92 THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON 



Dr. Zouch says that Walton's motJier was "the 

 daughter of Edmund Cranmer, Archdeacon of 

 Canterbury." If he had said Walton's first wife, 

 Rachel, was the grand-daughter of Thomas 

 Cranmer, who was the son of Edmund Cranmer, 

 he would, I think, have been nearer the mark (see 

 Part I. Chap. ii.). 



The actual house in Stafford in which Walton 

 was born is, and perhaps always will be, a matter 

 of uncertainty. Mr. Charles Calvert in his " History 

 of Stafford," says he was born in a grand old house 

 in Greengate Street, an illustration of which I 

 give here. " One of the finest specimens of the 

 Elizabethan period in Great Britain." Mr. R. B. 

 Marston is of opinion that Walton could not have 

 been born in this house, first, because it was 

 doubtful whether the house was built when Walton 

 was born ; and, secondly, that the only ground for 

 assuming that he did live there was that forty years 

 after Walton's death. Dr. Wettenhall by his will, 

 dated 1723, left the High House to Anne Hawkins, 

 daughter of Dr. Hawkins, and therefore grand- 

 daughter of Izaak Walton. 



Anne Hawkins was never married. She lived 

 with her uncle. Canon Izaak Walton, as his house- 

 keeper till he died. She remained settled in 



