from cases involving Sir William Williams of Llanforda, also called William Kyffin Williams, 1674-1735, [1769], in dispute mainly with the Kyffins (his mother’s family), 1674-1689, and the Thelwalls, who were related to him by marriage, 1690-1717; other files include a dispute over the title to lands in Lloran and Trefonnen, 1713-1715, disputes with Edward Jennings, Elihu Yale and his own sons concerning legacies in the will of Sir John Wynn, 1719-1721, [1769]; and legal opinions on the remainders of the estates of Sir William Williams, 1734-1735.

Legal papers 1666-1716, from cases involving Edward Vaughan of Llwydiarth (d. 1718) in dispute with various individuals, mainly claiming title or financial settlements out of the estates. The most substantial of the lawsuits was jointly against former claimants, Magdalen and Katherine Vaughan, surviving daughters of John Vaughan, and Sir Charles Lloyd of Garth and his sons (alias Vaughan), who attempted to revive their respective claims, 1672-1677. Other cases include disputes with Frances Vaughan over a claim of dower, 1666-1671; with Thomas Mason over property in Hopton, Montgomeryshire, 1675-1680; with the Lloyd family of Berthlloyd concerning the purchase of the manors of Arwystli, 1695-1701; with George Higgins for the recovery of debts, 1708-1716; and as defendant against Roger Salesbury concerning the marriage portion of Jane Vaughan, 1711-1713.

Legal papers, 1666-1675, from cases involving William Salesbury of Rug and Gabriel Salesbury of Gray’s Inn and Llwydiarth, nephews and devisees of Charles Salesbury, mainly in dispute with various individuals claiming title or financial settlements out of the estates of Edward Vaughan (d. 1661). Some of them also involved Howell Vaughan of Glan-llyn and John Lloyd of Maes y Pandy, trustees appointed by Edward Vaughan in a lease of 1655. Some of the lawsuits were continuations of the claims made by Sir Charles Lloyd of Garth and his sons (alias Vaughan), 1666-1671, and by Magdalen and Katherine Vaughan, 1667-1668. The most substantial case related to complaints by Edward Vaughan and his brothers, all sons of Howell Vaughan, and by various creditors against the Salesburys, for mismanagement of the Llwydiarth trust, 1666-1671. Other disputes, which are probably subsiduary to the main case, involve the Kyffin family of Glascoed, 1667-1668, the tenants of Edward Vaughan, 1668, and the Hunt family of Shropshire, 1675. One case concerns the dower lands of Frances Vaughan, 1668.

Scope and content: Legal papers, 1650-1669, from cases involving Charles Salesbury of Bachymbyd, executor of Edward Vaughan (d. 1661) and Rowland Vaughan, the deceased’s brother, in dispute with various individuals claiming title or financial settlements out of the estates. Some disputes also involved Howell Vaughan of Glan-llyn and John Lloyd of Maes y Pandy, trustees appointed by Edward Vaughan in a lease of 1655. The most substantial of the claims were made by Magdalen and Katherine Vaughan, surviving daughters of John Vaughan, who had an interest in the Llangedwyn estate and who had already succeeded in gaining a substantial financial settlement in 1657; and Sir Charles Lloyd of Garth and his sons, who had adopted the surname Vaughan and laid claim to the title of the Llwydiarth estate, 1661-1666. Other legal adversaries of Charles Salesbury included the publicans of Montgomery and others to whom payments or legacies were owed, 1662-1667, and several individuals seeeking to recover possession of properties which they had mortgaged to Edward Vaughan, 1663-1666.

Legal papers deriving from disputes concerning the Llwydiarth and Llangedwyn estates after the death of the heir, John Vaughan, son of Owen Vaughan, in 1616, until until the death of Edward Vaughan in 1661. The disputes partly concerned the title, which due to a lack of male heirs had passed to John Vaughan’s brothers, Robert and Edward, in succession; and partly claims for maintenance and portions made by the female members of the family. The most substantial cases are the application by Magdalen and Katherine Vaughan, for a financial settlement out of the Llangedwyn estate, firstly against Sir Robert Vaughan, 1616-1623, secondly against Edward Vaughan, 1655-1657; the attempt by William Herbert Lord Powys to prove the title of Herbert Vaughan, postumous son of Sir Robert Vaughan, 1625-1631; Edward Vaughan’s case to regain possession of the sequestered Llwydiarth estate, 1644-1649; and Dame Katherine Palmer’s claim to dower out of the estates of her former deceased husband, Sir Robert Vaughan, 1653-1661. The series includes the inqusition post-mortem Owen Vaughan, 1620; several smaller lawsuits involving members of the Herbert and Vaughan familes, 1629-1655, Brochwell Griffiths, 1653-[c. 1657] , and others; and a file of letters and papers accumulated during the legal cases concerning the estate of Edward Vaughan, 1650-1669.

Papers relating to several successive and interrelated lawsuits, 1604-1664, involving the Vaughan family of Llwydiarth and the Price family of Llwydiarth, disputing the title to properties in Eglwysegl, Dinbren and Trefor Isaf near Llangollen, Denbighshire, claimed by Richard Price under an entail in the marriage settlement of his father, Edward Price the elder. The files contain the inquisitions post-mortem Edward Price, 1604, and Sir Robert Vaughan, 1631; two cases brought against Richard Price respectively by Margaret and Elizabeth Price, 1608-1615, and by Sir Robert Vaughan, 1619-1620, which include a subsiduary suit brought by Mathias Springham, a London merchant, mortgagor and lessee of the Prices; the main lawsuit by Richard Price against Edward Vaughan, 1641, alleging that the premises had been appropriated by Owen Vaughan through his wardship of the plaintiff’s nieces, Margaret and Elizabeth Price, previously assigned to him by Edward Herbert; a continuation of the case by Leonard Thompson and his wife, Catherin, daughter of Richard Price, against Edward Vaughan, 1651; and a further lawsuit brought by her (remarried to Edward Wright) against Edward Vaughan’s executor, Charles Salesbury of Bachymbyd, and his brother, Rowland Vaughan, 1662.

Papers deriving from miscellaneous legal cases involving several members of the Vaughan family of Llwydiarth, 1600-1664. They concern the inheritance of Owen Vaughan, 1600-1616; the title to lands in Montgomeryshire, previously belonging to the dissolved abbey of Ystrad Marchell, 1606; peaceful possession of lands in Cefn-llys, Kyffin, Farchoel, etc., 1608; and the title to lands and grazing in Penllyn, 1652, and Pennant-lliw, Caergai, Maestran and Penaran, 1664.

Papers deriving from church administration both at diocesan level, mainly within the dioceses of Bangor and St Asaph, and at a local level within individual parishes. The files comprise ordinations and presentations to benefices, 1547-1773; consistory court papers, 1571-167[?]; report of a commission to investigate the misappropriation of charity money by the Dean and Chancellor of Bangor, 1623; miscellaneous church administration papers, [post-1630]-[c. 1671], 1902; faculties in Denbighshire churches, 1739-1769; Rhosymedre parish correspondence, 1861-1895; and appointments of organists at Ruabon, 1872-1884.