102 THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON 



years ago at Canterbury, and which has not, 

 as I believe, been mentioned by any writer on 

 the subject, runs as follows — 



" 27° die Decembris 1626. Which day 

 appeared personally Isaack Walton of the 

 Cittie of London Ironmonger a bacheller of 

 the age of 32 yeares or thereabouts & at his 

 owne gouernment & alleageth that he in- 

 tendeth to marry with Rachiell Floud of the 

 parish of St. Mildred in the Cittie of Cant, 

 virgine of the age of 19 yeares or thereabouts^ 

 the daughter of Mrs. Susan Floud of the 

 same parish, widow, who is consentinge to 

 this inttended mariage. And of the truth of 

 the premisses and that he knoweth of noe 

 lawfull lett or impedyment by reason of any 

 precontract consanguinitie affinitie or otherwise 

 to hinder the same he maide faith and desireth 

 license to be married in the parish church of 

 St. Mildred aforesaid. 



"IzAAK Walton." 

 The following is the entry in the marriage 

 register — 



" Isaack Walton and Rachell Floud weare 



maryed the 27th of December A.D. (sup.) 1626." 



* If she was bom in 1605, she must have been twenty-one. 



