November 1757
DIE Martis, 15o Novembris.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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| Archiep. Cant. |
Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Viscount Falmouth. |
Ds. Berkeley Str. |
The Lord Keeper 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 in
their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord Keeper in the
Middle; with the Archbishop of Canterbury on his
Right Hand; and the Lord Berkeley of Stratton 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
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows; (videliect,)
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, and so forth; To Our most Dear Son and
Faithful Counsellor William Duke of Cumberland;
the most Reverend Father in God and Our Faithful
Counsellor Mathew Archbishop of Canterbury Primate and Metropolitan of all England; Our Wellbeloved and Faithful Counsellor Sir Robert Henley
Knight Keeper of Our Great Seal of Great Britain;
the most Reverend Father in God and Our Faithful Counsellor John Archbishop of York Primate
and Metropolitan of England; Our most Dear
Cousins and Counsellors John Earl Granville President of Our Council, Richard Earl Temple Keeper
of Our Privy Seal, John Duke of Rutland Steward of
Our Household, William Duke of Devonshire Chamberlain of Our Household, Harry Duke of Bolton,
Thomas Duke of Leeds, John Duke of Bedford,
Charles Duke of Marlborough, Archibald Duke of
Argyll, James Duke of Athol, Peregrine Duke of
Ancaster and Kesteven Great Chamberlain of England, Thomas Holles Duke of Newcastle, Lionel
Duke of Dorset; John Marquis of Tweeddale; Daniel
Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, Philip Earl of
Chesterfield, John Earl of Sandwich, Robert Earl of
Holdernesse One of Our Principal Secretaries of
State, William Henry Earl of Rochford, William Earl
of Jersey, Francis Earl of Godolphin, George Earl of
Cholmondeley, John Earl of Hyndford, George Dunk
Earl of Halifax, James Earl Waldegrave, William
Earl of Bath, Granville Leveson Earl Gower, John
Earl of Buckinghamshire, Simon Earl Harcourt, Charles
Earl Cornwallis, Philip Earl of Hardwicke; Hugh
Viscount Falmouth; the Right Reverend Father in
God and Our Faithful Counsellor Thomas Lord Bishop
of London; and Our Well-beloved and Faithful
Counsellors John Lord Delawar, John Lord Berkeley
of Stratton, Allen Lord Bathurst, Richard Lord
Edgecumbe Chancellor of Our Dutchy of Lancaster,
Samuel Lord Sandys, George Lord Anson, William Lord
Mansfield Our Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas
before Us, Wills Lord Harwich, and George Lord
Lyttelton, 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
Fifteenth Day of this Instant November, 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 Fifteenth
Day of this Instant November, in Our Name, further
to prorogue and continue Our present Parliament,
at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto
Thursday the First Day of December, 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 Ourself, at Westminster, the Ninth Day
of November, in the Thirty-first Year of Our
Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke & Yorke."
Then the Lord Keeper 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 Commands, prorogue this Parliament
to Thursday the First Day of December next, to be
then here held: And this Parliament is accordingly
prorogued to Thursday the First Day of December
next."
13th March, 1762,
hitherto examined by us,
Suffolk.
Marchmont.
Boston.