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Legal and financial records of lead, coal and other mineral workings on land belonging to the Plas Power estate, including land that at one time or another belonged to the Chirk estate.

Arranged in broad chronological order, and also by subject.

Instruction to the keeper of the gaol at Chelmsford in the county of Essex to receive and detain Henry Doubleday in custody for the illegal taking and detaining of one Evan Jones.

Instructions to agents to attorn tenants for the lands in their holding and thereafter to pay rents to Mary Myddelton, together with draft deeds of attornment.

Detail of work done, including the names of some labourers and places, and associated notes.

A journal, together with recipes for cleaning agents, foods and medicines.

Memoranda relating to land in Denbighshire.

Documents relating to lead, coal and copper mines in Denbighshire and Merionethshire, including: a copy of a lease, 18 February 1703, to Sir Richard Myddelton of copper, lead and coal mines in the manor of Denbigh; a lease, 18 May 1704, by Richard Myddelton of copper, lead and coal mines in Eglwys Fach and Llansanffraid Glan Conwy in the lordship of Denbigh; articles of agreement, June 1707, between Richard Myddelton, John Roberts and Johanna Griffiths relating to lead and copper mines in a field called Y Coitie in the township of Nant, parish of Abergele; a copy of a lease, 26 February 1726, of lead mines at Cywarch Hill, Ceunant Du and Brynamlwg in the manor of Mawddwy, by Richard Mytton to John Meredith; a lease, 2 February 1743, of lead mines under Cwmhisan tenement in the parish of Llanfachreth; articles of agreement, 1755, whereby William Lloyd agrees to lease to Isaac and John Wilkinson coal mines under two parcels of land in Bersham, and also covenants to grant them a further lease of Bersham furnace; a lease, 26 October 1758, by William Lloyd of lead mines in the township of Minera, including a plan; a report, [1747x1816], by John Lloyd concerning the effect on William Lloyd's coal trade of new collieries in neighbouring areas; and an opinion, 1783, as to Lord Grosvenor's right to lead ore under enclosures in the lordship of Bromfield and Yale.

Papers relating to legal suits involving the Myddelton and Lloyd families and their estates. The cases were heard in a variety of courts, including Chancery, Great Sessions, Quarter Sessions, Petty Sessions, manorial courts baron and leet, and the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

Lawyers' opinions concerning legal questions arising out of property and financial transactions between members of the Myddelton family and their tenants, and also the Salusbury and Thelwall families, including conditions of tenure, family settlements and the execution of wills.

Copies of letters and title deeds relating to the Plas Power estate.

Two transcripts, [1714x?c.1720], of a letter from Charles Leslie to a Member of Parliament, 1714, concerning the character and religious views of James Stuart, and his probable religious policies if crowned.

Letters patent granting Sir Richard Myddelton the lease for 31 years of copper, lead and coal mines in the lordship of Denbigh.

Letters to Elizabeth Edwards, a step-daughter of the steward of Chirk Castle, Thomas Cupper, at Croes Newydd.

Letters addressed simply to 'Madam', all of which appear to have been intended for members of the Myddelton and Lloyd families and their associates. Many of them were meant for Mary Myddelton, but others were clearly not, and in most cases it is not clear which are which, even when annotated in Mary Myddelton's own hand (which sometimes appears on letters addressed to people other than herself); some letters are from Mary Myddelton herself; others mention her in the third person or date from after her death; and others are copies or drafts written on a sheet of paper from a previous letter, so that the real intended addressee is not always the apparent one.

Letters addressed to Mary Hale, Mary Myddelton's ward, at Croes Newydd, including some addressed to both ladies; Mary Hale lived at Croes Newydd until she married William Lloyd (then tenant of Plas Power) in 1746. The Hale and Myddelton families seem to have become involved with each other through a common interest in the East India Company.