1913.] AMI AS ANDROS AND SIR EDMUND. 39 



de Sausmarez, which seems to be between two and three hundred 

 years old and by other authorities ; That Te said family of 

 Sausmarez have constantly borne and used Te Arms herein im- 

 pressed—I, Te said Earl Marshall, considering that the foremen- 

 tioned Si Edmond Andros Knight, and his Ancestors, from Te 

 time of Te said John Andros who married Te heir_General of 

 Sausmarez as aforesaid, have successively done Homage to Te 

 Kings of England for Te said Seignorie, and thereupon have 

 been admitted into and received full Possession thereof Do order 

 and Require that Te Arms of Andros (as Te said Si Edmond 

 Andros and his Ancestors ever since their coming into the said Isle 

 have borne Te same) quartered with Te Anns of Sausmarez as 

 they are hereunto annexed, together with the Pedigree of Te said 

 Sir Edmond Andros herewith also transmitted, be fairly registered 

 in Te College of Arms by Te Register of Te said College, and 

 allowed unto him, Te said Sir Edmond Andros and Te heirs of 

 his body lawfully begotten, and of Te body of his great Grand- 

 father John Andros son and heir of Te f orementioned John Andros 

 and Judith de Sausmarez, having, possessing, and enjoying Te said 

 Seignorie, to be borne and used by him and them on all occasions, 

 according to Te Law of Arms. And for so doing this shall be 

 a sufficient "Warrant ; given under my Hand and Seal the 23rd day 

 of September 1686, in the 2nd year of Te Reign of our Sovereign 

 Lord King James Te 2nd &c. 



Norfolke— Earl Marshall. 



Andros. Gules a Saltire Or, simnounted by another vert ; on a 

 Chief Argent, three Mullets sable. 



Sausmarez. Argent on a chevron gules, between three leo- 

 pards faces sable, as many Castles triple tower'd Or. Crest : A 

 falcon affrontant proper, beaked and membered Or. Supporters, 

 dexter, a unicorn, tail Cowarded argent ; sinister a greyhound, 

 Argent, collared gules, garnished Or." (D 



John Andros, the first of the name in Guernsey, is des- 

 cribed as being a " Capitaine d'Infanterie," and was one of 

 the garrison of Calais, in which place he died in 1554, 

 leaving an only child John, a minor, to whom his cousin Sir 

 Leonard Chamberlain, then Governor of Guernsey, was con- 

 stituted guardian. (2) 



When this John Andros the second grew up he became a 

 Jurat of the Royal Court, and lived and died at Sausmarez 

 Manor. He married three times, his first wife being Cecile 

 Blondel (daughter of John Blondel, also a Jurat, and his wife 

 Cecile Careye). They had two sons, Thomas Andros, Seig- 

 neur of Sausmarez and " Capitaine " of the St. Martin's 



(1) From the Guille MSS. now in possession of the Rev. H. de C. Stevens Guille, 

 of St. George, Guernsey, and collated with a copy in possession of Lord de Sau- 

 marez, of Saumarez Park, Guernsey. 



(2) Sir Leonard Chamberlain married four times, one of his wives being a 

 daughter of Richard Andrews, of Woodstock, a cousin of John Andros, of 

 Guernsey. 



