suffer the said Mrs. Lambert, her three children, and three
maid-servants, to goe and remaine w^{th} the said Mr. Lambert, under
the same confinement he himselfe is, untill o^r further pleasure be
knowne. And for soe doinge this shalbe y^r warrant. Given at our Court
at Whitehall, the 17^{th} day Febr., 1661/2.
By his Ma^{ts} Comand,
EDW. NICHOLAS.
To our right trusty and welbeloved Counsello^r S^r Hugh Pollard, K^{nt}
and Bar^t, Governo^r of our Island of Guernsey and Castle there, or to
other our Governo^r for y^e tyme beinge, and in his absence to his
Deputy Governo^r.
This is a true copie of his Ma^{t's} Warrant.
(Signed) HUGH POLLARDE.
[In dorso.]
The King's order for Lambert's children.
In 1662, Christopher Lord Hatton was appointed Governor of Guernsey, upon
which the following warrant was issued:
CHARLES R.
Our will and pleasure is, That you take into your custody the person of
John Lambert, commonly called Collonell Lambert, and keepe him close
prisoner, as a condemned traytor, untill further order from us, for
which this shall be your warrant. Given at our Court at Hampton Court,
this 25^{th} day of July, 1662.
By his Ma^{ty's} Co[=m]and,
EDW. NICHOLAS.
To our trusty and welbeloved Councellor y^e Lord Hatton, Governor of
our Island of Guernsey, and to the Lieutenant Governo^r thereof or his
Deputy.
Lambert to Guernsey.
Four months later the following order was issued:
CHARLES R.
Our will and pleasure is, That from sight hereof you give such liberty
and indulgence to Collonell John Lambert your prisoner, within the
precincts of that our island, as will consist with the security of his
person, and as in your discretion you shall think fitt; and that this
favour be continued to him till you receive our order to the contrary,
allwayes understood, that he the sayd Collonell Lambert show himself
worthy thereof in his comportment, and entertaine noe correspondencyes
to the prejudice of our service, for which this shall be your warrant.
Given at our Court at Whitehall, November the eighteenth, one thousand
six hundred sixty-two,
By his Ma^{ts} command,
HENRYE BENNET.
To our trusty and well-beloved Counsellor the Lord Hatton, our govern^r
of our Island of Guernsey, to his Leiftenant Governour, or other
officer comma
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