Izaak Walter, 



A ncient Houses in Fleet Street, including the Residence of Izaak 

 Walton, 1620. 



Very little is known respecting his par- 

 ents. What profession or status his father, 

 the aforesaid Jervis or Jervaise Walton, 

 held, no record exists to show. From the 

 fact, however, that he "took to wife " a 

 lady who was a descendant of Archbishop 

 Cranmer, of Reformation fame, it is be- 

 lieved that he belonged to a goodly Eng- 

 lish stock, and occupied an honorable 



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