In 2012, our annual Walk for Katherine and John will take place in the City of Winchester. Katherine and John's
second son, Henry Beaufort, was Bishop of the Diocese of Winchester. His tomb is in Winchester Cathedral.
The
provisional plan is to visit the following:
Winchester Cathedral - as well as the tomb of Henry
Beaufort, the famous novelist Jane Austen is buried here, St Swithan was buried here - he is most famous for the legend that
if it rains on 15th July (his Saint's Day) then it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights - his tomb was sadly destroyed,
and Izaak Walton who wrote the Complete Angler is buried in the Chapel of St John the Evangelist.
Winchester Castle - home to the famous item of furniture known as King Arthur's Round Table:
Winchester College, founded in 1382 by Henry Beaufort's predecessor as Bishop of Winchester,
William Wykeham:
Possibly the Hospital of St Cross, which was founded in 1130 by William of Blois, then put under
the care of Kinights of St John, and expanded by Cardinal Henry Beaufort:
