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<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<Q>DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
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<BYLINE>By the King.</BYLINE>
<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION For the Apprehen&s;ion of certain Notorious Robbers, and for the Prevention of &s;uch Offences hereafter, and for a Reward to the Apprehenders.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas divers Lewd and Di&s;orderly per&s;ons have of late committed &s;undry great and hainous Robbe|ries, Murders, and Burglaries; the which they are more imboldned to do then heretofore, out of hope to e&s;cape the hand of Iu&s;tice, and by rea&s;on of the carele&s;ne&s;s and negligence in the due keeping of Watches and Wards, and of the pur&s;uit of them by Hue and Cry with Hor&s;e and Foot, as by Law they ought, and through the carele&s;ne&s;s of per&s;ons to be aiding to the Con&s;tables and others in the pur|&s;uit of them, and through the concealment of them and their Hor&s;es by Inn-keepers, O&s;tlers, and others that keep Lodgings to Let, where they harbour them, and &s;et and keep their Hor&s;es, for their Riding out to commit &s;uch Offences: For which Offences &s;ome of them have been, and &s;tand now In|dicted, but are not yet taken; and divers not Indicted, but are guilty of the like Crimes, and therefore do conceal and withdraw them&s;elves; and yet neverthele&s;s they are &s;o far from leaving tho&s;e wicked Cour&s;es, that they are now in Acti|on, and Ride up and down the Countrey, to &s;poil Our good Subjects. And whereas We are informed, that <HI>Edward Ma|dox</HI> alias <HI>Morgan, John Blanchard</HI> alias <HI>Major, Lodowick</HI> alias <HI>Lewis</HI> alias <HI>Peter Devall, John Mawer</HI> alias <HI>Marr, William Wood|ington</HI> alias <HI>Widrington, Humble A&s;henhur&s;t</HI> alias <HI>Needham, Swift Nix</HI> alias <HI>Clarke, John</HI> alias <HI>William Philipps</HI> commonly called Captain <HI>Philipps, William Dudley, Howard Coney, John Ca&s;&s;ells</HI> alias <HI>Ca&s;tles, Laurence Clarke, John Martin, Tho|mas Lambert, John Hewkins</HI> alias <HI>Ickins, William Moore, William Staveley, <GAP DESC="missing" REASON="omitted in print" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Tripp, David Lloyd, William Stanesby, Thomas Brad&s;haw, George Painter,</HI> and <HI>Henry La&s;&s;ells,</HI> are per&s;ons notoriou&s;ly known to be &s;uch as do daily commit &s;uch Of|fences in de&s;pight and defiance of the Law, and are &s;ome of them Indicted, and all of them are well known to be of one Par|ty and Knot, and commonly do keep Company the one with the other, and with others who already are Convicted of tho&s;e Offences, and all of them al&s;o fly from Iu&s;tice, although great endeavour, pains and co&s;t hath been u&s;ed for their Appre|hen&s;ion. We minding to pre&s;erve all Our loving Subjects, both in their Lives and E&s;tates, from all Rapine and Vio|lence, Do hereby Publi&s;h and Declare it to be Our Royal Will and Plea&s;ure, and We do hereby command all Our lo|ving Subjects, and Officers of Iu&s;tice, that they u&s;e all their be&s;t Diligence and Endeavour for the Apprehending all and every the Per&s;ons above named, and all others who have committed, or &s;hall commit any of the Offences afore&s;aid, by what&s;oever Name or Names, they, or any of them, are, or have been called or known, to the end they may be proceeded again&s;t according to Law and Iu&s;tice. And We do hereby further declare Our Will and Plea&s;ure to be, That all Iu|&s;tices of the Peace do take order, and &s;e&eacute; that due Watches and Wards be con&s;tantly kept, by Hor&s;e and Foot; and after no|tice of any &s;uch Murder, Robbery or Burglary committed, that Hue and Cry be immediately rai&s;ed and pur&s;ued with di|ligence, both by Hor&s;e and Foot, for the Apprehen&s;ion of &s;uch Offenders: And We do hereby &s;trictly Require and Com|mand, That all Vintners, Ke&eacute;pers of common Ordinaries, Gaming-hou&s;es, Inn-keepers, Hou&s;e-keepers, and other per|&s;ons that keep Lodgings, Chamberlains and Ho&s;tlers, and keepers of common Ho&s;tleries, and all other per&s;ons what&s;o|ever, where any of the per&s;ons above named, or any others that have committed, or &s;hall commit any of the Crimes afore|&s;aid, &s;hall come, or be, or whither they or any of them &s;hall Re&s;ort, do immediately Apprehend, or cau&s;e them to be Appre|hended, and carried to &s;ome Iu&s;tice of Peace, to be proceeded again&s;t according to Law. And if any Vintner, Keepers of common Ordinaries, Gaming-hou&s;es, Keeper of Lodgings, Chamberlains, Ho&s;tlers, and Keepers of common Ho&s;tleries, &s;hall be carele&s;s and negligent therein; Our Will and Plea&s;ure is, that they &s;hall be proceeded again&s;t and puni&s;hed there|fore, &s;o far forth as by due cour&s;e of Law they may. And for the Encouragement of &s;uch as &s;hall Apprehend the Offenders above named, or any of them, We are graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed, and do hereby declare, That &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, who &s;hall at any time before the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June</HI> now next en&s;uing, Apprehend any of the Per&s;ons above named, or cau&s;e them or any of them to be Apprehended and brought into Cu&s;tody, and &s;hall Pro&s;ecute the &s;aid Per&s;ons or any of them to a Conviction for their &s;everal Offences, &s;hall within Fifteen days after &s;uch Conviction have a Reward of Ten Pounds for every of the &s;aid Offenders &s;o Apprehended and Convicted as afore&s;aid. And all and every Sheriff and Sheriffs of the re&s;pe|ctive Counties and Sheriffwicks, where &s;uch Conviction &s;hall be had, are hereby required upon the Certificate of the Iudge, or under the Hands of Two or more Iu&s;tices of the Peace, before whom &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;hall be brought and Con|victed, to pay unto the Per&s;on or Per&s;ons who &s;hall Apprehend all or any of the Offenders above named, or upon who&s;e Ap|prehen&s;ion they, or any of them &s;hall be Convicted, the &s;aid Reward of Ten Pounds within the time afore&s;aid, for each and every of the &s;aid Offenders &s;o Apprehended and Convicted as afore&s;aid, out of the publick Moneys received by him in that County where &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;hall be Convicted, which &s;hall be allowed unto him upon his Accompt in the Exche|quer, for the Allowance whereof this Proclamation &s;hall be a &s;ufficient Warrant. And for the better di&s;covery of the&s;e and other Offenders in this kind, We are plea&s;ed further to Require and Command all, and every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons who ke&eacute;p Hor&s;es at Livery, or Let Hor&s;es out to Hire, in any part of the Cities of <HI>London</HI> or <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> Burrough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> or Counties of <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> or <HI>Surrey,</HI> forthwith to give a ju&s;t Accompt to the Two next Iu&s;tices of Peace, of all &s;uch Hor&s;es as he or they &s;o ke&eacute;p at Livery, or Let out to Hire, and who are the Owners thereof, with the place of his or their u&s;ual Abode. For which purpo&s;e Our Plea&s;ure is, That the Iu&s;tices of Peace of the re&s;pective Cities and Counties afore&s;aid, or &s;ome of them, do forthwith me&eacute;t together, and &s;end for Ho&s;tlers and others concerned, to give an Accompt according to this Our Royal commandment in that behalf. And fora&s;much as many Per&s;ons ke&eacute;p Hor&s;es in their Stables privately for the fur|ni&s;hing of others that commit the&s;e great Offences, We therefore have thought fit to Publi&s;h and Declare, That if any Per&s;on &s;hall Furni&s;h another with Hor&s;es who &s;hall commit any of the Offences afore&s;aid, he or they &s;o Furni&s;hing the &s;ame, &s;hall be proce&eacute;ded again&s;t and puni&s;hed according to the utmo&s;t &s;everities of Law. And la&s;tly, We do hereby Charge and Command all Lieutenants, Deputy-Lieutenants, Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Mayors, Sheriffs, Bayliffs, and other Of|ficers and Per&s;ons what&s;oever to take notice of this Our Royal Proclamation, and give due Obedience thereunto; and al&s;o to be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting in all things tending to the execution thereof, as they tender Our Plea&s;ure, and upon pain of being proce&eacute;ded again&s;t as Contemners of Our Royal Authority in a matter of &s;o great concern to the Publique, according to the &s;tricte&s;t rules of Iu&s;tice.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Whitehall</HI> <DATE>the Three and Twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> in the Twentieth year of Our Reign. 1668.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD SAVE THE KING.</CLOSER>
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<P>In the <HI>Savoy,</HI> Printed by the A&s;signs of <HI>John Bill</HI> and <HI>Chri&s;topher Barker,</HI> Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty. 1668.</P>
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