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Probate and copy will, codicils, account and inventories of Sir Robert Owen of Porkington, 1698, referring to extensive mortgages and debts; draft and copy wills of Richard and Elizabeth Lyster of Penrhos, parents of Lewis Owen 's wife, Elizabeth, 1708 and 1747 respectively; administrations of Sir Robert 's widow, Dame Margaret Owen, 1727, his son, Arthur Owen of Wrexham, 1746, and Richard Clayton, previous husband of Arthur 's wife, Mary, 1734; an inventory for John Owen, 1732; and a summary of lavish bequests from the will of his daughter, Elizabeth Longueville of Esclusham, [1754]

Includes the prenuptial agreement of Sir Robert Owen of Porkington and Margaret Wynn of Glyn and Ystumcegid, 1683, and their subsequent settlements of the Glyn, Clenennau and Ystumcegid estates, 1685; marriage settlement of Sir Robert 's sister, Frances Owen and John Rowlands of London, 1682; agreements and settlements of Sir Robert Owen with his brother-in-law, Peter Pennant of Bychton, and with Margaret 's uncle, William Wynn of Wern, consolidating his possession of Nant and the rest of Ystumcegid, with discharge of a legacy to his sister-in-law, Catherine Pennant, payable out of the estates previously belonging to her father, Owen Wynn, 1686-1691; and a general release to Ellen Owen in connection with her claim in the estate of Lewis Owen, deceased, 1693.

A pair of deeds associated with disentailment and recovery of the Clenennau, Glyn and Llanddyn estates to the use of Robert Godolphin Owen of Porkington [probably following the death of his father, William Owen], 1767, and relevant notes.

Counterpart pre-nuptial settlement of Owen ap John Owen, son of John Wynn Owen of Ystumcegid and Anne, daughter of John Lewis of Chwaen, dec., for whom William Maurice of Clenennau and William Maurice the younger were trustees, 1584.

Copy will of Thomas Hanmer of Pentre-david, Porkington, in the parish of Selatyn, 1666, of which Col. William Owen was executor.

Letters to Sir John Owen, 1647-1660; subjects include legal proceedings against him for a debt connected with the guardianship of his nephew, William Vaughan, with drafts of his request for advice, [c. 1660]; lawsuits between Theodor Roberts, clerk of Llanfor and a Mr [Lewis?] Lloyd of Rhiwaedog, 1652; official orders for the demolition of Harlech Castle, 1647; news of a defeat of the Spaniards by the Portuguese army [1659?], raising of infantry troops and appointments to the Shropshire Corporation; and a cryptic, outgoing letter to Edmund Meyricke.

A personal letter to Elizabeth Owen from her husband, Lewis Owen [1740x1746], and letters to her aunt, Susannah Lyster, concerning the title to an estate, apparently in Montgomeryshire, 1758-1762.

Includes letters from the Brynker family, 1718-1738.

Letters from her sisters-in-law, Anne and Barbara Godolphin.

Letters from her aunt, Margaret Godolphin.

Letters from her mother, Mary Godolphin, and S. Godolphin.

Correspondents include Margaret Griffith of Caernarfon, 1742-1753, Bulkeley Hatchett, 1779-1783, and the Hoblyn family of Cornwall. Others of interest include John Jones on a proposal to build a prison at Oswestry, the condition of the house at Abertanat and the Wynnstay Theatre, 1762-1784.

Correspondents are almost exclusively family members; of interest are Lewis Owen describing a disinterment and Farinelli 's popularity [1734x1746]; and Robert Godolphin Owen, 1751-1752, on the execution of Mary Blandy and life at Oxford University, describing in detail a commemoration ceremony celebrated with a performance of Handel, 1752.

Correspondents include the Pendarves family of Cornwall, Stephen Sleech, 1741-1756, and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, [1772?].

Letters to Owen Ormsby, 1785-1802, mainly concerning non-payment of mortgage money due to the late Mary Owen from the Price family of Rhiwlas, 1785; a claim to fishing rights at Aberglaslyn, with a draft of his reply; and his nomination as Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire, 1796.

Original and typescript copies of letters to John Ralph Ormsby-Gore, first Baron Harlech, his wife Sarah and other members of his family, 1832-1875. Correspondents include Montagu Corry, Benjamin Disraeli and William Watkin Edward Wynne, on the creation of the Barony of Harlech, 1875; John Wilson Croker, 1832, William Ormsby-Gore, 1837, Lord Hill, 1853, George Francis Seymour and others on the Boundary Bill, 1832, political representation in Shropshire and Ireland, freedom of public worship, 1862, solicitation of his support for career advancement, personal responsiblities and political support for him among the tradespeople of Oswestry, 1874.

Letters to Emily Charlotte Ormsby-Gore (née Seymour), second Lady Harlech, 1844-1876, from her husband, William Richard Ormsby-Gore, and children, 1853-1874, other relatives and friends, including Lady Clinton, [1844], Mary Jane Ormsby-Gore [c. 1869], the Duchess of Grafton, 1860, Lady Georgiana de Ros, [1860], her father, Sir George Francis Seymour, 1857-1869, her cousin, Lady Spencer, 1857-1870, and other members of the Seymour family, 1850-1876. Particular topics are: her husband 's experiences in the Crimean War, 1853-1854; charitable works, estate business and court duties in Ireland; elections in Shropshire and Roscommon, 1859; the Franco-Prussian War, 1870; Sir George F. Seymour 's involvement with the 68th regiment and recollections of the Walcheren expedition in 1809; the marriage of Laura Wilhelmina Seymour to Prince Victor Gleichen, 1860; and events in Canada during the American Civil War, 1862. The file also includes a single family letter to her daughter, Mary.

Correspondents include Lord Clanricarde, 1871-1873, Edward Cooper, 1845, Sir Ralph Cusack, 1875, Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph, 1895, and George Lane Fox, 1875. Also of interest are accounts of events at the Victorian royal court by Horatia Erskine and Mary Egerton; and the latter 's description of Heinrich Schliemann during a tour of Greece, 1872.