By the King, a proclamation. James R. Whereas an humble address hath been made unto Us by Our Commons Assembled in Parliament, that we by Our proclamation would please to promise a reward of five thousand pounds to such person or persons who shall bring in the person of James Duke of Monmouth alive or dead;

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• By the King, a proclamation. James R. Whereas an humble address hath been made unto Us by Our Commons Assembled in Parliament, that we by Our proclamation would please to promise a reward of five thousand pounds to such person or persons who shall bring in the person of James Duke of Monmouth alive or dead;
• Proclamations. 1685-06-16
• Proclamation. James R. Whereas an humble address hath been made unto Us by Our Commons Assembled in Parliament, that we by Our proclamation would please to promise a reward of five thousand pounds to such person or persons who shall bring in the person of James Duke of Monmouth alive or dead; Whereas an humble address hath been made unto Us by Our Commons Assembled in Parliament, that we by Our proclamation would please to promise a reward of five thousand pounds to such person or persons who shall bring in the person of James Duke of Monmouth alive or dead

People / Organizations

• England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II). (Author)

Imprint

London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceas'd: and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty, 1685.

Added name

James II, King of England, 1633-1701.; Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of, 1649-1685.; Hills, Henry, -1689?, printer.; Newcomb, Thomas, -1691, printer. ; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.; Assigns of John Bill, printer.

Publication year

1685

ESTC No.

R223027

Grub Street ID

96935

Description

1 sheet ([1] p.) : 1 coat of arms ; 1°.

Note

"On the address of the Commons, $L5000 is offered for the body of James, Duke of Monmouth, dead or alive, to be paid by the L. High Treasurer"-- Crawford

Title from caption title and first lines of text

Three different settings of text with different Steele notations or royal arms identified; Wing does not differentiate between the different settings

At end of text: Given at Our court at Whitehall the sixteenth day of June 1685. In the first year of Our reign

Woodcut royal coat of arms (as Crawford no. 95 but with I2 instead of C2); woodcut factotum

Steele notation: Commons the by.

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