December 1726
Anno 13o Georgii Regis.
DIE Jovis, 8o Decembris.
Domini Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. King, Cancellarius.
Dux Devon, Præses.
Ds. Trevor, Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Dorset, Senescallus.
Dux Newcastle.
Comes Sussex.
Viscount Townshend. |
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "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, for the
Lords Commissioners to put on their Robes.
The House was resumed.
Whereupon 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 Steward on
his Right Hand; and the Lord Privy Seal 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 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.
"GEORGIUS R.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ,
et Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo
Filio et perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro Georgio
Principi Walliæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et
Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo Cantuar.
totius Angl. Primati et Metropolitano, Prædilecto et
Fideli Consiliario Nostro Petro Domino King Cancellario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Reverendissimo in
Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Lancelot.
Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angliæ Primati et Metropolitano,
Charissimo Consanguineo et Consiliario Nostro Will'o
Duci Devon Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Prædilecto et
Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thomæ Domino Trevor Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Charissimis Consanguineis
et Consiliariis Nostris Lionel. Duci Dorset Senescallo
Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Grafton Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Somerset, Carolo Duci Bolton,
Hen'co Duci Kent, Jacobo Duci Montrose, Joh'i Duci
Roxburgh, Peregrin. Duci de Ancaster et Kesteven
Magno Camerario Angl. Thomæ Holles Duci Newcastle
Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Joh'i
Duci Argyl et Greenwich, Jacobo Duci Chandos, Jacobo
Comiti Derby, Thomæ Comiti Pembroke et 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, Joh'i Comiti Sutherland, Hugon. Comiti Loudoun, Jacobo Comiti Findlater
et Seafield, Joh'i Comiti Stair, Archibald. Comiti Ilay,
Hen'co Comiti Uxbridge, Georgio Comiti Halifax, Carolo
Vicecomiti Townshend Primario Secretario Nostro,
Hen'co Vicecomiti Lonsdale, 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 et 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 fuit usque
ad et in Nonum Diem Octobris, Anno Regni Nostri
Nono; et abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta et Prorogationes, usque ad et in Diem Jovis, Octavum Diem
Decembris prox. sequen. adjournatum et prorogatum
fuit, 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 Octavo Die Decembris, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine
Nostro, usque ad et in Diem Martis, Decimum Septimum Diem Mensis Januarii 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, et 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. Vicesimo Nono Die
Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri Decimo
Tertio.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Bisse & Bray."
Which being ended; 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, further prorogue this
present Parliament to Tuesday the Seventeenth Day of
January next, to be then here held: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the
Seventeenth Day of January next."
Die Lunæ, 12o Junii, 1727,
examined by us,
Jo. Carliol.
Jo. Norwich.
De Lawarr.