July 1725
Anno 11o Georgii Regis.
DIE Jovis, 1o Julii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Dux Ancaster & Kesteven, Magnus Camerarius Angliœ.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Stair.
Comes Ilay. |
Ds. Foley. |
Commission for Sir Robert Raymond, C. J. of the King's Bench, to be Speaker.
His Majesty having been pleased to grant a Commission under the Great Seal to Sir Robert Raymond Knight,
Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, to supply
the Room and Place of Lord Chancellor in this House,
during the Absence of Peter Lord King, Lord Chancellor
of Great Britain:
The said Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows:
"Devonshire, P.
Kingston, C. P. S.
Dorset.
Roxburghe.
Holles Newcastle.
Berkeley.
Godolphin.
"George, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain,
France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith,
&c. To Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor Sir Robert Raymond Knight, Chief Justice of
Our Court of King's Bench, Greeting. Know ye,
that We, trusting in your approved Fidelity, Wisdom,
and Discretion, have constituted, named, and appointed, and by these Presents do constitute, name,
and appoint you, from Time to Time, to use and
supply the Room and Place of Lord Chancellor of
Great Britain, in the Upper House of Parliament,
amongst the Lords Spiritual and Temporal there
assembled, during the Absence of Our Right Trusty
and Well-beloved Counsellor Peter Lord King, Baron
of Ockham, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, from
his accustomed Place in Our said Upper House of
Parliament; and then and there to do and execute
all such Things which Our said Chancellor of Great
Britain, using and supplying the said Room and Place,
should or might do in that Behalf. Wherefore We
will and command you the said Sir Robert Raymond
to attend and execute the Premises with Effect. And
these Our Letters Patents shall be your sufficient
Warrant and Discharge for the same in every Behalf.
In Witness whereof, We have caused these Our
Letters to be made Patents.
"Witness, William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and the rest of the Guardians and Justices of the Kingdom, at Westminster, the Four
and Twentieth Day of June, in the Eleventh
Year of Our Reign.
"Per ipsos Custodes et Justiciar. Regni propriis
Manibus signat.
"Bisse & Bray."
And then the said Lord Chief Justice was called
upon by the Lords, to take his Place upon the Woolsack; and their Lordships appointed the Mace to be
laid thereupon, and carried before him.
The Speaker acquainted the Lords, "That His Majesty had been pleased to cause a Commission to be
issued under the Great Seal, for the further proroguing of the Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Then Three of the Lords Commissioners (in their
Robes) being seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack (the Speaker being retired
to the usual Place by the State, as the Speakers do
when His Majesty is present); the Earl of Stair in the
Middle; with the Earl of Ilay on his Right Hand;
and the Lord Bishop of London on his Left; commanded
the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let
the House of Commons know, "That the Lords Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in this
House, to hear His Majesty's Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"King, C.
Devonshire, P.
Kingston, C. P. S.
Dorset.
Roxburghe.
Holles Newcastle.
Berkeley.
Godolphin.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniœ, Franc.
et Hib'niœ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo
Filio et perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro Georgio
Principi Walliœ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et
Fideli Consiliario Nostro Lancelot Archiepiscopo Ebor.
Angl. Primati et Metropolitano, Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Carolo Duci Somerset,
Hen'co Duci Kent, Jacobo Duci Montrose, Peregrin.
Duci de Ancaster et Kesteven Magno Camerario
Angl. Jacobo Duci Chandos, Jacobo Comiti Derby,
Thomœ Comiti Pembroke et Montgomery, Hen'co Comiti
Lincoln. Georgio Comiti North'ton, Thomœ Comiti
Westmorland, Arthuro Comiti Anglesea, Carolo Comiti
Carlisle, Daniel. Comiti Nottingham, Montagu Comiti
Abingdon, Will'o Comiti Coventry, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Job'i Comiti Sutherland, Hugon. Comiti Loudoun,
Jacobo Comiti Findlater et Scafield, Job'i Comiti Stair,
Archibald. Comiti Ilay, Hen'co Comiti Uxbridge, Georgio
Comiti Halifax, Will'o Comiti Cadogan, Ric'o Vicecomiti Cobham, Hugon. Vicecomiti Falmouth, Georgio
Vicecomiti Torrington, Reverendo in Christo Patri
et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Ed'o Episcopo London.
Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o
Domino Berkeley de Stratton, et Nic'o Domino Lechmere Cancellario Ducatus Nostri Lancastr. Salutem.
Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus
Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem Regni Nostri
Magn. Britann. 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 fuit usque ad et in Nonum Diem Octobris,
Anno Regni Nostri Nono, et ibidem tunc tentum;
et abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta et Prorogationes, usque ad in Diem Jovis, Primum Diem Julii
prox. sequen. prorogatum fuit, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam, et ibidem tunc tenendum et
prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis et Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duxerimus. 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
Primo Die Julii, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum,
Nomine Nostro, usque ad et in Diem Jovis, Duodecimum Diem Augusti nunc prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. ulterius prorogandum et continuandum, ibidem tunc tenendum et
prosequendum; et ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa
Præmissa diligenter 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 decer. In cujus
Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus
Patentes.
"Testibus Gulielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuar. et
cæteris Custodibus et Justiciar. Regni apud
Westm. Vicesimo Secundo Die Junii, Anno
Regni Nostri Undecimo.
"Per ipsos Custodes Justiciar. Regni, propriis
Manibus signat.
"Bisse & Bray."
Which done; the Earl of Stair 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
August next, to be then here held: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the
Twelfth Day of August next."