December 1727
Anno 2o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Jovis, 5o Decembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Epus. Bangor. |
Ds. King, Cancellarius.
Ds. Trevor, Custos Privati Sigilli.
Viscount Torrington. |
Ds. Montjoy. |
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."
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 Lord Privy Seal on his Right Hand;
and the Lord Viscount Torrington on his Left; commanded the 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, Franc. & 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
Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, 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 Montrosc, Joh'i Duci Roxburgh,
Hen'co Duci Kent, Peregrin. Duci de Ancaster et
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, Corolo Vicecomiti
Townshend Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Hen'co Vicecomiti Lonsdale, Ric'o Vicecomiti
Cobham, Hugon. Vicecomiti Falmouth, Georgio Vicecomiti Torrington, Reverendo in Christo Patri et 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 Britanniæ &
Ecclefiæ 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 et in Vicesimum Tertium Diem
Januarii ult. præterit. & ibidem modo tentum; &
abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta & Prorogationes, usque ad et in Diem Jovis, Quintum Diem
Mensis Decembris 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 confidentes, de Avisamento & Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus vos
Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, & aliquibus
Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium,
plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, a dicto Quinto
Die Mensis Decembris, ad præsens Parliamentum
Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad et in Diem
Martis, Vicesimum Primum Diem Januarii prox.
futur. 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 explcatis. Damus autem universis & singulis Archiepiseopis, Ducibus,
Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis,
Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, et 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. Quarto Die Decembris, 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 Tuesday the One and Twentieth Day
of January next, to be then here held: And this
Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the
One and Twentieth Day of January next."
Die Mercurii, 16o Julii, 1729,
examined by us,
Jo. Carliol.
De Lawarr.