20 THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON 



foundation, in the fine old school of Winchester. 

 The entry of admission in the College books is as 

 follows — 



Thomas Ken, de Berkhampstead, in Com. 

 Hertford, annorum 13 ad Michaelis 1650, 

 admissus est Jan. 30, 1650-1. 



Ken had a fine musical voice,^ always a recommen- 

 dation to all ancient ecclesiastical establishments. 

 In after life it is known that no day passed without 

 his singing his Evening and Morning Hymns to his 

 lute. Mr, Bowles, himself an old Wykhamite, is 

 enthusiastic about the old school and Ken's career 

 there, which has many interesting points. 



Ken left Winchester College, a superannuate, 

 between eighteen and nineteen years of age, 1655-6, 

 and was entered at Hart Hall, afterwards Hertford 

 College, Oxford, and in 1657 was admitted Pro- 

 bationer Fellow of New College. 



Before proceeding to Oxford, this young 

 enthusiast, like many another, scratched his name, 

 still to be seen, on the stonework of the College 

 Cloister, with the date 1656. 



^ Ken was a member of a musical society, of which 

 Anthony i Wood gives an amusing account of the musicians 

 — among them was " Thomas Ken of Jesus College, a junior. 

 He would be sometimes among them and sins^ his part. " 



