Manuscript title deeds and other estate papers of the Mostyn Owen family of Woodhouse, West Felton

Item date: 15th - 18th centuries
Grant Value: 1,500
Item cost: not recorded
Item date acquired: 1993
Item institution: Shropshire Archives
Town/City: Shrewsbury
County: Shropshire

The Mostyn Owens were an Anglo Welsh family with estates on the borders of the two countries. The early papers reveal much about the survival of Welsh place and personal names in north west Shropshire. There are also rentals for Shrewsbury in the 17th and 18th centuries of interest to economic historians