January 1737
Anno 10o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Veneris, 21o Januarii.
Domini Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. Talbot, Cancellarius.
Comes Wilmington, Præses.
Dux Grafton, Camerarius.
Dux Montagu.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Chandos.
Dux Dorset.
Comes Berks.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Craufurd.
Comes Fitzwalter. |
Ds. Harrington, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Montjoy.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Hobart.
Ds. Monson.
Ds. Hardwicke. |
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
there was a Commission 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 President on his Right Hand;
and the Duke of Dorset on his Left; commanded the
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons
know, "That 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.
"GEORGE R.
"George the Second, by the Grace of God,
of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To Our most Dear and Entirely-beloved Son and most Faithful Counsellor Frederick Prince of Wales; the most Reverend Father in
God and Our Faithful Counsellor William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Primate and Metropolitan of all
England; Our Well-beloved and Faithful Counsellor
Charles Lord Talbot Our Chancellor of Great Britain;
the most Reverend Father in God and Our Faithful
Counsellor Lancelot Archbishop of York Primate and
Metropolitan of England; Our most Dear Cousins
and Counsellors Spencer Earl of Wilmington President
of Our Council, Francis Earl of Godolphin Keeper of
Our Privy Seal, William Duke of Devonshire Steward
of Our Household, Charles Duke of Grafton Chamberlain of Our Household; Charles Duke of Somerset,
Charles Duke of Richmond, Charles Duke of Bolton,
John Duke of Rutland, John Duke of Montagu,
Charles Duke of Queensberry, John Duke of Argyll
and Greenwich, James Duke of Athol, James Duke of
Montrose, John Duke of Roxburghe, Henry Duke of
Kent, Preregrine Duke of Ancaster et Kesteven Great
Chamberlain of England, Thomas Holles Duke of Newcastle One of Our Principal Secretaries of State, James
Duke of Chandos, Lionel Duke of Dorset; Henry Earl
of Pembroke and Montgomery, John Earl of Leicester,
Daniel Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, Philip Earl
of Chesterfield, William Earl of Essex, Arthur Earl of
Anglesea, Charles Earl of Carlisle, Richard Earl of
Burlington, Montague Earl of Abingdon, Richard Earl
of Scarbrough, William Earl of Coventry, Henry Earl
of Grantham, George Earl of Cholmondeley Chancellor
of Our Dutchy of Lancaster, Charles Earl of Selkirk,
Alexander Earl of Mærchmont, John Earl of Stair,
Archibald Earl of Ilay, Henry Earl of Uxbridge, George
Earl of Halifax, James Earl Waldegrave, Benjamin
Earl Fitzwalter, Charles Viscount Townshend, Henry
Viscount Lonsdale, Richard Viscount Cobham, Pattee
Viscount Torrington; Our Well-beloved and Faithful
Counsellor John Lord Harvey Vice Chamberlain of
Our Household; the Right Reverend Father in God
and Our Faithful Counsellor Edmund Lord Bishop of
London; Our Well-beloved and Faithful Counsellors
William Lord Harrington One of Our Principal Secretaries of State, John Lord Delawarr Treasurer of Our
Household, William Lord Berkley of Stratton, John
Lord Carteret, and Philip Lord Hardwicke Our Chief
Justice appointed to hold Pleas before Us, Greeting.
Whereas We have lately, for divers difficult and
pressing Affairs, concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain and the
Church, ordained this Our present Parliament to
begin, and to be held at Our City of Westminster, the
Thirteenth Day of June, in the Eighth Year of Our
Reign; which Our Parliament from thenceforth was
prorogued, by Our several Writs, until and to the
Fourteenth Day of January, in the Eighth Year
aforesaid, and there lately holden; and from thence,
by several Adjournments and Prorogations, was adjourned and prorogued to and until Friday the One
and Twentieth Day of this Instant January, then to
be held, and sit at Our City of Westminster aforesaid:
Know ye nevertheless, that, for certain pressing Causes
and Considerations Us especially moving, We have
thought sit further to prorogue Our said Parliament:
Therefore We, considing very much in your Fidelity,
Prudence, and Circumspection, have, by the Advice
and Consent of Our Council, assigned (fn. 1) you Our
Commissioners; giving to you, or to any Three or
more of you, by virtue of these Presents, full Power
and Authority, from the said One and Twentieth Day
of this Instant January, in Our Name, further to prorogue and continue Our present Parliament, at Our
City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto Tuesday
the First Day of February now next following, there
then to be held and sit; and therefore We command
you, that you diligently attend to the Premises, and
effectually fulfil them in the Manner aforesaid; We
also strictly command all and singular Our Archbishops, Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, Bishops,
Barons, Knights, Citizens, Burgesses, and Commissioners for Our Counties and Boroughs, and all others
whom it concerns to meet at Our said Parliament,
by virtue of these Presents, that they observe, obey,
and assist you, in executing the Premises as they
ought to do. In Witness whereof, We have caused
these Our Letters to be made Patent.
"Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Nineteenth
Day of January, in the Tenth Year of Our
Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Bisse & Bray."
The Commission being read;
The Lord Chancellor said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission to us and
other Lords directed, and now read, we do, in His
Majesty's Name, and by His Royal Authority, further prorogue this present Parliament to Tuesday the
First Day of February next, to be then here held:
And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to
Tuesday the First Day of February next."