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Complete editions, cuttings and pages of newspapers, 1685-1887; printed newsletters, broadsides, advertisements and general information leaflets, 1666-1861; and manuscript newsletters, 1676-1710.

Copy of depositions concerning the breeding of a grey Arab horse sold by Sheikh Morad Ebn al Haii Abdullah to Thomas Usgate, the English Consul in 1722, addressed to Arthur Owen, esq.; and eighteenth century notes on chess moves.

Loose papers and notebooks listing books, periodicals, private papers, documents and maps contained in closets and chests, most of them presumably at Brogyntyn, dated between 1702 and 1893. The catalogues include: Ellen Owen 's books found after her death, 1702; books brought from Abertanat to Oswestry, 1771; bound pamphlets published between 1699 and 1813; books belonging to the library of Lady Morres Gore, 1819; and Brogyntyn charters, 1508-1740, belonging to the Penrhos and Abertanat estates in Montgomeryshire, with a covering letter by the compiler, I.H. Jeayes, 1893. The file also includes a book plate of Robert Godolphin Owen and notes of papers examined by W.W.E. Wynne, 1861, 1870.

Various undated academic exercises in English and Latin, which appear to date from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. Some are based on imaginary scenarios, namely an address to King Malcolm III of Scotland, speculative letters by Henry Harris to Oxford University tutors and the attempted rescue of the Earl of Desmond from the Tower of London, involving a consultation with Dr John Dee. Also included are an essay written from memory after a lecture on the history of Odonoghue, king of Kerry (Watermark 1806); notes on European alphabets, poetry and mythology; and an English translation of Undine, 1836.

Copy of a prophecy for 1694 found in the ruins of Wallingford House; and two notebooks containing discussions of William Nixon 's prophecies [nineteenth century, first half].

Accounts of mysterious fires and the deaths of cattle and other farm animals in Merionethshire from an unknown disease [c. 1693]; a copy of Edward Lhuyd 's Parochial Queries [c. 1697]; notes on how the plague spread to Britain [18 cent., first quarter]; and a list of mountains and hills in North Wales and Shropshire, showing their heights in feet [19 cent., first half].

Epitaphs in Latin and English to John Fell, Bishop of Oxford [c. 1686], to Mary Bamber by Lewis Owen and to Elizabeth Carpenter, a servant of Mary Owen, 1736.

Extracts from published sources, lists, notes, etc., relating to various historical and antiquarian subjects, [1656], 1693, [1761], [late 19 cent.]. Original material includes a description, dated 1795, of how the predecessors of the Tanat family were awarded the Broniarth charter in return for the capture of Lord Cobham in 1417; and substantial annotations by W.W.E. Wynne to a list of Caernarfonshire sheriffs, with a covering letter and genealogical enquiry to William Ormsby-Gore, 1832. Also of interest is a roll of casualties in Major Bringhurst 's troop at Waterloo, 1815.

A file of papers concerned with religious subjects which appear to date from the early seventeenth to the mid-eighteenth century. They include sermons; notes of sermons preached by [Thomas] Gatacre, [George] Carew, [Edward] Bentham and others; prayers and reflections on religious matters by Jane Owen [1669x1732]; considerations on appropriate attitudes to death, sin and sickness; arguments of John Frith the martyr; prayers entitled Prayers Out of Ye Christian Life; an essay on Daniel 's vision of the ram and the goat; notes on chapters of the Bible and the interpretation of various theological ideas; and extracts from the works of Bishop [Thomas] Newton.

Manuscript ‘Catalogue of Old Plays’ in the collection at Brogyntyn [?c. 1815], which has a double arrangement. The first part has the Plays alphabetically arranged. The second part has the list of authors with the productions of each

Manuscript catalogue of plays in the collection at Brogyntyn compiled by William Ormsby Gore, dated February 24, 1815, which has a double arrangement. The first part has the plays alphabetically arranged. The second part has the list of authors with the productions of each.

The manuscript catalogue of Porkington (Brogyntyn) Library, arranged by John Broster of Chester, 1809, has a fine illuminated frontispiece incorporating the arms of Margaret Owen, wife of Owen Ormsby for whom it was made. It appears to be the earliest surviving complete catalogue of the Library. An introductory ‘Plan of the Catalogue’ explains the arrangement and gives instructions for the insertion of new books. Each page lists up to twenty-five titles. Some entries post-date the first compilation, up to 1812.

Notebook of 1940 containing a catalogue of the coin collection at Brogyntyn and an account of the evolution of English coinage since 1340 AD, together with a nineteenth century conversion table of Irish to English money, brief notes on coinage and weights of gold, and extensive notes on the business of banking [c. 1835].

Notebook of extracts relating to Saxon and Norman monarchs, translated from L'Histoire d'Angleterre (The History of England) by Paul de Rapin Thoyras, 1797.

Notebook in the hand of Margaret Owen of Penrhos, inscribed 'the Gift of Henry Thrale, Esqr. Streatham', containing mainly anecdotes concerning Mrs Thrale [later Mrs Piozzi], Samuel Johnson, Samuel Pepys, Albert Nesbitt, Charles Burney, Oliver Goldsmith, Handel and others, 1776.

Large scrapbook of historical and literary material comprising notes and transcripts relating to the history of France, 1748-1772, and to Prince Charles, Kevenhuller and Prince Esterhazy, 1743; a list of European rulers and wars fought by Britain between 1739 and 1780; notes and copies of documents relating to the activities and executions of prominent Jacobites, 1745-1752; copies of letters from and to Lord Bath concerning the Shrewsbury election [post-1741]; a poem entitled Arma Virumque Cano on General Hawley 's defeat in Scotland; a list of those who voted against the bill for suspending the Habeas Corpus Act, 1746; notes on the history of Italy; Denbigh election results; and an account in French of Willem Bentinck 's part in the appointment of William IV of Orange as Stadtholder of Holland, 1747.

Notes on philosophical and moralistic themes, one of which is addressed to Madam Owen, [1730x1784]; and the opinion of James Deville on improvement of the character, 1842.

Two original documents, unconnected with the title deeds of Brogyntyn, which appear to have been kept for their antiquarian interest. One is an incomplete bailiff 's account, probably from the second half of the fourteenth century, listing payments in Betley, Edgmond and elsewhere on the Shropshire border, accompanied by notes, a transcript, and two letters from Sir John Ballinger at NLW, 1924; the other document is a grant of knighthood by Henry IV of France to William Saquevile, 1590.

Manuscript and printed papers of academic and general interest comprising original documents with accompanying items [14 cent., second ½], 1590, 1924; sermons and notes on religious subjects [early 17 cent. x mid 18 cent.]; epitaphs [c. 1686], 1736; academic exercises [17 cent.]-1836; catalogues of books and documents, 1702-1946; volumes of historical and literary material, 1743-1780, 1797; anecdotes, 1776; a catalogue of coins, and notes about money [c. 1835]-1940. There are also notes, transcripts, articles and other literature relating to historical and antiquarian subjects, [1656]-[late 19 cent.], natural history and topography, [c. 1693-19 cent.], prophecies, [c. 1694], [19 cent.], miscellaneous depositions and notes, [c. 1722], and philosophical and moralistic themes, [1730x1784], 1842. Further volumes purchased in Bonhams sale, March 2017, comprise a catalogue of Brogyntyn library, 1809-1812, and two catalogues of plays, 1815.

Manuscript and printed papers of academic and general interest collected or researched by the family, comprising original documents [14 cent.], 1590, sermons [early 17 cent. x mid 18 cent.], epitaphs, [c. 1686], 1736, prophecies, [c. 1694], [19 cent.], catalogues of books and documents, including Brogyntyn library, 1702-1946, various academic exercises, notes, articles and other literature relating to religion, historical and antiquarian subjects, literature, natural history and topography, philosophical and moralistic themes, money and other subjects of general interest, [1656]-1940.