Upon suite made unto us by Mrs. Lambert, for liberty for herself and
children to goe to and remaine w^{th} her husband Collonell Lambert
yo^r prisoner, Wee, graciously inclyninge to gratifye her in that
request, have thought fitt to signify our royall pleasure to you in
that particular, willing and requiring you, upon sight hereof, to
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: