House of Lords Journal Volume 12: 1 March 1669

DIE Lunæ, 1 die Martii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales, quorum Nomina subscribuntur, præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

This Day the Lord Privy Seal sat Speaker, in the Absence of the Lord Keeper, being not well.

A Form being placed between the Chair of State and the Lord Keeper's Woolsack; the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, and the Lord Chamberlain of the Household, the Earl of Bridgwater, Earl of Craven, Viscount Fauconberg, the Lord Bishop of London, and the Lord Arlington, Nine of the Commissioners, being set thereon in their Robes, the rest of the Lords being also in their Robes; the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod had Directions from the House, to acquaint the House of Commons, "That His Majesty hath granted a Commission under the Great Seal of England, for the proroguing this Parliament; and the Lords desire the Presence of the House of Commons, to hear the said Commission read."

The House of Commons being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, as followeth:

Commission for proroguing the Parliament.

"Carolus R.

"Carolus Secundus, Dei Gratiâ, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Fratri Nostro Jacobo Duci Ebor. & Albaniæ & Comiti Ultoniæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Gilberto Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angliæ Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Orlando Bridgman Militi & Baronetto Domino Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri Angliæ, Johanni Domino Roberts Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Charissimo Consanguineo & Consiliario Nostro Georgio Duci Buckingham Magistro Equorum Nostrorum, Charissimo Consanguineo Nostro Carolo Duci Richmond & Lenox, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Georgio Duci Albemarle omnium Exercituum Nostrorum Generali, Henrieo Marchioni Dorchestriæ, Roberto Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angliæ, Jacobo Comiti Brecon Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Edwardo Comiti Manchester Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Johanni Comiti Bridgwater, Charissimis Consanguineis Nostris Jacobo Comiti North'ton, Roberto Comiti Sunderland, Arthuro Comiti Essex, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Johanni Comiti Bathon, Willielmo Comiti Craven, Charissimo Consanguineo Nostro Thomæ Vicecomiti Faulconbridg, Reverendo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Humfrido Episcopo London, Reverendo in Christo Patri Herberto Episcopo Hereford, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Henrico Domino Arlington Principalium Secretariorum Nostrorum uni, Prædilecto & Fideli Nostro Philippo Domino Wharton, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Ricardo Domino Vaughan, Prædilectis & Fidelibus Nostris Johanni Domino Lucas, Carolo Domino Gerrard de Brand. Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Johanni Domino Berkley de Stratton, Denzell Domino Holles, Antonio Domino Ashley Cancellario Sub-thesaurario Scaccarii Nostri, ac Prædilecto & Fideli Nostro Johanni Domino Crewe, Salutem: Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Angliæ & Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Octavo die Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Tertio Decimo, inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus, À quo die idem præsens Parliamentum Nostrum per separales Prorogationes usque ad et in Decimum Octavum Diem Septembris Anno Regni Nostri Decimo Octavo continuatum fuerat, posteaque, scilicet Octavo die Februarii, Anno Regni Nostri Decimo Nono, idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad & in Decimum diem Octobris, Anno Decimo Nono prædicto, ulterius prorogatum fuerat apud Westm. tunc tenendum & prosequendum, & ibidem ad & in instantem Primum diem Martii continuatum existit: Sciatis igitur quod, certis urgentibus Causis & Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, PrudentiÀ, & Circumspectione, vestris plurimùm confidentes, de Avisamento & Assensu Consilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros, dantes vobis, & aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore præsentium, plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, hoc instante die Lunæ, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, ad & in Decimum Nonum diem Octobris jam proxime futuri, usque Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogandum & continuandum, ibidem tunc tenendum & prosequendum. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Formâ prædictâ effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis & singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, & Burgensibus, ac omnibus aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis in præmissis faciend. agend. & exequend. pareant, obediant, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

"Teste Meipso, ad Westm. Primo die Martii, Anno Regni Nostri Vicesimo Primo.

"Per ipsum Regem, propriÀ Manu signat.

"Barker."

Then the Lord Privy Seal said,

Parliament prorogued.

"According to the Tenor of this Commission for proroguing this present Parliament, we do prorogue this present Parliament to the Nineteenth Day of October next; and this present Parliament is prorogued to the Nineteenth Day of October next."

Huc usque examinatur per nos,

J. Dorsett.
J. Bridgewater.
Bolingbrooke.
Stafford.
Seth. Sarum.
W. Willoughby.