House of Lords Journal Volume 17: 22 June 1703

DIE Martis, 22 Junii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

E. Bolingbroke takes the Oaths.

This Day Pawlet Earl of Bolingbrooke took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Lord Harvey introduced.

Then John Harvey Esquire, being, by Letters Patents, dated the Three and Twentieth Day of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and Two, created Lord Harvey of Ickworth, was, in his Robes, introduced between the Lord Berkeley and the Lord Ossulstone, also in their Robes, and preceded by the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, and Sir Henry St. George Clarenceux officiating in this Ceremony as Garter King of Arms.

His Lordship presented his Patent to the Lord Keeper, on his Knee, at the Woolsack; who delivered it to the Clerk: And being read at the Table, as also his Writ of Summons, dated Vicesimo Die Aprilis Anno Secundo Reginæ, his Lordship was accordingly placed on the lower End of the Barons Bench.

Then his Lordship came to the Table, and took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

The Lord Keeper acquainted the House, "That Her Majesty had sent a Commission for the further proroguing of the Parliament."

Then the Lords Commissioners, in their Robes, being seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord Keeper in the Middle; and the Duke of Normanby and Buckingham on his Right Hand; and the Earl of Nottingham and Lord Granville on his Left; commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to go to the House of Commons, and let them know, "That the Commissioners desire they would be present, to hear the said Commission read."

Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet,)

Commission for proroguing the Parliament.

"Anna R.

"Anna, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scoc. Franc. & Hib'niæ Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Marito Nostro Principi Georgio de Denmarke, Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Nathan Wrighte Militi Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri Angl. Sidney Domino Godolphin Magno Thesaurario Nostro Angl. Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Thomæ Comiti Pembroke & Montgomery Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Joh'i Duci de Comitatu Buckingham & de Normanby Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Will'mo Duci Devon. Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Somerset Magistro Equorum Nostrorum, Jacobo Duci Ormond, Carolo Duci Bolton, Mainhardt Duci Schonburgh, Thomæ Duci Leeds, Johanni Duci Marlborough, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl. Carolo Comiti Carliol. Comiti Marescallo Angl. Ed'r'o Comiti Jerzey Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Dorset & Middl'x, Georgio Comiti Northampton, Carolo Comiti Manchester, Thomæ Comiti Stamford, Thom. Comiti Thanet, Carolo Comiti Burlington, Carolo Bodvile Comiti Radnor, Montagu Comiti Abingdon Constabulario Turris Nostræ London. Carolo Comiti Berkeley, Daniel. Comiti Nottingham Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Laurentio Comiti Roffen. Rad'o Comiti Montagu, Ric'o Comiti Scarbrough, Franc'o Comiti Bradford Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Henrico Comiti Romney, Thomæ Vicecomiti Weymouth, Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Domino Ferrers, Thomæ Domino Wharton, Joh'i Domino Poulett de Hinton St. George, Rob'to Domino Lexington, Will'o Domino Dartmouth, Joh'i Domino Granville, Heneagio Domino Gernsey, & Joh'i Levison Domino Gower Cancellario Ducatus (fn. 1) Nostri Lancastr. Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Angl. & Ecclefiæ Anglican. concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westmonasterii, Vicesimo Die Augusti, Anno Regni Nostri Primo, inchoari & teneri ordinavimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad & in Octavum Diem Octobris tunc proximum sequentem prorogatum fuerat; & abinde, per separales Prorogationes & Adjournationes, ad & in instantem Vicesimum Secundum Diem Junii prorogatum & adjournatum fuerat, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam, ibidem tunc tenendum & prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis & Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, & Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum confidentes, de Avisamento & Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, & aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore, Præsentium, plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die Martis, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad & in Tertium Diem Augusti jam prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogandum & continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum & prosequendum; & ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta 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 faciendis, agendis, & exercendis, pareant, obediant, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

"Teste Meipsa, apud Westmonaster. Vicesimo Secundo Die Junii, Anno Regni Nostri Secundo.

"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.

"Wrighte."

Then the Lord Keeper said,

Parliament prorogued.

"My Lords and Gentlemen,

"By Virtue of Her Majesty's Commission now read, and to us directed, we do, in Her Majesty's Name, prorogue this Parliament to Tuesday the Third Day of August next: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Tuesday the Third Day of August next."