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she happened to catch the name of Walton 

 on it as she passed, and, knowing I was illus- 

 trating ' The Compleat Angler,' she told me 

 of it. Last autumn I wrote to Lord Warwick 

 asking for permission to see the chest, and 

 make a drawing of it if it seemed really 

 genuine. He replied that he was unaware 

 that he had such a chest, but that I was quite 

 at liberty to draw it if I could find it." 



Walton's Hanging Cupboard, as we have seen, 

 is in the hands of Mr. Elkin Mathews. The above 

 Marriage Chest is in Warwick Castle — but where 

 is the curious Dower Coffer mentioned in Notes 

 and Queries, 6th Ser. xii. p. 326, which was sold 

 by auction, October 10, 1884, at Worcester, and 

 which records the marriage of Izaak Walton 

 and Ann Ken } " Eve of Saint Gregory, Ano. 

 MDCXLVn. Dom." March 12, 1647, probably 

 at Worcester. 



Another Most Interesting Walton Relic 



The publication in the Fishing Gazette of the 

 illustration of the old carved linen chest which 

 belonged to Izaak Walton and his first wife Rachel 



