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MILTON STUDIES
Volume 65, Issue 2, Pages 208-222Publisher
PENN STATE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.5325/miltonstudies.65.2.0208
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parish archives; bann books; chapel of ease; churchwarden accounts; hearsay evidence; Katherine Woodcock
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Unreported parish records reveal new information about Milton's second marriage and the burials of his wife and daughter, prompting a reconsideration of his views on church ceremonies and parish affiliations.
Unreported parish records from Saint Margaret's, Westminster, and Saint Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, provide new information about Milton's second marriage and the burials of Katherine Woodcock and the couple's daughter. These details invite us, in turn, to reconsider Milton's own views regarding church ceremonies and parish affiliations in the 1650s and Restoration. In particular, the Saint Margaret's Churchwarden Accounts reveal that Milton's second wife and fourth daughter were buried at the new Chappell in Tothill Fields rather than at the mother church. Benevolences given at each burial suggest the likelihood that Milton attended both services.
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