BARCOMBE MILL, RIVER OUSE 



CHAPTER IX 



Death of Izaak Walton — Inscription on tombstone — 

 Walton's will. 



Death of Izaak Walton 



TZAAK WALTON died at Winchester on 

 December 15, 1683, during the memorable 

 frost of that year, at the Prebendal house of his 

 son-in-law. Dr. Hawkins, whom, as he says in 

 his Will, he " loved as his own son." It was his 

 express desire that his burial might be near the 

 place of his death, privately, and free from any 

 ostentation or charge. He was buried in Win- 

 chester Cathedral, in Prior Silksteed's Chapel ; a 

 large black marble slab in the floor of the chapel 

 marks his resting-place. " The morning sun falls 

 directly on it, reminding the contemplative man of 



