MEDMENHAM ABBEY, RIVER THAMES 



CONTENTS 



PART I 

 CHAPTER I 



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Life of Ken by Hawkins — By Bowles — Plumptre and 

 others— Ken's birth and parentage — The Ken 

 pedigree— His Hymns— Izaak Walton and the 

 Cranmers— Walton's first wife Rachel .... 3 



CHAPTER H 



Izaak Walton's Prayer-Book — Story of it— The 

 register in it— Death of Anne Walton— Her 

 epitaph, original draft of— Facsimile from the 

 Prayer-Book — How the copy was made .... 12 



CHAPTER HI 



Thomas Ken— Scholar at Winchester— Entry of his 

 admission— His musical voice— At HertfordCoUege, 



