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Milton's Genealogy.

MILTON'S GENEALOGY .

THE students of Milton ' s career are aware , that , notwithstanding the researches of Mr . Joseph Hunter , Professor Masson , and others , many interesting points in his family history remain undefined , or are left to the vague traditions of Aubrey and Phillips . Not even the name of the poet ' s grandfather , or the seat of his family was settled . Bro . Hyde ClarkeD . O . L ., has been lately engaged in researches on these

, points among the city authorities , and last week he obtained from the records of the Scriveners' Company , through the zealous cooperation of Mr . Park Nelson , the clerk of the company , a series of entries which settle many important points , Avhen taken in connexion Avith the other discoveries . First it appears that the name of the grandfather was Richard , for it is recorded that on the 27 th Feb .,

1599 , John . Milton , son of Richard Milton , of Steinston [ sic ] , Co . Oxon ., and late apprentice to James Colbron , citizen and writer of the court letter of London [ the term for scrivener ] , was admitted to the freedom ofthe company . This shows , secondly , that according to Mr . Hunter ' s conjecture , the grandfather was Richard Milton , of Stanton St . Johns , who was , in the 19 Eliz . ( 1577 ) , assessed to the

subsidy rolls of Oxfordshire , and in the latter period of her reign tAvice fined £ G 0 for recusancy , confirming so far Aubrey ' s tradition , that he was a bigoted Roman Catholic . It provides , thirdly , for the application of Masson ' s discovery , that the father of Richard Milton was Hy . Milton , of Stanton St . John ' s , whoso will is 2 ire < erved , containing many family entries , including tho great grandmother ' s name , Agnes ,

and the names of their children , Rowland , Isabel , and A lice . RoAvland is conjectured by Professor Masson to tic Rowland Alilton , of Bccklcy , who was alive 1599 . Fourthly , it corrects Aubrey ' s account , that