THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON 99 



Sir John Hawkins said that Walton's first 

 settlement in London was as " a shopkeeper in the 

 Royal Burse in Cornhill," which is not supported 

 by any evidence at all. 



On the other hand, we come to the records of 

 the Ironmongers' Company, which neither Dr. 

 Zouch nor Sir Harris Nicolas seem to have 

 consulted. 



" No circumstance," says Mr. Nicholl, F.S.A., 

 in his " History of the Ironmongers' Company," 

 " has given me more gratification in the inves- 

 tigation of the Ironmongers' records than the 

 discovery that Izaak Walton is enrolled among 

 their members. Izaak Walton," continues 

 Mr. Nicholl, " was made free of the Iron- 

 mongers' Company in 1617-18. He served 

 as a gentleman in foins in the mayoralty of Sir 

 James Cambell in 1629, and performed the 

 same service in 1635 in the pageant provided 

 for Sir Christopher Clitherow. In 1637 he 

 was chosen Warden of the Yeomanry, and in 

 1639 paid over to his successors the sum of 

 £2 "js. lod., the balance left in his hands after 

 discharging the duties of that office. He is 

 again mentioned in 1641. The Ironmongers 



