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It is probable that Amias Andros was still shut up in his 

 voluntary prison when the shame of regicide fell over England 

 and men listened unmoved to the 



" Trumpets round the scaffold at the dawning by Whitehall," 

 and still the little band at Castle Cornet remained faithful to 

 their martyred King and his exiled son. 



In October 1650, Charles II. was at Perth, and from 

 there, while calmly ignoring the fact that Guernsey was under 

 the despotic rule of the Parliamentarians who naturally were 

 appointing their own officers, he sent Amias Andros the fol- 

 lowing commission : W 

 Charles R. 



" Whereas we have had sufficient testimonies of yo r experience and 

 abilities in the discharge of places of trust and Judicature, We have 

 thought fit to nominate and appoint you to the Place and Office of 

 Bayly of our Island of Gamsey. Authorizing you to take possession 

 of the said Place and Office with all Honors, profits, and prerogatives 

 thereunto belonging in as ample and full manner as any of the Baylies 

 that have heretofore enjoyed the same. And in case of necessity we 

 hereby authorize you to substitute in your place and stead, in the 

 quality of your Lieutenant such a one as shall be capable to discharge 

 and performe that trust. Given at our Court at Perth, the 25th day 

 October 1650. In the Second yeare of our reigne. 



To oui' trusty and well beloved subject and Servant Amice Andros 

 Esq. Seign r of Sausmarez in our Island of Garnsey." 



We have no record that Amias at that time tried to 

 claim this very unsubstantial honour, and on Dec. loth, 1651, 

 Castle Cornet, after having held out for nine long years, 

 capitulated with all the honours of war. A month later, 

 January 14th, 1652, Charles again signed a passport < 2) desiring 

 " All Governors, Admiralls, Wardens, &c, to give free passage 

 to i Notre feal et bienaime Amice Andros, Seigneur de Sau- 

 mares, s'en allant maintenant aux Pais bas, en France, et 

 de la, en nostre Isle de Jersey.' ' Like all King Charles's 

 loyal followers Amias endured, until the Restoration in 1660, 

 a period of poverty and exile, serving for part of the time 

 in Holland with his brother-in-law, Sir Robert Stone, as a 

 Captain of Cuirassiers. Even in 1660, his troubles were 

 hardly at an end, as the following petition will show : — 

 " To the King's Majesty : Humbly sheweth 



That having served your Majestie's Royall father of blessed 

 memory in the place and office of Marshall of the Ceremonies 

 for many years and by occasion of the late troubles was forced 

 to quit it. And since that to the very last of all those troubles 

 served his said Majesty and your Royall selfe both in Garnsey, 

 Jersey and elsewhere and for that cause was dispoyled of his 



(1) Guille Collection. 



(2) Guille Collection. 



