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The following account of his funeral was written by Mr. 

 William de Beau voir, of Guernsey, to Lord Hatton, and 

 is to be found in that inexhaustible storehouse of Channel 

 Island gossip, the Hatton correspondence in the British 

 Museum. (1) 



April 5th, 1674. 

 "... We buried Mr. Baily Monday last in St. Martin's Church, 

 where fryer des Hayes made y e funerall harangue. His text, ' The 

 Crown is fallen from our Head,' little or not at all followed by him in 

 y e usual way of preachers, but altogether a high and transcendent 

 Panogyrick upon y e deceased. Not only terming him y e Crowne of 

 this Country, but ye Shepherd, y e Captain General, y e Pillar of Church 

 and State, a personage of a great weight and eminency, profound 

 wisdom, prudence, knowledge, and experience in his office (that we 

 should know too soone by y e sad example of his successors). That 

 honorable lord lying dead before our eyes who all his lifetime had 

 studied nothing but y e welfare peace and concord of his Country, 

 and setting out soe highly his services to our two last Kings, and 

 his great loyalty, that many in y e assembly thought he could not 

 have said more of Godfrey de Bouillon or of y e Duke of Albemarle. 

 ' But,' saith y e fryer, ' We have this great comfort in this our unspeak- 

 able loss, that y e honorable deffunct hath left worthy offspring of 

 his most noble and illustrious family.' And many words to this effect, 

 which made many sober men say that y e good father Des Hayes did 

 much exceed ye bounds of truth and modesty." 



By that time Edmund was in England and, much to the 

 discomfiture of the many applicants for the vacant office of 

 Bailiff, produced his Patent. We can imagine what a chorus 

 of indignation this must have aroused, as naturally the Island 

 was full of claimants for the billet, and the Governor, Lord 

 Hatton, had been besieged by all the local candidates to use 

 his interest on their behalf. Lord Hatton was very offended 

 that he had not been consulted in the matter, and sent a 

 Petition to the King, dated 27th of May, 1674, claiming 

 "that the power of disposing of the office of Bailiffe .... 

 belongeth by right to the Governor by vertue of His Majesty's 

 Letters Patent." This claim was referred to the Privy 

 Council who decided against him and ordered that in future 

 the King alone and not the Governor should appoint the 

 Bailiff, the Dean, the Procureur and the Comptroller. 

 Accordingly on July 6th Edmund Andros was sworn-in as 

 Bailiff and according to the Ordonnance of May 7th, 1673, 

 not only took the oath of allegiance and supremacy but 

 signed his name to the declaration denying the doctrine of 



qualifications of ability, prudence, honesty, and of his being constantly abiding in 



this place, as our lawes and ancient customs require it 



(Signed) G. de Beauvoir, 



Daniel de Beauvoir, 

 James de Beauvoir, 

 W, Le Marchant, 

 Isaac Carey." 

 (1) Add. MSS., 29554, f. 275. 



