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Papers, 1867-1886, mostly relating to the Reverend Charles Francis Powys's accession to the livings of St Michael's Church, Shirley, Derbyshire and of St Catherine's Church, Montacute, Somerset. They comprise a Declaration of Ordination of Charles Francis Powys as deacon, dated 17 March 1867; a Declaration of Ordination of Charles Francis Powys into the priesthood, dated 8 March 1868; a Declaration of Admittance of Charles Francis Powys into the living of St Michael's Church, Shirley and the Declaration of Faith of Charles Francis Powys on accepting the living, both dated 25 February 1872, together with a further Declaration of Faith of Charles Francis Powys, dated 1872; a licence to serve as assistant curate at St Peter's Church, Dorchester granted to Charles Francis Powys, dated 24 November 1879, and the Declaration of Faith of Charles Francis Powys made at the same church, dated 30 November 1879; a Declaration of Admittance of Charles Francis Powys to the living of St Catherine's Church, Montacute and a Presentation of the living of the same church to Charles Francis Powys, both dated 5 November 1885, together with a letter, dated 6 November 1885, to Charles Francis Powys from his father-in-law the Reverend William Cowper Johnson congratulating Powys on his accession to the living; and the Declaration of Faith made at St Catherine's Church, Montacute by Charles Francis Powys, dated 3 January 1886.

Letters, 1866-[?1890], to the Rev. Charles Francis Powys from various correspondents, as follows: [?G. H[arr]y Pearson], Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (1), 1866 (regarding a teaching post for John Cowper Powys); E. S. King (1), 1868; [?] King (1), 1872 (with two photographs enclosed); George [?Collett] (1), 1873; [the Rev.] R[obert] Grant (1), 1878; Cox, Sons, Buckley & Co. and William Powys, 1884, regarding memorial stones for Charles Francis Powys's parents (with a note by Charles Francis Powys on f. 19); the poet and philosopher William Barnes (1), 1885 (with a note by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir on f. 28); [?M.] R. Phelips (3, one a fragment only), 1885 (regarding the living of Montacute) (with a note on the envelope by Charles Francis Powys); the congregation of St Peter's Church, Dorchester, on the occasion of Charles Francis Powys's removal from there to St Catherine's Church, Montacute (1), 1885, and the Rev. John Stapleton of St John's Church, Weymouth (1), [?1890].