House of Lords Journal Volume 15: 14 May 1692

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 15, 1691-1696. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 15: 14 May 1692', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 15, 1691-1696, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 96. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol15/p96 [accessed 12 April 2024]

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DIE Martis, 24 Maii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Arch. Cant.
Epus. St. Asaph.
Epus. Worcester.
Epus. Gloucester.
Epus. Chichester.		 Ds. Præses.
Ds. Custos Privati Sigilli.
Marchio Halifax.
Ds. Senescallus.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Bedford.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Clare.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Macclesfeild.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Portland.
Comes Montagu.
Comes Warrington.
Viscount Newport.
Viscount Sydney.		 Ds. Willoughby Er.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Cholmondley.
Ds. Ashburnham.

PRAYERS.

The Lord President acquainted the House, "That Her Majesty had sent a Commission for the further proroguing this Parliament."

Then the Lords Commissioners, in their Robes, being seated on a Form, placed between the Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord President in the Middle; and the Lord Privy Seal, the Earl of Bath, the Earl of Maclesfeild, and the Lord Viscount Sydney on his Right Hand; and the Earl of Bedford, the Earl of Montagu, and the Lord Viscount Newport, on his Left Hand; commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to go to the House of Commons, and let them know, "That the Commissioners desire them to come and be present, to hear the said Commission read."

Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read by the Clerk, as followeth; (videlicet,)

Commission for proroguing the Parliament.

"Maria R.

"Gulielmus et Maria, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scociæ, Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Rex et Regina, Fidei Defensores, &c. Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Thomæ Marchioni Carmarthen Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Thomæ Comiti Pembr. et Montgomery Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Henrico Duci Norfolc. Comiti Marescallo Angl. Carolo Duci Bolton, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl., Will'o Comiti Devon Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Car. Comiti Dors. ct Midd'x Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Alberico Comiti Oxon. Will'o Comiti Bedford, Johanni Comiti Bridgewater, Joh'i Comiti Bathon. Carolo Comiti Macclesfeild, Danieii Comiti Nottingham Principali Secretario Nostro, Laurentio Comiti Roffen. Thomæ Comiti Fauconberge, Carolo Comiti Monmouth, Rad'o Comiti Montagu, Henrico Comiti Warrington, Franc'o Vicecomiti Newport Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Henrico Vicecomiti Sydney, et Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to (fn. 1) Domino Lexington, Carolo Domino Cornwallis, et Sidney Domino Godolphin, Salutem: Cura nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem Regni Nostri Angl. et Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernen. Præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Vicesimo Die Martii, Anno Regni Nostri Secundo, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad et in Vicesimum Tertium Diem Maii tunc proxim. sequen. continuatum fuerat; et abinde, per separales Prorogationes et Adjournationes, ad et in Vicesimum Quartum Diem instantis Maii prorogatum et adjournatum fuerat, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam, ibidem tunc tenendum et prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis et Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, et Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum confidentes, de Avisamento et Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, et aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem et Authoritatem, hoc instante Die Martis, præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, ad et in Decimum Quartum Diem Junii jam proxim. futur. (fn. 2) usque prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogandum et continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum et prosequendum; et ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta expleatis. Damus autem universis et singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, et Burgensibus, ac omnibus aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, et exequendis, pareant, obediant, et intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

"Testibus Nobis ipsis, apud Westm. Vicesimo Quarto Die Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Quarto.

"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.

"Chute."

Then the Lord President said,

Parliament prorogued.

"My Lords and Gentlemen,

"By Virtue of Her Majesty's Commission now read, and to us directed, we do, in Their Majesties Name, prorogue this Parliament to Tuesday the Fourteenth Day of June next: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the Fourteenth Day of June next."

Footnotes

  • 1. Origin. Domini.
  • 2. Deest in Originali.
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