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A39503 By the Lords Justices, a proclamation for apprehending William Berkenhead England and Wales. Lords Justices. 1696 (1696) Wing E951; ESTC R39435 672 1

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WR DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE By the Lords Justices A PROCLAMATION For Apprehending WILLIAM BERKENHEAD Tho. Cantuar J. Sommers C. S. Shrewsbury Godolphin WHereas William Berkenhead being a Middle sized Man with a little Face of Brown Complexion about Fifty years of Age and hath gone by the Names of Fish East West South and Baker and was formerly a Custom-house Officer was heretofore Committed to his Majesties Prison of Newgate for High Treason as being Guilty of the late Horrid Conspiracy and did on Saturday the Nine and twentieth of this Instant August make his escape out of the said Prison We therefore with the Advice of His Majesties Privy Council have thought fit to Issue this Proclamation Commanding all His Majesties Subjects to Discover Take and Apprehend the said William Berkenhead where-ever he may be found and to carry him to the next Justies of the Peace or Chief Magistrate who is hereby Required to Commit him to the next Goal there to Remain till he shall be Delivered by due Course of Law And We do hereby Require such Justice of the Peace or Chief Magistrate to give Notice thereof to His Majesties Privy Council or one of His Majesties Principal Secretaries of State And We do hereby Publish and Declare That whosoever shall Conceal the said William Berkenhead shall be Proceeded against with the utmost Severity according to Law And whosoever shall Discover and Apprehend the said William Berkenhead and bring him before such Iustice of the Peace or Chief Magistrate shall receive for Reward the Sum of One thousand Pounds which said Sum of One thousand Pounds the Lords Commissioners of His Majesties Treasury are hereby Directed to Pay Given at the Council Chamber in Whitehall the One and thirtieth Day of August 1696. In the Eighth Year of His Majesties Reign God save the King LONDON Printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb decea'sd Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1696.