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Letters patent appointing William Richard Ormsby-Gore Lieutenant of co. Leitrim, Ireland, 1878.

County administration papers from Leitrim in Ireland, comprising official administrative appointments of members of the Ormsby-Gore family, 1878 and 1904.

Appointments to the office of Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Shropshire of Owen Ormsby, 1796, and William Ormsby-Gore, with covering letters, 1846.

Printed election notices concerning the votes of the burgesses of Shrewsbury for their borough representative, 1759, and the candidatures of county members, Rowland Hill and William Ormsby-Gore, 1831-1832.

Land tax assessments for the townships of Porkington 1722 and 1741; Hisland, Sandford and Sweeney, 1734; Aston, Berghill, Frankton, Halton, Llynclys, Maesbury, Weston Cotton, Whittington and Woolston, 1734 and 1752; Twyford, 1748-1761; Abertanat, Bryn, Crickheath, Daywell, Eardiston, Ebnal, Fernhill, Henlle, Hinford, [Llany]blodwel, Llwyntidman, Old Marton, Rednal, Sutton, Twyford, and West Felton, 1752; and a window tax assessment for Wikey, 1752.

JPs' papers comprising certificates of sacrament and oaths of allegiance taken by William Owen, 1714, Margaret Godolphin and Margaret Owen, 1723; and notices to the Shropshire JPs concerning arrears of excise duty owed by several victuallers, 1722, recruitment of seamen to H.M. fleet, 1739, the Vagrant 's Bill [1744], and the investigation and supression of suspected papists in the county, 1743.

Assessments for the poll tax, 1660, in Knockin, Kinnerley and Argoed, Edgerley, Kynaston, Dovaston, Maesbrook Isaf, Maesbrook Uchaf, Myddle and Loppington, Noneley, Burlton, Ellesmere and St Johns, [Llany]blodwel, Abertanat, Bryn, Llynclys, townships in the parish of Oswestry, Ruyton, Old Ruyton, Eardiston, Wikey, Cotton, Shelv[ock] and Shotatton; and a list of charges on different categories of persons in the Poll Bill.

Papers from Oswestry, including a promissory note by the bailiffs, aldermen and burgesses to repay £100 to William Owen for helping to procure an act of Parliament to establish a cloth market in the town, 1640; bills of expenses incurred by William Owen as mayor of Oswestry, 1730-1731; indentures and bonds for the appointment of two sergeants at mace, 1730; and a copy writ to the mayor and town council of Oswestry for the restoration of Richard Maurice, esq., a deposed alderman, 1735.

County administration papers from Shropshire relating to the mayor and town council of Oswestry, 1640-1735, county poll assessments, 1660, JP 's papers, 1714-1743, land and window tax assessments, 1722-1761, elections, 1759-1832, and appointments of county officials, 1796, 1846.

County administration papers from Montgomeryshire, comprising a certificate of the oaths of allegiance sworn by Susanna Godolphin of Abertanat, 1748; an unspecified assessment for Broniarth, 1748; and notice of a meeting at Welshpool to discuss a proposed government reform of parliamentary representation at county level, 1830.

County administration papers from Flintshire, comprising subsidy rolls for the hundreds of Coleshill, Mold, Prestatyn and Rhuddlan, and Maelor, 1641; bonds for the performance of the offices of deputy sheriff and gaoler, 1666; letters patent appointing Owen Wynn sheriff of Flintshire, and the deed appointing his deputy, 1674-1675; receipts to Owen Wynn for 'Tuncke' (twnc =revenue) and for his account for the year of his office, 1675; and an eighteenth century list [assessment?] of names in Prestatyn and Llanasa.

County administration papers from Denbighshire, comprising an account of Thomas Trafford, Receiver General for North Wales, for the Denbighshire hundreds, with summaries for parts of Montgomeryshire and the other counties of North Wales, 1621; a roll of the muster at Llangollen, 1633; lists of persons charged with provision of arms in Chirkland and Yale, 1663, and the types of munitions supplied, together with a warrant to the high constables to fine those who had neglected to send sufficient men to train; official instructions to William Owen JP for precautions against the invasion threatened by the Pretender, 1743; and the appointment of Owen Ormsby as Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Denbigh, 1794.

County administration papers relating to the militia, taxation, appointments of county officials and other routine matters in Denbighshire, 1621-1794, Flintshire, 1641-[18th cent.], and Montgomeryshire, 1723-1830.

Administration papers relating to the borough of Harlech, including copies, 1573, of an account of lead at Harlech Castle in 1571; grant of the constableship of Harlech Castle to Sir Henry Lee and Owen Cooke, 1589; a subsequent appointment of a deputy, 1599; a draft petition to the King by the Corporation of Harlech for holding the Great Sessions and Quarter Sessions at Harlech, [c. 1604]-1612; copy of the 1284 charter of Harlech [1604x1612]; regulations for the appointments and duties of burgesses and bailiffs in the town, 1612; and a copy of the results of an official investigation into the Corporation and crown land at Harlech, with the jury 's verdict, 1650.

County administration papers from Merionethshire, several of which relate to taxes and duties, including collection of the relief in Penllyn, 1549; an escheat roll; items relating to the submission of money collected by Moris ap Robert Wynn as escheator of Merionethshire, 1602-1608; payment by a Dutch merchant of customs duties at Barmouth, 1615; neglect of highway repairs near Aberglaslyn, 1619; Merionethshire 's contribution to a sum levied for a ship of war, 1637; and tax assessments in Llanenddwyn, 1651. Papers of county officials include a bailiff 's pledge for payment of amercements, 1618; letters patent for the appointment of sheriff to William Wynn of Glyn, 1636, and Owen Ormsby, 1794; bonds of indemnity to Sir John Owen, 1631, and Sir Robert Owen, 1688, by the county gaoler and deputy sheriff respectively; a list of presents sent to the sheriff [mid-17th cent.]; a list of sheriffs from 1541 to 1677; a certificate of Sir Robert Owen 's oaths of allegiance and supremacy, 1680; a list of JPs, 1688; and a bond for the performance of covenants associated with William Owen 's appointment as high sheriff, 1712.

County administration papers from Merionethshire, comprising mainly taxation records and officials' papers relevant to the whole county, 1549-1712, 1794; and a file of documents relating specifically to the borough of Harlech, 1573-1612, 1650.

Court book of the borough of Criccieth, 1774-1831, recording annual meetings of the court at which the bailiffs and other officers were elected, admissions of burgesses, oaths to be sworn by the mayor and other officers, and chief rents for the liberty of the borough, 1776.

Roll of the election and admission of burgesses of the borough of Criccieth, 1774-1829, examined 1831.

Miscellaneous papers relating to Criccieth, comprising an agreement to establish a horse race on the town course, 1727; notes by William Owen on the castle, 1767, annotated by William Ormsby-Gore in 1831; cases and opinions on the right of Criccieth Corporation to grant building leases on the common land, with a translation of the charter attached, 1830, 1839; a return by the recorder and bailiffs of the number of houses and inhabitants, 1831; a copy opinion with a solicitor 's letter to William Ormsby-Gore and notes on the traditional claim of the owner of Ystumcegid, who was also constable of Criccieth Castle, to the mayoralty of the borough, 1838, 1857; summons to the town bailiff from the Office of Woods and Forests to attend an audit for the payment of crown rents, 1855; and a civil engineer 's memorial of difficulties encountered during his survey of Criccieth Castle in 1859-1860, (Watermark 1873).

Court book of the borough of Criccieth, 1703-1773, the contents of which include lists of burgesses from 1680 to 1692 drawn up by the recorders and an example of the oath sworn by the bailiffs upon entry to office.