October 1742
Anno 16o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Martis, 19o Octobris.
Domini Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. Hardwicke, Cancellarius.
Viscount Torrington. |
Ds. Delawarr. |
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."
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 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 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 Entirelybeloved Son and most Faithful Counsellor Frederick
Prince of Wales, Our most Dear Son and most
Faithful Counsellor William Duke of Cumberland;
the most Reverend Father in God and Our Faithful
Counsellor John Archbishop of Canterbury Primate
and Metropolitan of all England; Our Well-beloved
and Faithful Counsellor Philip Lord Hardwicke 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 Cousin and Counsellor
William Earl of Harrington President of Our Council;
Our Well-beloved and Faithful Counsellor John Lord
Gower Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Our most Dear
Cousins and Counsellors Lionel Duke of Dorset
Steward of Our Household, Charles Duke of Grafton
Chamberlain of Our Household, Charles Duke of
Somerset, Charles Duke of Richmond, Charles Duke
of Bolton, William Duke of Devonshire, John Duke of
Rutland, John Duke of Montague, John Duke of Argyll and Greenwich, James Duke of Athol, Peregrine
Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven Great Chamberlain
of England, Thomas Holles Duke of Newcastle One
of Our Principal Secretaries of State, James Duke of
Chandos; John Marquis of Tweeddale One of Our
Principal Secretaries of State; Henry Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, 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,
Archibald Earl of Ilay, Henry Earl of Uxbridge, Benjamin Earl Fitzwalter Treasurer of Our Household,
Spencer Earl of Wilmington, Robert Earl of Offord, William Earl of Bath; Henry Viscount Lonsdale, Richard
Viscount Cobham, Pattee Viscount Torrington; the
Right Reverend Father in God and Our Faithful
Counsellor Edmund Lord Bishop of London; and
Our Well-beloved and Faithful Counsellors John
Lord Carteret One of Our Principal Secretaries of
State, John Lord Delawarr, Charles Lord Cornwallis,
John Lord Hervey, Allen Lord Bathurst, and John
Lord Monson, Greeting. Whereas We did lately,
for divers difficult and pressing Affairs, concerning
Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of
Great Britain and the Church, ordain this Our present Parliament to begin, and to be held at Our
City of Westminster, the Twenty-fifth Day of June,
in the Fifteenth Year of Our Reign; which Our
Parliament from thenceforth was prorogued, by Our
several Writs, until and to the First Day of December, in the Fifteenth Year aforesaid, and there lately
holden; and from thence, by several Adjournments
and Prorogations, was adjourned and prorogued to
and until Tuesday the Nineteenth Day of this Instant
October, 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 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
any Three or more of you, by virtue of these Presents, full Power and Authority, from the said Nineteenth Day of this Instant October, in Our Name, further to prorogue and continue Our present Parliament,
at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto
Tuesday the Sixteenth Day of November 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 Fourteenth
Day of October, in the Sixteenth Year of
Our Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Bisse."
The Commission being ended;
The Lord Chancellor said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission, under the
Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and now
read, we do, in His Majesty's Name, and in Obedience to His Royal Commands, further prorogue
this Parliament to Tuesday the Sixteenth Day of November next, to be then here held: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the Sixteenth Day of November next."