October 1727
Anno 2o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Martis, 15o Octobris.
Domini Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. King, Cancellarius.
Dux Bolton. |
Ds. Carteret. |
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had been pleased to grant a Commission
under the Great Seal, for the further proroguing
of the Parliament."
Then 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 Duke of Bolton on his Right
Hand; and the Lord Carteret 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 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 Secundus, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario
Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angl.
Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Petro Domino King Cancellario
Magn. Britann. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri &
Fideli Consiliario Nostro Lancelot. Archiepiscopo
Ebor. Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimo Consanguineo & Consiliario Nostro Will'o Duci Devon.
Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thomæ Domino Trevor Custodi Privati
Sigilli Nostri, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Lionel. Duci Dorset Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Grafton Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Somerset, Carolo Duci Bolton,
Joh'i Duci Rutland Cancellario Ducatus Nostri Lancastr. Carolo Duci Queensberry, Joh'i Duci Argyll et
Greenwich, Jacobo Duci Montrose, Joh'i Duci Roxburgh, Hen'co Duci Kent, Peregrin. Duci de Ancaster & Kesteven Magno Camerario Angl. Thomæ Holles
Duci Newcastle Uni Primariorum Secretariorum
Nostrorum, Jacobo Duci Chandos, Jacobo Comiti
Derby, Thomæ Comiti Pembroke & Montgomery, Thomæ Comiti Westmorland, Ph'o Comiti Chesterfield, Arthuro Comiti Anglesey, Carolo Comiti Carlisle, Jacobo
Comiti Berkeley, Daniel. Comiti Nottingham, Montagu Comiti Abingdon, Ric'o Comiti Scarbrough, Will'o
Comiti Coventry, Hen'co Comiti Grantham, Fran'co
Comiti Godolphin, Joh'i Comiti Sutherland, Hugon.
Comiti Loudoun, Jacobo Comiti Findlater & Seafield,
Alex'ro Comiti Marchmont, Joh'i Comiti Stair, Archibald. Comiti Ilay, Hen'co Comiti Uxbridge, Georgio
Comiti Halifax, Talbot Comiti Sussex, Carolo Vicecomiti Townshend Uni Primariorum Secretariorum
Nostrorum, Hen'co Vicecomiti Lonsdale, Ric'o Vicecomiti Cobham, Hugon. Vicecomiti Falmouth, 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,
& Spencer Domino Wilmington, 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. Vicesimo Octavo Die Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri Primo, inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus;
quod Parliamentum Nostrum abinde, per separalia
Brevia Nostra, prorogatum fuit usque ad & in Vicesimum Tertium Diem Januarii ult. præterit. & ibidem modo tentum; & abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta & Prorogationes, usque ad & in Diem
Martis, Decimum Quintum Diem Mensis Octobris
prox. sequen. 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 Decimo Quinto Die Mensis
Octobris, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad & in Diem Jovis, Quintum
Diem Decembris prox. futur. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. 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, & 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 Sexto Die
Septembris, Anno Regni Nostri Secundo.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Bisse & Bray."
Which Commission being read;
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
Parliament to Thursday the Fifth Day of December
next, to be then here held: And this Parliament
is prorogued accordingly to Thursday the Fifth Day
of December next."