May 1755
Anno 28o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Martis, 27o Maii.
Domini Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
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| Comes Cornwallis. |
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Bathurst. |
The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's
Bench sat Speaker, by virtue of His Majesty's
Commission.
The Speaker acquainted the House, "That a Commission was issued under the Great Seal, for the
further Prorogation of the Parliament."
Then Three of the Lords Commissioners, being
seated on a Form placed between the Throne and
the Woolsack; the Earl Cornwallis in the Middle;
with the Lord Berkeley of Straton on his Right
Hand; and the Lord Bathurst 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:
"Tho. Cantuar.
Hardwicke, C.
Marlborough, C. P. S.
Rutland.
Dorset.
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"George the Second, by the Grace of God,
of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth; To the most Reverend Father in God and Our Faithful Counsellor
Matthew Archbishop of York Primate and Metropolitan of England; Our most Dear Cousins and
Counsellors Harry Duke of Bolton, John Duke of
Bedford, William Duke of Devonshire, James Duke of
Athol, Peregrine Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven Great
Chamberlain of England, John Marquis of Tweeddale, Daniel Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, Philip Earl of Chesterfield, John Earl of Sandwich, William Earl of Jersey, Francis Earl Godolphin, George
Earl Cholmondeley, John Earl of Hyndford, George
Dunk Earl of Halifax, James Earl Waldegrave, Benjamin Earl Fitzwalter Treasurer of Our Household,
William Earl of Harrington, William Earl of Bath,
John Earl of Buckinghamshire, Simon Earl Harcourt,
Charles Earl Cornwallis; the Right Reverend Father
in God and Our Faithful Counsellor Thomas Lord
Bishop of London; and Our Well-beloved and Faithful Counsellors John Lord Delawarr, John Lord Berkeley of Stratton, Allen Lord Bathurst, Richard Lord
Edgecumbe Chancellor of Our Dutchy of Lancaster,
and Samuel Lord Sandys, 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 Thirty-first Day
of May, in the Twenty-seventh Year of Our Reign;
on which Day Our said Parliament was begun and
held; and from thence, by several Adjournments
and Prorogations, was adjourned and prorogued to
and until Tuesday the Twenty-seventh Day of this
Instant May, 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 Twenty-seventh Day of this
Instant May, in Our Name, further to prorogue and
continue Our present Parliament, at Our City of
Westminster aforesaid, until and unto Tuesday the
First of July 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.
"Witnesses, Our most Dear Son William Duke of
Cumberland, and other Guardians and Justices of
the Kingdom, at Westminster, the Thirteenth
Day of May, in the Twenty-eighth Year of
Our Reign.
"By the Guardians and Justices of the Kingdom,
signed with their own Hands.
"Yorke & Yorke."
Then the Earl Cornwallis 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, prorogue this Parliament to
Tuesday the First Day of July next, to be then here
held: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to
Tuesday the First Day of July next."