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on October 10th, 1660, we find that he married, at the French 

 Church at Southampton, Alice Fashion, heiress of the Seig- 

 neurie of Anneville — a fief which has remained in the Andros 

 family to this day. This Charles Andros eventually served 

 as Lieut .-Bailiff of Guernsey under Edmund, his nephew. 



We must now return to Armas Andros, who had been 

 made Marshal of the Ceremonies to King Charles I., and 

 was in such favour Avith his Royal Master that he was granted 

 a supplementary allowance of £100 a year. (1) On the 6th of 

 June, 1637, by special favour he was granted the privilege 

 of doing homage to the King in person for his Seigneurie of 

 Sausmarez " which had been done by his father before him to 

 Ye Governor of Ye Island, though of ancienter tymes wont 

 to be done by his Auncestours to Ye King himselfe, as it was 

 nowhere in England. The manner of it being thus : — His 

 Majesty . . as he passed to Chappell (it being a sermon 

 day) took his seat in his chayre under ye stall, in ye Presence 

 Chamber, ye sword borne before him by ye Earle of North- 

 umberland and ye great Lords and officers of State attending ; 

 when ye gentlemen mentioned (way ting at ye presence doore) 

 was fetched thence, by and betweene ye Earle of Arundell, 

 Earle Mareschall of England, and ye Earle of Pembroke 

 and Montgomery, Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's House- 

 hold, through a guard of ye Band of Gentlemen pencionrj- ; 

 and after three reverences, laying downe his sword and Cloake 

 all in forme (as had beene prescribed by Garter King at 

 Arms, Sir John l^urrows) he kneeled downe at His Majesty's 

 feete, and with hands closed betweene His Majesty's hands 

 pronounced these words in French : — " Sire je demeure vostre 

 homme a vous porter foy et Hommage contre tous." To which 

 ye King returned this answer, also in French : — " Nous vous 

 acceptons, advouant tous vos legitimes droits et possessions 

 relevants de ceste teneure de nous, sauf pareillement a tous nos 

 droits et Regalitez." This said, ye Seigneur de Sausmarez, 

 by which name he was thenceforth to be called (quitting his 

 ordinary appellation of Andros) receiving ye honour of a kisse 

 from his master, rose up, and, with most humble Reverence, 

 reassuming his Cloake and sword, < 2 ' departed." That he 

 faithfully kept his vow is proved by his subsequent career. 



On the outbreak of Civil War he joined the force com- 

 manded by Prince Maurice, in which his brother John was 

 already serving. A safe conduct, addressed to all the local 

 officials by the Prince, still exists (3) requiring them "to pro- 



(1) British Museum. Harleian MSS. 1012, f. 27. 



(2) Sir John Finett's Journal. 



(3) Guille MSS. 



