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to which Mr. Walton and the corporation were parties, it is stated that by the will of Mr. Startin £2. 128 only were to be paid to the poor, and that the corporation had, at Mr. Walton's request, agreed to apply the surplus of the fee-farm rent (being 14s) in the purchase of coals for the poor. By that deed, and, it should seem, in order to induce the corporation to accede to his wishes, Mr. Walton granted to them a garden near the gaol (as it then stood), in trust that the rent should be disposed of by the mayor with the alderman and church-wardens of the parish of St. Mary's, towards the buying of coals for the poor of the borough of Stafford, according to the discretion of the mayor, &c. at two days in the year; viz. one half of the coals to be given at or before St. Thomas's day, and the other half at the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary.' It was also provided, that in case the coals were not disposed of as directed, the rent of the garden should be paid to the churchwardens of the parish of St. Chad, either to keep in repair the wall of St. Chad's church, or to buy coals for the poor of the parish, at their discretion. Mr. Walton's suspicions that the trusts, which he had reposed in the corporation, might in after times be disregarded, appear as well by this deed as by his will, and even the members of that body must admit that they were but too well founded. In the gift of both charities he prudently endeavoured to guard against their abuse; but neither his exhortations to his trustees to a faithful discharge of their duty, nor the condition which he annexed to the non-conformance of it, seem to have had any effect. Of part of the garden, upon which four cottages have been erected, two leases, each for ninety-nine years, have been made, and none of the rent has been laid out in the purchase of coals; neither has the surplus of the fee-farm rent been applied for that purpose. For the amount of those sums, the corporation will therefore have to account; of the money appropriated to the purchase of bread, 18. is laid out weekly; and the bread is given away in St. Mary's church on a Sunday."

Since that statement was written, the following remarks on the subject have been communicated to the Gentleman's Magazine by an intelligent correspondent:

"The estate has not hitherto been forfeited, although as appears from the Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into Public Charities, (wherein it is particularly described,) complaints have occasionally been made that the money was not distributed with perfect impartiality. The subjoined accounts of the manner in which the receipts have been expended in one or two recent instances, are from the Stafford Newspaper. This week has been dispensed to the poor of the Borough of Stafford the bounty of the celebrated and ingenious Izaak Walton, a native of the place, who bequeathed a portion of the rents and profits of a farme' for the purchase of coals for some poor people,' to be delivered in January or February. I say then,' run the words of the humane testator, because I take that time to be the hardest and most pinching time with poor people.' The farm in question is now of considerable value, bringing in, we believe, about 801. a year, and after deducting a moiety of the profits directed to be applied to the apprenticing of two boys, and in a gift to a maid servant, or some honest poor man's daughter, a sufficient sum has this year remained for the purchase of a small allowance of coal to almost every poor family, which has this week been distributed.'-Staffordshire Advertizer, 27 January, 1827.

"On Monday last (Sunday being St. Thomas's Day) the Corporation of this borough, in pursuance of the will of good old Izaak Walton,' gave 51. each with the son of Charles Smith's widow, and the son of William Pilsbury, on their being bound apprentices; also 51. to Martha Smith, for long servitude in one place and general good conduct, and 40s. each to ten burgesses of this borough.'-Ibid. 27 Dec. 1828." -Gentleman's Magazine, vol. xcix, pt. ii, p. 111.

NOTE G.

LIST OF PORTRAITS OF WALTON'S FAMILY,

IN THE POSSESSION OF HIS DESCENDANT, THE REV. DR. HAWES, AT SALISBURY, JUNE 1836.

Izaak Walton, by Housman, æt. 79.

a crayon drawing, æt. 82.

Izaak Walton, Jun. by A. Bega.

Dr. Hawkins, by

Mrs. Hawkins, Daughter of Izaak Walton, by Housman.
Anne Hawkins, Daughter of the above.

William Hawkins, Esq.

His Wife.

Bishop Ken, by F. Skiffer.

NOTE H.

EXTRACTS FROM THE PARISH BOOKS OF ST. DUNSTAN'S IN THE WEST, AND FROM THE REGISTERS OF THAT PARISH.

In 1627, 1628, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1632, and 1640, Izaak Walton resided in Chancery Lane about the seventh or eighth house from Fleet Street, and paid 28. 8d. to the scavenger's rate. His house was never described as a shop.

He was nominated on the petty jury on St. Thomas's Day, 1628. He was presented for the office of scavenger for the parish of St. Dunstan's, 21st December, 1632.

He was on the grand jury in 1633, and 21st December, 1638. He was on the wardmote inquest of the parish of St. Dunstan's on the 20th December, 1636, and was then appointed a constable.

On the 18th April, 1639, Isaak Walton and Daniel Holtenby were elected overseers of the poor and sidemen to serve for the year ensuing. He and others were elected vestrymen in February 1639-40, and he was appointed examiner of St. Dunstan's on the 27th August, 1641. He was also on the vestry in February 1643-4.

At a vestry holden 20th August, 1644, divers persons were chosen vestrymen in the room of Thomas Taglis, &c. and "Isaak Walton, lately departed out of this parish, and dwelling elsewhere."

EXTRACTS FROM THE REGISTERS OF ST. DUNSTAN'S IN THE WEST.

1627. Dec. 19. out of Chancery Lane. 1629. July 23. 1630[1]. Jan. 20. 1630[1]. Mar. 6. of Chancery Lane.

1631. Mar. 28. out of Chancery Lane. 1632. Oct. 12.

1632. Oct. 17. out of Chancery Lane. 1633[4]. Mar. 21. Fleet Street. 1634. Dec. 4. 1637. Aug. 19.

1640. Aug. 25.

1642. May 13.

Izacke, the sonne of Isack Walton, was baptized

John, the sonn of Isaack Walton, was baptized.
Thomas, sonne of Isaack Walton, baptized.
Thomas, sonne of Isaack Walton, was buried out

Isaac Walton, sonne of Isaac Walton, was buried

Henry, sonne of Isaac Walton, was baptized.
Henry, sonne of Mr. Isacke Walton, was buried

Henry, sonne of Isaac Walton, was baptized out of

Henry, sonne of Isacke Walton, buried.

William, sonn of Izack Walton, was buried.
Rachell, wife of Isaack Walton, was buried.
Anne, daughter of Isaac Walton, was buried.

OTHER ENTRIES OF THE NAME OF WALTON.

1607. June 3.

1620. June 27.

1622. Nov. 19. wife, baptized.

1623. Dec. 14. his wife, baptized. 1625. Sept. 4. of Fetter Lane. 1625. Sept. 28. 1630. Nov. 28. 1630. Dec. 11. Fleet Street.

1630. Feb. 20. banns.

1632. Aug. 8. 1632. Oct. 2.

Fleet Street.

Ellin Walton, from Fewter Lane buried.
Jeffrey Walton, Gent. was buried.

Mary, daughter of Thomas Walton and Mary his

Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Walton and Mary

Alice, daughter of Thomas Walton, was buried out

Thomas Walton buried out of Fetter Lane.

Sara, the daughter of John Walton, was baptized.
Sara, daughter of John Walton, was buried out of

William Walton and Alice Chapman married by

Margaret, daughter of John Walton, baptized.
Margaret, daughter of John Walton, buried out of

1641. Sept. 14. William Walton was buried.

It appears from these extracts, which were not discovered until very recently, that Izaak Walton had four children besides those mentioned in the pedigree in the Appendix, No. I.; namely, Izaak, born in December, 1627, who died in March, 1631; John, born in July, 1629, of whom nothing more is known, and who probably died very young; Thomas, who was born in January, and died in March, 1630-1; and William, who died in August, 1637.

The register of St. Dunstan's contains also notices of the following persons, who were probably related to those of the same names mentioned by Walton.

Jane Marriott, widow, Fewter Lane, buried.
John, the sonne of John Marriott, stationer, buried.
John, son of John Marriott, was buried out of the

1610. April 22. 1622. April 9. 1628. March 25. Gardens in Fetter Lane.

1628. August 29. Edward, son of John Marriott, (buried) out of the Gardens.

1626. May 15. Mary, the daughter of John Marriott, baptized. 1629[30]. March 2. Elizabeth, daughter of John Marriott, was baptized.

1634. April 17. Marriott, baptized.

Valentine and Sarah, sonne and daughter of John

1635. April 17. Elizabeth, daughter of John Marriott, buried. 1638. September 7. Ann, daughter of Richard Marriott, was

buried.

1649. January 23. 1656. July 12.

in the churchyard. 1613. April 17.

Elizabeth, wife of John Marriott, bookseller. Richard Marriott, infant, buried out of Crane Court

John Grinsells, son of Thomas Grinsells, buried. 1609. July 8. Thomas, a chrizom child of Thomas Grinsells, buried. 1609. October 24. Walter, sonne of Thomas Grinsell, buried.

1644. March 5. Mr. Thomas Grensells was buried.

1647. October 2.

the church.

Mrs. Ann Grinsell, widow, buried in the body of

1621. July 15. Francis, son of John Cranmer, buried. 1621. December 8. Humphry Cranmer buried. 1631. November 8. out of White's Alley. 1635. January 23.

Samuel, son of Mr. Francis Underhill, buried

Francis Underhill buried.

NOTE I.

Extracts from the Registers of St. Mary, Stafford.

Jun. 1564. Baptizatus fuit Edwardus Walton filius Willielmi Walton, et Agnetis uxoris ejus primo die mensis et anni prædictorum.

Jan. 1579. Baptizata fuit Elizabetha filia illegitima Margaretæ Phillippes ex fornicario concubitu cum quodam Francisco Waltone ut dicit, sexto die mensis Januarii.

Sept. 1593. Baptizatus fuit Isack filius Jervis Walton xxj die mensis et anni prædictorum.

Oct. 1593. Sepultus fuit Ricardus Walton lethaliter vulneratus decimo quarto die Octobris.

Mar. 1595. Sepultus fuit Ambrosius filius Jervis Walton tertio die mensis et anni prædictorum.

Feb. 1596. Sepultus fuit Jarvicius Walton xjo die mensis prædicti. Mar. 1597. Sepultus fuit Georgius Walton xxiiijo die mensis et anni prædictorum.

Sept. 1605. Matrimonium solemnizatum fuit inter Johannem Forde et Elizabetham Walton quarto die Septembris anno 1605.

**

Jun. 1606. Baptizata fuit Elizabetha filia Johannis Walton et Elizabethæ uxoris ejus quarto die Junii an. 1606.

Feb. 1613. Baptizata fuit Helena filia Johannis Walton et Elizabethæ uxoris ejus decimo die Februarii, 1613.

NOTE K.

With reference to the early part of the Walton pedigree, it may be observed that it is extremely probable that George Walton was a younger son of Henry Walton of Dovebridge, by Margaret, daughter of Henry, and sister of John Milward of that place, whose descendants are mentioned in Izaak Walton's will. George Walton, of Yoxhall above mentioned, died in 1571; and it appears from his will, which was dated on the 10th of February, and proved by Isabella his widow on the 7th of April in the same year, that he had three sons, Denstell, Jervis, and William; and two daughters, Anne and Alice, the latter of whom was then the wife of a person of the name of Haslam. Extracts from the wills of several persons of the name of Walton will be found in Note A.

NOTE L.

The following is a full abstract of the will of "Samuel Walton, of St. Mary's Cray, in Kent, gentleman," dated on the 2nd of April, 1631, and proved at Doctors' Commons on the 9th of the same month. He bequeathed to his uncle John Walton, of Mathfield, in the county of Stafford, yeoman, an annuity of five pounds; to his brother-in-law, Henry King, of Foster Lane, London, gentleman, and John King, of Fleet Street, London, gentleman; to his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Long, of Bury St. Edmunds; to his "kinsman," George Rowell, citizen and upholder of London; to his cousin, Anne Brookhouse, of Bubton, in the county of Derby, sister of the said George Rowell, and wife of Robert Brookhouse, husbandman; to his cousin, Thomas Kerobyn, of Burton, in the county of Stafford, chirurgeon; to his cousin Anne Aldridge, sister of the said Thomas Kerobyn, and wife of Robert Aldridge, gentleman, of Burton, a gift of thirty shillings each: to his cousin and late servant, William Walton, of Bromley, in Kent, yeoman, a house and garden in Bromley, which was purchased by the testator's late father, Henry Walton, citizen and clothworker, of London: to his cousin, Margaret Burrows, of Ashbourn, in the county of Derby, widow, and to his cousin, Matthew Andrews, of Mathfield, a gift of thirty shillings each; to Elizabeth Chatfield, of Bermondsey Street, in Southwark, wife of William Chatfield, twenty shillings; to his tenant, Ellen Hobson, of Bromley, widow, thirty shillings; and he appointed his cousin, Henry Walton, of Whitechapel, citizen and haberdasher, his residuary legatee and sole executor.

The other reasons for supposing that Izaak Walton was apprenticed to Henry Walton of Whitechapel, besides those already mentioned, are his friendship with the family of King; his having become connected with the county of Kent, in which Samuel Walton resided and had property; and his having called two of his children by the baptismal name of Henry, a mark of respect which he is very likely to have shewn to his master and kinsman.