By the Lords Justices, a proclamation. Tho. Cantuar. Sunderland, Romney, Orford. Whereas we have received information, that several bills of credit issued out of the exchequer ... have been forged and counterfeited by altering the sums therein contained, ...
England and Wales.Lords Justices.
London : printed by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty,
1697.
Title from caption and first four lines of text.
"Given at the court at Whitehall the twenty fourth day of September, 1697. in the ninth year of His Majesties reign.".
Steele notation: Arms 128  is- were One.
Domingo Antunes and Robert Marriot, along with others already in custody, are charged with forging five or more Exchequer bills. A £100 reward is offered for each of them. Accomplices who turn them in will have a free pardon and the reward.
Tempnote Reproduction of original in the British Library.
Locations:  E  Copy notes: Matched from printed catalog. Shelfmark: Crawford Coll.
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996),
Steele,
ESTC
Microfilm.
Fugitives from the law
Bounties
Counterfeits and counterfeiting