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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.

Deeds, accounts and other papers deriving from the foundation and administration of of various charitable institutions, mainly in Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire and Salop, under the following headings: hospitals, 1599, 1811; charity contributions from property, 1638-1753, 1862; poor rate assessments, 1716, (Watermark 1855); school buildings and staff appointments, 1776-1854; and charity account books, 1853-1885, and 1885-1908.

Manuscript copies and published versions of bills, Acts of Parliament, petitions and cases, sometimes with accompanying notes, comprising an Act for the relief of His Majesty’s army, 1640; private Acts of Parliament, and miscellaneous petitions and cases, 1646-1698; the Case of the Irish Adventurers, 1653-1668; miscellaneous bills and Acts of Parliament, [1662]-[1681], 1836-1880; and bills and Acts of parliament concerning manufacture and commerce, 1661-1680, religion, 1678-[c. 1694], regulation of the election of MPs, 1696, enclosures, 1763-1816, and canals and roads, 1794-1820.

Miscellaneous papers deriving from the acts and procedures of central government, probably accumulated by Sir Richard Wynn, Henry Wynn and Sir William Williams in the course of their official duties in service to the Crown. They comprise accounts of crown revenues, 1608, 1671; surveys of crown lands in Caernarfonshire, 1608-1673; sequestration papers for the estate of Edward Vaughan, 1622-1654; a chart of the nobility of England, [c. 1636]; proposals for the abolition of the Court of the Council of the Marches of Wales, 1641-1689; and copies of official reports, orders, evidence, etc., [c. 1653]-1705.

An original parcel of appointments to official posts to serve the government of the Stuart monarchs, and papers associated with their duties, belonging to Sir Richard Wynn, 1626-1641; Henry Wynn, 1630-1661, William Wynn, 1641, and Sir William Williams, 1661-1690, together with the original eighteenth century wrapper.

Papers deriving from official administrative procedures, local government and justice in North Wales generally, and in the several counties of Anglesey, Caernarfon, Merioneth, Denbigh, Montgomery and Shropshire. The files relate to the county officials and militia, 1538-1764; revenues, 1637-1758; elections of burgesses and members of parliament, 1657-1774; articles for regulating the expenses of sheriffs, 1746-1747; and land tax assessments. 1797.

Papers deriving from official administrative procedures, local government and justice in Caernarfonshire, 1523-1715, and Anglesey, 1709.

Papers relating to various aspects of county administration in Merioneth, specifically revenues, 1590x[1626], the sheriff, 1596-1706, Quarter Sessions and Justices of the Peace, 1624-1792; deputy lieutenant, 1674-1703; and custos rotulorum, 1674-1703.

Miscellaneous papers deriving from various aspects of county administration and local government at town and borough level in Denbighshire, comprising copies of charters, [1424]x1700; receiver’s accounts, assessments and taxation records, 1529-1706, 1803; a case concerning the admission of burgesses in Denbigh, 1741; mayors’ accounts from Holt, 1745-1746; the Wrexham Improvement Bill, 1850-1851; and electoral registers, 1906.

Papers deriving from the appointment and official duties of the various officials serving the county of Denbigh, namely the bailiffs, 1571-1662; the sheriff, 1571-1696; the escheator, recorder and custos rotulorum, 1619-1689; justices of the peace, 1655; deputy lieutenants, 1661-1715; and a militia officer, 1838.

Papers, probably in their original bundles, deriving mainly from the election of a burgess to represent the borough of Montgomery in Parliament and concerning the corrupt practices employed in the procedure. The files comprise lists of burgesses in Llanfyllin, Montgomery and Welshpool, 1657-1679; election returns of the borough of Montgomery, 1661-1727; miscellaneous petitions relating to election of a burgess to represent Montgomery, 1679-1689; election returns of Edward Vaughan, MP, 1679-1705; the case and petition of Charles Herbert, 1685; and the case and petition of Robert Williams, 1727. Several of the cases and petitions are accompanied by copies of earlier documents to provide evidence of precedents, 1545-1685.