September 1729
DIE Jovis, 24o Septembris.
Domini Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. King, Cancellarius.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Chandos.
Comes Scarbrough. |
Ds. Harrington, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum. |
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 Duke of Newcastle on his Right
Hand; and the Earl of Scarbrough 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; the Commission was read, by the
Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"GEORGIUS R.
Georgius Secundus, Dei Gratia, Magn. Britann.
Franc. & Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Filio & perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro Frederico Principi Walliæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo
Cantuar. totius Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Petro Domino
King Cancellario Nostro Magn. Britann. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Lancelot. Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis
Nostris Spencer Comiti Wilmington Custodi Privati Sigilli 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, Lionel. Duci Dorset, Ph'o Comiti Chesterfield Senescallo Hospitii Nostri,
Jacobo Comiti Derby, Thomæ Comiti Pembroke &
Montgomery, Thomæ Comiti Westmorland, Daniel. Comiti Winchilsea & Nottingham, Arthuro Comiti Anglesey, Carolo Comiti Carlisle, Ric'o Comiti Burlington,
Jacobo Comiti Berkeley, 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, Hen'co Vicecomiti Lonsdale, Ric'o Vicecomiti
Cobham, Hugon. Vicecomiti Falmouth, Georgio Vicecomiti Torrington, Reverendo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Ed'o Episcopo Londin. Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino Harrington Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Willio Domino Berkeley de Stratton, Joh'i Domino Carteret, & Rob'to Domino Bingley Thesaurario
Hospitii Nostri, Salutem: Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum &
Defensionem Regni Nostri Magn. 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, Anno Primo prædicto, & ibidem modo tentum; & abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta
& Prorogationes, usque ad & in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Quartum Diem hujus instantis Septembris, 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 Vicesimo Quarto Die hujus instantis Septembris, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad & in Diem Jovis, Decimum
Nonum Diem Novembris nunc prox. sequen. 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 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. Decimo Septimo Die
Septembris, Anno Regni Nostri Quarto.
Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Bisse & Bray."
The Commission being ended;
The Lord Chancellor said,
Parliament prerogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
By Virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read,
to us and other Lords directed, we do, in His Majesty's Name, and by His Royal Authority, prorogue
this Parliament to Thursday the Nineteenth Day of
November next, to be then here held: And this
Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the
Nineteenth Day of November next."