November 1728
Anno 3o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Jovis, 20o Novembris.
Domini Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. King, Cancellarius.
Ds. Trevor, Custos Privati Sigilli.
Ds. Wilmington. |
Parliament prorogued.
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.
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 Wilmington 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 Secundus, Dei Gratia, Magn. Britanniæ,
Franc. et Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Filio et perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Frederico 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 Magn. Britann. Reverendissimo in
Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Lancelot.
Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angl. Primati et Metropolitano,
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 Graston Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Somerset, Carolo
Duci Bolton, Joh'i Duci Rutland Cancellario Ducatus Nostr. 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 et Kesteven Magno Camerario Angl.
Thomæ Holles Duci Newcastle Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Jacobo Duci Chandos, Jacobo
Comiti Derby, Thomæ Comiti Pembroke et Montgomery, Thomæ Comiti Westmorland, Ph'o Comiti Chesterfield, Arthuro Comiti Anglesey, Carolo Comiti Carlisle
Ric'o Comiti Burlington, 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 et 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 et Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Ed'o Episcopo London. Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino Berkeley de Stratton,
Joh'i Domino Carteret, et Spencer Domino Wilmington,
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. Vicesimo Octavo Die Novembris,
Anno Regni Nostri Primo, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; quod Parliamentum Nostrum abinde, per
separalia Brevia Nostra, prorogatum fuit usque ad et
in Vicesimum Tertium Diem Januarii, Anno Primo
prædicto, modo tentum; et abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta et Prorogationes, usque ad et in Diem
Jovis, Vicesimum Diem hujus instantis Novembris, adjournatum et prorogatum suit, 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
Vicesimo Die hujus Instantis Novembris, ad præsens
Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad
et in Diem Martis, Decimum Tertium Diem Januari
nunc prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram
Westm. ulterius prorogandum et continuandum, ibidem
tune 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. Decimo Nono Die
Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri Tertio.
"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 Thirteenth Day of January next, to be
then here held: And this Parliament is accordingly
prorogued to Tuesday the Thirteenth Day of January
next."