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NameRev Edward Powys [61, His record], [36]
Birth1755, Shrewsbury
DeathMay 1819, Stapleton, Salop
Burial17 May 1819, St Edward, Cheddleton, Staffs
General2nd s. Rector of Stapleton, Shrewsbury
EducationMA St John’ Cantab
FatherEdward Powys (1710-1769)
MotherCatherine Jelf (ca1714->1769)
Spouses
Marriage2 Oct 1778, Shrewsbury, Salop
ChildrenMary (1779-1829)
 Edward (Died as Infant) (ca1781-1784)
 Catharine (1784-1870)
 Edward (1786-ca1851)
 John (1787-1834)
 Henry (1788-1825)
 William (<1789-ca1851)
 Charles (ca1791-1827)
 Thomas (1794-1853)
 Harriet (1796-1870)
 Robert (Died as Infant) (1797-1798)
Notes for Rev Edward Powys
TFPL, Sep 2004, from Ancestry.com (is he the dad?)

Shropshire: Shrewsbury - St. Mary Parish Registers, Lichfield Diocese
Burials, Wedd. & Christnings,  
  Burials, Wedd. & Christnings,  
   1788.  
County: Shropshire  
Country: England  
11 Oct 1788 Henry, s. of Rev. Edw. Powys & Mary, bap.
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and this also from the same source:

Shropshire: Battlefield, Pitchford, Smethcote, Stapleton, Moreton Corbet, Albrighton (near Shrewsbury), Broughton - Parish Registers, Lichfield Diocese
Smethcote Marriage Register, 1754.  
  Stapleton Parish Registers.  
   Lewis Williams, Curate.  
County: Shropshire  
Country: England  
Oct 1790 The Reverend Edward Powys, M.A., was inducted into the Rectory of this Church and Parish of Stapleton, by me Edward Blakeway, M.A., Minister of Bicton, in the County of Salop.
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And this, showing how he may have got the rectorship:

Shropshire: Stapleton - Parish Registers, 1546-1812
Banns of Marriage, 1780--1810.  
  Stapleton Parish Registers.  
   [Volume 2.]  
County: Shropshire  
Country: England  
25 Jan 1759. Samuel Langley, Doctor of Divinity, was inducted into the Rectory of Stepleton, in Com: Salop, and Diocese of Lich: and Cov., being presented thereto by Henry Powys, Esqre, Lord of the Manor of Stepleton.

Who, though, was Henry?
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And from the same source, looking like they had two sons called Edward:

Shropshire: Shrewsbury - St. Mary Parish Registers, Lichfield Diocese
Burials, Wedd. & Christnings,  
  Burials, Wedd. & Christnings,  
   1784.  
County: Shropshire  
Country: England  
08 Jun 1784 Edward, s. of the Rev. Edward Powys & Mary, bur.
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Also this:

Shropshire: Shrewsbury - St. Mary Parish Registers, Lichfield Diocese
Burials, Wedd. & Christnings,
  Burials, Wedd. & Christnings,
   1791.
County: Shropshire
Country: England
24 Apr 1791 Charles, s. of Rev. Edw. Powys & Mary, bap.
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Burke’s Landed Gentry of 1871, p. 1120, says that he “s. his cousin, Edward Arblaster, in the property of Westwood, co Stafford”

His aunt Bridget Powys had married an Edward Arblaster in 1729 and they had a sole child, another Edward, so it sounds as if the younger Edward Arblaster died without children leaving a property to his first cousin.
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The new C of E clergy site has this information on it:

Powys, Edward (1779-1819)

Comments
VENN
Adm. pens. (age 17) at ST JOHN'S, Jan. 30, 1773. S. of Edward, Esq., deceased, of Shrewsbury. B. at Shrewsbury. ' Matric. Michs. 1773; Scholar, 1776; B.A. (7th Wrangler) 1777; M.A. 1780. Fellow, 1777-8. A burgess of Shrewsbury, 1777. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Dec. 14, 1777; priest (Lichfield) June 13, 1779; C. of St Julian's, Shrewsbury, 1779. R. of Stapleton, Salop, 1790-1819. Married, Oct. 2, 1778, Mary Hodges. Died June, 1819, at Stapleton. Father of Edward (CCE19050). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 433; Christian Remembrancer, June, 1819; Northants. Clergy, XI. 57.)

Evidence
Year  Type  Name as Recorded  Location  Office/Status
1779   Ordi(ordination) Powys, Edward / priest
1779   Appt(Licensing) Powys, Edward St Julians Shrewsbury / Curate
1787   Appt(permitted to serve) Powys, Edward Stapleton / Curate
1790   Appt(Institution) Powys, Edward Stapleton / Rector
1791   Appt(Licensing) Powys, Edward Chedleton / Perpetual Curate
1816   Vac(resignation) Powys, Edward Chedleton / Perpetual Curate
1816   Appt(Resignation) Powys, Edward Chedleton / Perpetual Curate
1819  Vac(Death) Powys, Edward Stepleton otherwise Stapleton / Rector
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His burial (Birmingham & Midland Soc for Gen & Her):

First name(s):   Edward
Last name: POWYS
Date of burial:   17 May 1819
Age at death: 65
Calculated year of birth: 1754
Place of burial: Cheddleton
Dedication: St Edward
County:   Staffordshire

Note that this give his burial to be before his death as recorded on the CCED above.  So I have changed his death record to May 1819.
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There is this burial also in Cheddleton, I wonder if it is for an as yet unknown son? (Birmingham & Midland Soc for Gen & Her)

First name(s): Charles
Last name: POWYS
Date of burial: 5 Jul 1827
Age at death: 35
Calculated year of birth: 1792
Place of burial: Cheddleton
Dedication: St Edward
County: Staffordshire
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And another d. inf at Cheddleton (Birmingham & Midland Soc for Gen & Her):

First name(s): Robert
Last name: POWYS
Date of burial: 13 May 1798
Age at death: 5 Months
Calculated year of birth: 1798
Place of burial: Cheddleton
Dedication: St Edward
County: Staffordshire

In fact he was born on 12 Dec 1797 and baptised on 13 Dec 1797 - see FamilySearch, parents were Edward and Mary Powys
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There is also this birth:

Name Charles Powys
Gender Male
Christening Date 24 Apr 1791
Christening Place Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Father's Name Edwd. Powys
Mother's Name Mary

Now entered as Charles’ death found in 1827 in Cheddleton.
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From his will of 1818, Henry had these sons:

Edward
John
Henry
Willima
Charles
Thomas

and these daughters:

Mary (eldest)
Catherine
Harriet

A totla of nine children in 1818 (plus any who predeceased him).

2016, Nov: it seems that I need to find Henry and Mary.
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Will notes for Rev Edward Powys
Will of Reverend Edward Powys of Chedleton , Staffordshire 07 September 1819 PROB 11/1620

There is an entry in 1819 to the Death Duty Registers (in Liverpool) for Revd Edw Powys by John Powys of Mount Vernon, Liverpool.
Notes for Edward & Mary (Family)
TFPL, Sep 2004, from Ancestry.com:

Shropshire: Condover - Parish Registers, Lichfield Diocese
Condover Marriage Register. Marriages From 1754 to 1787, Inclusive.  
  Condover Marriage Register. Marriages From 1754 to 1787, Inclusive.  
   No. 3.  
County: Shropshire  
Country: England  
02 Oct 1778 The Rev. Edward Powys, Clerk, of St. Mary in the town of Shrewsbury, Clk., & Mrs. Mary Hodges, lic., by Thos. Kipling, Clk. W: Josa. Blakeway, Richd. Podmore, Clerk.  
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