Original and copied Civil War and Commonwealth papers which show the effects of major national events at county level. These include accounts of maintaining military troops and of war contributions in Ardudwy, [1644x1650?]; a royal pass for an army officer going to Ireland, 1645; an agreement for the surrender of Oxford, 1646; and a report of the Sub-Committee of the Commonwealth, 1654. Other subjects of interest are Sir John Owen 's governorship of Conwy Castle, notably his dispute with Archbishop John Williams and conditions stipulated for surrender of the fortress, [1645-1646]; the treatment of Royalists at castles in North Wales; the quartering of troops in Merionethshire; the sequestered lands of Sir John Owen in Caernarfonshire, the affected estate of William Owen and a demand of £1200 on the estate of the latter 's wife, Catherine Anwyl, 1646-1660; and information against Sir John Carter in respect of his political and religious activities [c. 1659].