House of Lords Journal Volume 12: 11 December 1669

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 12, 1666-1675. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 12: 11 December 1669', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 12, 1666-1675, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 285-286. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol12/pp285-286 [accessed 19 March 2024]

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DIE Sabbati, 11 die Decembris.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Arch. Cant.
Arch. Eborac.
Epus. London.
Epus. Durham.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Petriburgh.
Epus. Carlile.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Landaffe.
Epus. Lyncolne.
Epus. Chester.
Sir Orlando Bridgman, Miles et Bar. Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Dux Richmond.
Jacobus Comes de Brecon, Senescallus Hospitii, &c.
Edwardus Comes de Manchester, Camerarius Hospitii Domini Regis.
Comes Bedford.
Comes Dorsett.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes Devon.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Clare.
Comes Bolingbrooke.
Comes Westmerland.
Comes Berks.
Comes Dover.
Comes Norwich.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Essex.
Comes Cardigan.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Carlile.
Comes Craven.
Vicecomes Say & Seale.
Vicecomes de Stafford.
Ds. Arlington, One of the Principal Secretaries of State.
Ds. Awdley.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Willoughby.
Ds. North.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Tenham.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Coventry.
Ds. Howard de Esc.
Ds. Powis.
Ds. Newport.
Ds. Carrington.
Ds. Widdrington.
Ds. Ward.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Bellasis.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Berkley de Strat.
Ds. Holles.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Ashley.
Ds. Butler.

PRAYERS.

Commissioners for proroguing the Parliament.

The Lord Keeper acquainted the House, "That the King had granted a Commission under the Great Seal of England, to prorogue this Parliament until February next."

Hereupon the Archbishop of Cant. the Lord Keeper, Lord Steward, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, the Earl of Bridgwater, Earl of Essex, Lord Arlington, Lord Newport, and the Lord Ashley (Nine of the Commissioners), sitting upon a Form placed between the Chair of State and the Lord Keeper's Woolsack, without their Robes, the rest of the Lords being also without 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 for 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 the Prorogation.

"Charles R.

"Carolus Secundus, Dei Gratiâ, Angliæ, Scociæ, Franciæ, & Hib. Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo & Prædilecto Fratri Nostro Jacobo Duci Ebor. & Albaniæ Magno Admirallo Nostro Angliæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Gilberto Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angliæ Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Orlando Bridgman Millti & Baronetto Domino Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri Angliæ, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Georgio Duci Buckingham Magistro Equorum Nostrorum, Georgio Duci Albemarle omnium Exercituum Nostrorum Generali, Jocobo Duci Ormond Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Charissimo Consanguineo Nostro Henr. Marchioni Wigor. Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Comiti Lyndsey Magno Camerario Angliæ, Edwardo Comiti Manchester Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Joh'i Comiti Bridgwater, Charissimo Consanguineo Nostro Arthuro Comiti Essex, Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Henrico Domino Arlington Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum uni, Francisco Domino Newport Contrarotulatori Hospitii Nostri, ac Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro, Antonio Domino Ashley Cancellario & Sub-thesaurario Scaccarii Nostri, 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 ordinavimus, À quo die idem Parliamentum Nostrum per separales Prorogationes usque ad & in Primum diem Martii ultim. præterit. continuatum fuerat; eodemque die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad & in Decimum Nonum diem Octobris tunc proxime sequent. prorogatum fuerat, ibidem tunc tenendum & prosequendum; quo die idem Parliamentum Nostrum tùnc & ibidem tentum fuerat & adhuc tenetur: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis & Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentiâ, & Circumspectione vestries plurimùm considentes, de Avisamento & Assensu Consilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros, dantes vobis, & aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore præsentium, plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, hoc instante die Sabbati, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, ad & in Decimum Quartum diem Februarii jam proxime futuri, usque prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogandum & continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum & prosequendum; & 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, obedient, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Undecimo die Decembris, Anno Regni Nostri Vicesimo Primo.

"Barker.

"Per ipsum Regem, propriâ Manu signat."

Then the Lord Keeper said,

Parliament prorogued.

"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission, we do in His Majesty's Name prorogue the Parliament to the Fourteenth Day of February next. And this Parliament is prorogued to the Fourteenth Day of February next."

Hitherto examined by us,

Dorsett.
Stafford.
Edw. Carliol.