In MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 63, Aubrey gives in trick the coat for Milton:—'argent, a double-headed eagle displayed gules legged and beaked sable: crest, an arme dexter holding an eagle's head and neck erased gules.' And, for Bradshaw, he gives the coat, 'argent, 2 bendlets sable,' noting 'his mother was a Bradshaw.'
On fol. 68v, in the pedigree, he gives the coats:—'Jeff<rey>, azure, a fret or, on a chief or a lion passant gardant sable: impaling [Haughton], sable, 3 bars argent': Bradshaw, as above; Powell of Foresthill and Webber, left blank; and Minshull, '..., an estoyle over a crescent ... a canton....'>
<His parentage.>
[233]Quaere Christopher Milton, his brother, of the Inner Temple, bencher[234].
[235]...[XVI.] Milton[XVII.] m. ... Jeffrey.
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1. John Milton m. Sarah 2. ... Milton (quaere
| Bradshaw. ubi vivit. If not at
| Shotover?).
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Mary m. John m. (2nd wife) | |
Powell, | Milton | Elizabeth | |
daughter | (poeta). | Minshull, | |
of Mr. | | of Cheshire. | |
Powell of | | 2. Christopher m. Thomazine |
Fosthill. | | Milton. | Webber, |
| | | London. |
| | | Anne m. Edward
| | | Philips.
| sans issue. Mr. Richard Milton,
| Paper buildings,
| Inner Temple.
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A son 1. Anne m. ..., a 2. Mary, 3. Deborah m. ... Clarke,
John[236], | mechanique. unmarried. a ... in
that dyed | Dublin.
at two sine prole.
yeares old.
[XVI.] John, he[237] beleeves.
[XVII.] Mr. Milton lived next towne to Fosthill[238] within half a mile like [Holton], and they[239] were raungers of the forest[240].
[241]Mr. John Milton was of an Oxfordshire familie.
His grandfather, ..., (a Roman Catholic), of Holton, in Oxfordshire, neer Shotover[242].