IZAAK WALTON AND HIS FRIENDS i6i 



distinguished from all papal and puritan innova- 

 tions, and as it adheres to the doctrines of the 

 cross." Ken's house at Winchester stood in the 

 garden of the present Deanery. " Tradition still 

 points to the spot in the garden at which Ken 

 made his famous stand against ' Poor Nelly,' and 

 won the respect of the monarch whose wishes he 

 did not fear to withstand " [Historic Toivns : 

 Winchester. By G. W. Kit chin, Dean of Winchester, 

 Longmans, 1890). Ken's figure has been placed 

 near Walton's on the great screen of Winchester 

 Cathedral.^ There are two portraits of him in New 

 College, Oxford, and one at Wells Palace and 

 Winchester College, and he is one in the group of 

 "The Seven Bishops" in the National Portrait 

 Gallery. In 1885, a window to Ken was set up in 

 Wells Cathedral, and as mentioned in a previous 

 chapter, he is given a place in the window erected 

 to Walton's memory in St Dunstan's Church. 



HENRY KING, BISHOP OF CHICHESTER 



(1592-1669). 



" Linked sweetness long drawn out." — Goldsmith. 



He was educated at Westminster and at Christ 

 Church, Oxford, and was a son of John King, 



' Dr Plumptre, in his Life of Ken, claims for Walton a larger 

 share in the foimation of Ken's character than the biographers before 

 him (Plumptre) have assigned to Walton. 

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