THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON 209 



In 1647 he married his " Kenna." 



In 1648-9 he spent more than a year at his 

 Stafford cottage (with George Morley). 



In 1 66 1 he and Kenna visited Bishop Morley at 

 Worcester. 



In 1662 "Kenna" died and was buried in 

 Worcester Cathedral. 



From 1662 to 1693 his headquarters were chiefly 

 in Winchester, but also at Salisbury. He died in 

 Winchester. 



It will thus be seen that from the year 1609 to 

 1662 Walton's headquarters were in London — a 

 period of fifty-three years. 



It was during those fifty-three years that he 

 certainly fished in all the rivers recorded as having 

 been fished by himself in the first five editions of 

 " The Compleat Angler " published during his 

 lifetime. 



It could not have been very long previous to 

 the year 1676 that Walton became intimately 

 acquainted with Charles Cotton. Walton may 

 have gone over to the Dove when he was staying 

 at Shallowford in the early days, but there is 

 nothing to show that he fished there with Cotton 

 till shortly before 1676. There is no doubt about 



