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Letters patent, dated at Westminster, 11 February, 1 & 2 Philip and Mary [1554/5], issued by Mary I, Queen of England and Ireland, and Philip II of Spain, as King of England and Ireland, granting lands in Broughton [?Bychton], Marton [Mertyn] and Tredesmowen [?Trefednywain], [all in the parish of Whitford], in the commote of Coleshill, Flintshire, to John Davye [Davies, of Gwysaney].
The document is decorated with a fine initial double-portrait of the monarchs enthroned, in ink and wash within the initial letter 'P' of interlacing strapwork, and bears the secretarial signatures of both. Large strapwork initial letters appear in the first line, and the margins are illuminated with heraldic emblems in gold and colours. The great seal of Mary I is appended, attached by the original green and white plaited laces.

A volume containing some seventy-eight letters, 1796-1901, mostly relating to the Davies-Cooke family of Gwysaney and Owston, with a few apparently collected as examples of autographs, together with miscellaneous other papers, 1790-[late 19 cent.], and engravings and photographic reproductions of paintings, 1832-[late 19 cent.].
The correspondents include G[iovanni] B[attist]a Niccolini, 1841 (f. 1), Thomas V[owler Short, Bishop of] St Asaph, 1849, 1852 (f. 2), [Stapleton Cotton, 1st Baron] Combermere, Dublin, 1825 (f. 3), [Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl] Beauchamp, 1875 (f. 4), [George Osborne, 6th Duke of] Leeds, Milan, 1821 (f. 6), [Sir] G[eorge] O[nesiphorus] Paul, 1800 (ff. 7, 11), Thomas Pennant, 1796 (f. 8), W[illiam] D[avies] Shipley, 1800 (f. 9), [Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount] Melville, Admiralty, 1814 (ff. 11, 33), [James Hewitt, 4th Viscount] Lifford, 1874 (f. 13), R. R. Reinagle, 1828 (ff. 13, 14, 15), C[harles] Duncombe, 1819 (f. 14), P. F. Robinson, [?1833] (f. 15), [Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl] Fitzwilliam, 1843, 1852 (ff. 16, 18), [John Mitford, 1st Baron] Redesdale, 22 August 1817 (f. 16), C. L. Ebor [Charles Longley, Archbishop of York], 1860 (f. 17), [George Nugent, 1st Marquis of] Westmeath, Chester, 1852 (f. 18), W. Ebor [Archbishop William Thomson], York, 1864 (f. 20), Tho[ma]s Worsley, Cambridge, 1867 (f. 21), [Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron] Lilford, 1862 (f. 24), George Müller, Bristol, 1852 (f. 25), S[usan, Duchess of] Marlborough, [n.d.] (ff. 26, 29), [Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquis of] Westminster, 1837 (f. 26), [Charles Wood, 1st Viscount] Halifax, 1880 (f. 27), [Frederick Temple Blackwood, 1st Marquess of] Dufferin [and Ava], [n.d.] (f. 27), Richard Owen, 1858 (f. 29), [Charles John Shore, 2nd Baron] Teignmouth, 1838 (f. 30), [George Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron] Vernon, Geneva, 1842 (f. 30), W[illiam] Gregory, Dublin Castle, 1821 (f. 33), E. Maunde Thompson, 1881 (f. 34; concerning Barnabe Fitzpatrick), [George, 2nd Baron] Kenyon, 1804-1814 (ff. 37-38, 46), [Charles Grant, 1st Baron] Glenelg, Colonial Office, 1836 (f. 40), T[homas] Gaisford, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], 1849 (f. 42), [Robert Stewart, Viscount] Castlereagh, Dublin Castle, 1800 (f. 43), and [Edward King, Viscount] Kingsborough, 1811 (f. 44). The main recipients are Bryan Cooke, 1800-1821 (ff. 6-40 passim), Philip Davies Cooke, 1828-1853 (ff. 2-42 passim), and Philip's brother W. B. Cooke, 1827-1842 (f. 1, 21, 25, 30), father-in-law George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston, 1800-1826 (ff. 3, 11, 12, 33, 43), and son Philip Bryan Davies-Cooke, 1860-1901 (ff. 4, 17, 20, 23, 24, 27, 29, 31, 34). Other items in the volume include Bryan Cooke's passport, 1818 (f. 19), miscellaneous notes, copy letters and documents, etc., 1797-[?late 19 cent.] (ff. 24, 32, 34-36, 61) and printed items, 1790-1889 (ff. 31, 39, 59-60).

A volume containing some one hundred and two letters and other papers, [1487x1503]-1895, many relating to the Davies, Cooke and Davies-Cooke families of Gwysaney, Owston and Llanerch and relatives such as the Earl of Kingston, with other letters apparently collected as examples of autographs. Also included are items such as engravings, photographs and cuttings relating to some of the correspondents, 1788-1900; some items are accompanied by biographical notes, [19 cent., third ¼].
The papers include the Earl and Countess of Kingston's invitation to Queen Victoria's Coronation, 1838 (ff. 1-2), a sign manual of Henry VII, [1487x1503], thanking John Pillesdon [Puleston] (f. 5), two warrants of Henry VIII, 1538 (ff. 5 verso-6), an acquittance signed by Geo: Asapher: [George Griffith, Bishop of St Asaph], 1664 (f. 24) and two receipts relating to Théodore de Bèze and François Bonivard, 1554, 1575 (f. 53; French). Other correspondents include William, Duke of Clarence [later William IV], 1828 (f. 7), Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, 1805-1825 (ff. 9-11), Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, [1827x1857] (f. 13), Princess Elizabeth of Hesse Homberg, [1810x1827] (f. 15), Princess Sophia Matilda, [1810x1827] (f. 17), Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, 1808-1824 (ff. 18, 29), Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, 1809-1810 (ff. 20-21), J[ohn Egerton, 1st Earl of] Bridgewater, 1638 (f. 22), Cardinal Consalvi, Rome, 1818-1819 (ff. 25-27; letters and passports to Bryan Cooke, in Italian), George IV [two signatures only] (f. 28), Baron Atthalin, Aide de Camp to the Duc d’Orleans, 1820 (f. 30; French), F[rançois] d'Orléans, [prince de Joinville], 1843 (f. 32; French), General G. H. Dufour, Berne, 1851 (f. 33; French), E[dward] B[ulwer] L[ytton] (f. 34), [5th Duke of] Richmond, Goodwood, 1847 (f. 34), Pope Pius IX [signature only], [?1859] (f. 34), Spencer Perceval, Downing Street, 1810 (f. 35), Eleanor Butler and [Sarah] Ponsonby, [the Ladies of Llangollen], 1785, 1791 (ff. 35 verso-36), [René-Eustache, marquis d']Osmond, 1816-[1821] (ff. 37, 39 verso-40; French), [11th Duke of] Norfolk, [?1790s] (f. 38), W. E. Gladstone, 1852 (f. 38 verso), [Benjamin] Disraeli, Downing Street, 1868 (f. 39), [Viscount] Palmerston, 1810 (ff. 41 verso-42), [Viscount] Kingsborough, 1834 (f. 43), William Wilberforce, 1798, 1801 (ff. 43 verso-44), Warren Hastings, 1807 (f. 45), Thomas Telford, 1829 (f. 47), Sir John Sinclair, 1816 (f. 48), Francis Chantrey, 1820-1834 (ff. 48 verso-51), [Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of] Westminster, 1852 (f. 53 verso), Sir Robert Peel, [2nd bart], 1836 (f. 56 verso), George Canning [signature only], 1797 (f. 58 verso), M[artin] F[arquhar] Tupper, [1860] (f. 59 verso), W[illiam] Spence, 1850 (f. 60), [Professor] John Phillips, York, 1853 (f. 62), H[umphry] Repton, 1796 (f. 64), Jos[eph] Sabine, 1827, 1828 (f. 65), John Franks, Calcutta, 1832 (f. 66), R[amsay] R[ichard] Reinagle, 1828, 1829 (f. 67) and Gathorne Hardy, 1867 (f. 68). The main recipients include Captain Thomas Davies, 1638 (f. 22), Bryan Cooke, [?1790s]-1821 (ff. 25-27, 38, 40, 42, 43 verso-44, 46, 50 verso, 56 verso, 58, 64), Philip Davies Cooke, 1820-1852 (ff. 30, 34, 37, 38 verso, 48 verso-51, 53 verso, 55, 56 verso-57, 60 verso-62, 65, 67), and his father-in-law George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston, 1815-1838 (ff. 2, 7, 9-11, 18, 29, 35, 56, 57 verso, 63, 65).

A volume containing some one hundred and sixty-three letters and other papers, 1576-1810, mostly of the Davies family of Llanerch and Gwysaney or of the related families of Mutton, Whitehall and Dod (ff. 1, 3-92, 97 verso-98), together with a few later additions, 1813-[late 19 cent.] (ff. 2, 3a, 11a recto-verso, 18 verso, 40a).
The papers include commissions signed by Charles I, 19 July 1643 (f. 1), and Charles II, 15 August 1651 (f. 3), and an order signed by Oliver Cromwell, 30 June 1658 (f. 4); other correspondents include the 1st Earl of Bridgewater, 1620-1647 (ff. 5-9), the 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, 1650-1653 (ff. 10-11), Charles, Earl of Derby, 1652-1663 (ff. 14-16), Barnabe Fizpatrik [Barnaby Fitzpatrick] to [Edward VI], 4 March [1552] (f. 17), Sir Peter Mutton to his mother (in Welsh), 17 January 1604/5 (f. 19), Sir Marmaduke Lloyde, 1635-1637 (ff. 22-23), Robert Corbett, Stanwardine, 1636-1639 (f. 24), [Col.] Thomas Davies, [1624]-[?1625] (ff. 33-34), Mutton Davies, 1654-1657 (f. 41), Sir Roger Mostyn, 1st bart, 1655-1686 (f. 42), Thomas Price, Bishop of Kildare, 6 March 1660/1 (f. 43), Eubule Thelwall, 15 April 1661 (f. 48), Letitia Davies to her husband Robert Davies [IV], 1700-1708 (ff. 59-62), Sir Watkin Wm Wynne, 4th bart, 20 February 1777 (f. 76), Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th bart, 1784 (f. 77), Thomas Pennant, 1784-1796 (f. 78, 2 letters), [Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron] Kenyon, 1796 (f. 80, 2 letters) and Wm Oliver, Bath (f. 91). The main recipients are Robert Davies [II], 1620-1633 (ff. 5-6, 33-35, 37-39), his brother Col. Thomas Davies, 1635-1650 (ff. 7-10, 22-32), Robert Davies [III], 1652-1665 (ff. 14, 16, 38, 40, 41-46, 48), Robert Davies [IV], 1685-1708 (ff. 13, 36, 42, 46-50, 53, 56, 59-63), Peter Davies, [Tybroughton, brother of Robert Davies VI], 1777-1796 (ff. 73-80) and Thomas Pennant, 1784 (f. 77). A list of the contents, [19 cent., last ¼], is on ff. 93-97.

Travel journal belonging to Bryan Cooke of Owston, Yorkshire, recording various tours undertaken between 1790 and 1797 through Wales and the north of England and other journeys between his seats at Owston, [near Doncaster], and [Hafod-y-Wern], Wrexham.
The volume describes tours of North Wales, beginning and ending at Wrexham, 13-20 September 1790 (ff. 1 verso-3), the Lake District, 14 June-3 July 1793 (ff. 4 verso-9 verso), and South Wales (in the company of his second cousin George Cooke[-Yarborough] and his sons), 10-29 July 1793 (ff. 10 verso-19 verso), together with brief accounts of journeys from Owston to Wrexham, via Leeds and Ripon, 8-15 July 1790 (ff. i verso, 1), Wrexham to Owston, 23-25 September 1790 (ff. 3 verso-4), Owston to Wrexham, May 1791 (ff. 3 verso-4), Owston to Wrexham, via Kilnwick Percy, Ripon and Storrs, May 1797 (ff. 21, 22), Wrexham to Askrig[g], 9-[?10] August 1797 (ff. 22 verso-23 verso), and Askrig to Wrexham, 20-[?22] August 1797 (ff. 24 verso-25). Each account includes a table listing places visited, distances, inns visited, time on the road and remarks on the state of the roads, etc. (ff. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 21, 23, 25); the remaining pages contain general remarks and notes. Items found inside the pocket have been placed in an archival envelope (ff. 35-37). These include a table, [?1793], detailing a tour of Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, similar but not identical to that on ff. 10 verso-14 verso, possibly in the hand of George Cooke[-Yarborough] (f. 35 recto-verso).

Pedigree roll, dated 10 March 1664, with additions to 1672, recording the genealogy of the family of Puleston (or Pyvelesdon) of Puleston, Shropshire, and their descendants the Pulestons of Emral, Flintshire, and of Havod-y-Wern, Allington and Bersham, all in Denbighshire. It was transcribed by John Salusbury of Erbistock from the books of Robert Davies of Gwysaney, Edward Puleston of Allington, and Owen Salusbury of Rhug.
The pedigree is traced from 'Sr Richard Pyvelesdon de Pyvelesdon' (fl. 12-13 cents) and contains no heraldry.

Pedigree roll of John Meredith of Allington [Trefalun], Denbighshire, compiled in 1604 by his brother-in-law Edward Puleston of Allington and executed by Randle Holme I, containing thirty-six fully painted coats of arms, many impaled or quartered.
In addition to the descent of Meredith from a number of ancestors, the roll also shows that of his wife Ermyn Puleston from Sir Richard Puleston of Emral and Agnes Waren, and that of Ermyn's mother Margaret Almer from Gwaeddfawr. The pedigree is arranged so that the combined arms of John Meredith and Ermyn Puleston, those of Ermyn's parents Edward Puleston and Margaret Almer and those of her paternal grandparents Sir Edward Puleston of Emral and Ermyn Hanmer are prominently displayed side by side at the foot of the pedigree, and below them the personal coat of arms of John Meredith, with its six quarterings. The authorship of the roll was attributed to Edward Puleston by Siôn Cain (see Peniarth MS 269i, p. 43, and M. P. Siddons, Welsh Pedigree Rolls (Aberystwyth, 1996), p. 23). The roll is an example of Siddons' style 3.

Pedigree, dated 31 January 1771, of the brothers Robert Davies [II] and Thomas Davies of Gwysaney in the hand of Ralph Bigland, Somerset Herald, extracted by him from a 1622 pedigree in College of Arms, MS Vincent 135, f. 296, probably compiled by Augustine Vincent (d. 1626).
The pedigree includes five fully painted coats of arms and is traced, in the male line only, from 'Madoc ap Mredith [Madog ap Maredudd] Princeps Powisiae', through his son 'Kenwricus Euell' [Cynric Efell].

A fifteenth-century manuscript of the Brut in English with continuation to 1450, written probably in the 1460s or 1470s in the West Midlands of England (indicated by the dialect) or possibly in Wales.
The text is the English translation of the Brut to 1333 followed by the usual continuation to 1377. The continuation for 1377-1450 (at which point the text ends abruptly) is, except for the years 1415-19, that of the unusual text printed by J. S. Davies in 1856, known as Davies's Chronicle. A quire and a half are wanting at the end of the manuscript; originally no doubt the text continued to 1461, as does Davies's Chronicle. The Brut with its continuation was printed by Caxton in 1480, and then frequently until 1530. Among additions to Brie's text of the Brut are the epitaphs of the Welsh and the English clerk on Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. On a blank page is a Latin epitaph for Mathew Goch, previously only known in a shorter form from a single manuscript (f. 181 verso). The manuscript is on paper, written by three or more hands, and as pastedowns and flyleaf has three leaves of a fine English noted missal of the twelfth century.

Letters, July 1831-December 1836, to Viscount Kingsborough, mainly at Mitchelstown, co. Cork, from various correspondents, together with a few written by Kingsborough, concerning inter alia the antiquities of Mexico.

Letters, 1830-1834, of O[badiah] Rich, London, to Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough, Mitchelstown Castle, County Cork, concerning the acquisition of Spanish books and manuscripts dealing mainly with the early history of Mexico.
[Kingsborough was the brother-in-law of Philip Davies Cooke (1793-1853).]

A letter book containing copies of letters, 14 April 1806-19 April 1820, sent by Bryan Cooke of Owston, Yorkshire, to W. WIlliams, Careglwyd, Mold, and other correspondents, concerning his estates in Wales.

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1760-[c. 1850], of the Cooke and Davies-Cooke families of Owston and Gwysaney, including correspondence between Bryan Cooke and Lord Fitzwilliam, 1799-1804, letters from Lord Melville to Lord Kingston, 1813-1825, and letters from Sir Foster Cunliffe to Bryan Cooke, 1802, 1819, 1821. The letters touch upon domestic matters, the administration of the estate and local and national politics

Letters, 1798-1842, mainly from William, Earl Fitzwilliam, from Milton, Northamptonshire, to Bryan Cooke at Owston, Yorkshire. The letters deal, inter alia, with local and national current political affairs.

Memoranda of letters written by John Davies of Llannerch to various correspondents, 14 July 1769-19 March 1771.

Letters, documents and papers, 1624-[c. 1703], relating to the family of Davies of Gwysaney, including: five letters (including one from Henry Salusburye of Lleweny) to Robert Davies [II] of Gwysaney, 1624-1629; a copy of a deed of sale of the manor and lordship of Ewloe, Flintshire, dated 10 May 1632; papers re. the protest made to the bishop of St Asaph by the parishioners of Nerquis and Treythin, near Mold, in 1640 concerning the lack of divine service in their churches; a warrant from Prince Rupert to Robert Davies [III] of Gwysaney as High Sheriff of Flint to deliver monies collected for the King's service, 1644; appointment by Charles I of Thomas Davies as Colonel of a regiment of Foot and Dragoons in Denbighshire and Flintshire, 1643; a letter from John Owen, bishop of St Asaph, to Robert Davies; memorandum touching the conveyance of the advowson of Owston, Yorkshire, to Henry Cooke, 1702; copy of a conveyance of properties in Brynford, Flintshire (original dated 1363), etc.

Letters, legal papers, receipts and accounts concerning the Puleston family, 1542-1800; documents touching the genealogy and arms of the Puleston family and the growth of their estates, [17 cent.].

Valuation, 1809, by Charles Macniven, of part of the Gwysaney estate lying in Flintshire.