September 1724
Anno 11o Georgii Regis.
DIE Jovis, 24o Septembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. London. |
Comes Macclesfield, Cancellarius.
Dux Kent.
Comes Sutherland. |
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Ashburnham. |
His Majesty having been pleased to cause a Commission to be issued under the Grear Seal, for the further proroguing of the Parliament;
Three 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 Archbishop of Canterbury on his
Right Hand; and the Duke of Kent 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, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franc.
& Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo
Filio & perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro Georgio
Principi Walliæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri &
Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo Cantuar.
totius Angliæ Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimo
Consanguineo & Consiliario Nostro Thomæ Comiti
Macclesfield Cancellario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ,
Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro, Hen'co Domino
Carleton Præsidenti Concihi Nostri, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Eveclyn Duci Kingston
Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Joh'i Duci Argyll &
Greenwich Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci
Grafton 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 Holle,
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, 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'o 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 Britanniæ & Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem
Nostram Westmonasterium, 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 et in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Quartum
Diem hujus instantis Septembris, 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 considentes, de Avisamento & Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios
Nostros; dantes vobis, & aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, a dicto Vicesimo Quarto Die
Septembris, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad & in Diem Jovis, Duodecimum Diem Novembris prox. sequen. apud prædictam
Civitatem Nostram Westm. 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, ac 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 Secundo
Die Septembris, Anno Regni Nostri Undecimo.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Wrighte."
Die Martis, 1o Decembris 1724,
examined by us,
Pomfret.
R. Lincoln.
Jo. Carliol.
Jo. Norwich.
De Lawarr.
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 Twelfth Day of
November next, to be then here held: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the
Twelfth Day of November next."