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Old Buildings In Fleet Street.
OLD BUILDINGS IN FLEET STREET .
OLV mTXIUWG-S jr-f S "_ . B _ sT STREET . -,, / ar Cluvtceryla ,:, ., IK 1790 , ¦| i » Hires t Etlw cssiire . CM . a- _ -. titt . ' ; . KESIBENCE 01 ? IZAAK . WAI / TON , THE AKGM . B , THE old buildings delineated in the annexed print ive some insiht into the state
g g of London in former times , Avhen timber framework , gable ends , projecting windows , and overhanging stories , conferred a picturesque character on our streets , although , it must be OAvned , too frequently to the exclusion of light and air , and most favourabl y to the ravages of fire . This view has an adventitious value from being connected in our associations with the memory of Mr . Izaak Walton , author of that wellknown work"The Complete Angler . " He Avas born at Staffordin August 1593 and
, , , , first commenced business in the Eoyal Bourse , as it Avas then called , in Cornhill ; but previously to the year 1624 , as appears from a deed quoted by the late Sir John Hawkins , in his " Life of Walton , " " he dwelt on the north side of Fleet-street , in a house two doors west of the end of Chancery-lane , and abutting on a messuage known hy the sign of the Harrow , " and AA'hich is now the emporium of Bro . Geo . Kennins ..
"Now the old timber-house , " continues his biographer ( writing in 1760 ) , " at the sonth-west corner of Chan eery-lane , till Avithin these few years , Avas knoAvn by that s 'gn ; it is , therefore , beyond doubt , that Walton lived at the very next door ; and in this house he is , in the deed above referred to , which bears date 1624 , said to have followed the trade of a Linen-draper . It further appears by that deed , that the house ^ as iu the joint occupation of Isaac Walton and John Mason , hosier ; from whence we
^ ay conclude that half a shop was sufficient for the business of Walton . " Walton subsequently removed into Chancery-lane , a feAV doors higher up , on the left-hand , Avhere in 1632 he carried on the business of a Sempster , or Milliner . He was , married : his wife was Anne , daughter of Thomas Ken , of Furnival's Inn , and s'ater of the Bev . Thomas Een , afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells . , The house represented in the view , at the corner of Chancery-lane , was that which the
ore sign of the Harrow . It was pulled down a feAV years ago , when that end of he lane was widened at the expense of the City . Q 2
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Old Buildings In Fleet Street.
OLD BUILDINGS IN FLEET STREET .
OLV mTXIUWG-S jr-f S "_ . B _ sT STREET . -,, / ar Cluvtceryla ,:, ., IK 1790 , ¦| i » Hires t Etlw cssiire . CM . a- _ -. titt . ' ; . KESIBENCE 01 ? IZAAK . WAI / TON , THE AKGM . B , THE old buildings delineated in the annexed print ive some insiht into the state
g g of London in former times , Avhen timber framework , gable ends , projecting windows , and overhanging stories , conferred a picturesque character on our streets , although , it must be OAvned , too frequently to the exclusion of light and air , and most favourabl y to the ravages of fire . This view has an adventitious value from being connected in our associations with the memory of Mr . Izaak Walton , author of that wellknown work"The Complete Angler . " He Avas born at Staffordin August 1593 and
, , , , first commenced business in the Eoyal Bourse , as it Avas then called , in Cornhill ; but previously to the year 1624 , as appears from a deed quoted by the late Sir John Hawkins , in his " Life of Walton , " " he dwelt on the north side of Fleet-street , in a house two doors west of the end of Chancery-lane , and abutting on a messuage known hy the sign of the Harrow , " and AA'hich is now the emporium of Bro . Geo . Kennins ..
"Now the old timber-house , " continues his biographer ( writing in 1760 ) , " at the sonth-west corner of Chan eery-lane , till Avithin these few years , Avas knoAvn by that s 'gn ; it is , therefore , beyond doubt , that Walton lived at the very next door ; and in this house he is , in the deed above referred to , which bears date 1624 , said to have followed the trade of a Linen-draper . It further appears by that deed , that the house ^ as iu the joint occupation of Isaac Walton and John Mason , hosier ; from whence we
^ ay conclude that half a shop was sufficient for the business of Walton . " Walton subsequently removed into Chancery-lane , a feAV doors higher up , on the left-hand , Avhere in 1632 he carried on the business of a Sempster , or Milliner . He was , married : his wife was Anne , daughter of Thomas Ken , of Furnival's Inn , and s'ater of the Bev . Thomas Een , afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells . , The house represented in the view , at the corner of Chancery-lane , was that which the
ore sign of the Harrow . It was pulled down a feAV years ago , when that end of he lane was widened at the expense of the City . Q 2