cxviii LIFE OF IZAAK WALTON. [1683, 



the soundest & Purest part of the Church Catholic at this time Existent. 

 Most humbly asking Forgivenesse of Her & of all Christian People for the 

 manifold scandals \v ch a very irregular, negligent, & most unprofitable 

 course of life has, too surely, administred. And most heartily praying 

 unto God to preserve her against all attempts, \v ch are, at this Time 

 Especially, made against her True Interest & wellfare. 



" My Body I bequeath to the Earth, to be buried at the Discretion of my 

 Executrix, hereafter named. But, with as Little Pomp, charge, or 

 Ceremony, as well may be. 



" And, as for the worldly Estate, of w ch , by God's bounty, I stand possessd 

 at present, I dispose & bequeath of it as followeth. 



"First, I desire & order all my Just Debts to be satisfyd. & that being 

 don, I do give and bequeath Imprimis, To my Dear & Loving only 

 Sister Anne Hawkins the Elder, all the Gold, whether Rin-gs or broad 

 Peices w ch I have. Item, to my Dear & Good Niece Anne Hawkins the 

 Younger one Hundred pounds. Item, to my Dear & Good Nephew 

 William Hawkins one hundred pounds, & to my Good Neice his wife fifty 

 pounds. Item, to my Three cousins, Elizabeth, William, and Susan 

 Hoskins, children of Matthew Hoskins, I do give bequeath thirty 

 pounds to each of Them. &, in case any one or two of the said three 

 cousins should dye before me, His or her part or parts here bequeathed I 

 do will & order to remain to the surviver, or survivers of Them. Item, to 

 my Aunt Mrs Rose Kenne I give Ten pounds, To my Cousin her Daughter 

 Mrs Martha Krienberg Ten pounds, to her Husband Mr Frederic Krien- 

 berg Ten pounds. To my Cousin Mr Jon Beacham Twenty Guinneys. 

 To my Cousin Mrs Elizabeth Farwell Ten pounds. To my Cousin Mrs 

 Mary Ireland Five pounds. To my Cousin, Mrs Anne Farwell, Five 

 pounds. To Mrs Bridget Lowe, Five pounds. To Mrs Elizabeth John- 

 son, formerly of Worcester, Five pounds. To all These last mentioned 

 Persons, I say, I do give & bequeath the Legacys of Twenty Guineys, of 

 Ten, & of Five pounds respectively, if they shall be alive at the Time of my 

 Death, & not otherwise. & I do also remitt, & forgive to all & Each of the 

 forementioned Persons, all or any Sums of money w ch they or any of them 

 shall appear to be indebted unto me. Item, I give & bequeath unto my 

 Godson Isaac Walton Twenty pounds to be paid to his Father or Mother 

 if alive at my Death, otherwise to himself, when he shall attain the age of 

 one & twenty years. Item, I give & bequeath to the Fabric for the use 

 of the Library of the Church of Sarum the sume of one Hundred pounds 

 to be layd out in an Annuity, or rent Charge, in corn if it may be, for some 

 Person, to be named yearly by the Dean & Chapter, to give such attendance 

 there, as they shall appoint, or can agree upon. Item, I give & bequeath 

 to the said Dean & Chapter of Sarum the sume of Fifty & Five pounds to 

 augment that sume w ch is, in our accounts, called The Sors Comunaris. 

 Item, I do give & bequeath to the Poor of the Parish of Polshot Five 

 Pounds. & to the Poor of the Close of Sarum the like suine of Five 

 pounds. 



" All w ch Legacys I will & order to be paid in good lawfull money of 

 This Realm within a year & half after my Decease. 



" And, of This my last Will & Testament, written all with my own hand, 

 I do make my Dear & only Sister 1 Mrs Anne Hawkins sole Executrix, 

 giving & bequeathing also unto Her whatsoever of mine remains unbe- 

 queathed herein. And, in case it should so happen that this my Executrix 



