.And for my worldly estate (which I have nether got by falshood or flattery, or the extreme crewelty of the law of this nation), I doe hereby give and bequeth it as followeth: First, I give my son-in-law, Doc^r Hawkins, and to his Wife, to them I give all my tytell and right of or in a part of a howse and shop in Pater-noster-rowe, in London, which I hold by lease from the Lord Bishop of London for about 50 years to come. and I doe also give to them all my right and tytell of or to a howse in Chancery-lane, London, where in Mrs Greinwood now dwelleth, in which is now about 16 years to come. I give these two leases to them, they saving my executor from all damage concerning the same.

/And I doe also give to my saide dafter all my books this day at Winchester and Droxford: and what ever ells I can call mine their, except a trunk of linen wch I give my son Izaak Walton. but if he doe not marry, or use the saide linen himselfe, then I give the same to my grand-doughter Anne Hawkins./

And I give to my son Izaak all my right and tytell to a lease of Norington farme, which I hold from the lord B^p of Winton: And I doe also give him all my right and tytell to a farme or land nere to Stafford, which I bought of Mr Walter Noell; I say, I give it to him and [his] heares for ever; but upon the condition following, namely: if my sone shall not marry before he shall be of the age of forty and one yeare, or, being marryed, shall dye before the saide age, and leve noe son to inherit the saide farme or land, or if his son [or sonns] shall not live to ataine the age of twentie and one yeare, to dispose otherwayes of it, then I give the saide farme or land to the towne or corperation of Stafford, (in which I was borne), for the good and benifit of some of the saide towne, as I shall direct, and as followeth (but first note, that it is at this present time rented for 21 pound 10s a yeare, and is like to hold the said rent, if care be taken to keipe the barne and howsing in repaire). And I wood have and doe give ten pownd of the saide rent to binde out yearely two boyes, the sons of honest and pore parents, to be apprentises to some tradesmen or handycraft-men, to the intent the saide boyes [may] the better afterward get their owne living. And I doe also give five pownd yearly out of the said rent, to be given to some meade-servant that hath attain’d the age of twenty and [one] yeare, (not les), and dwelt long in one servis, or to some honest pore man’s daughter that hath attain’d to that age, to [be] paide her at or on the day of her marriage. And this being done, my will is, that what rent shall remaine of the saide farme or land, shall be disposed of as followeth:

First, I doe give twenty shillings yearely, to be spent by the maior of Stafford, and those that shall colect the said rent and dispose of it as I have and shall hereafter direct; and that what mony or rent shall remaine undisposed offe, shall be imployed to buie coles for some pore people, that shall most neide them, in the said towne; the said coles to be delivered the last weike in Janewary, or in every first weike in Febrewary; I say then, because I take that time to be the hardest and most pinching times with pore people; and God reward those that shall doe this without partialitie, and with honestie and a good contience.

And if the saide maior and others of the saide town of Stafford shall prove so necligent, or dishonest, as not to imply the rent by me given as intended and exprest in this my will, which God forbid, then I give the saide rents and profits of the saide farme or land to the towne and chief magestrats or governers of Ecles-hall, to be disposed by them in such manner as I have ordered the disposall of it by the towne of Stafford, the said Farme or land being nere the town of Ecles-hall.

And I give to my son-in-law, Doctor Hawkins, whome I love as my owne son; and to my dafter, his wife; and my son Izaak; to each of them a ring, with these words or moto: ‘Love my memory. I. W., obiet’; to the Lord B^p of Winton a ring, with this motto: ‘A mite for a million. I. W., obiet; and to the friends hearafter named, I give to each of them a ring, with this motto: ‘A friends farewell. I. W., objet.’ And my will is, the said rings be delivered within fortie days after my deth; and that the price or valew of all the saide rings shall be 13s~4d a piece.

I give to Doctor Hawkins Docto^r Donnus Sermons, which I have hear’d preach and read with much content. To my son Izaak I give Doc^r Sibbs his ‘Soules Conflict’; and to my doughter his ‘Brewsed Reide; ’ desiring them to reade them so as to be well acquainted with them. And I also give to her all my bookes at Winchester and Droxford, and what ever in those two places are or I can call mine, except a trunk of linen, which I give to my son Izaak but if he doe not live to [marry or] make use of it, then I give the same to my grand-dafter, Anne Hawkins. And I give my dafter Docr Halls Works, which be now at Farnham.

To my son Izaak I give all my books, not yet given, at Farnham Castell; and a deske of prints and pickters; also a cabinet nere my beds head, in wch are som littell things that he will valew, tho of noe greate worth.

And my will and desyre is, that he will be kinde to his Ante Beacham, and his ant Rose Ken, by alowing the first about fiftie shilling a yeare, in or for bacon and cheise, not more, and paying 4 a yeare toward the bordin of her son’s dyut to Mr John Whitehead for his Ante Ken, I desyre him to be kinde to her acording to her necessitie and his owne abillitie; and I comend one of her children, to breide up as I have saide I intend to doe, if he shall be able to doe it, as I know he will; for they be good folke.

I give to Mr John Darbishire the Sermons of Mr Antony Faringdon or of dor Sanderson, which my executor thinks fit. To my servant, Thomas Edghill, I give five pownd in mony, and all my clothes, linen and wollen — except one sute of clothes, which I give to Mr Holinshed and forty shiling — if the saide Thomas be my servant at my deth; if not, my cloths only.

And I give my old friend, Mr Richard Marriot, ten pond in mony, to be paid him within 3 months after my deth; and I desyre my son to shew kindenes to him if he shall neide, and my son can spare it.

.And I doe hereby will and declare my son Izaak to be my sole executor of this my last will and testament; and Do^r Hawkins to see that he performs it, which I doubt not but he will.

I desyre my buriall may be nere the place of my deth, and free from any ostentation or charg, but privately. This I make to be my last will (to which I shall only add the codicell for rings), this 16. day of August, 1683.

IZAAK WALTON

The rings I give are as on the other side.
To my brother Jon Ken
to my sister his wife
to my brother Docr Ken
to my sister Pye
to Mr Francis Morley
to Mr George Vernon
to his wife
to his 3 dafters
to Mrs Nelson
to Mr Rich Walton
to Mr Palmer
to Mr Taylor
to Mr Tho. Garrard
to the Lord Bp of Sarum
to my brother Beacham
to my sister his wife
to the lady Anne How
to Mrs King Dor Philips wife
to Mr Valantine Harecourt
to Mrs Elyza Johnson
to Mrs Mary Rogers
to Mrs Elyza Milward
to Mrs Doro. Wallop
to Mr Will. Milward, of Christchurch, Oxford
to Mr John Darbeshire
to Mrs Vuedvill
to Mrs Rock
to Mr Rede his servant
to my Coz. Dorothy Kenrick
to my Coz. Lewin
to Mr Walter Higgs
to Mr Cha. Cotton
to Mr Rich. Marryot
to Mr Peter White
to Mr John Lloyde
to my cozen Greinsells widow.

Mrs Dalbin must not be forgotten.

Note that severall lines are blotted out of this will for they were twice repeted: And, that this will is now signed and sealed, this twenty and fourth day of October 1683 in the presence of us:

Witnes: Abra. Markland Jos. Taylor Thomas Crawley

Probatum apud London, &c. Coram venli et egregio viro d’no Thoma Exton Milite Legum D’core surro &c., quarto die mensis, Februarii Anno D’ni (stylo Angliae) 1683 juramento Isaaci Walton junris filii d’ci def’ti et Extoris &c., cui &c., de bene &c.Jurat.

His will was thus endorsed by himself:

IzaakWalton’s last will, octor, 1683.