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A survey of the Drenewydd, Whittington and Middleton estates of Watkin Williams, 1806 [prior to acquisition by Brogyntyn in 1830], and a valuation of Drenewydd, 1852.

Valuations of the combined estates of Porkington in Shropshire, Broniarth in Montgomeryshire, and Llanddyn, Denbighshire, 1793, 1813.

A valuation of the Llanddyn estate, with observations on the structure and condition of buildings [19 cent., first ¼].

Letters to William Owen, 1666, Sir Robert Owen, 1690, and Dame Margaret Owen, 1698-1709, William Owen, 1730-1765, Robert Godolphin Owen, 1777-1784, Owen Ormsby, 1793, 1796, William Ormsby-Gore, 1830-1843, and William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 1887, received from the agents of Brogyntyn and Llanddyn and from other individuals, sometimes accompanied by relevant letters from third parties. Recurrent subjects include the submission and payment of accounts; rent collection; leasing of properties; payment of chief rents, poor rate and taxes; debts on the estate of Sir Robert Owen; problems with the lease of Ruyton Park from Lord Craven, 1701-1705; the provision of commodities; sales of timber and livestock; fishing rights and the lease of Llynclys Pool from Lord Powis, 1740-1743; property purchases; and repairs to estate buildings.

Correspondents include William Dafudd, farm bailiff of Porkington, on financial pressures affecting the estate and the sale of Nant, 1690.

Correspondents include the architect Francis Smith and the builder, concerning alterations to the house at Porkington, 1730, 1735.

Correspondents include Bulkeley Hatchett on the Whittington enclosure bill, other estate matters and legal business.

Miscellaneous papers deriving from administration of the Brogyntyn and Llanddyn estates, concerning Shropshire enclosures, 1653-1784, timber production, 1669-1793, the Brogyntyn farm bailiff's records, 1690-1692, brick-making, 1737, property repairs, [pre-1767]-1826, livestock at Porkington, 1756-1923, and game, 1822-1835, 1951.

Deed and agreements for the purchase and sale of timber in Ruyton Park, Shropshire, 1669-1670, and in Llanddyn, Llangollen, 1719; an account of timber on the Llanddyn estate; valuation of trees on part of the Middleton estates, 1793; and comparative timber measurements.

A printed bill for the division and enclosure of the commons within the manor of Whittington, Shropshire, 1776, together with agreements and proposals, 1653, 1766-1784, involving freeholders affected by the enclosures, including Robert Godolphin Owen in 1777 and 1784.

An agreement for the manufacture of 140,000 bricks for William Owen of Porkington, 1737.

Records by William Dafudd, farm bailiff of Sir Robert Owen, of daily work done by labourers on the Brogyntyn estate, 1690, 1692, with a list of gentry holding land in Selatyn, and apparently unrelated notes on the ownership of Cemais Bychan, Montgomeryshire.

Three volumes containing breeding records, purchases and sales of livestock, comprising a horse and dog book previously belonging to William Gore, which includes remedies for animal ailments, 1756-1813; Porkington horse stud book, 1815-1838, and service book of stallions, 1825-1833; notes of the weight of an ox killed, 1777, and foodstuff for pigs, 1923; and veterinary certificates for two horses examined, 1876.

Estimates for carpentry at Velin Hen mill in Llangollen, [1727x1767] and for a barn conversion in Oswestry, 1767; and an agreement for masonry work at Llanddyn, 1826.

Game books recording game birds, hares, rabbits, and occasionally deer, shot at Brogyntyn (Porkington), Glyn, Penrhos, Cemais, and other estates in Wales, England, Ireland and Scotland, and listing game given or received as presents, 1822-1933, 1951 They also record persons present at the shoots, such as the Ormsby Gore family (Lords Harlech), the Egerton family, Lord Kenyon, Lord Spencer Chichester, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, the Duke of Portland, Lord Gordon, the Duke of Grafton, the Bentinck family, Sir John Gladstone, Lord Churchill, the Prince and Duke of Teck, Lord Penrhyn, Lord Powis and numerous other members of the aristocracy.

Porkington game book, recording game shot, August 1822- April 1828.

Account of game given away from Porkington and game received, August 1828 –March 1835.