I Z A A K W A LT ON A N D HIS FR IEN D S S TA L E TON MA R TIN M . A P , . ’ ! ' o r c umsr s COL LEGE , CA MB R IDGE BA RR ISTE R -AT LAW S E CON D E D I TI ON , COR R E CTE D A N D R E VI S E D n eneration shall raise th works to another —PS A M O e g p y . L c xxv. 1 2 , w. w — t r l vit and b deli ht e u R W M E R N . B ne essi b oc i te. E SO y c y, y p y, y g , q o The wisdo m of the wise and the ex erience of a es ma be reserved b — , p g y p y quo tation. CUR I OS IT1E S o r LITE RAT UR E . LOND ON CHA PMA N HA LL L I I , M TE D 1 904 PR E FA CE WE have recently been informed that in a biography “ the person delineated should have the power of permanently interesting his fellow men ; and next , that the delineator should be to able recall him to life . on Izaak Walton , as years go , is loved as a man and writer more and more ; but whether I have succeeded in re-animating him must be left to the reader to determine . This book is written chiefly with a View to ’ bring out the spiritual side of Walton s character. I cannot find that anyone before me has attempted to do this . Walton was (to borrow a splendid “ ” r - ph ase) a God intoxicated man , and to ignore this fact seems fatal to any right estimate of his character and life . I venture to think that some little fresh in formation may be found ih this book which may 1 See an arti le in the N a tiona l R eview D e e er 1901 c of c mb , Mr A s it by qu h . viii PR E FA CE a . be cceptable to Waltonians It is , however , written in the first instance for those who only “ know of Walton as a Fisherman and as the author of The Comp lete Angler ; and in hope that this humble contribution to Waltonian lore may t not only ins ruct, but so enamour the reader that he may for himself “ rummage Walton ’s I writings , the only way, apprehend , to get to f the heart o the writer. TA PLET N A S O M RTIN . THE FI S R , N ORTON, W ORCESTER . C O N T E N T S CR A P. PA GE PREFACE I A S M I OF I ZA AK WA . HORT EMO R LTON I WA A R O A S 1 AS . I . ( ) LTON Y LI T (2) WALTON AS THE R ELIGIOU S WA AS AN A G III . LTON N LER “ TH E C AN G Iv . OMPLETE LER C AR S C N v. H LE OTTO v1 C R V A S . OLONEL OBERT EN BLE VI THE F S G- S I . I HIN HOU E I THE L S VII . IVE (a ) JOHN D ONNE (b) HEN RY WOTTON (c) GEORG E HERBERT (d) R ICHA RD HOOKER (6) R OBERT SA ND ERSON “ I II a L AN D TR U . ( ) OVE TH “ ‘ (b) THEA LMA AN D CLEARCHUS ’ WA S D A x . LTON E TH “ x1 FA AG L . RR O IBELLI S SK S OF' S FA US E S IAS S X I I . HORT ETCHE OME MO CCLE TIC ’ WHO WERE WA LTON S FRIENDS THOMAS B A R Low WILLI AM CHILLIN C WOR TH JA MES D UPORI' ‘ B RI AN D U PPA ' C HA l . PA GE D ANIEL PRA TLEY JOHN FELL THOMAS FULLER JOHN HALES JOSEPH HA LL HENRY HAMMOND CHRIS TOPHER HA RVEY HUMPHREY HENCHMA N R ICH AR D HOLD S WORTH THOMAS KE N HENRY KING A BRA HAM M ARKL A N D GEORGE MORLEY THOMA S MORTON JOHN PEARS ON THOM AS PIERCE GILBERT SHELD O N JA MES SHIRLEY R ICHA R D S I B B ES JA MES U SS HER S ETH WA R D SA MUEL WOO D FORD ’ X C OF WA S WI III . OPY LTON LL ’ X A S N WA S FA I IV . HORT OTE ON LTON M LY SELECTIONS FROM THE POETICAL WORKS (a ) I ZAAK WA LTON (6) CHARLES COTTON (c) JOHN D ONNE (d) GEORGE HERBERT (e) HENRY WOTTON (f ) JA MES D UPORT (g) HENRY B AYLEY I N D EX LIST OF ILLU STR ATION S I ZAAK WA LTON THE FONT IN WHICH WALTON WAS BA PTI Z ED To fa ce p age 2 CHA RLES COTTON 5 4 B ERES FORD HALL 56 THE B ERESFORD MO NUMENT 70 ’ COTTON S FISHING-HOUS E 72 JOHN D ONNE 78 ’ ’ D S S A I ST PA S CA D A L D N 84 ONNE T TUE N UL THE R L, ON O HENRY WOTTON 9 2 GEORGE HERBERT 9 6 R ICHARD HOOKER 104 R OBERT SAND ERS ON 108 ’ WA LTON S TOMB 124 ’ M A WI D ST D U NSTAN S C L D 126 EMORI L N OW IN HURCH , ON ON WINCHESTER CATHED RA L 144 ’ WALTON S STATUE IN WINCHESTER CATHED RA L 161 ’ A NNE WALTON S TOMBS TONE IN WORCES TER CATHED RAL 188 ’ THE WA B S ST MAR S C S AFF D 208 LTON U T IN Y HURCH , T OR I Z A A K W A LTO N (1593— 1683) C H A P T E R I A SHORT MEMOIR OF IZAAK WALTON We seldom fi nd ’ ” Th man sin ss it the artist in d e of bu e w h j o . Curiosities of Litera ti/me. IZAAK WALTON was born on the 9 th of August 159 3 , in the parish of St Mary , in the town of ff Sta ord . Research as to his parentage has proved unsatisfactory , and nothing certain is ’ known on the subject beyond that his father s Th name was Jervis Walton . e late Mr Thomas 1888 Westwood, who died in , and was a great on 1873 Notes and authority Walton , wrote in (see “ h . ueries 4t . Q , S XI p It may be we shall never know which is the roof that sheltered ’ ff u Walton s youthful head in Sta ord , even if s ch l relic be stil in existence . It has been conjectured by Dean Stanley (Memorials of Westminster A bbey) that he was named Izaak after the learned Isaa c ’ who of Casaubon , was a friend Walton s father, A I ZAAK WAL TON AN D HI S FR I E ND S 1614 l and who died in , and this seems high y 1 probable . l . to Wa ton married twice His first wife , ’ was whom he married at St Mildred s Church , on 27th of 1626 Canterbury , the December , she e being then ag d nineteen , was Rachel , daughter of ll s of Wi iam and Su anna Floud , Chevening, she Kent , and was maternally descended from A of A rchdeacon Cranmer, brother the rch ’ on 2 n bishop . Rachel Walton died the 2 d of ’ A 1640 D unstan s ugust , and was buried at St in L T the West, Fleet Street , ondon . here was issue of all of this marriage seven children , whom died young . l 1646 Wa ton married as his second wife , in , A of T nne , daughter homas Ken, an attorney, and - to of half sister Dr Ken , Bishop Bath and Wells , the most remarkable man among the non-juring An 1 of A prelates . ne Walton died on the 7th pril 1662 was r l , and as she buried in the Cathed a of Worcester, it is generally supposed that her death occurred while on a Visit with her husband to of George Morley, who was then Bishop Worcester , 1 asa n was als a rien Sir Henr W tt n We fi nd C ubo o f d of y o o . W tt n ritin in 1593 to L r sa in I am la e to m o o , w g o d Zouch, y g p c d y er reat ntent ent in th e se Mr saa Casa n a ers n v y g co m , hou of I c ubo , p o ” of sober condit ion among the French. AS regards th e corruption of the Welsh name Llwyd (meaning re or Ll int the En lis r s Fl Fl etc . and as to g y) , oyd o g h fo m oud, oyd, , ’ Cranmers e i ree see The Perverse Widow or Memorials o the p d g , ; , f Famil Lon mans Co. Boevey y ( g , THE O I I A O WA S B P I I ’ U O F NT N WH CH W LT N A T S E D N ST MA RY S CH RCH T FF R , S A D 4 I ZAAK WAL TON AN D HI S FR I E ND S T twenty years old. his alone shows that his devotion to literature must have begun early to in his career ; indeed , he appears have been possessed of an almost immoderate thirst for knowledge .