CHAPTER VII. 



Walton and the World's Fair, 1893 A Glance 

 at the Times in which He Lived Some 

 Account of the Chief Particulars of Walton's 

 Life which have Come Down to Us No 

 Proof Exists that He was ever a " Sempster, 

 Haberdasher, or Hamburgh Merchant "- 

 His Connection with the Ironmongers' Com- 

 pany His First Marriage Offices Held by 

 Him in the Parish of St. Dunstan's-in-the 

 -West Loss of His First Wife and Seven 

 Children during His Residence in Chancery 

 Lane His Second Marriage His Connec- 

 tions by Marriage with the Cranmer and 

 Ken Families Birth of His Son Isaac 

 Was Probably Residing in Clerkenwell 

 when His Compleat Angler was First Pub- 

 lished Walton a Staunch Royalist Inci- 

 dent After the Battle of Worcester Death 

 of His Second Wife Lives at the Houses of 

 Dr. Morley, Bishop of Winchester, and Dr. 

 Ward, Bishop of Salisbury Dies at Win- 

 chester, December I5th, 1683. 



| HE other day I had the follow- 

 ing letter from an American 

 friend, Dr. James A. Henshall, 

 author of The Book of the Black 

 Bass, who has charge of the Angling 

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