Walton's First Marriage. 1 1 1 



Parliament ; and, lastly, to signify that the 

 sum of ^40,000 was immediately required 

 for the important affairs of the king- 

 dom. Whereupon the Ironmongers were 

 severally assessed for this purpose, and 

 Walton appears in the list of Yeomanry, 

 and is there described as " Isaacke Walton 

 of the Parish of St. Dunstan's in the West," 

 his contribution amounting to the sum 



of 3- 



Beyond this we find no further mention 

 of him in the Records, except in an account 

 of arrears of quarterage. From this it may 

 be inferred that his residence was not then 

 known to the officers of the company. 



On December 2yth 5 1626, Walton was 

 married to Rachel Floud in the parish 

 church of St. Mildred at Canterbury. 

 Respecting his first residence in London, 

 Sir John Hawkins states, on the authority 

 of a deed in his possession, that in 

 1624 "Walton 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 by the 

 sign of the Harrow" and that this house 

 was then in the joint occupation of him- 

 self and a hosier called John Mason. It 

 appears from the parish books of St. 

 Dunstan's that from 1628 to 1644 his 

 residence was in Chancery Lane, " about 



