an; my object being to
ascertain the nature of some transaction he had with Milton, in July
1674, referred to in a bond which the former executed, dated the
27th of that month, for performance of the covenants contained in an
indenture of even date.

Is any thing known of Richard Milton, who signs his name as the
attesting witness to the releases given by two of the poet's daughters
for their share of his estate? Is there any pedigree of the family of
Sir Christopher Milton, the poet's brother, drawn up with sufficient
apparent accuracy to exclude the probability of Richard Milton being
his son? I have referred to the pedigree in the British Museum (Harl.
MS. 5802. fo. 19b.), which makes no mention of the letter; but it is
evidently so imperfect a notice, as to be of little authority one way
or other.

J.F.M.

_Sapcote Motto_.--Over the old gatehouse of Elton, co. Hunts., built
by the family of Sapcote, is their coat of arms, namely, "three
dove-cotes;" and upon a scroll, surrounding the lower part of the
shield, is carved a motto, evidently French, and as evidently cut by
a person ignorant of that language. So far as I can decypher it, the
letters appear to be

sco toot X vinic [or umic]
X poncs.

Possibly the first and last letters _s_ are only flourishes. I shall
be glad of any suggestion as to its meaning.

I have not been able to find the Sapcote motto on record; and I
believe the Carysfoot family, the possessors of Elton, and the Duke
of Bedford, the heir in blood, to be ignorant of what this scroll is
intended to represent.

Erminois.

Athenaeum Club.

_Scala Coeli_.--In a will, dated 12 Hen. VIII., the testator directs
that there shall be four trentals of Saint Gregory said for his soul
at London at "Scala Coeli." Can any of your readers explain what place
is meant by "Scala Coeli?"

A Subscriber.

_Illustrations of Gresset's "Vert Vert," painted on Enamel, &c._--In
a Paris edition of Gresset's Works (Janet et Cotelle, 1823), in the
preface is the following passage.--

"Vert-vert fut bientot dans toutes les mains. Le suffrage de
la multitude se joignit a celui des connoisseurs; la mode, qui
est aussi en possession de donner son suffrage, s'empressa de
parer les ajustemens d'invention recente, du nom de l'illustre
perroquet; _les vases d'ornement, les vases usuels_ qui
sortoient des fabriques francoises, retracoient presque tous
quelques episodes du petit