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Letters exchanged between members of the Maurice and Owen families of Clenennau and Brogyntyn, and other correspondence from friends or associates in Wales and England, together with a number of important official documents deriving from county administration in Caernarfonshire during the Tudor and Stuart periods, 1485, 1573-1698. Many of the early letters and papers, 1580-1622, relate to the joint deputy lieutenancy in Caernarfonshire of Sir William Maurice and Sir John Wynn, showing their preoccupation with the raising and organisation of militia troops for the defence of Caernarfonshire and for despatch to Ireland. Other topics include Sir William Maurice's position as deputy vice-admiral of North Wales and the protracted civil lawsuits in which he was engaged. The collection also constitutes an important historical source for the conduct of the Civil War in North Wales. Items from that period primarily concern Sir John Owen and his brother, Col. William Owen, Royalist commanders at Conwy and Harlech respectively, and their subsequent treatment under the Commonwealth and Restoration, 1643-1666. Many of the letters from 1678 to 1698 reveal the life of Sir Robert Owen, his debts, estate business, cultural interests and attachment to the Jacobite cause, together with contemporary political news. Apart from individuals already mentioned, prominent correspondents include the Privy Council of Elizabeth I, mostly through Henry Herbert, President of the Council in the Marches of Wales, 1587-1600; Sir Henry Johnes of Abermarlais, 1605-1616; Ralph, Lord Eure, 1607-1617; members of the Brynker family, 1603-1681; the Wynn family of Glyn and Sylfaen, 1625-1697; the Anwyl family of Park, 1636-1693; Charles I, Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice, 1642-1647; Lord Byron, 1644-1648; John Williams, Archbishop of York, 1645-1646; George Twisleton, 1649-1660; the Godolphin family of Abertanat, 1658-1698; John Gadbury, 1679-1688; and Edward Lhuyd, 1696-1697.

Papers relating to the Brogyntyn estate, extracted from the Longueville and Co. solicitors’ collection. There are three main groups comprising probate records, settlements and trusts, 1626-1974; rentals, accounts, vouchers, inventories and valuations, 1795-1934; and deeds and related documents, [1600x1899], 1607-1977. There are also six single series, of sale catalogues and papers relating to estate sales, 1827-1919; papers relating to land improvement, 1839-1955; papers relating to railway and electricity development schemes, 1866-1927; miscellaneous letters and estate papers, 1830-1880, legal papers, 1863-[c. 1924] and mortgages, 1870-1923

Estate papers and title deeds of Brogyntyn and other related estates, 1296-1951. They originate from Clenennau, Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid in Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, Nant in Flintshire, Brogyntyn and Llanddyn in Shropshire and Denbighshire, Lea Hall and Brymbo in Shropshire and Denbighshire, Abertanat, Cemais and Penrhos mainly in Montgomeryshire, estates in Ireland and elsewhere. They comprise rentals, accounts and other estate administration papers, [1380s]-1951, manorial records, 1429-1844, household management papers, 1662-[c. 1949] and title deeds, 1296-1838.

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].

Arbitration and legal papers of the families of Maurice of Clenennau, Owen and Ormsby-Gore of Brogyntyn, Wynn of Glyn and others, 1410-1834. The arbitration awards are usually the result of disputes over boundaries or title which did not proceed to court, [c. 1429]-1822, and the legal papers derive from court cases, mostly equity proceedings over property, title or inheritance of estates in Wales and Shropshire, 1410-1834. Documents prior to the beginning of the eighteenth century contain a substantial proportion of Latin.

Financial papers of the Maurice, Owen and Ormsby-Gore families of Brogyntyn, Wynn of Glyn, Godolphin, Clayton of Lea Hall and others, 1492-1876. They comprise personal and family accounts (separate from the estate accounts), 1560-1876, mortgages, 1581-1827, and bonds, other securities and evidence of debts, 1492-1791. Many of them concern the heavily indebted estate of Sir Robert Owen.

Family papers of Maurice, Owen and Ormsby-Gore of Clenennau and Brogyntyn and incorporating families related to them by marriage, such as Anwyl of Park, Clayton of Lea Hall, Godolphin of Abertanat, Hanmer of Pentre-pant, Lyster of Penrhos, Vaughan of Corsygedol and Wynn of Glyn, [14 cent.]-1951. The papers consist of probate records, family settlements and trusts, 1485-[c. 1862], private correspondence, 1582-1950, personal papers of individuals, 1672-1945, papers relating to family interests such as genealogy and literature, [14 cent.]-1951, and royal appointments and honours, 1795-1948.