WE minding to Secure all Our Loving Subjects in Travelling and Going about their Lawful Occasions , Do hereby Publish and Declare Our Royal Will and Pleasure to be , and We do hereby Command all Our Officers of Iustice , and other Our Loving Subjects , That they use their utmost Diligence and Endeavour for the Apprehending all Robbers , or Highway-men . And whereas We have sufficient and credible Information , That James Husbands , William Hill , John Ashburnham , William Hancock , Henry Bugby , William Blocksom , Andrew Edwards , Philip King , William Harvey , John Nevison , and Francis Morley , are persons notoriously known to be such as do daily commit such Offences in Despite and Defiance of the Law , and are some of them Indicted , to the end they may be proceeded against according to Law : And for the Encouragement of such as shall Apprehend any of the Offenders above named , or any other such Offender or Offenders , We are Graciously pleased , and do hereby Declare , That any Person or Persons who shall at any time within the space of One whole Year next after the Date hereof , Apprehend any of the Persons above named , or any other Robber or Highway-man , and cause him to be brought into Custody , shall within Fifteen days after his Conviction , have a Reward of Ten pounds for every such Offender so Apprehended and Convicted . And all and every Sheriffs , and Sheriff of the respective Counties and Sheriffwicks where such Conviction shall be had , are , and is hereby Required , upon the Certificate of the Iudge , or Two or more Iustices of the Peace , before whom such Person or Persons shall be Convicted of such Apprehension and Conviction , to pay unto the Person or Persons who shall Apprehend such Offender or Offenders , the Reward aforesaid , within the time aforesaid , for each and every Offender so Apprehended and Convicted as aforesaid , out of Our Moneys Received by such Sheriff or Sheriffs in that County where such Conviction shall be , which shall be allowed unto him or them upon his or their Accompts in the Exchequer : For the Allowance whereof , this Proclamation shall be a sufficient Warrant . And lastly , We do hereby Charge and Command all Lieutenants , Deputy-Lieutenants , Iustices of the Peace , Mayors , Sheriffs , Bayliffs , and other Officers and Persons whatsoever , to take notice of this Our Royal Proclamation , and give due Obedience thereunto , and also to be Aiding and Assisting in all things tending to the Execution thereof , as they tender Our Displeasure , and upon pain of being proceéded against as Contemners of Our Royal Authority .