June 1739
Anno 13o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Martis, 3o Junii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Menevens. |
Comes Fitzwalter.
Viscount Torrington. |
Ds. Delawarr. |
His Majesty having been pleased to grant a Commission under the Great Seal, to Sir William Lee Knight,
Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, to supply
the Room and Place of Lord Chancellor in this House,
during the Absence of Philip Lord Hardwicke Lord
Chancellor of Great Britain; the said Commission was
read, by the Clerk, as follows:
Commission for Sir W. Lee, Ch. Ju. of the King's Bench, to be Speaker.
"GEORGE R.
"George the Second, by the Grace of God, of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender
of the Faith, &c. To Our Right Trusty and Wellbeloved Counsellor Sir William Lee Knight, Chief
Justice appointed to hold Pleas before Us, Greeting,
Know ye that We, trusting in your approved Fidelity, Wisdom, and Discretion, have constituted, named,
and appointed, and by these Presents do constitute,
name, and authorize you, from Time to Time, to
use and supply the Room and Place of Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, in the Upper House of Parliament, amongst the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
there assembled, during the Absence of Our Right
Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor Philip Lord
Hardwicke, Baron of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of
Great Britain, from his accustomed Place in Our said
Upper House of Parliament; and then and there to
do and execute all such Things which Our said Chancellor of Great Britain, using and supplying the said
Room and Place, should or might do in that Behalf:
Wherefore We will and command you the said Sir
William Lee to attend and execute the Premises with
Effect; and these Our Letters Patent shall be your
sufficient Warrant and Discharge for the same in
every Behalf. In Witness whereof, We have caused
these Our Letters to be made Patent.
"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Twentythird Day of January, in the Eleventh Year
of Our Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Bisse."
And then the said Lord Chief Justice was called upon
by the Lords to take his Place upon the Woolsack; and
their Lordships appointed the Mace to be laid thereupon, and carried before him.
The Speaker 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 Earl Fitzwalter in
the Middle; and the Lord Viscount Torrington on his
Right Hand; and the Lord Delawarr 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.
"Jo. Cant.
Grafton.
Hardwicke, C.
Richmond, Lennox & Aubigny.
Wilmington, P.
Bolton.
Hervey, C. P. S.
Devonshire.
Dorset.
Montagu.
"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 Lancelot Archbishop of
York Primate and Metropolitan of England; Our
most Dear Cousins and Counsellors Charles Duke of
Somerset, John Duke of Rutland, John Duke of Argyll
and Greenwich, James Duke of Athol, Henry Duke
of Kent, Peregrine Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Great Chamberlain of England, James Duke of Chandos, Philip Earl of Chesterfield, Daniel Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, William Earl of Essex, Richard
Earl of Burlington, Montague Earl of Abingdon, William Earl of Coventry, Henry Earl of Grantham, Francis Earl Godolphin, George Earl Cholmondeley Chancellor of Our Dutchy of Lancaster, Henry Earl of
Uxbridge, James Earl Waldegrave, Benjamin Earl
Fitzwalter Treasurer of Our Household; Henry Viscount Lonsdale, Richard Viscount Cobham, Pattee
Viscount Torrington; the Right Reverend Father in
God and Our Faithful Counsellor Edmund Lord Bishop of London; Our Well-beloved and Faithful
Counsellors John Lord Delawarr, William Lord Berkeley of Stratton, Charles Lord Cornwallis, John Lord
Carteret, and John Lord Monson, Greeting. Whereas
We did lately, for divers difficult and pressing Affairs,
concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our King
dom of Great Britain and the Church, ordain 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 Tuesday the Third Day of June
next, then to be held, and fit at Our City of Westminster aforesaid: Know ye nevertheless, that, for
certain pressing Causes and Considerations Us especially moving, We have thought fit further to prorogue
Our said Parliament: Therefore We, confiding very
much in your Fidelity, Prudence, and Circumspection,
have, by the Advice and Consent of Our Council,
assigned 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
Third Day of June next, in Our Name, further to
prorogue and continue Our present Parliament, at
Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto
Tuesday the Eighth Day of July now next following,
there then to be held and fit: 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, John Archbishop of Canterbury, and
other Guardians and Justices of the Kingdom,
at Westminster, the Twenty-ninth Day of May,
in the Thirteenth Year of Our Reign.
"By the Guardians and Justices of the Kingdom, signed with their own Hands.
"Bisse."
The Commission being ended; the Earl Fitzwalter
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 Parliament to Tuesday the Eighth Day
of July next, to be then here held: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the Eighth
Day of July next."