DIE Lunæ, 1 die Martii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales, quorum Nomina subscribuntur, præsentes fuerunt:
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Epus. London.
Epus.Durham.
Epus.Chichester.
Epus.Ely.
Epus.Hereford.
Epus.Rochester.
Epus.Oxon. |
Johannes Ds. Robertes, Custos Privati Sigilli.
Robertus Comes Lyndsey, Magnus Camerarius Angliæ.
Jacobus Comes de Brecknock, Senescallus Hospitii Domini Regis.
Edwardus Comes de Manchester, Camerarius Hospitii Domini Regis.
Comes Dorset.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes Devon.
Comes Westmerland.
Comes Portland.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Craven.
Comes Burlington.
Vicecomes de Stafford.
Vicecomes Fauconberg.
Vicecomes Hallifax. |
Ds. Arlington, One of the Principal Secretaries of State.
Ds. Berkley de Berk.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Willoughby de Par.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Petre.
Ds. Arundell de Ward.
Ds. Howard de Charlt.
Ds. Grey de Wark.
Ds. Coventry.
Ds. Howard de Esc.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Bellasis.
Ds. Berkley de Strat.
Ds. Ashley. |
PRAYERS.
This Day the Lord Privy Seal sat Speaker, in the
Absence of the Lord Keeper, being not well.
A Form being placed between the Chair of State
and the Lord Keeper's Woolsack; the Lord Privy Seal,
the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, and
the Lord Chamberlain of the Household, the Earl of
Bridgwater, Earl of Craven, Viscount Fauconberg, the
Lord Bishop of London, and the Lord Arlington, Nine
of the Commissioners, being set thereon in their Robes,
the rest of the Lords being also in their Robes; the
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod had Directions from
the House, to acquaint the House of Commons, "That
His Majesty hath granted a Commission under the
Great Seal of England, for the proroguing this Parliament; and the Lords desire the Presence of the
House of Commons, to hear the said Commission
read."
The House of Commons being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, as followeth:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Carolus R.
"Carolus Secundus, Dei Gratiâ, Angliæ, Scotiæ,
Franciæ, & Hiberniæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Fratri Nostro Jacobo Duci Ebor. & Albaniæ
& Comiti Ultoniæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri
& Fideli Consiliario Nostro Gilberto Archiepiscopo
Cantuar. totius Angliæ Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Orlando Bridgman Militi & Baronetto Domino Custodi Magni Sigilli
Nostri Angliæ, Johanni Domino Roberts Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Charissimo Consanguineo & Consiliario Nostro Georgio Duci Buckingham Magistro
Equorum Nostrorum, Charissimo Consanguineo Nostro Carolo Duci Richmond & Lenox, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Georgio Duci Albemarle omnium Exercituum Nostrorum Generali, Henrieo Marchioni Dorchestriæ, Roberto Comiti Lindsey
Magno Camerario Angliæ, Jacobo Comiti Brecon Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Edwardo Comiti Manchester
Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Johanni Comiti Bridgwater, Charissimis Consanguineis Nostris Jacobo Comiti
North'ton, Roberto Comiti Sunderland, Arthuro Comiti
Essex, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris
Johanni Comiti Bathon, Willielmo Comiti Craven, Charissimo Consanguineo Nostro Thomæ Vicecomiti Faulconbridg, Reverendo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Humfrido Episcopo London, Reverendo
in Christo Patri Herberto Episcopo Hereford, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Henrico Domino Arlington Principalium Secretariorum Nostrorum uni,
Prædilecto & Fideli Nostro Philippo Domino Wharton,
Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Ricardo Domino
Vaughan, Prædilectis & Fidelibus Nostris Johanni Domino Lucas, Carolo Domino Gerrard de Brand. Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Johanni Domino Berkley de Stratton, Denzell Domino Holles,
Antonio Domino Ashley Cancellario Sub-thesaurario
Scaccarii Nostri, ac Prædilecto & Fideli Nostro Johanni Domino Crewe, Salutem: Cum nuper, pro
quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Angliæ & Ecclesiæ
Anglicanæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum
Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Octavo die
Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Tertio Decimo, inchoari &
teneri ordinaverimus, À quo die idem præsens Parliamentum Nostrum per separales Prorogationes usque
ad et in Decimum Octavum Diem Septembris Anno
Regni Nostri Decimo Octavo continuatum fuerat, posteaque, scilicet Octavo die Februarii, Anno Regni Nostri Decimo Nono, idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque
ad & in Decimum diem Octobris, Anno Decimo Nono
prædicto, ulterius prorogatum fuerat apud Westm. tunc
tenendum & prosequendum, & ibidem ad & in instantem
Primum diem Martii continuatum existit: Sciatis igitur
quod, certis urgentibus Causis & Considerationibus
Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur,
PrudentiÀ, & Circumspectione, vestris plurimùm confidentes, de Avisamento & Assensu Consilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros, dantes vobis,
& aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore præsentium, plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, hoc
instante die Lunæ, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, ad & in Decimum Nonum
diem Octobris jam proxime futuri, usque Civitatem
Nostram Westm. prorogandum & continuandum, ibidem
tunc tenendum & prosequendum. Et ideo vobis
mandamus, quod circa præmissa diligenter intendatis,
ac ea in Formâ prædictâ effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis & singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, & Burgensibus,
ac omnibus aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis in præmissis faciend.
agend. & exequend. pareant, obediant, & intendant,
prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas
Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipso, ad Westm. Primo die Martii,
Anno Regni Nostri Vicesimo Primo.
"Per ipsum Regem, propriÀ Manu signat.
"Barker."
Then the Lord Privy Seal said,
Parliament prorogued.
"According to the Tenor of this Commission for
proroguing this present Parliament, we do prorogue
this present Parliament to the Nineteenth Day of
October next; and this present Parliament is prorogued
to the Nineteenth Day of October next."
Huc usque examinatur per nos,
J. Dorsett.
J. Bridgewater.
Bolingbrooke.
Stafford.
Seth. Sarum.
W. Willoughby.