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Papers relating to Oswestry charities and school, 1635-1772, charities in North Wales and Shropshire, 1644-1855, charitable donations by John Owen of Penrhos, 1814-1823, and schools, 1841-1863.

Church administration papers mainly from North Wales, Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, concerning cases in the consistory courts, 1598-1638, church buildings and churchyards, 1633-[1876x1904], the clergy, [1670x1680], 1829, Penrhos chapel, 1696-1844, poor law records, 1711-1749, and legislation affecting the church, 1835, [c. 1868].

Administrative papers from miscellanous counties in Wales and England, concerning crown officials, [1620x1670]; the Civil War and Commonwealth, [c. 1644]-1660, and public works, 1664-1858.

County administration papers from Leitrim in Ireland, comprising official administrative appointments of members of the Ormsby-Gore family, 1878 and 1904.

County administration papers from Shropshire relating to the mayor and town council of Oswestry, 1640-1735, county poll assessments, 1660, JP 's papers, 1714-1743, land and window tax assessments, 1722-1761, elections, 1759-1832, and appointments of county officials, 1796, 1846.

County administration papers relating to the militia, taxation, appointments of county officials and other routine matters in Denbighshire, 1621-1794, Flintshire, 1641-[18th cent.], and Montgomeryshire, 1723-1830.

County administration papers from Merionethshire, comprising mainly taxation records and officials' papers relevant to the whole county, 1549-1712, 1794; and a file of documents relating specifically to the borough of Harlech, 1573-1612, 1650.

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).

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.

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].

Certificates of appointments to the Privy Chamber, 1795, 1816, grants of arms, 1815, 1876, statutes and a grant of the order of the Bath, 1925, 1936, orders of installation ceremonies within the orders of the Garter and of St Michael and St George, 1947-1948, and grant of the Dignity of a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 1947-1948, all relating to honours conferred by royalty on members of the Ormsby-Gore family.

Manuscript London newsletters from John Gadbury and others, 1676-1710, addressed mainly to Sir Robert Owen, which strongly reflect the government, politics and society of the Stuart period. Recurrent topics are the relations between the Stuart monarchs and Parliament; proceedings of Parliament and government departments; English election results; events at the royal court; the establishment of Protestantism; antipathy towards Catholics and Protestant dissenters; political conspiracies; foreign affairs in Europe; British overseas trade and colonisation; local government in London; City gossip and Oxford University news. Items of specific interest include the murder of Sir Edmund Berry [Godfrey], 1679; rebellion of the Scottish Covenanters, 1679; the Titus Oates plot and its repercussions, 1679-1685; the trial of Lord Stafford, 1680; the Rye House Plot, 1683; the formation of a mounted bodyguard for Charles II, 1683; effects of Quo Warranto, 1683, and subsequent restoration of London and other corporation charters, 1688; the Austro-Turkish War, 1683-1691; the controversial electorship of Cologne, 1688; a protest by seven bishops against the Declaration of Indulgence, 1688; the abdication of James II and accession of William and Mary, 1688-1689; reviews of revenue and excise, 1688-1689; abolition of the Council of the Marches of Wales, 1688-1689; Jacobite rebellions in Ireland and Scotland, 1688-1691; War of the Grand Alliance, 1688-1697; the papal successsion, 1689; government of the Scottish Church, 1689; the suicide of Lord Teviot, 1694; the War of Spanish Succession, 1710; and activities of Dr Sacheverell, 1710.

Printed newsletters and broadsides relating to contemporary news and politics, 1666-[c. 1800], general information leaflets, 1680-1831, and advertisements for goods, 1687-1861.

Complete editions and pages of newspapers, namely Adams 's Weekly Courant, 1750, 1755; Baner ac Amserau Cymru, 1887; The Britannia, 1869; The Champion or Evening Advertiser, 1741; The Country Journal or the Craftsman, 1736-1748; The Denbighshire Gazette Extraordinary, 1794; The Dublin Evening Mail, 1831-1832; The Englishman, 1740; The Flying Post or The Post-Master, 1701-1702; Fog 's Weekly Journal, 1733-1736; The Globe, 1820; The Illustrated London News, 1881; John Bull, 1835; The London Courant, 1688; The London Evening Post, 1748, 1754; The London Gazette, 1685-1702; The Middlesex Journal or Chronicle of Liberty, 1770; The Middlesex Journal and Evening Post, 1780; Le Moniteur Ottoman, 1837; The Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser, 1783; New State of Europe, 1701; North Wales Chronicle, 1830-1837; Old England, 1748; The Post Boy, 1702; The Post Man, 1702; The Remembrancer, 1748-1749; Shropshireian Journal, 1832-1835; Shrewsbury Chronicle, 1780-1861; The Shrewsbury News, 1841; The Standard, 1834; The Sun, 1818-1821; The Times, 1886-1887; The Weekly Journal or Saturday 's Post, 1718; The Weekly Packet, 1715-1716; The Westminster Journal or New Weekly Miscellany, 1746; and The Whitehall Evening Post or London Intelligencer, 1746-1753. The North Wales Chronicle, Shropshireian Journal and Shrewsbury Chronicle contain reports and letters referring to elections for the Caernarfonshire Boroughs, Caernarfon County and North Shropshire in which William and John Ralph Ormsby-Gore were Conservative candidates, 1831-1837. The series also includes a scrapbook of press cuttings, 1814-1856 and loose articles, 1837, 1887.

Manuscript and printed papers of academic and general interest comprising original documents with accompanying items [14 cent., second ½], 1590, 1924; sermons and notes on religious subjects [early 17 cent. x mid 18 cent.]; epitaphs [c. 1686], 1736; academic exercises [17 cent.]-1836; catalogues of books and documents, 1702-1946; volumes of historical and literary material, 1743-1780, 1797; anecdotes, 1776; a catalogue of coins, and notes about money [c. 1835]-1940. There are also notes, transcripts, articles and other literature relating to historical and antiquarian subjects, [1656]-[late 19 cent.], natural history and topography, [c. 1693-19 cent.], prophecies, [c. 1694], [19 cent.], miscellaneous depositions and notes, [c. 1722], and philosophical and moralistic themes, [1730x1784], 1842. Further volumes purchased in Bonhams sale, March 2017, comprise a catalogue of Brogyntyn library, 1809-1812, and two catalogues of plays, 1815.

Papers relating to music, produced between 1731 and 1888, including instructions from a printed manual on technique and music for playing on the harpsichord; notes, programmes and other items associated with concerts and musical scores; and a paper relating to art, consisting of remarks on a famous equine portrait.

A play (Watermarks 1811-1812) and various drama papers, intended for amateur performances, including a prologue and epilogues [1684], [c. 1800], notes for a proposed play (Watermark 1805), and the script of a dramatic and musical entertainment by a member of the Gore family (Watermark 1806).

Notebooks containing copies of published poems, ballads, songs and prose works in English, French and Italian, translations from classical and continental authors, and original compositions, compiled mainly by Frances Morres Gore in her own hand, with some contributions by others and a small number of printed items, 1809-1832. The authors most commonly represented here are Lord Byron, Mme de Stael, Thomas ('Anacreon') Moore, Mary Robinson, Robert Southey and Edward Young. Others include Robert Burns, Thomas Campbell, William Cowper, Richard Cumberland, Thomas Dibdin, Mme de Genlis, Oliver Goldsmith, Reginald Heber, Horace, Leigh Hunt, John Langhorne, C[harles] L[loyd]?, John Milton, Mary Russell Mitford, James Montgomery, Cornelius Neale, Sydney Owenson, Petrarch, Alexander Pope, Charles Phillips, Sir Walter Scott, Percy Shelley, James Smith, Mary Tighe, Voltaire and Richard West, as well as Frances Morres Gore and her son William Gore. The content of the volumes is similar throughout, with the exception of the last. Many of the works relate to themes of romance, friendship, women, mortality, moralistic and philosophical platitudes, mythology, the natural world and the Irish landscape. Other compositions concern historical figures, the foibles of contemporary society, antipathy to the Georgian monarchy, Hanoverian government policies, and the Napoleonic Wars. Mrs Gore 's interest in the theatre is evidenced by a significant number of items referring to actors and playwrights, George Colman, William Conway, Robert Elliston, David Garrick, the Kemble family, Henrietta O'Neill, Alexander Fisher Palmer, Shakespeare, R.B. Sheridan and Sarah Siddons in performances at various English and Irish theatres between 1808 and 1824.

Original compositions, copies and extracts of works both published and unpublished, the majority written in English, with some in French, Welsh and Latin, 1624-1868. They consist of poems, songs, riddles, letters and stories, often satirical in nature, together with press cuttings and printed notices, relating to the British constitution, politics of the Stuart and Hanoverian periods, patriotism, moral and romantic themes, historical events, and figures of national and local significance, including members of the Owen and Ormsby-Gore families. Poetry by members of the Gore family can be seen in the files dating from 1785 onwards. Most of the works are contained in bound volumes or scrap books, but a proportion of them are on loose sheets.

Pedigrees, copies of manuscripts, extracts from original and published sources, genealogical notes, copies of monumental inscriptions and correspondence relating to Owen of Clenennau and Brogyntyn, [1702x1823]-1882, and other families who were related to them by marriage or who were relevant to the history of the estate, namely Anwyl of Parke, [18 cent., first quarter], 1751, Derwas and Lyster of Penrhos, 1767-[post-1823], Eure, [post-1861], Godolphin, 1724x1868, Longueville, 1830-1833, Mostyn, [1729x1744]-1951, Vaughan of Corsygedol, 1698-[c. 1795], Wynn(e) of Glyn, Gwydir and Peniarth, 1790-1837, Wynne of Garth, 1753, and miscellaneous others, [post-1727]-1862.