July 1761
Anno 1o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 2o Julii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Ds. Henley, Cancellarius. |
Ds. Anson. |
Parliament prorogued by Writ.
The Lord Chancellor declared in the House, "That
His Majesty had caused a Writ to be issued, under
the Great Seal, for the further Prorogation of the
Parliament."
And the same was read, by the Clerk, as follows;
videlicet,
"GEORGE R.
"George the Third, by the Grace of God, of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender
of the Faith, and so forth. To Our Well-beloved
and Faithful the Prelates, Nobles, and Peers of Our
Kingdom of Great Britain; and to Our Beloved and
Faithful the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and
Commissioners for Shires and Boroughs, of Our said
Kingdom, called and chosen to Our Parliament, to be
begun and held at Our City of Westminster on the
Second Day of July next, and to every of you,
Greeting. Whereas We, for certain arduous and
urgent Affairs, concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain and the
Church, did ordain the said Parliament to be begun
and held at the City of Westminster the Nineteenth
Day of May last past; and did command you, by
Our several Writs, to be present at the City and Day
aforesaid, to treat, consent, and conclude, about those
Things which in Our said Parliament then and there
should be proposed and treated of: And whereas
We have (by Our Writ), for certain Causes and
Considerations Us thereunto especially moving,
thought sit to prorogue Our said Parliament, from
the same Nineteenth Day of May, to and until the
Second Day of July following; so that neither you,
nor any of you, should be held or obliged to appear
on the said Nineteenth Day of May at the aforesaid
City, being willing that you, and every of you, be
wholly discharged as to Us therefrom; and, by the
same Writ, We very lately commanded you, and
every of you, to appear and be present, on the said
Second Day of July, at Our said City, to treat, do,
act, and conclude upon, those Things which in Our
said Parliament should happen to be ordained: Nevertheless, for certain pressing Causes and Considerations Us especially thereunto moving, Our said Parliament, from the said Second Day of July, to and
until Thursday the Third Day of September following,
We have thought sit further to prorogue; so that
neither you, nor any of you, should be held or
obliged to appear, on the said Second Day of July,
at the aforesaid City. We also will, that you, and
every of you, be wholly discharged as to Us therefrom; commanding, and by the Tenor of these Presents strictly requiring you, and every of you, and all
others whom this may concern, that you, and every
of you, do personally appear, and be present, on the
said Third Day of September, at Our said City of
Westminster, to treat, do, act, and conclude, upon
those Things which in Our said Parliament, by the
common Council of Our said Kingdom (by God's
Assistance), shall happen to be ordained.
"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Twentyfifth Day of June, in the First Year of Our
Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke & Yorke."