Notes made by Izaak Walton mb-code HU028322 'The Vicar of Wakefield'

'The Vicar of Wakefield'

Street scene in Watling Street

identifiable by the two-headed eagle emblem on his back

Belgrave Square

Notes made by Izaak Walton mb-code HU028322 'The Vicar of Wakefield'Notes made by Izaak Walton, c1662. Entries made on the fly leaf of a copy of The Book of Common Prayer, recording the births of three of his children and the deaths of Rachel Floud, his first wife, 22nd August 1640, and Anne Ken his second wife, 17th April 1662, with a draft of the latter's epitaph in Worcester Cathedral. The draft differs slightly from the actual epitaph. The latter is preceded by the words. 'Ex terris M. S and the end is added 'Aged