August 1724
Anno 11o Georgii Regis.
DIE Jovis, 27o Augusti.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Comes Macclesfield, Cancellarius.
Ds. Carleton, Præses.
Viscount Harcourt. |
Ds. Carteret. |
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 Lord President and Lord Carteret on his Right
Hand; and the Lord Viscount Harcourt on his Left;
commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod to let the Commons know, "The Lords Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in this
House, to hear the Commission read."
Who being come; the Commission was read, by the
Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"GEORGIUS R.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magn. Britann. Franc.
& Hib'niæ Rex, Fidci Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo
Filio & perquam Eideli Consiliario Nostro Georgio Principi Walliæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli
Consiliario Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius
Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimo Consanguineo & Consiliario Nostro Thomæ Comiti Macclesfield Cancellario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Prædilecto
& Fideli Consiliario Nostro Hen'co Domini Carleton
Præsidenti Conciln Nostri, Charissimis Consanguineis
& 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 & Kesteven
Magno Camerario Angliæ, 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, Jucobo Comiti Berkeley, Daniel.
Comiti Nottingham, Montagu Comiti Abingdon, Will'o
Comiti Coventry, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Fran'co
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 & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Ed's Episcopo London. Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino
Berkeley de Stratton, Joh'i Domino Carteret, & Nic'o
Domino Lechmere Cancellario Ducatus (fn. 1) Nostri Lancastr. Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis &
urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem
Regni Nostri Magnæ Britann. & Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud
Civitatem Nostram Westm. Decimo Die Maii, Anno
Regni Nostri Octavo, inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; quod Parliamentum Nostrum abinde, per
separalia Brevia Nostra, prorogatum fuit usque ad
& in Nonum Diem Octobris, Anno Regni Nostri
Nono; & abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta & Prorogationes, usque ad & in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum
Septimum Diem hujus instantis Augusti, adjournatum & prorogatum fuit, 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, a dicto Vicesimo Septimo Die Augusti, ad præsens
Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad
& in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Quartum Diem Septembris prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram
Westm. ulterius prorogandum & continuandum, ibidem 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, & Commissionariis pro Comitatibus & Burgis, et omnibus
aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in
Mandatis, quod vobis, in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, & exequendis, pareant, obediant, & intendant,
prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas
Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Vicesimo Quarto Die
Augusti, Anno Regni Nostri Undecimo.
"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-fourth
Day of September next, to be then here held: And
this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Thursday
the Twenty-fourth Day of September next."