Printed documentary evidence (with index) in a suit between the Attorney General and the Duke of Westminster, comprising extracts from, together with abstracts and translations of, records, 1585-1893, including leases and other conveyances, Patent Rolls, and correspondence between the Office of Woods and Forests and the Duke of Westminster. The documents relate to lead mines in the hundreds of Coleshill and Rhuddlan; rights of the Crown in waste lands in Flintshire, particularly in Halkyn and Northop; minerals and mineral rights on Halkyn mountain; and the claim of the Duke of Westminster to the manor of Holywell, Fulbrook and Greenfield, co. Flint.

Papers, 1832-1858, of the Francis family, of Goginan, Cardiganshire, comprising papers, 1834-1858, relating to the Francis family, amongst them business and personal correspondence, especially mining matters and property owned by the family, and a few other miscellaneous papers; records, 1835-1858, concerning individual mines, including agents' reports, letters, notices and reports of meetings, sketch maps, cost sheets, financial papers, mine cost books, memoranda of agreement, transfers of mine management, darft mining prospectuses, etc.; mine reports, 1847-1858, written by Matthew Francis and Absalom Francis; mine reports, 1845-1857, prepared by various other individuals; miscellaneous correspondence, 1842-1857, relating to various mines; correspondence, 1837-1852, relating to the ticketing and assaying of ores; sketch maps and sections, all undated; correspondence, 1843-1858, concerning water power; general correspondence files, 1841-1858, relating mainly to mining matters; and the Smythe collection containing very miscellaneous material, including some letters, 1840-1841 and 1847-1856, and tradesmen's vouchers and mine costs, 1834-1838 and 1850-1855.

Two groups of correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1812-1858, relating mainly to mining matters. (a) Twenty-four holograph and autograph letters addressed to the Reverend Doctor [Richard] Howard at Northop, Beaumaris, Denbigh, Mould and Llanrhaidr, [co.] Denbigh. The writers include Rich[ard] Dawson, Liverpool, 1838 (notification of the formation of the United Gwernymyn[u]dd Lead Mine Company and suggestions as to the scale of royalties), David Hughes, Mold, 1838 (4) (acknowledging receipt of sums of money received on behalf of Mrs. Clough in respect of certain mines), John Jones, Oswestry, 1838-1839 (4) (enclosing the dividend due to the estate of John Lloyd, deceased, from the Snailbeach [lead] mines and copies of the accounts of the said mines company), Richard Jones, Wrexham, 1826 (mining activities undertaken by the writer at Trecastell near Conway), William Jones and Rob[er]t Thomas, Conway, 1812 (notification of the formation of a company to work the mine at Trecastell and a request for a tack note), H. Roberts, Temple [London] and Mold, 1826-1839 (4) (financial and legal matters relating to the Cemmaes estate and stock, a boundary dispute involving the lords of Mold, the Mold mining company, and Joshua Price's company), Cha[rle]s B[layney] Trevor Roper, Plas Teg [Mold], 1838 (2) (the appointment of a new agent to act for the lords of Mold), W. White, manager of the North and South Wales bank, Holywell, 1838 (acknowledging receipt of two hundred pounds to be credited to Howard's account), and Rob[er]t Williams, Mold, 1838-1845 (6) (the writer's appointment as mining agent in respect of royalties in the lordship of Mold, problems relating to the Fawnog mines and to the Fron Fawnog and Mold mines companies, comments on the progress made by the Gwern y mynudd company and at Coed Talwrn, comments on the price of [lead] ore and of iron (1838), notification of meetings of the lords of Mold (1838-1840), the refusal by Mr. Mostyn to sanction the use of the mineral raised in the lords' land in the Leeswood furnaces (1839), the winding up of the affairs of the Douglas Smalley & Co. Bank in 1840) (enclosed is a copy of a letter received from Edward Oakeley relating to the renewal of the Coed Talon lease in 1845). (b) Miscellaneous letters and papers including Edw[ar]d Jones's account with the lords of Mold in respect of lead ore and royalties from the Nantmawr colliery and the Coed Talon colliery and iron works in 1825; a letter from John Maughan, Birmingham, to [ ], 1830 (an agreement with the lords of Mold concerning minerals) (copy); proposals put by Mr. Oakeley and Mr. Wells to the lords of Mold with regard to a new lease of [ Coed Talwrn] coal and iron works (copy); a letter from J. Boydell, Trevallyn Hall, to [ ], 1829 (mineral matters in the manor of Mold) (copy); a letter from Edward Oakeley, Coed Talon, to Edward Jones, Spon Green, 1832 (enclosing an account of royalties due to the lords of Mold in respect of Coed Talon iron and coal works, 1830-1831); a letter from Rob[er]t Williams, Mold, to Col[onel] Howard, Brook Park, Northop, 1840 (the winding up of the affairs of the Douglas and Smalley [Bank]); proposals by Mr. Oakeley to the lords of Mold for extending or renewing the leases of the Coed Talon and Leeswood mining properties, 1844-1845; a letter from Cha[rle]s B[layney] Trevor Roper, Dudley, to Rob[er]t Williams, Mold, 1845 (a renewal of a lease to Mr. Oakley) (addressed to Rev[eren]d Doctor Howard, Llanrhaiadr, Denbigh) (copy); and accounts of royalties due in respect of minerals in the lordship of Mold in 1845 and 1858.