July 1732
Anno 6o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Jovis, 27o Julii.
Domini Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
Ds. King, Cancellarius.
Comes Wilmington, Præses.
Dux Kent.
Comes Fitzwalter.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
a Commission was 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 said 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
on his Right Hand; and the Duke of Kent 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 the Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission
was read, by the Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"CAROLINE R. C. R.
"Georgius Secundus, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, 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 Angliæ Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Petro Domino King Cancellario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Lancclot. Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angl.
Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimis Consanguineis
& Consiliariis Nostris Spencer Comiti Wilmington Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Will'o Duci Devon 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 et 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, Joh'i
Comiti Leicester, Thomæ Comiti Westmorland, Daniel.
Comiti Winchilsea et Nottingham, Arthuro Comiti Anglesea, 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, Joh'i Comiti Stair, Archibald. Comiti Ilay, Hen'co Comiti Uxbridge, Georgio
Comiti Halifax, 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,
Joh'i Domino Delawarr Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Will'o Domino Berkeley de Stratton, Joh'i Domino Carteret, & Rob'to Domino Raymond Capitali
Justiciario Nostro ad Placita coram Nobis tenend. assign. Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis &
urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Magnæ Britanniæ & 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 et in Vicesimum Tertium Diem
Januarii, Anno Primo prædict. et ibidem modo tentum; & abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta &
Prorogationes, usque ad et in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Septimum Diem hujus instantis Julii, adjournatum & prorogatum fuit, apud Civitatem Nostram
Westm. præd. 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 Septimo Die hujus instantis Julii, ad præsens
Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad
et in Diem Jovis, Duodecimum Diem Octobris
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 effec
tualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis & singulis
Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus,
Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, et Commissionariis pro Comitatibus & Burgis, et omnibus allis 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 Carolina Regina Magnæ Britanniæ, &c.
Custode ejusdem Regni &c. apud Westm.
Vicesimo Primo Die Julii, Anno Regni Nostri Sexto.
"Per ipsam Reginam, Custodem Regni, propria
Manu signat.
"Bisse & Bray."
Which Commission 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, prorogue this
Parliament to Thursday the 12th Day of October next,
to be then here held: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the 12th Day of
October next."