By the King and Queen, a proclamation. William R. Whereas we have received information, that divers seamen and mariners who have been hired and impressed in Our service, and do belong to Our ships of war, do absent themselves from our said ships, ...
England and Wales.Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
MaryII,Queen of England,1662-1694.
WilliamIII,King of England,1650-1702.
London : printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the King and Queens most excellent Majesties,
1690.
"Certain seamen impressed for ships of war have betaken themselves on board merchant ships and vessels, with intent to depart from the kingdom without licence. They are to return to their duty on painof punishment as desterters. Captains, &c., are to search all merchant ships, and secure disserters for punishment." -- Steele.
Title taken from caption title and first lines of text.
At end of text: Given at Our court at Whitehall the twentieth day of November, 1690. In the second year of Our reign.
Steele notation: and forthwith Mer-; Arms 115.
Reproduction of the originals in the Harvard University Library (Early English books) and the British Library (Misc. Brit. tracts).
Locations:  E  Copy notes: Matched from printed catalog. Shelfmark: Crawford Coll.
Wing (2nd ed.),
Steele,
ESTC
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Desertion, Naval