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Tenancy papers, comprising mainly leases on the Abertanat (Broniarth), Cemais and Penrhos estates in Cemais and Darowen, 1785-1796, Guilsfield, 1768-1802, Llandrinio and Llansanffraid-ym-mechain, 1776-1815, Llandysilio, 1741-1798, Meifod, 1782-1811, St Martin's, 1787, and miscellaneous Montgomeryshire parishes, [c. 1766]-1811, and a separate bundle of notices to quit tenancies, 1793. Many of the leases and agreements stipulate the reservation to John Owen of minerals, hunting, tree plantation and timber for charcoal, the preservation of game and keeping of game dogs. Some of the documents refer to parcels of old common land in Deuddwr, alloted to John Owen as a result of enclosures and susbequently leased to tenant farmers.

Rentals and related papers for the of the Abertanat estate, 1711-1803, [c. 1949]; the Cemais estate, between 1747 and 1824; the Penrhos estate, 1824-1833; and the three combined Montgomeryshire estates, 1803-1846. The portions of the Abertanat estate lying in Llanyblodwel, Oswestry, Llanymynech and Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain do not feature in rentals later than 1746, and in 1766 they passed to another branch of the family under the terms of Margaret Godolphin's will. The remaining part of the estate, lying in Montgomeryshire, was called Broniarth. The Abertanat (Broniarth) rentals exhibit a regularity of format, with separate columns for arrears, land tax and expenses for repairs. The Cemais rentals show that John Owen was aready in possession by 1786. By the time of the 1801 rental he also owned the Montgmeryshire portion of Abertanat in Broniarth, inherited from his cousin, Robert Godolphin Owen (died 1792).

Miscellaneous estate administration papers from Abertanat, Cemais and Penrhos, concerning hedging and timber, 1717, 1747-1792, rivers and fishing, 1760, [pre-1823], property repairs, [c. 1786]-1789, surveys and valuations, 1763-1824, and mining, 1796.

Letters to [Col. William Owen?], [16]66, Sydney Godolphin, 1700-1728, Margaret Godolphin, 1717-1759, Arthur and William Owen, 1739, 1754, Mary Owen, 1776-1783, John Owen of Penrhos, 1789-1814, Owen Ormsby, 1794, and William Ormsby-Gore, 1842-1859, from tenants, solicitors and the agents of the Abertanat, Cemais and Penrhos estates, accompanied by occasional replies and relevant letters from third parties. The subject matter comprises mostly routine estate business, such as rent collection, leasing of properties, chief rents, taxes, tithes, submission of accounts, family and local news, problems encountered by agents and tenants, enclosures and encroachments on common land, particularly in Deuddwr and Broniarth, sale of crops and livestock, a sitting place in Llanymynech church, 1759, exploitation of timber and property repairs. Items of interest include fishing rights in Broniarth Pool, 1725-1728; Margaret Godolphin's intention to divert the River Tanat and a mill stream, 1733, 1737; the manorial courts of Cyfeiliog, 1754; consultation of the 1655 sessions rolls at Powis Castle in connection with property of John Owen at Broniarth, 1796; disputes over a sheepwalk on the Cemais estate of John Owen, 1806-1813; subscriptions to a new road from Meifod, 1807; and proposals for a railway near the Cemais estate, 1859. Some letters contain integral accounts.

Records deriving from administration of the Abertanat estate, mainly in Broniarth, Guilsfield, Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain and Llandysilio in Montgomeryshire, together with the parishes of Llanyblodwel, Oswestry and Llanymynech in Shropshire, and Llangedwyn in Denbighshire; the Penrhos estate in Llandrinio, Guilsfield, Llandysilio and Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain; and the Cemais estate in Cemais, Darowen, Trefeglwys and Machynlleth. The records comprise rentals, 1711-1846, [c. 1949], accounts, 1653-1829, leases and other tenancy papers, 1741-1815, correspondence, [16]66-1859, and miscellaneous estate administration papers, 1717-1824.

Account books and a large number of loose bills and receipts, 1653-1829, deriving from administration of the estate of Abertanat (Broniarth), incorporating Moreton Hall, and of the Cemais and Penrhos estates, showing income from rents and duties; usual outgoings for tithes, chief rents, taxes, and other dues; profits from estate produce and livestock; occasional rentals; disbursements for repair and maintenance of buildings, purchase and carriage of commodities; employees' wages, agent's travelling expenses and subsistence.

Title deeds of properties belonging to the estates of Abertanat in Montgomeryshire, Shropshire and Denbighshire, 1476-1765, Cemais, Montgomeryshire, 1545-1690, and Penrhos, Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, 1508-1828. Some of the sixteenth and seventeenth century Montgomeryshire deeds clearly illustrate the development of the modern rural landscape; they record the acquisition by single landowners of mediaeval field strips previously in multiple ownership.

Title deeds of properties belonging to the Abertanat estate of the Tanat and Godolphin families, lying in the township and manor of Broniarth in Guilsfield, 1476-[1792], also in the parishes of Llandysilio, 1552-1736, Llanfechain and Meifod, 1640, 1722, Llangedwyn and Llansanffraid in Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire, 1690, 1749, Llanyblodwel and Llanymynech, 1535-1746, St Martin 's and Whittington in Shropshire, 1527-1765. The documents relating to Broniarth show clearly how land was acquired and transferred under the manorial system. Some of the late sixteenth century Montgomeryshire deeds illustrate the acquisition by the Tanats and others of strips of land within larger named fields previously in multiple ownership under the mediaeval agricultural system. A large file of Shropshire deeds relates to the Moreton Hall (renamed Margaret Hall) estate in Weston Rhyn, Ifton and Daywell, purchased by Margaret Godolphin between 1760 and 1763.

Rentals, lists of arrears and rent receipts, 1711, 1716, 1742-1747, of the Abertanat estate of Margaret Godolphin and until 1743, her sisters, Mary and Ellen.

Rentals and rent receipts for the Abertanat (Broniarth) estate, in the possession of John Owen, 1801-1803.

Rentals for the Broniarth portion of the Abertanat estate, 1762, 1765-1767, 1777-1778, 1782-1789, under the sucessive ownerships of Margaret Godolphin, Mary Owen and Robert Godolphin Owen.

Bills and receipts of the Abertanat estate of Mary Owen, 1769-1785, including an invoice for repairs at Maesgwyn, 1783.

Accounts of the Godolphin family, 1689-1766, including a certificate of land tax assessment of Sydney Godolphin of Llangedwyn, auditor of Wales, 1705; poor relief payments in Abertanat, 1712-1716; inventories of goods distrained for rent owed, 1715-1743; rentals, 1715, 1719; disbursements for work in the hopyard and repairs to the mill, 1716-1721; a list of Abertanat tenancies, together with a summary of the lease agreement and a rent account for Abertanat demesne, 1736-1750.

Bundle of settled accounts of William Heighway, agent for Mary Owen's Montgomeryshire (Abertanat) estate, 1775-1782, being mainly rentals of arrears, meat bills and invoices for repairs to buildings, including Penylan Mill, 1776.

Title deeds, dated between 1496 and 1625, which include a lease by the Crown of the township of Penychen, Aber-erch, to Dame Ellen Eure, 1623; the wills of Gruffith ap Robert ap Ieuan, 1570, and his widow, Margaret vch William ap Ieuan, 1603, showing the division of property in Nanhoynan, Beddgelert, being part of the lands previously belonging to the dissolved monastery of Conwy; a lease of part of the Queen's township of Cwm in Clynnog, 1562; deeds relating to burgages and houses in Cricieth, 1496, 1540, 1577, 1584; and a deed of sale to William Maurice of a burgage in Pwllheli, Deneio, 1584.

Combined rentals of the manors of Aber, Caernarfonshire, and Cemais, Anglesey, 1591.

A draft of a petition from Sir John Owen to the House of Commons acknowledging the reprieve of his sentence, and begging that his life - their own gift - may not perish for want of support and livelihood.