Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 19, 1709-1714. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.
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'Proclamation by the Queen: 8 August 1713', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 19, 1709-1714, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 616. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol19/p616 [accessed 26 April 2024]
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8 August 1713
" (fn. 1) By the QUEEN.
"A Proclamation for dissolving this present Parliament, and declaring the speedy calling another.
Parliament dissolved.
"ANNE R.
"WHEREAS We have thought fit, by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council, to dissolve this present Parliament, which now stands prorogued to Friday the Eight and Twentieth Day of this Instant August; We do, for that End, publish this Our Royal Proclamation, and do hereby dissolve the said Parliament accordingly: And the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and Commissioners for Shires and Boroughs, of the House of Commons, are discharged from their meeting on Friday the said Eight and Twentieth Day of this Instant August. And We, being resolved to meet Our People, and have their Advice in Parliament, do hereby make known to all Our loving Subjects, That We will speedily call a new Parliament.
"Given at Our Court at Hampton Court, the Eighth Day of August, 1713, in the Twelfth Year of Our Reign.
"GOD save the QUEEN."