House of Lords Journal Volume 22: July 1724

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 22, 1722-1726. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 22: July 1724', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 22, 1722-1726, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 337-338. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol22/pp337-338 [accessed 17 March 2024]

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July 1724

Anno 10o Georgii Regis.

DIE Jovis, 16o Julii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Epus. London. Comes Macclesfield, Cancellarius.
Dux Kingston, Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Grafton, Camerarius.
Dux Newcastle.
Comes Exeter.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Sutherland.
Viscount Townshend.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Waldegrave.

His Majesty having been pleased to cause a Commission to be issued under the Great Seal, for the further proroguing of the Parliament;

Four of the Lords Commissioners (in their Robes), being seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord Chancellor in the Middle; and the Duke of Newcastle on his Right Hand; and the Earl of Godolphin and the Lord Viscount Townshend on his Left, commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "That the Lords Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in this House, to hear the Commission read."

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

Commission for proroguing the Parliament.

"GEORGIUS R.

"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Filio perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro Georgio Principi Walliæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angl. Primati et Metropolitano, Charissimo Consanguineo et Consiliario Nostro Thomæ Comiti Macclesfield Cancellario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Hen'co Domino Carleton Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Evelyn Duci Kingston Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Joh'i Duci Argyll & Greenwich Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Graston Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Somerset, Will'o Duci Devon, Hen'co Duci Kent, Jacobo Duci Montrose, Joh'i Duci Roxburgh Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Peregrin. Duci de Ancaster Magno Camerario Angl. Thomæ Holles Duci Newcastle Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Jacobo Duci Chandos, Lionel. Duci Dorset, Jacobo Comiti Derby, Thomæ Comiti Pembroke & Montgomery, Hen'co Comiti Lincoln. Georgio Comiti Northampton, Thomæ Comiti Westmorland, Arthuro Comiti Anglesey, Carolo Comiti Carlisle, Jacobo Comiti Berkeley, Daniel. Comiti Nottingham, Montagu Comiti Abingdon, Will'o Comiti Coventry, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Franc'o Comiti Godolphin, Hugon. Comiti Cholmondeley Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Joh'i Comiti Sutherland, Hugon. Comiti Loudoun, Jacobo Comiti Findlater & Seafield, Joh'i Comiti Stair, Archibald. Comiti Ilay, Hen'co Comiti Uxbridge, Georgio Comiti Halifax, Will'o Comiti Cadogan, Thomæ Comiti Coningesby, Carolo Vicecomiti Townshend Primario Secretario Nostro, Ric'o Vicecomiti Cobham, Hugon. Vicecomiti Falmouth, Simon. Vicecomiti Harcourt, Georgio Vicecomiti Torrington, Reverendo in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Ed'o Episcopo London. Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino Berkeley de Stratton, Joh'i Domino Carteret, et Nic'o Domino Lechmere Cancellario Ducatus (fn. 1) Nostri Lancastr Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem Regni Nostri Magnæ Britanniæ et Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Decimo Die Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Octavo, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; quod Parliamentum Nostrum abinde, per separalia Brevia Nostra, prorogatum suit usque ad et in Nonum Diem Octobris, Anno Regni Nostri Nono; et abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta et Prorogationes, usque ad et in Diem Jovis, Decimum Sextum Diem hujus instantis Julii, adjournatum et prorogatum suit, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam, ibidem tunc tenendum et prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis et Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, et Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum considentes, de Avisamento et Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, et aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem et Auctoritatem, a dicto Decimo Sexto Die Julii, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad et in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Septimum Diem Augusti prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogandum et continuandum, ibidem tunc tenendum et prosequendum; et ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmissa dili genter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis et singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, et Commissionariis pro Comitatibus et Burgis, ac omnibus aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis, in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, et exequendis, pareant, obediant, et intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Sexto Die Julii, Anno Regni Nostri Decimo.

"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.

"Wrighte."

Then the Lord Chancellor said,

Parliament prorogued.

"My Lords, and Gentlemen,

"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read, to us and others directed, we do, in His Majesty's Name, and by His Royal Authority, prorogue this present Parliament to Thursday the Twenty-seventh Day of August next, to be then here held: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Thursday the Twenty-seventh Day of August next."

Footnotes

  • 1. Origin. Nostræ.