[1] Because of his friendship for James II, William Penn fell under
suspicion when William III came to the throne. On February 27, 1689, a
warrant was issued by the Privy Council for his arrest upon suspicion
of high treason (Privy Council Register, III William, vol. 1, p. 24).
In June 1690 the interception of a letter written to him by James II
caused him to be brought before the Privy Council. Upon receiving the
news of the proclamation including him among the King's enemies, he
at once surrenderd himself, but no evidence appearing against him, he
was discharged by the court of King's bench on November 28. (_Dict. of
National Biography_, xliv, 315).
[2] Dixon, in his _William Penn_ (1872 ed., p. 275), is evidently in
error in referring to this proclamation as issued on June 24. J. M.
Rigg, in his article on Penn in the _Dictionary of National Biography_,
gives the date as July 17, possibly because on one of the two copies of
the proclamation in the British Museum someone has written this date,
or because it was printed in the _London Gazette_ on that day.
1691, February 5.
[For Apprehending William Penn.]