Walton's Second Marriage. 1 1 5 



so long connected, and where so many 

 of those near and dear to him were buried. 

 The vicar, the Rev. W. Martin, tells me 

 that the cost of the window will only be 

 about ,100, and I confidently hope we 

 shall not only obtain this, but also a hand- 

 some surplus for the funds of the Anglers' 

 Benevolent Society. 



During-Walton's residence in Chancery 

 Lane, he experienced severe afflictions by 

 the loss of no less than seven children, 

 besides his wife and her mother. .Walton's 

 first wife, Rachel Floud, died on August 

 25th, 1640. About six years later he 

 married again, his second wife being Anne, 

 daughter of Thomas Ken, an attorney 

 in the Court of Common Pleas. 



By his first marriage Walton became 

 connected with the Cranmer family, his 

 wife, Rachel Floud, being a daughter of 

 Susannah, daughter of Thomas Cranmer, 

 of~Canterbury, son of Edmund Cranmer, 

 Archdeacon of Canterbury, and a grand 

 nephew of the great archbishop. 



By his second marriage he became 

 connected with a family " united by alli- 

 ance with several noble houses " : his wife 

 was the half-sister of Thomas Ken, after- 

 wards the deprived Bishop of Bath and 

 Wells. Walton was fifty-three at the time 

 of his second marriage, his wife being 



