THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON 143 



WALTON-ON-THAMES 



WILL OF ISAAC WALTON, SENIOR. 

 [P.C.C. 24 HARE.] 



August the ninth one Thousand six hundred 

 eighty three. In the Name of God, Amen. I, 

 Izaak Walton the elder of Winchester being this 

 present day in the ninetyeth yeare of my age and 

 in perfect memory for which praysed be God but 

 considering how suddainly I may be deprived of 

 both doe therefore make this my last will and 

 testament as followeth and first I doe declare my 

 beleife to be that there is only one God who hath 

 made the whole world and mee and all mankind to 

 whome I shall give an account of all my actions 

 which are not to be justified but I hope pardoned 

 for the merrits of my saviour Jesus and because the 

 proffession of Christianity does at this time seeme 

 to be subdivided into papist and protestant I take 

 it at least to 'be convenient to declare my beleife to 

 be in all points of Faith as the Church of England 

 now professeth and this I doe the rather because of 

 a very long and very true friendship with some of 

 the Roman Church and for my worldly estate 

 (which I have neither got by falsehood or flattery 



