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Original and copy lists of burgesses elected and sworn at Criccieth, 1680-1713; and certificates of election for three burgesses of the Corporation of Criccieth, 1713.

Confirmation, dated 1518, of the charter of Crukyn (Criccieth) granted in 1284, with an English translation (Watermark 1830).

Official administration papers from the borough of Criccieth, consisting of confirmation of the charter, 1518, (Watermark 1830), several burgess lists, an election roll and certificates, 1680-1831, court books, 1703-1831, and miscellaneous papers relating to the borough, castle and corporation, 1727-(Watermark 1873).

Papers relating to Caernarfonshire elections, including a mandate from the Council of the Marches of Wales instructing the sheriff and JPs to keep the peace during the contentious election of 1620; an agreement by the gentlemen of Caernarfonshire regarding the election of parliamentary representatives for the county and the boroughs, 1708; summaries, cases for opinion and a draft petition concerning illegal procedures in the election for the Caernarfonshire boroughs, when William Owen was a candidate, 1713, and irregularities preceding the county election, [1739]; lists of Caernarfonshire freeholders delivered to the Quarter Sessions, 1732; and a printed election poster canvassing votes for William Ormsby-Gore, 1831.

Muster books for the commotes of Dinllaen, Eifionydd and Uchorum (Uwch Gwyrfai), [1588x1595]; a list of Caernarfonshire parishes and names of soldiers from each; a warrant from John Owen and Hugh Wynne, deputy-lieutenants for Cernarfonshire, to the high constables of the commote of Eifionydd, for the enrolment of armed men at Llanllyfni, 1661; account of the maintenance of troops; and the constable 's return of yearly rates of lands in Caernarfonshire summed up towards the settling of the militia, 1683.

Assessments and taxation records including a deputy bailiff 's account of rents and farms in Nanhwynan and Nancall, 1583; new compositions on Caernarfonshire lands, 1584; accounts of mises, subsidies and official authorisations for their collection, 1595, 1621, 1663; a possible military mise for Llanarmon [late 16-early 17 cent.]; subsidy rolls for the commote of Eifionydd [1603x1666]; commissions to Sir William Maurice, Sir John Wynn and other county officials to levy royal aids, 1609, 1612, and a list resulting from a meeting in Caernarfon for the same purpose, naming commissioners and their deputies in the commotes and hundreds of Caernarfonshire 1664; an apparent assessment on lands in Uwch Gwyrfai; and lists of hundreds, townships and parishes in Caernarfonshire, presumably for assessment purposes, [17-18 cent.].

County administration papers mainly from Caernarfonshire and occasionally elsewhere in North Wales, comprising county officials' papers, [c. 1576]-1820, assessments and taxation records, 1583-1664, [18 cent.], militia papers, [1588x1595]-1683, and election papers, 1620-1831. Documents which concerned Sir William Maurice and Sir John Owen as Deputy Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of North Wales have been included here since the main sphere of their duties lay within the county of Caernarfon.

Papers deriving from official administrative procedures at a local level in Caernarfonshire, [c. 1576]-1831, Criccieth Borough, 1518-(Watermark 1873), Merionethshire, 1549-1794; Denbighshire, Flintshire and Montgomeryshire, 1621-1830, Shropshire, 1640-1846, and Ireland, 1878, 1904. They typically include appointments and duties of county officials, taxation and subsidy records, town corporation records, election papers, militia records and other papers routinely issued at the Quarter Sessions. Further documents from miscellaneous Welsh and English counties relate to authorisations directed to crown officials, the Civil War and Commonwealth, and public works, [1620x1670]-1858.

Lists of government ministers [1766], MPs voting on the question of mismanagement in naval affairs, 1781, and Low 's Division List of the House of Commons, 1837.

Volume containing a printed copy of James Percy 's petition to the House of Lords, claiming a right to the earldom of Northumberland, [1689], the case of John Kynaston of Hordley [1732] and pedigrees showing the descent of the Kynaston family and their claim to the barony of Powys [1732], [1800].

Public proclamations and declarations, 1671-1694, by Charles II, James II, William and Mary, Parliament and the King’s subjects, relating to religious indulgence in England and Scotland; arrests of the Duke of Monmouth and James Campbell; James II 's appointment of Catholic ministers; general pardons; the summoning of Parliament; military discipline; surrender of embezzled arms; James II 's vindication of himself following his abdication; the accession of William and Mary; the payment of English troops abroad; the convocation of bishops and clergy; forgery of warrants and passes; and the marking or stamping of vellum, parchment and paper.

Petitions and cases, dated between 1660 and 1781, presented to the monarch, the House of Commons, the House of Lords, parliamentary committees or individual politicians by prominent public figures, town corporations, local officials, private landowners and tradesmen. Most are in connection with political crimes, religious abuses, government legislation, taxation on trades, borough election rights, navigation and drainage, personal hardship and private bills for establishing titles or implementing family settlements. Items relating to Wales concern the abolition of the Court of the Council in the Marches of Wales, 1689, the Rectory of Llandinam [c. 1695] and revenue from crown lands, 1779. Petitioners or appellants include Major General Harrison and the other Regicides [1660], Lord Bristol, 1663, the Duke of Grafton [c. 1674], Edward Larkin [c. 1688?], Titus Oates, 1689, Thomas Price [of Plas Iolyn] 1690, a door-keeper of the House of Commons [1695?], 'One of Queen Elizabeth 's Shillings', 1696, the Covenanters to the Earl of Essex [18th cent. copy], Henry Earl of Lincoln [c. 1767], and the Duke of Ancaster, 1781.

Acts of Parliament and bills with associated papers, dated between 1656 and 1887, which include the Bill of Decimation, 1656; proposals for the imposition of various taxes, [1660x1696]; debate on a bill for restoring Charles Earl of Derby to his manors in Flintshire, 1661; orders, acts, etc., for promoting protestant religious conformity in England and Wales, 1681, [1718-1719]; a proposed Act of Parliament for changes to the East India Company, 1689; proposals concerning the Exchequer 's payment of money to the King, [c. 1701]; an Act confirming the marriage articles of Henry Arthur Earl of Powis and Barbara his wife [1751]; a draft bill to promote short credit by allowing interest on book debts, 1781; objections [by John Ralph Ormsby-Gore] to several sections of the Law of Property and Trustees Relief Amendment Bill [c. 1860]; and a copy of the Land Law (Wales) Bill, 1887.

Copies of parliamentary speeches, addresses and official letters of James I, 1621, Oliver Cromwell, 1657, Charles II, 1662-1683, William of Orange, 1688-1689, and James II, 1689, with other similar items dated between 1710 and 1868. The papers demonstrate the constitutional conflict between James I and Parliament over the proposed marriage alliance with Spain and his request for a subsidy, 1621; the proceedings of Parliament under the Commonwealth and the subsequent Stuart monarchs; support for James II in Ireland; the invasion of William of Orange; the upholding of Protestantism by his supporters; and liaison with the Danish ambassador concerning the procurement of peace in Europe, 1693. The later items include an address on the maintenance of British forces in the War of Spanish Succession, 1710; The Speaker 's Reprimand to Sir John Eyles, 1732; a parliamentary speech by George II, 1742; a profession of loyalty by the clergy of Lincoln upon the accession of [George III], endorsed by Welsh landowners, 1746; Edmund Burke 's criticism of the commission to investigate crown revenues in Wales, [c. 1782]; and political speeches of Sir Robert Peel, 1835 and Benjamin Disraeli, 1868.

Miscellaneous political papers comprising a copy of letters patent of Elizabeth I granting to Edward Stafford parsonages impropriate, free chapels, chantries, guilds, etc., 1581; an Oath of Allegiance [1606?]; a copy of the Queen of Sweden 's reply to a letter concerning heretics in France [c. 1655]; accounts of Titus Oates' expenses [c. 1678], and the national war debt, 1693; proceedings of the Lords' Commission for Ecclesiastical Affairs against Henry Compton, Bishop of London, 1686; safe-conduct to Francis Tomkies, a servant [of Sir Robert Owen?], during the session of Parliament, 1689; queries on the policies of William III; a copy of the Articles of Peace signed with Savoy [c. 1697]; and a list of gentlemen who acquired stock while the S[outh] S[ea] Bill was pending [c. 1720].

Official papers deriving from administrative procedures of central government, comprising manuscript copies and published versions of speeches, addresses and official letters, 1621-1868, Acts of Parliament and bills, 1656-1887, petitions and cases [1660]-1781, proclamations, 1671-1694, a 'claim to a barony' [1689]-1800, lists of ministers and MPs., [1766]-1837 and miscellaneous political papers, 1581-[c. 1720].

Official papers deriving from administrative procedures of central government, dated between 1581 and 1887, consisting of manuscript copies and published versions of speeches, addresses and official letters, Acts of Parliament, petitions and cases, proclamations, lists of ministers and MPs, and miscellaneous other political papers. The majority originate from the second half of the seventeenth century, giving an instructive view of the relations between the Stuart monarchs and their respective parliaments, against a background of political unrest and religious dissension. Recurrent themes include the Dutch invasion, the accession and policies of William III, Jacobite resistance, Protestant religion, European wars, taxation, home and foreign trade, and national finance.

Official papers deriving from administrative procedures of central government, county officials and institutions. The government papers include speeches and other communications, Acts of Parliament, petitions, and various other parliamentary and political papers, 1581-1887. At county level the papers concern the functions of county officials, taxation and subsidies, town corporations, elections and the militia in North Wales, Shropshire and Ireland, 1518-1904. The last group of papers derives from the administration of churches, schools and charities, 1598-[1876x1904].

Family settlements, other papers relating to the family trusts, and abstracts of title of the Owen and Ormsby Gore families of Brogyntyn and others related to them by marriage, 1730-1974; and a small number of similar documents relating to trusts of non-family members, 1790-1906.