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Title deeds of properties mainly in Broniarth, parish of Guilsfield, 1624-1755, including houses leased by Thomas and Rees Tanat, 1624, 1641; a property leased to Penelope Owen, which she then acquired, 1658, and later sold to Margaret and Mary Tanat, 1665; a copy, dated 1740, of the will of Edward Jones of Broniarth, 1697; an abstract of title, 1676-1700, of Margaret Godolphin to the Broniarth and Denbighshire estates; papers relating to leases by Susanna Godolphin, 1722, and Margaret Godolphin, 1741-1742; deeds for Maesgwyn and Lower Maesgwyn, purchased by Margaret Godolphin, 1732-1755; an agreement and memorandum of her purchase of fields at Brithdir, 1740, and a house at Llandysilio, 1752; and a list of Broniarth deeds delivered to John Owen at Penrhos [1792].

Letters to Margaret ('Peggy') Godolphin, [c. 1698]-1764, mainly of a personal nature, from Godolphin family members, 1703-1764, other relatives and friends, and official correspondence from solicitors and agents. General topics not previously mentioned in detail include the practical problems of administering the Abertanat estate with inefficient agents, financial shortages, poaching activities and litigation with neighbouring landowners; Margaret Godolphin 's purchases of Maesgwyn, 1756, and Moreton Hall, 1760-1764; the inheritance of Broniarth manor and the rest of the Abertanat estate; a church preferment in Shropshire, 1760; and problems incurred by the turnpikes near Oswestry, 1756. Of particular interest are the family letters from Ellen and Francis Godolphin on the upbringing of the Owen children, fashion, high society gossip and the Hanoverian court, including the accession of George II, 1727.