September 1777
Anno 17o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 18o Septembris 1777.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Dux Newcastle.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Mansfield. |
The Earl of Mansfield sat Speaker, by virtue of a former Commission.
The Earl of Mansfield acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had been pleased to grant a Commission,
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 Earl of Mansfield in the
Middle, with the Duke of Newcastle on his Right Hand,
and the Earl of Sandwich on his Left; commanded the
Yeoman 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,
The Commission was read by the Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
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 Most dear Brothers and
faithful Counsellors, William Duke of Gloucester,
Henry Duke of Cumberland; the Most Reverend Father in God, and Our faithful Counsellor Frederick
Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan
of all England; Our Most dear Cousin and Counsellor Henry Earl Bathurst, Our Chancellor of Great
Britain; the Most Reverend Father in God, and
Our faithful Counsellor William Archbishop of York,
Primate and Metropolitan of England; Our Most
dear Cousins and Counsellors Granville Earl Gower,
President of Our Council; William Earl of Dartmouth, Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Edward Duke of
Somerset, Charles Duke of Richmond, Augustus Henry
Duke of Grafton, Harry Duke of Bolton, Thomas
Duke of Leeds, George Duke of Marlborough, John
Duke of Rutland, Peregrine Duke of Ancaster and
Kesteven, Great Chamberlain of England; William
Henry Duke of Portland, James Duke of Chandos,
Henry Duke of Newcastle, Hugh Duke of Northumberland, George Duke of Montagu, Charles Marquis
of Rockingham, William Earl Talbot, Steward of Our
Household; Francis Seymour Earl of Hertford, Chamberlain of Our Household; Francis Earl of Huntingdon, Henry Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, One of
Our principal Secretaries of State; Basil Earl of
Denbigh, John Earl of Sandwich, Frederick Earl of
Carlisle, Robert Earl of Holdernesse, Richard Earl of
Scarbrough, William Henry Earl of Rochford, George
Bussy Earl of Jersey, Thomas Earl of Kinnoul, John
Earl of Breadalbane, Hugh Earl of Marchmont, John
Earl of Bute, George Earl of Pomfret, John Earl of
Ashburnham, John Earl of Buckinghamshire, Richard
Earl Temple, Simon Earl Harcourt, Charles Earl Cornwallis, Philip Earl of Hardwicke, William Earl of
Chatham, Wills Earl of Hillsborough, Thomas Earl of
Ailesbury, Thomas Earl of Clarendon, William Earl of
Mansfield, Our Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas
before Us; George Viscount Townshend, Thomas Viscount Weymouth, One other of Our Principal Secretaries of State; David Viscount Stormont, Hugh Viscount Falmouth; the Right Reverend Father in God,
and Our faithful Counsellor Robert Lord Bishop of
London; and Our Well-beloved and faithful Counsellors Francis Lord Le Despencer, George Lord Onslow,
George Lord Edgcumbe, William Lord Ponsonby, Thomas
Lord Lyttelton, William Lord Wycombe, Thomas Lord
Grantham, Thomas Lord Pelham, Charles Lord Camden,
Edward Lord Hawke, and Jeffery Lord Amherst, 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-ninth
Day of November, in the Fifteenth 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 Thursday the Eighteenth Day of this Instant
September, 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, considing
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 Eighteenth Day of this Instant September, in Our
Name, further to prorogue and continue Our present
Parliament at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until
and unto Thursday the Thirtieth Day of October 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, Marquisses, 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 Twelfth
Day of September, in the Seventeenth Year of
Our Reign.
By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Then the Earl of Mansfield 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 30th Day of October next, to be then
here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the 30th Day of October next."