House of Lords Journal Volume 15: 28 December 1694

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 15, 1691-1696. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 15: 28 December 1694', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 15, 1691-1696, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 452. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol15/p452 [accessed 26 April 2024]

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DIE Veneris, 28 Decembris.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Epus. Durham.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. St. David's.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Peterburgh.
Epus. Bath & Wells.		 Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Dux Norfolke.
Ds. Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Northumberland.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Newcastle.
March. Normanby.
Ds. Camerarius.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Kent.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Carnarvan.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Bathe.
Comes Craven.
Comes Ailesbury.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Monmouth.
Comes Montagu.
Comes Marleborough.
Comes Torrington.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Rumney.
Viscount Weymouth.		 Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Brooke.
Ds. Gray W.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Granville.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Jeffreys.
Ds. Cholmondeley.
Ds. Lempster.
Ds. Herbert Chir.

PRAYERS.

Committee to prepare an Address on the Queen's Death:

The House being moved, "That an Address be made to His Majesty, to condole the Loss of the most Excellent Queen; and to desire Him to take Care of His Person; and to assure Him also, that this House will assist Him against all His Enemies, both at Home and Abroad:"

Whereupon the Lords following were appointed a Committee, to draw an Address accordingly:

D. Bolton.
Ds. Senescallus.
March. Normanby.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Essex.
Comes Maclesfeld.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Rumney.
Viscount Weymouth.		 Epus. Peterburgh. Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Godolphin.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure; and the Lords withdrew, to draw an Address.

And, after some Time spent therein, the House was resumed.

And the Duke of Bolton reported from the Committee the Address following; (videlicet,)

The Address:

"We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, do, with inexpressible Grief, humbly assure Your Majesty of the deep Sense we have of the Loss Your Majesty and the whole Kingdom do sustain, by the Death of that Excellent Princess, our Sovereign Lady the Queen; most humbly beseeching Your Majesty, that You would not indulge Your Grief, upon this sad Occasion, to the Prejudice of the Health of Your Royal Person; in whose Preservation, not only the Welfare of Your own Subjects, but of all Christendom, is so nearly concerned.

"We farther beg Leave, upon this sad Occasion, humbly to renew to Your Majesty, the hearty and sincere Assurances of our utmost Assistance against all Your Enemies both at Home and Abroad, and of all other Demonstrations of the greatest Duty and Affection that can possibly be paid by the most faithful Subjects."

Lords to know when the King will be attended with it.

To which the House agreed:

And ORDERED, That the Lords with White Staves do attend His Majesty, humbly to know His Majesty's Pleasure, when this House may attend him with the Address.

Adjourn.

Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Sabbati, (videlicet,) vicesimum nonum diem instantis Decembris, hora undecima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.

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