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Wills and other probate records of the families of Anwyl of Park, 1600-1700; Godolphin of Abertanat and Baylies, 1725-[c. 1862]; Vaughan of Corsygedol and Talhenbont, 1606, 1636; and Wynn of Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid, 1563-1691.

Copy wills of John Roberts of the Vaner, Llanelltud [brother of Lewis Anwyl of Park], 1600; of William Lewis Anwyl of Park proved 1642; and of William Lewis Anwyl of Park, 1699, with codicils dated 1700, incorporating a settlement of the Cemais estate, Montgomeryshire.

Copy will and codicil of Sydney Godolphin of Abertanat, Llanyblodwel, 1725-1726; minutes of the will of Henry Godolphin [died 1732], with legal queries [post-1766]; copy will of his widow, Mary Godolphin of Thames Ditton, Surrey, 1740; copy will of Ellen Godolphin, 1754, leaving money to the poor of Llanyblodwel and personal bequests of pictures, silver and furs; probate and copy will of Margaret Godolphin of Abertanat, 1766, which includes the disposal of her portion of the Abertanat estate and bequests of a ring and a silver tea table to William Owen; copy will of Francis, Lord Godolphin of Baylies, Buckinghamshire, proved 1785, containing substantial monetary bequests to the Provost of Eton, Governors of Queen Anne 's Bounty, Governors of St Lukes Hospital and to the Societies for Propagating the Gospel and for Promoting Christian Knowledge; and heads of will of Lady [Mary Henrietta Juliana] Chichester [died 1862].

Copy will of Richard Vaughan of Talhenbont, Llanystumdwy, proved 1606, and administrations and an inventory of Richard Vaughan of Corsygedol, Llanddwywe, 1636.

Probate of the will of Gruffith ap Edenvyed Wyn of Sylfaen, 1563; inventory, probate and copy will of Edward ap Robert Wynn of Llanfair, 1595-1597; probate and copy will of Robert Owen of Ystumcegid, 1627, with inventory; probate of the will of William Wynn of Glyn, 1659; copy probate of the will of Robert Wynn of Glyn, 1670, including a bequest of silver plate; copy probate the will of Robert Wynn 's widow, Katherin, of Ystumcegid, 1675; copy will of Owen Wynn of Glyn, 1682; and inventory of Ellis Wynn of Glyn, 1691.

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.

Marriage settlements, other family settlements and related deeds and documents of the owners of Clenennau and Brogyntyn and their immediate relatives, namely John ap Maredudd, his son Moris, Eliza ap Moris and Moris ap Eliza, 1485-1574; William Maurice, 1556-1619; Ellen Maurice and John Owen (she later remarried to become Ellen Eure), 1599-1674; Sir John and Col. William Owen, 1626-1663; William Owen, 1675-1680; Sir Robert and Dame Margaret Owen, 1682-1717; William Owen 1727-1761; Robert Godolphin Owen, 1767; and members of the Ormsby-Gore family, 1743, 1806, 1839.

Includes entailing deeds of lands in Dolbenmaen, Llanystumdwy, etc., by John ap Meredudd, 1485, and of the Clenennau estates in Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire by Moris ap John ap Meredudd and Eliza ap Moris, 1511-1526; marriage settlements and associated documents of Robert ap Ieuan ap Morgan of Harlech and Lowrye vch Gruffith Lloyd [grand-daughter of Eliza ap Moris], 1561, Gaynor vch Moris and Robert Sonlley, 1568-1572, and of Robert ap Gruffyth Lloyd ap Eliza [grandson of Eliza ap Moris] and Elyn vch Moris, 1574.

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.

Marriage settlements and associated documents of William Maurice of Clenennau and Margaret Lacon of Porkington, 1556, and John Maurice and Gwen vch Cadwallader, 1576-1585; a deed of entail of Plas yn Llanddyn, Llangollen, 1565; and a final concord of lands in Pennant, Trefan, etc. involving William Maurice the elder and younger and William Lewis of Chwaen, among others, 1587; a bond, 1609, and a lease of several rectories and fishing rights in Cardiganshire, 1619, intended by Sir William Maurice to ensure the payment of debts and a life annuity to his wife, Dame Jane Maurice, by the son of her previous marriage, Sir Henry Johnes of Abermarlais.

Marriage settlement of John Owen of Fernhill and Ellen Maurice, 1599; double marriage settlement, with associated documents, of their son, John Owen and Jonet Vaughan of Corsygedol, and of Elizabeth Owen and Richard Vaughan, 1616-1617; deeds associated with the surrender by Ellen 's sister, Margaret, and her husband, Ellis Brynkir, of their rights in the Clenennau and Llanddyn estates, 1610-1611; Ellen Eure 's settlement of Constable 's Hall and the Brogyntyn estate, 1616, 1626, with copies, 1674, and an assignment of a lease on crown lands in Penychen, Caernarfonshire, apparently as part of the provision for her second son, William Owen, 1626.

Includes an agreement between William Owen of Porkington and his sisters for the occupation of Constable 's Hall, 1626, and assignments of the lease of crown lands in Penychen to Ellin and Penelope, 1627, 1642; deeds associated with the surrender by Ellis Maurice to John Owen of Tyddyn Mawr yn y Pennant, Penyfed, 1626/7; a letter of attorney by William Owen empowering his brother, John, to take possession of lands in Penyfed originally leased to their mother, Ellen Eure, 1629; post-nuptial settlements of William Owen and his wife, Mary, 1630/1, 1637; and family trust settlements by Sir John Owen of the Clenennau estate, lands in Denbighshire and Shropshire, Rhedynogfelen and Gest, 1633/4, 1663.

Release of William Owen of Porkington by his cousin, Mary Tannat, from debts owed to her and her sisters, in connection with execution of family wills, 1675, and a quitclaim by Katherine, widow of William Owen, to her son, Sir Robert Owen, of lands devised to her by the will of her husband, with bond, 1679/80.

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.

Includes an abstract, compiled in 1700, of settlements and mortgages of Clenennau and Ystumcegid, 1686-1700; Lady Margaret Owen 's authorisation of an annual payment to her sister-in-law, Jane Owen, of the mortgage interest due on Ystumcegid to fulfil trusts specified in the will of Ellen Owen, 1704; and agreements between Margaret, as Sir Robert Owen 's executor, and William, her eldest son, to facilitate the payment of legacies due to her younger children and debts, 1712-1717, followed by an assignment to William Owen, 1717, of her trust of the Shropshire, Denbighshire and Caernarfonshire estates, specified in the will of Sir Robert Owen.

Includes deeds and exemplifications of earlier documents (1682, 1685, 1728) associated with disentailment and resettlement of the Glyn estate and the Merionethshire portion of Clenennau after the death of Margaret Owen, 1728-1729; the marriage settlement of William Owen and Mary Godolphin, 1730, and further family trust settlements, 1758, 1761; the marriage settlement of his brother, Arthur, and Mary Clayton of Brymbo, 1727, an agreement to pay his sister, Elizabeth, a legacy and debt due from their father, Sir Robert Owen, 1727 and a trust settlement for payment of an annuity from her estranged husband, Sir Thomas Longueville, 1749.

Marriage settlements of William Ormsby of Willowbrook, co. Sligo, Ireland, and Hannah, daughter of Owen Wynne of Heaselwood, 1743, with later notes, 1780; and of Thomas George Jacques of Lotherton, co. York, and Elizabeth Frances, daughter of William Gore of Bath, 1806; and grant of an annuity by William Ormsby-Gore to his son, William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 1839.

Marriage settlements, other family settlements and associated documents of Owen of Ystumcegid, 1516-1612, and Robert [Wynn] ap John, Moris ap Robert Wynn and family, 1544-1607, [1649], William and Robert Wynn and family, 1611-1657, and Owen Wynn, 1661-1683, all of Glyn.

Includes an entailing deed of the Ystumcegid estate, 1516, and several marriage settlements of the ancestors of Catherine Owen of Ystumcegid, namely her great-great grandparents, Owen ap John Owen ap Meredudd and Lowry, daughter of Madog ap Ieuan ap Gruffith, 1531, stipulating a dowry of cattle; her grandparents, Owen ap John Owen and Anne, daughter of John Lewis of Chwaen Wen, 1584; and her parents, Robert Owen and Lowry, daughter of William Glynne of Dinlle, 1612.

Trust and [dower?] settlements for Robert [Wynn], son of John ap Ieuan ap Rees of Llanfihangel-y-Traethau and his wife, Catherine vch Eliza ap Moris, 1544; marriage settlements of Moris ap Robert Wynn of Glyn and Marselie vch Cadwalader, 1578, stipulating a dowry of livestock; of Moris 's sister, Mary, and Edward ap Robert of Taltreuddyn, 1585; and of his daughter, Katherine, and Evan ap Robert of Festiniog, with associated documents, 1578-1607; and an agreement for provision of dower to his mother, Catharine vch Ellis [ap Moris], 1592.