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
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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.
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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.
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- 1685
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- R226542
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- 99545
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- 1 sheet ([1] p.) : 1 coat of arms ; 1°.
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- "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
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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 (Crawford no. 102); woodcut factotum
Steele notation: Commons the by.