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Printed advertisements for Queen of Hungary 's Water, 1687, sales of small valuables, recent publications, the services of a doctor and patent medicines, [1694x1744]; the Land Bank, 1695; and the commercial catalogue of a London firm of engineers and contractors, 1861.

Two large files and several other individual drafts, copies and published versions of speeches, broadcasts, essays and lectures given by William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore to various colonial and international organisations, scientific bodies, educational and cultural institutions, and conferences between 1925 and 1944. The subject matter reflects both his work in colonial administration and politics, and his personal interest in fine art, galleries and museums.

Address to the Young Conservative Association on the technique of public speaking, 1931.

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.

Accounts, bills and receipts of the Maurice family of Clenennau, 1560-1620, Tanat and Godolphin of Abertanat, 1573-1767, miscellaneous individuals, [16 cent., last quarter]-1680, Conway of Nant, 1578-1630, Wynn of Glyn, 1582-1691, various members of the Owen family of Clenennau and Porkington, 1612-1711, the estate of Sir Robert Owen deceased, 1698-1725, William Owen and family, 1710-1798, Richard Clayton of Lea Hall and Brymbo, 1719-1720, Mary Owen, 1765-1783, John Owen of Penrhos, 1765-1816, Robert Godolphin Owen, 1768-1796, Owen and Margaret Ormsby, 1776-1796, and the Ormsby-Gore family, 1797-1876. Many of them relate to marriage portions, legacies, annuities, investments, funeral expenses and legal costs.

Possible rental for an unknown estate which include Caergay and Prys [early 17 cent.]; miscellaneous accounts for salt and other commodities at Brynkir, 1601, a crown lease granted to Col. [William] Owen in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 1668-1671, management of an estate in Llanfair, Caernarfonshire, 1681-1694, land tax, 1698, 1742, garden expenses, unspecified payments by tenants and estate work, 1834-1837; an almanac containing accounts for commodities, repair of a mill and estate labour, 1686; and receipts for rents in Castellmarch, Caernarfonshire, 1733.

Bundle of accounts and receipts labelled ‘1907-1908 Lord Harlech (Brogyntyn trust) Requests, brokers’ notes, receipted bills’ showing legal costs due to Longueville and H.T. Dix from 1906, billed to the trustees in 1907-1908

Financial records of the Wynn family of Glyn, 1582-1691. They include receipts and accounts for instalments of money and livestock paid upon the marriages of Jonet Wynn and Robert Griffith ap David ap Robert, 1582, Catherine Wynn and Ieuan Lloyd ap Robert, 1601-1607, Ellis Wynn and Lowry vch Edward, 1639-1640, Frances Wynn and Maurice Jones, 1646-1649, and Anne Wynn and Rhys Wynn, 1665; receipts for bond debts and mortgages, 1586-1622, 1641-1644, 1679-1691; receipts for £100 due to Lowry Glynne as executor of the will of Robert Owen of Ystumcegid, 1627, a £10 fine paid by William Wynn for not receiving the order of knighthood, 1631, 40s for prisoners of the King 's Bench, 1634, customs duties paid by Ellis ap Robert Wynn, and relief due upon the death of Robert, father of Owen Wynn, 1677; and acknowledgements of debts owed to Elizabeth Wynn of Llwyngriffri and Bodwillim, 1690-1691.

Accounts, 1710-1798, which include William Owen 's expenses for the creation of burgesses at Criccieth and in performance of his sheriff 's duties at the Great Sessions of Merionethshire, 1712-1713; legal expenses incurred in preparing petitions to Parliament following irregular election procedures in the borough of Caernarfon, 1713, and in the case between Margaret Lloyd of Cesail Gyfarch and Griffith Parry, 1734-1742; receipts for two assignments of judgement formerly made to Ellen Owen, deceased, 1726, money for the maintenance of Lewis Owen at Oxford, 1725-1726, annuity payments to Arthur Owen, 1727-1735, a diamond ring and a gold watch, 1730, and payment of £260 due by bond, 1767; accounts for land purchases in [Selatyn], 1743 and Trewylan, 1748, shaving and hairdressing Capt. Owen, 1765, and the purchase of ale for bell-ringers on the birthday of Henry Owen of Porkington, 1754; and papers relating to annuity stock investments of [William] and Ellen Owen, 1759-1765, 1784-1798.

Accounts of the Tanat and Godolphin families of Abertanat, which include a receipt by Sir John Throckmorton to Thomas Tanat for £120 due by mortgage, 1573; a receipt for a legacy bequeathed under the will of Ellen Godolphin, 1767; general receipts of Penelope Tanat, 1671, Sydney Godolphin, 1720, and Margaret Godolphin, 1748-1765; a list and calculated cost of mourning clothes for members of the Tanat and Owen families; a list of money in bags and a purse, 1720; an account of money borrowed from Margaret Godolphin and repayments, 1757-1768; and legal costs incurred in her purchase of Moreton Hall, [c.1763].

Bills and receipts of Robert Godolphin Owen, comprising a jeweller’s bill, 1768-1769; a lawyer’s bill, 1785, for expenses incurred between 1767 and 1778; and a tied bundle of receipts for purchases of annuity stocks and bank payments made by Robert Godolphin Owen, his joint investors and his sister, Margaret Ormsby, 1784-1796.

Receipts for payments made by Richard Clayton for interest, debts, a mortgage and an annuity, 1719-1722.

Accounts of several members of the Owen family of Clenennau and Porkington, 1612-1706, including the account of Ellen Owen during her administration of the estate of her late husband, John Owen of Whittington, 1612; a receipt to William Owen for a fine of £16 for discharge of the order of knighthood, 1631; a bill to Sir John Owen for clothing, fabrics and haberdashery, 1638-1648; a demand for allowances from Sir John Owen for a prisoner escaped from Caernarfon Castle, for sheep, corn, crown rents and soldiers' quarters, [post-1644]; Sir Robert Owen 's promissory note to pay the fees for his knighthood, 1678; bills for legal costs, 1679-1698; receipts for legacies bequeathed by William Owen to his younger children, 1682-1687; an account of the funeral expenses of Ellen Owen, 1702-1706; and an account of Jane Owen as executrix and trustee of her sister, Ellen Owen, 1702-1711.

Accounts of Owen and Margaret Ormsby, including legal costs for the preparation of settlements prior to their marriage, 1776-1777; accounts of legal fees due to Bulkeley Hatchett, accumulated 1779-1785 and payable by the Ormsbys as representatives of the late Robert Godolphin Owen, [c. 1792]; and various bills and receipts for cash payments, inn accommodation and foodstuffs, 1792-1796.

Accounts of the Ormsby-Gore family, 1797-1876, comprising a small account book of William Gore 's expenses at Oxford University, with later entries for housekeeping and other expenses, 1797-1805; receipts for subscriptions to the Barmouth Road, 1809, and to a school and charities in Ireland, 1858-1859; further receipts for annuity stocks, the purchase of an allotment of common land at Fedw, a survey and rent on a church-owned house in Stanhope Street, London, fire insurance and water rent, 1806-1820; executors' and trustees' accounts under the wills of Ellen Owen, 1813-1820, and Mary Jane Ormsby-Gore, 1869-1870; bankers' drafts and other papers relating to investments of the Jacques family, 1837-1859; and bills for school fees, 1869-1876.

Receipts for payments by Eliza ap Moris, Moris ap Eliza and Sir William Maurice, 1560-1615, which include instalments of the marriage portion of Gaynor, daughter of Moris ap Eliza, paid to her father-in-law, John Sonlley of Sonlley, 1568-1572, a legacy to Robert Sonlley the younger from Elen Moris, 1586, and an annuity received by Herbert, brother of Sir Henry Johnes of Abermarlais; the file also contains bills for legal costs incurred by Sir William Maurice, 1593-1620.

Accounts and bills, including a financial account for £240 due to Katrin Lloyd [16 cent., last quarter]; a page from a ledger listing debts to Anthony Webbe and others for money and clothing, 1603; receipt of Richard Anwyll for £4, 1616; a bill for £100 to be used for the payment of customs and excise in London and elswehere in England, 1695; bills for food and lodging, jewellery, travelling expenses and sundries, 1722-1767; and various accounts of legacies, interest payments and securities, including a mortgage on lands in Llansanffraid[-ym-mechain], 1764-1780.

Accounts of Mary Owen of Porkington and her agent, John Jones, 1763-1783, including expenses for the funeral of Margaret Godolphin, the erection of memorials at Abertanat and Llanyblodwel church, heriots, tithes and payments of her legacies, 1766-1767; funeral expenses for William Owen, 1767; a notebook listing coins, medals, cash and financial transactions, 1763-1768; receipts for legacies to Mary Owen 's family from Francis Owen, for a quantity of gold and for various other payments, 1765-1775; and accounts of interest on mortgages to the Owen family, with relevant correspondence, 1780-1783.