M0N3AL DALE, RIVER WYE 



CHAPTER IV 



Walton in Chancery Lane, i628-i644^Loss of seven 

 children between the years 1627 and 1642, also his wife 

 and mother-in-law — His wedded life — Walton has left 

 no reference to his first wife except the single line in his 

 Prayer-Book, "Rachel died 1640" — His residence 1644 

 to 1651 uncertain — Partly in Stafford and elsewhere — 

 His property at Stafford — The angler's wish — Facsimile 

 of his writing. 



Walton's Residence ln Chancery Lane 



\ REFERENCE to the parish books of St. 

 Dunstan's informs us that Walton's residence 

 in Chancery Lane from 1628 to 1644 was about 

 " the seventh house on the left-hand side," though, 

 unlike most other houses, that of Walton is not 

 called a shop. He filled a parish office in December, 

 1632, served on a jury in 1633, again on a grand 

 jury in 1638, was one of the overseers of the poor 

 and a sidesman on April 18, 1639, and a vestryman 

 in February, 1640. 



