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Estate administration papers of the Wynnstay and Vale of Clwyd estates, and occasionally Flintshire, comprising Wynnstay audit minutes and agency accounts, 1848-1896; expired tenancy agreements and associated papers, 1845-1932; employee records, 1848-1930; estate correspondence, 1709, 1853-1917; tithe apportionments and other tithe papers, [pre-1719], 1841-1890; and miscellaneous estate administration papers, [?1541], 1573-1865, 1920.

Title deeds for the Wynnstay (previously Watstay) estate, mainly lying in the vicinity of Ruabon and Wrexham, Denbighshire. As well as the main Wynnstay estate, this group of deeds incorporates Valle Crucis, Llwynedd and Wrexham Abbot, describing properties in Boiston, Bromfield and Ial, and Bryneglwys, 1348-1494, 1584-1594, 1657-1792; Erbistock, Marchwiail and Overton, 1448-1555, 1637-1792; Gresford and Holt, [1509x1547], 1653-1792; Llanarmon-yn-Ial, 1515-1584; Llandysilio-yn-Ial and Llanferres, 1347-1348, 1547-1614; Llangollen, 1555-1734, 1856; Ruabon, 1435-1859; Wrexham, 1293, 1394, 1617-1848; and miscellaneous Denbighshire deeds, [?1563x1565]-1680.

Title deeds deriving from various estates in Wales and England, which were not part of the main Wynnstay estates. The seven series contain deeds from Wales, 1598-1886; Shrewsbury, 1564-1792; miscellaneous Shropshire parishes, [pre-1290], 1418, 1588-1809; Lincolnshire, 1635-1653, 1814; Gray’s Inn chambers, London, 1623-1694; London and Middlesex, 1634-1785; and miscellaneous English counties, 1348, 1592-1807. The Lincolnshire and London deeds derive from the professional and private interests of Sir Richard Wynn of Gwydir and Sir William Williams of Glascoed. A few of the other deeds concern Sir Richard Wynn and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn but the provenance of the majority has not been discovered.

Title deeds for properties of the Plas y Ward and Wynnstay estates in the Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire. The files are entitled: Clocaenog, Denbigh, Derwen and Y Gyfylliog, 1443, 1513-1740; Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd and the lordship of Dyffryn Clwyd, 1394, 1496-1740; Llandyrnog, 1552-1626; Llanelidan and Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, 1492-1604, 1706, 1740; Llanfwrog, Llangwm, Llangwyfan, and Llangynhafal and Llanhychan, 1488, 1548-1659, 1716-1740; Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch, 1461, 1521, 1571-1746; Llanynys, Ruthin and other parishes, 1322-1779; and Vale of Clwyd/Plas y Ward, misc., 1543-1672, 1754.

Papers relating to several family and non-family trusts administered by and for Richard Gwynne, Sir John Wynn, Owen Vaughan and others, 1596, 1606, 1675, Sir Richard Wynn, 1630-1658, Sir John Wynn (2), 1665-1698, and Sir William Williams and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 1670-1786 . The family trusts here are specific and separate from those incorporated into the family settlements and wills (sections YA and YB). The types of documents involved in the trusts include deeds, wills, settlements, agreements and wardship papers.

Stray bonds, 1489-1698; schedules of deeds, [early 17th cent.]-[c. 1910]; and illegible documents and fragments, etc. which have been retained for conservation reasons, 1589-[19th cent.]

Family settlements, papers relating to the family trusts, and abstracts of title of the Williams Wynn family of Wynnstay, 1771-1933, together with an inventory of the Wynnstay settled chattels, [1948]; and a small number of similar documents relating to trusts of other, non-Wynnstay families, 1846-1881. Most of the documents are copies or drafts.

Wills, inventories and other probate records of Wynn of Gwydir and Williams-Wynn of Wynnstay, 1611-1906, and of the families who were related to them by marriage, namely Vaughan of Llwydiarth and Llangedwyn, Thelwall of Plas y Ward and Kyffin of Glascoed, 1584-1733.

This rather disparate group consists of three series of papers, comprising papers accumulated by the Wynn and Williams Wynn family in the course of their legal and political careers, 1631-[1749]; papers relating to their private interests, [17th cent., 1st half]-1799; and pedigrees, [pre-1580]-[post-1863].

Title deeds relating to properties in Salop or Shropshire, lying in the parishes of Baschurch and Ellesmere, 1356-1778; Llansilin (Sychdyn), 1489-1720; Llanyblodwel and Melverley, 1618-1710; the town and parish of Oswestry, [post-1290]-1790; Oswestry (Cynhinion), 1344-1808; Oswestry (Llanforda, Maesbury, Morton, Pentre’r-gaer, Ruyton, Sweeney and Weston Cotton), 1420-1784; Oswestry (Trefarclawdd), 1379-1810; Oswestry (Treflach), 1571-1782; Oswestry and Llansilin (Trefonnen, etc., estate of Richard Edwards), 1416-1820; Oswestry, Selatyn (Brogyntyn) and Whittington, 1435-1735; miscellaneous Oswestry townships, 1391-1684; and Weston Rhyn in the parish of St Martin’s, 1456-1809.

Papers deriving from administration of the Oswestry and Llanforda estates in the county of Salop, successively in the hands of Sir William Williams and the Williams Wynn family. They comprise expired tenancy agreements and associated papers, 1855-1911; papers relating to property purchases, 1677-1678, 1899-1905; and miscellaneous estate administration papers, 1722-1884.

Title deeds relating to Much Wenlock, firstly those concerning the acquisition of the priory and manor, 1291, 1540-1714, 1833-(Watermark 1843); and secondly deeds relating to other properties of the Much Wenlock estate, 1321, 1536-1860.

Records of the manorial court of Much Wenlock, comprising a near-complete series of court leet presentments, 1786-1857; a small number of suit rolls, 1770-1787, 1823-1857 (with gaps); and miscellaneous manorial records, 1614, 1669-1677, 1821.

Much Wenlock estate administration papers, 1534-[1840x1860]; legal and arbitration papers, [post-1603]-1780; and official administration papers, [c. 1545]-1846.

Papers deriving from elections in Montgomeryshire, 1863-1877, and in Merioneth and miscellaneous Welsh counties, 1813-1874, in which members of the Williams Wynn family either stood for parliament or were otherwise interested.

Papers relating to county administration in Montgomeryshire, comprising papers relating to county officials, local government and justice, 1605-1705, 1847, and Montgomeryshire election papers, 1657-1727.

Two series of documents deriving from the processes of the law in England and Wales. The first comprises papers accumulated during the proceedings of miscellaneous lawsuits, mainly equity cases in the courts of the Council in the Marches of Wales, Chancery, the Great Sessions and the Exchequer, 1509-1819, and involving some of the prominent families associated with Wynnstay, such as Purcell of Nantcriba, Wynn of Gwydir, and Kyffin of Glascoed, as well as Pugh of Mathafarn. The second series consists entirely of pardons for various misdemeanours, granted by the Crown or by peers who had the power of legal jurisdiction in particular lordships, 1458-1690.