By
The
King
A
PROCLAMATION
WILLIAM
R.
WHereas
His
Majesty
hath
received
Information
upon
Oath
,
That
the
Persons
herein
after
Named
have
with
divers
other
Wicked
and
Traiterous
Persons
Entred
into
a
Horrid
and
Detestable
Conspiracy
,
to
Assassinate
and
Murder
His
Majesties
Sacred
Person
;
for
which
Cause
several
Warrants
for
High
Treason
,
have
been
Issued
out
against
them
,
but
they
have
withdrawen
themselves
from
their
usual
Places
of
Abode
,
and
are
Fled
from
Justice
;
His
Majesty
hath
therefore
thought
fit
(
by
the
Advice
of
His
Privy
Council
)
to
Issue
His
Royal
Proclamation
;
And
His
Majesty
doth
hereby
Command
and
Require
all
His
Loving
Subjects
to
Discover
,
Take
and
Apprehend
James
Duke
of
Berwick
,
Sir
George
Barclay
,
Major
Lowick
,
George
Potter
,
Captain
Stow
,
Captain
Walbank
Captain
James
Courtney
,
Lieutenant
Sherburne
,
Brics
Blair
,
Dinant
,
Chambers
,
Boise
,
George
Higgens
,
and
his
Two
Brothers
,
sons
to
Sir
Thomas
Higgens
,
Davis
,
Cardell
Goodman
Cramburne
,
Keyes
,
Pendergross
alias
Prendergras
,
Bryerly
,
Trevor
,
Sir
George
Maxwell
,
Durance
,
Fleming
,
Christopher
Knightly
,
Lieutenant
King
,
Holmes
,
Sir
William
perlins
,
Rookwood
,
wherever
they
may
be
found
,
&
to
carry
them
before
the
next
Justice
of
Peace
,
or
Chief
Magistrat
,
who
is
hereby
Required
to
Commit
them
to
the
next
Goal
,
there
to
Remain
until
they
be
thence
Delivered
by
due
Course
of
Law
.
And
His
Majesty
doth
hereby
Require
the
said
Justice
or
other
Magistrat
immediatly
to
give
Notice
thereof
to
Him
or
His
Privy
Council
.
And
for
the
Prevention
of
the
going
of
the
said
persons
or
of
any
other
into
Ireland
,
or
other
Parts
beyond
the
Seas
.
His
Majesty
doth
Require
&
Command
all
His
Officers
of
the
Customs
,
&
other
His
Officers
&
Subjects
of
,
and
in
the
respective
Ports
&
Maritime
Towns
,
and
places
within
his
Kingdom
of
England
,
Dominion
of
Wales
,
and
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
That
they
,
and
every
of
them
,
in
their
respective
Stations
&
Places
,
be
careful
and
diligent
in
the
Examination
of
all
persons
who
shall
pass
,
or
endeavour
to
pass
beyond
the
Seas
;
and
that
they
do
not
permit
any
person
whatsoever
,
to
go
into
Ireland
,
or
other
places
beyond
the
Seas
,
without
a
Pass
under
His
Majesties
Royal
Sign
Manual
,
until
further
Order
.
And
if
they
shall
Discover
the
said
persons
above-named
,
or
either
of
them
then
to
cause
them
to
be
Apprehended
&
secured
,
&
to
give
Notice
,
as
aforesaid
.
And
His
Majesty
does
hereby
Publish
and
Declare
to
all
persons
who
shall
Conceal
the
persons
above
named
,
or
any
of
them
,
or
be
Aiding
and
Assisting
in
the
Concealing
of
them
,
or
furthering
their
Escape
,
that
they
shall
be
proceeded
against
for
such
their
Offence
,
with
the
utmost
severity
according
to
Law
.
And
for
the
Encouragement
of
all
persons
to
be
Diligent
and
Careful
in
●ndeavouring
to
Discover
and
Apprehend
the
said
persons
.
We
do
hereby
further
Declare
,
That
●hosoever
shall
Discover
and
Apprehend
the
persoas
above
named
,
or
any
of
them
,
and
shall
bring
●hem
before
some
Justice
of
Peace
,
or
Chief
Magistrat
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
Have
and
Receive
as
a
Reward
,
the
Sum
of
One
Thousand
Pounds
;
which
said
Sum
of
One
Thousand
Pounds
,
the
Lords
Commissioners
of
His
Majestis
Treasury
,
are
hereby
Required
and
Directed
to
pay
accordingly
.
And
if
any
of
the
persons
above-named
shall
Discover
and
Apprehend
any
of
their
Accomplices
,
so
●s
they
may
be
brought
to
Justice
,
His
Majesty
does
hereby
Declare
,
That
every
person
making
such
Discovery
,
shall
have
His
Majesties
Gracious
Pardon
for
his
Offence
,
and
shall
receive
the
Regard
of
a
Thousand
Pounds
,
to
be
payed
in
such
manner
as
aforesaid
.
Given
at
Our
Court
at
Kensington
the
Twenty
third
day
of
February
1695/6.
In
the
Eighth
Year
of
Our
Reign
.
God
save
the
King
.