By
the
King
,
A
PROCLAMATION
For
Apprehending
and
Securing
the
Person
of
Robert
Fielding
.
WILLIAM
R.
WHereas
His
Majesty
hath
Received
Information
,
That
Robert
Fielding
did
on
the
El●ven●h
●ay
of
this
Instant
January
Challenge
,
and
in
a
violent
manner
Assault
and
dangerously
Wound
Sir
Henry
Dutton
Colt
,
One
of
His
Majesties
Insti●es
of
the
Peace
for
the
County
of
Middlesex
,
for
doing
his
〈…〉
uty
,
in
the
Execution
of
his
said
Office
of
Iustice
of
Peace
,
and
that
he
the
said
Robert
Fielding
hath
since
withdraw●
himself
from
his
usual
Place
of
Above
,
and
is
●led
from
Iustice
;
His
Majesty
therefore
being
Resolved
to
Protect
all
His
Officers
and
Ministers
in
the
Execution
of
Publick
Iustice
,
from
all
Insolencies
and
A●fronts
that
shall
be
Offered
to
them
by
any
Ill
Disposed
Persons
,
and
that
all
such
Offenders
should
be
punished
according
to
their
Demerits
,
and
the
utmost
Severity
of
the
Law
,
Hath
thought
●it
,
by
and
with
the
Advice
of
His
Privy
Council
,
to
Issue
this
His
Royal
Proclamation
,
hereby
Commanding
and
Requiring
all
His
Loving
Subjects
to
Discover
and
Apprehend
the
said
Robert
Fielding
where
ever
he
may
be
found
,
and
to
Carry
him
before
some
Iustice
of
the
Peace
,
or
Chief
Magistrate
of
the
County
,
Town
or
Place
where
he
shall
be
Apprehended
,
who
is
hereby
Required
to
Secure
him
,
and
thereof
give
Speedy
Notice
to
His
Majesties
Privy
Council
,
or
One
of
His
Principal
Secretaries
of
State
.
And
for
the
Encouragement
of
all
Persons
to
be
Diligent
and
Careful
in
Endeavouring
to
Discover
and
Apprehend
the
said
Robert
Fielding
,
His
Majesty
doth
hereby
Declare
,
That
whosoever
shall
Discover
and
Apprehend
the
said
Robert
Fielding
,
and
shall
bring
him
before
some
Iustice
of
the
Peace
,
or
Chief
Magistrate
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
Have
and
Receive
,
as
a
Reward
,
the
Sum
of
Two
hundred
Pounds
,
which
said
Sum
of
Two
hundred
Pounds
shall
be
forthwith
Paid
to
him
or
them
by
the
Commissioners
of
Our
Treasury
for
the
time
being
,
who
are
hereby
Authorized
and
Required
to
pay
the
same
accordingly
.
And
His
Majesty
doth
hereby
strictly
Charge
and
Command
all
His
Loving
Subjects
,
as
they
will
Answer
the
contrary
at
their
Perils
,
that
they
do
not
any
ways
Conceal
,
but
do
Discover
the
〈…〉
Robert
Fielding
,
to
the
end
he
may
be
Secured
and
Proceéded
against
according
to
Law
.
Given
at
Our
Court
at
Kensington
the
Sixteenth
Day
of
January
,
1695/6.
In
the
Seventh
Year
of
Our
Reign
.
God
save
the
King
.