MILTON, (Kent) near Sittingbourn and the Isle of Sheppey, 6 m. N.W. of Feversham, and 37 cm. 44 mm. from London, is also called Middleton, from its situation near the middle of the Co. i.e. from Deptford to the Downs. The Ks. of Kent had a palace here, which was castellated, and stood below the Ch, but was burnt down in Edw. the Confessor's time by Earl Goodwin, &c. K. Edward I. granted its Mt. on S. In the next R. the Queens Margaret and Philippa had successively grants of this manor; but K. James I. granted it to the Earl of Pembroke, and his heirs for ever. However, the royalty of fishing had an exemption from such grants; because it had been given long before by K. John, together with all the customs and services, then valued at 20 s. a year, to the abbey of Feversham. Its Ch. stands near 1 m. off. As one approaches the T. up the Thames by the East-Swale, it seems hid, as it were, among the creeks; and yet it is a large T. has a considerable Mt. on S. and a Fair on June 6. The oysters taken hereabouts are the most famous of any in Kent. This T. is governed by a portreeve, chosen yearly on St. James's-day, who supervises the weights and measures all over the H. of Milton.