House of Lords Journal Volume 15: 2 May 1693

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: 2 May 1693', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 15, 1691-1696, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 291. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol15/p291 [accessed 14 April 2024]

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DIE Martis, Maii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Epus. Norwich.
Epus. Chichester.
Epus. Bath & Wells.
Epus. Lincolne.		 Joh'es Sommers Miles, Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli Angl.
March. Halifax.
Ds. Camerarius.
Comes Kent.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Clare.
Comes Bolingbrooke.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Bathe.
Comes Craven.
Comes Maclesfeld.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.		 Ds. Willou ghby Er.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Sidney.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Capell.

PRAYERS.

This Day Sir John Sommers Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, sat first as Speaker in the House of Peers.

L. Keeper Sommers, Speaker.

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

Hereupon the Lords Commissioners, in their Robes, being seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord Keeper in the Middle; and the Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Bridgewater, and Earl of Macclesfeild, on his Right Hand; the Earl of Nottingham and the Earl of Bath on his Left Hand; commanded the Gentleman Usher the Black Rod to give the House of Commons Notice of the said Commission; and to signify to them, "That the Lords desire they would be present, to hear the said Commission read."

Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, as followeth;

Commission for proroguing the Parliament.

"Mariar

"Gulielmus et Maria, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scot. Franc. et Hib'niæ Rex et Regina, Fidei Defensores, &c. Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Joh'i Sommers Mil. Domino Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri Angliæ, Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Thomæ Marchioni Carmarthen. Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Thomæ Comiti Pembr. et Mountgomery Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Henrico Duci Norfolc. Comiti Marescallo Angliæ, Carolo Duci Bolton, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl. Will'o Comiti Devon. Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Dors. et Midd'x Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Alberico Comiti Oxon. Will'o Comiti Bedford, Joh'i Comiti Bridgwater, Joh'i Comiti Bathon. Carolo Comiti Maclesfeild, Danieli Comiti Nottingham Uni Principalium Secretariorum Nostrorum, 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 Sidney, ac Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Domino Lexington, Carolo Domino Cornwallis, et Sidney Domino Godolphin, Salutem: Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem Regni Nostri Angliæ et Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernentibus, 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 proxime sequen. continuatum fuerat; et abinde, per separales Prorogationes et Adjournationes, ad et in Secundum 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, 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 Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die Martis, præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, ad et in Decimum Nonum Diem Septembris jam proxime futur. 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 effectualiter 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. Secundo Die Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Quinto.

"Peripsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.

"Chute."

Which being ended; the Lord Keeper said,

Parliament prorogued.

"My Lords and Gentlemen,

"By Virtue of Their Majesties Commission now read, and to us directed, we do, in Their Majesties Name, prorogue this Parliament to Tuesday the Nineteenth Day of September next: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Tuesday the Nineteenth Day of September next."

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