148 IZAAK WALTON AND HIS FRIENDS 



JOHN FELL, BISHOP OF OXFORD 



(1625-1686). 

 "Clad with zeal as a cloke." — Isaiah lix. 17. 



He was the son of Dr Samuel Fell, who was 

 Dean of Christ Church College, Oxford, in 1638, by- 

 Margaret, daughter of Thomas Wilde or Wyld, of 

 Worcester. When only eleven years old he was 

 sent to Christ Church, and took his degree in 

 1640. He was in arms for Charles I. within the 

 garrison of Oxford, and later on was ordained ; 

 after the Restoration he was made Prebendary of 

 Chichester, and Canon of Christ Chm^ch, and in 

 1660 he was made D.D. and Dean of Christ 

 Church. He restored the college by his own bene- 

 factions and with what he collected from others, 

 and built the tower over the chief gateway of the 

 college, to which he had transferred out of the 

 steeple in the Cathedral the bell known as 

 "Great Tom," which he had re-cast with addi- 

 tional metal. ^ 



Walton sent his son to Christ Church, most 

 probably to be under the eye of his friend. 



Fell was a great Protestant. When Master of 



1 " Hark I the first and second bell 

 On ev'ry day, at four and ten, 

 Cries : come, come, come, come to prayers, 

 And the verger walks before the dean.' 



Dean Aldrich. 



