Transcript of a letter dated 27th January 1935 from Annie Rawes of Tanner Croft, Grasmere, Westmorland to her second cousin Percy Lea Rawes of Berkhamsted. The original is with James Charteris Lea Rawes, son of Percy Lea Rawes. (Jamaica Line to Lisbon Line).

[Page one:]               Tanner Croft               Grasmere,           Jan. 27. 1935 Westmorland. Dear Mr Rawes,             We were very interested to hear of The result of your visit to Patterdale. Evidently those were the old people mentioned in Lancelots letter. Thank you I should be glad to know any more facts should you gain any from the papers you mention. It would be interesting to know further back and where Lancelot came from I send you the copies of letters you wished for, very [Page two:] glad to do so. I was not at home when your letter arrived, hence the delay in sending them. It is odd how now more of our name are turning up. In a letter I had from Mr. L. Rawes - Send - he said his son Alan had come across some ladies at a flower show at Crystal Palace their name was Rawes, they asked him about his forbears and he referred them to his father. Then sometime ago we saw our name in the paper in a Kendal incident - no doubt - some of The Clan. but not very desirables. It was in connection with The Police in some street - brawls or suchlike!. At present the District is looking [Page three:] very lovely. The hills are covered with snow. Lovely blue skies and sunshine but very bitter N.E. winds, after a remarkably mild time. I am yours truly A. Rawes Notes:- Annie Rawes was responible for preserving much material on the Rawes family. The 'old people' were Betty's (Lanty Rawes's wife and grandmother of Annie and Percy ) parents who were James & Mary Lancaster of Patterdale, they lived to 96 & 102 respectively. Mr. L Rawes from Send in Surrey was Lancelot Rawes, MBE, 1861-1942. Lancelot and Annie were 2nd cousins. His son Alan Newling Rawes was an horticulturalist, which possibly explains his presence at a flower show. He was a joint author of a book called 'Hardy Fruit Growing'. Copied by Julian Rawes of Cheltenham.