October 1777
Anno 18o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 30o Octobris 1777.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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| Archiep. Cantuar. |
Comes Bathurst, Cancellarius.
Comes Gower, Præses. |
The Lord Chancellor 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 Lord Chancellor in the
Middle, with the Archbishop of Canterbury on his Right
Hand, and the Lord President 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 Counsel; 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, 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 Thirtieth Day of
October next, 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
Thirtieth Day of October next, in Our Name, further
to prorogue and continue Our present Parliament at
Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto
Thursday the Twentieth 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, 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 Twenty-fourth Day of September, in the Seventeenth
Year of Our Reign.
By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Then 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 Commands, prorogue this Parliament
to Thursday the Twentieth Day of November next, to
be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the Twentieth Day of
November next.
DIE Mercurii 13o Decembris 1797.
Hitherto examined by us,
F. Bristol.
Napier.
Walsingham.