DIE Lunæ, 20 die Octobris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
| His Royal Highness the Duke of Yorke. |
Arch. Cant.
Epus. London.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Ely.
Epus.Rochester.
Epus.Chichester.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bristoll.
Epus.Gloucester.
Epus.Chester. |
Ds. Cancellarius Angliæ.
Thomas Vicecomes Latymer, Thesaurarius Angliæ.
Arthurus Comes Anglesey, Ds. Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Bucks.
Dux Monmouth.
Robertus Comes de Lyndsey, Magnus Camerarius Angl.
Jacobus Comes de Brecknock, Senescallus Hospitii Domini Regis.
Henricus Comes St. Albani, Camerarius Hospitii Domini Regis.
Comes Huntington.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Dorsett.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes Warwick et Holland.
Comes Dover.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Bath.
Comes Carlile.
Comes Craven.
Comes Alysbury.
Comes Arlington.
Vicecomes de Stafford.
Vicecomes Fauconberg.
Vicecomes Mordant.
Vicecomes Hallifax.
Vicecomes Yarmouth. |
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Petre.
Ds. Arundell de Warder.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Howard de Esc.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Powis.
Ds. Herbert de Cherbury.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Astley.
Ds. Bellasis.
Ds. Gerard de Brandon.
Ds. Townsend.
Ds. Arundell de Trerice.
Ds. Butler de Moore Park.
Ds. Butler de Weston. |
PRAYERS.
Viscount Latimer introduced.
This Day Thomas Osborne Baronet, being created
Baron de Kiveton, in Comitat. Yorke, et Viscount
Latymer, was introduced, in his Parliament Robes, between the Lord Viscount de Stafford and Lord Viscount
Fauconberg; the Lord Great Chamberlain and Garter
King at Arms going before.
His Lordship having delivered his Patent of Creation
and Writ of Summons to Parliament to the Lord High
Chancellor of England, upon his Knee, and he delivering the same to the Clerk of the Parliament, they were
read publicly; the Patent bearing Date the 15th of
August, A° 25° Regis Car'l. IIdi; and the Writ of Summons bearing Date the 17th Day of October, in the 25th
Year of King Charles the Second: Which being done,
he was placed at the lower End of the Earls Bench;
and afterwards placed near the upper End of the Earls
Bench, as Lord Treasurer of England.
Viscount Yarmouth introduced.
In the same Manner was Robert Paston Baronet, being
created Baron Paston de Paston, et Viscount de Yarmouth, introduced, between the Earl of Dorset and Vicecomes de Stafford.
His Patent bears Date 19° Augusti
(fn. *) in the 25th
Year of King Charles the Second; and the Writ of
Summons dated the 17th Day of this Instant October:
Which being both read, his Lordship was placed on the
lower End of the Earls Bench.
L. Butler of Weston introduced.
Next, in the same Manner, Richard Lord Butler,
created Baron de Weston, was introducted, between the
Lord Mohun and the Lord Bellasis:
His Patent bears Date the 27th Day of August, in the
25th Year of King Charles the Second; and the Writ
of Summons bears Date the 17th Day of this Instant
October: Which being both read, his Lordship was
brought and placed at the lower End of the Barons
Bench.
Commissioners for proroguing the Parliament.
Then the Lord Chancellor acquainted the House,
"That the King had granted a Commission, under the
Great Seal of England, to prorogue the Parliament."
Hereupon the Lord Chancellor, having the Archbishop of Cant. the Lord Privy Seal, the Earl of Bridgwater, and the Earl of Arlington, on his Right Hand,
the Lord Treasurer, the Duke of Bucks, the Lord Great
Chamberlain on his Left Hand, Eight of the Commissioners, sitting upon a Form cross the House, between
the Throne and the Lord Chancellor's Woolsack, the
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod had Command to
give the House of Commons Notice of the said Commission, and to signify the Lords Desire that the House
of Commons would be present, to hear the said Commission read.
Memorandum, That the Lords Commissioners and all
the rest of the Lords sat with their Robes.
The House of Commons being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, as followeth:
Commission for the Prorogation.
"Carolus R.
"Carolus Secundus, Dei Gratià, Angliæ, Scociæ,
Franciæ, & Hib. Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo & Prædilecto Fratri Nostro Jacobo Duci
Ebor. & Albaniæ & Comiti Ultoniæ, Reverendissimo in
Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Gilberto Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angliæ Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Antonio Comiti Shaftesbury Domino Cancellario
Nostro Angliæ, Thomæ Vicecomiti Latimer Thesaurario Nostro Angliæ, Arthuro Comiti Anglesey Custodi
Privati Sigilli Nostri, Georgio Duci Buckingham Magistro
Equorum Nostrorum, Jacobo Duci Monmouth, Jacobo
Duci Ormond Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Henrico
Marchioni Wigorn. Præsidenti Consilii Nostri infra
Principalitatem & Marchias Walliæ, Roberto Comiti
Lindsey Magno Camerario Angliæ, Henrico Comiti
St. Albans Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Joh'i Comiti
Bridgwater, Henric. Comiti Arlington Primariorum
Secretariorum Nostrorum Uni, ac Prædilecto & Fideli
Consiliario Nostro Francisco Domino Newport Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Salutem: Cum nuper, de 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 ordinavimus, a quo die idem Parliamentum
Nostrum per separales Prorogationes usque ad & in
Decimum Quartum diem Februarii, Anno Regni Nostri Vicesimo Secundo, continuatum fuerat, quo die idem
Parliamentum Nostrum tent. fuerat; posteaque, scilicet,
Vicesimo Secundo die Aprilis, Anno Regni Nostri Vicesimo Tertio, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogatum fuerat, ad & in Decimum Sextum diem
Aprilis, Anno Regni Nostri Vicesimo Quarto; eodemque Decimo Sexto die Aprilis idem Parliamentum
Nostrum ulterius prorogatum fuerat ad & in Tricesimum diem Octobris, Anno Regni Nostri Vicesimo
Quarto prædict.; quo quidem Tricesimo die Octobris,
idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogatum fuerat ad & in Quartum diem Februarii, Anno Regni
Nostri Vicesimo Quinto, apud Westm. tunc tenendum &
prosequendum: Sciatis modò, quod, certis urgentibus
Causis & Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentiâ, & Circumspectione vestris plurimòm 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 Parliamentum Nostrum prædictum,
Nomine Nostro, ad & in Vicesimum Septimum
diem instantis Octobris, usque prædictam Civitatem
Nostram Westm. prorogandum & continuandum, ibidem que tunc tenendum & prosequendum; & 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, apud Westm. Vicesimo die Octobris,
Anno Regni Nostri Vicesimo Quinto.
"Per ipsum Regem, propriâ Manu signat.
"Barker."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
Parliament prorogued.
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read,
we do, in His Majesty's Name, prorogue the Parliament to the Twenty-seventh Day of this Instant October; and this Parliament is prorogued to the Twentyseventh Day of this Instant October."
Hitherto examined by us,
Dorsett.
J. Bridgewater.
E. Howard.