CHAPTER V 



CHAKLES COTTON 



(B. 1630, D. 1687) 



"The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill 

 together ; our virtues would be proud, if our faults whipped 

 them not ; and our crimes would despair, if they were not 

 cherished by our virtues." — All's Well That Ends Well. 



" It seems the world was always bright 

 With some divine unclouded weather. 

 When we, with hearts and footsteps light, 

 By lawn and river walked together." 



William Watson. 



One of Walton's friends was Charles Cotton, of 

 Ovingden, Sussex, who married Olive, daughter 

 of Sir John Stanhope, of Elvaston, Derbyshire, 

 by Olivia or Olive, his first wife, who was 

 the daughter and heiress of Edward Beresford, 

 of Beresford and Bentley respectively, on the 

 borders of Staffordshire and Derbyshire. The 

 ancient township of Beresford is now generally 

 regarded as part of Fawfield Head {see Kelly's 

 Directory of Staffordshire, 1900). About two 

 miles from Alstonfield stood Beresford Hall. 

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