page_title: John Militon
hierarchical_section_title: John Militon
caption_attribution_description: English: Arms of Militon of Meavy in Devon: Gules, a chevron or between three millets hauriant argent (Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.493). A "Millet" must be assumed to be the modern Mullet fish. As depicted on heraldic quarterings of William IV Strode (1562–1637) on his monument in St Mary's Church, Plympton. Not "mullets" which in heraldic language are stars. Also shown sculpted on monument to Robert III Cary (d.1586) of Clovelly, Devon, who married Margaret Milliton, daughter of John Milliton and widow of John Giffard of Yeo in the parish of Alwington, North Devon. South wall of chancel, All Saints Church, Clovelly. Both images show two dorsal fins and two fins on the belly, characteristic of the mullet fish Mugil cephalus(see image File:Mugil cephalus.jpg). Image based on drawing of Mugil Cephalus (File:FMIB 51638 Striped Mullet, Mugil cephalus (L) Wood's Hole, Mass.jpeg) by Jordan, David Starr (1907) Fishes, New York City, NY: Henry Holt and Company
context_page_description: John Militon of Pengersick Castle in the parish of Breage in Cornwall, was Governor of Saint Michael's Mount, Cornwall, in 1547.
context_section_description: John Militon (died 1549; alias Job Militon) of Pengersick Castle in the parish of Breage in Cornwall, was Governor of Saint Michael's Mount, Cornwall, in 1547.
caption: Canting arms of Militon: Gules, a chevron or between three millets hauriant argent[1]
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