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Probate and copy wills, memorandum and inventories of Col. William Owen of Porkington, 1670/1, which includes trusts for the maintenance and clothing of six paupers in Oswestry and Selatyn; incomplete copy will of his sister, Penelope Owen, [1671]; probate of the will of John Hanmer, D. D., Bishop of St Asaph, first husband of Mary Owen, 1629; and an inventory of household goods left at Clenennau by the executrix of Dame Jonet Owen, [c. 1674].

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]

Original, draft and copy marriage settlements, other family settlements and trusts of the families of Maurice, Owen and Ormsby-Gore of Clenennau and Brogyntyn, 1485-1839 and other families related to them by marriage, namely Wynn of Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid, 1516-1683, Clayton (incorporating Griffith), 1704-1709, Godolphin, 1733, Hanmer, 1620-1656, and Lyster (incorporating Derwas), 1665-1703, with related deeds and documents of the type normally associated with disentailment and resettlement.

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.

Papers deriving from trusts of the marriage settlement of Owen ap John Owen and Anne Lewis, 1584; wardship of William and Ellen Vaughan of Corsygedol, 1636-1653; the will of Thomas Hanmer of Pentre-david, 1666; the Taltreuddyn estate, [1698], 1725-1726; the will of William Mostyn of Bryngwyn, 1729-1735; the will of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 1748; the estate of Roger Mostyn of Aberhirieth, 1749-1773; and a trust for Dr Hugh Wynne, 1755.

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.

Private correspondence of the main Clenennau and Brogyntyn families of Maurice and Owen, 1587-1801, and their descendants, the Ormsbys and Ormsby-Gores, 1777-1950, together with two smaller groups of letters of their relatives, the Owens/Lysters of Penrhos, 1703-1823, and the Owens/Claytons of Brymbo, 1714-1739.

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 to Arthur Owen of Brymbo, 1738-1739, his wife, Mary, 1714, 1736, Mary 's previous husband, Richard Clayton and their daughter, Jenny, mainly relating to family settlements and debts.

Letters to Mary Owen (née Godolphin), wife of William Owen of Brogyntyn, 1730-1784, mainly from her immediate family, Godolphin and Owen relatives, friends and other close associates. They constitute a rich, lively source of information on the personal, domestic and social circumstances of an eighteenth century gentry family. Many of the letters reflect Mrs Owen 's own interests in music, theatre, literature, political news and high society gossip among her contemporaries. Recurrent topics include the ecclesiastical career of Lewis Owen; renovations at Porkington, 1735-1743; the estates of Richard Clayton and Arthur Owen; Elizabeth Longueville 's settlement; Jacobite disturbances; elections in North Wales and Shropshire; church preferments in England and Wales; and court life under the Hanoverian royal family, 1731-1752.

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?].