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Papers, 1866-1873 and undated, relating to the wills and estates of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, and of members of his family. They comprise a memorandum by Littleton Charles Powys relating to part of the legacy of his father, the Rev. Littleton Powys; declarations of administrations of effects and residuary accounts, 1866, of Mariann (Mary Anne), Harriet and Eleanor Powys, sisters of Littleton Charles Powys; accounts, 1863-1866, of Littleton Charles Powys with Newman, Lyon & Newman, [?solicitors]; probate of the will of Littleton Charles Powys, 1872; an account of the estate of Littleton Charles Powys, [1872], and legacy receipts, 1872, relating to the estate of Littleton Charles Powys, one of which is signed by his sons Major Littleton Albert Powys and Charles Francis Powys; disclaimer, 1872, relating to the trusts of the will of Littleton Charles Powys, and accounts, [1872], relating to the estate of Littleton Charles Powys; letters, 1872, to Amelia Powys, widow of Littleton Charles Powys, from her son Charles Francis Powys and from [?her son-in-law], W. W. Shirley, relating to Littleton Charles Powys's estate; and letters, 1873, to Amelia Powys from Lloyds Banking Company Ltd, Birmingham relating to financial transactions.

Thirty letters, 1878-1889 and undated, to the Rev. Charles Francis Powys from his mother Amelia Powys. The letters contain mostly family news, including the birth of Charles and Mary Powys's second daughter Eleanor, who died in 1893 aged 13, and reflections on Charles's brother Major Littleton Albert Powys, following his death in August 1879. There are notes by [Amelia Powys's granddaughter Marian Powys] on ff. 38 verso, 44 verso and 49, and by Charles Francis Powys on ff. 33, 53 verso and 55. Enclosures comprise proposed memorial inscriptions for Amelia Powys and her husband the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys (ff. 52-54) and a card bearing Biblical verses (f. 73).

Letters to Mary Cowper Powys from the following correspondents: 'Uncle Cowper Hamilton's father' (1), 1869; her father the Rev. William Cowper Johnson (3), [1872], 1879, 1888; her mother Marianne Cowper Johnson (2), 1879 and undated; her husband the Rev. Charles Francis Powys (1), [1879]; her mother-in-law Amelia Powys (1), [1879]; her daughter-in-law Dorothy Mary Powys, wife of Albert Reginald (Bertie) Powys (1), 1905; and [?Norman], her old nurse at Yaxham (1), undated; together with a sheet of paper with a note on the letters [in Mary's daughter Marian Powys's hand]. There are notes by [Marian Powys] on ff. 4 verso, 7 verso and 22, and a note by Mary Cowper Powys on f. 14. The letters contain mostly family news, including the last illness and death of the Rev. Powys's brother Major Littleton Albert Powys. For the 'Mr Lake' referred to in the Rev. Powys's letter see 'Papers relating to Littleton Albert Powys'.

Papers, 1879, relating to the death and memorial of Major Littleton Albert Powys, comprising photos of him and a memorial text 'For Stalbridge Church' in the hand of his mother Amelia Powys; memorial cards of Littleton , with notes on dorse; a poem in honour of Littleton ; and a copy [in the hand of Charles Francis Powys] of a letter to Amelia Powys from Lieutenant Percy Lake, a friend of Littleton's, with a note on the contents [?in the hand of Littleton's niece Marian Powys].

An extract of a letter, 1825, written on the occasion of the death of the Rev. Littleton Powys, father of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, copied out in the latter's hand; the 'Last Blessing' of Maria Priscilla Powys, mother of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, 1832, copied out in the latter's hand, with a note on recto in the hand of Amelia Powys, mother of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, and notes on dorse in the hands of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys and Amelia Powys; and a letter, [18?67], to the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys from his son, Littleton Albert Powys, with a note on the envelope [by the latter's niece, Marian Powys].

Miscellaneous personal papers of Major Littleton Albert Powys, comprising drawings and paintings, some of which depict military figures of different historical periods; a hunting song; and a letter, [1872], to Littleton from his mother Amelia Powys relating to the death of his father the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys; only two of the items are dated. The items bear inscriptions by Littleton (ff. 3 verso, 9 verso), his mother (ff. 1 verso [?], 6 verso, 11), [?and his niece Marian Powys] (ff. 2 verso, 7 verso).