DIE Jovis, 23 Maii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. Gloucestr. |
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Bathe.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Romney. |
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Jeffreys.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Haversham. |
E. of Bridgewater Commission to be Speaker.
A Commission was read, appointing John Earl of
Bridgewater to be Speaker.
"William R.
"William the Third, by the Grace of GOD, King
of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender
of the Faith, &c. To Our Right Trusty and Right
Well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor John Earl of
Bridgewater, Greeting. Know ye, that We, trusting
in your approved Fidelity, Wisdom, and Discretion,
and to the End the Place and Room usually supplied
by the Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper of the
Great Seal of England, in the Upper House of Parliament, may be in all Things executed as appertaineth, and as to the Office of Lord Chancellor or
Lord Keeper hath been accustomed, have named and
appointed, and by these Presents do constitute, name,
appoint, and authorize you, from Day to Day, and
Time to Time, when and so often as Our Right Trusty
and Well-beloved Counsellor Sir Nathan Wrighte
Knight, Lord Keeper of Our Great Seal of England,
shall happen, at any Time or Times during this present Parliament, to be absent from his Place in the
said Upper House, to use and supply the said Room
and Place of Our said Lord Keeper, amongst the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal there assembled, at
every such Day and Time of his Absence; and then
and there, at every such Time, to do and execute all
such Things as Our said Lord Keeper should or
might do, if he were there personally present, using
and supplying the same Room: Wherefore We will
and command you the said John Earl of Bridgewater to attend and execute the Premises with Effect;
and these Our Letters Patents shall be your sufficient
Warrant and Discharge for the same in every Behalf.
In Witness whereof, We have caused these Our
Letters to be made Patents.
Witness Ourself, at Westm'r, the Twenty-third
Day of May, in the Twelfth Year of Our
Reign.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Chute."
PRAYERS.
Then the Earl of Bridgewater acquainted the House,
That there was a Commission for further proroguing
of the Parliament."
Then the Commissioners, in their Robes, took their
Places on a Form placed between the Throne and the
Woolsack; the Earl of Bridgewater in the Middle; the
Earl of Romney on his Right Hand; and the Lord
Ferrers on his Left Hand; commanded the Deputy
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to go to the House
of Commons, and let them know, "The Lords Commissioners desire them to come, and hear the said
Commission read."
Who being come (with their Speaker); the Commission was read, as follows; (videlicet,)
"Gulielmus R.
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Gulielmus Tertius, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scociæ,
Franciæ, & Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Fratri Nostro Principi Georgio de Denmarke,
Charissimis Consanguineis et Consilariis Nostris, Thomæ
Comiti Pembroke et Montgomery Præsidenti Concilii
Nostri, Joh'i Vicecomiti Lonsdale Custodi Privati
Sigilli Nostri, Henrico Duci Norfolc. Comiti Marescallo
Angl., Will'o Duci Devon. Senescallo Hospitii Nostri,
Carolo Duci Salop. Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Jacobo
Duci Ormonde, Mainhardt Duci Schonberg, Carolo Duci
Bolton, Thomæ Duci Leedes, Will'o Duci Bedford,
Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl.,
Alberico Comiti Oxon. Carolo Comiti Dors. et Midd'x,
Joh'i Comiti Bridgewater, Carolo Comiti Manchester,
Thomæ Comiti Stamford Cancellar. Ducatus Lancastr.,
Rob'to Comiti Sunderland, Joh'i Comiti Bathon. Carolo Comiti Berkeley, Laurentio Comiti Roffen. Will'o
Comiti Portland, Thomæ Comiti Fauconberg, Rad'o
Comiti Montagu, Joh'i Comiti Marleborough, Ric'o
Comiti Scarbrough, Franc'o Comiti Bradford Thesaurar. Hospitii Nostri, Henrico Comiti Romney Guardiano Quinque Portuum Nostrorum, Ford Comiti Tankerville, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Ed'r'o Comiti Jerzey
Uni Primar. Secretar. Nostrorum, ac Prædilectis et
Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Domino Ferrers, Thomæ Domino Wharton Contrarotulatori Hospitii Nostri, Rob'to Domino Lexington, Sidney Domino
Godolphin, et Jobanni Domino Sommers, Salutem.
Cum 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 Quarto Die Augusti, Anno Regni Nostri
Decimo, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die
idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad et in Vicesimum
Septimum Diem Septembris tunc proxim. sequen.
prorogat. fuerat; et abinde, per separales Prorogationes et Adjournationes, ad et in instantem Vicesimum Tertium Diem Maii prorogatum et adjournatum fuerat, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam, ibidem tuncz tenendum et prosequendum:Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis et Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius 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 Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die Jovis, præsens
Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad et
in Vicesimum Diem Junii jam prox. sequen. apud 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
exercendis, pareant, obediant, et intendant, prout
decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas
Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Vicesimo Tertio Die
Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Duodecimo.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Chute."
Then the Earl of Bridgewater said,
Parliament prorogued.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
"By Virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read,
and to us directed, we do, in His Majesty's Name,
prorogue this Parliament to Thursday the Twentieth
Day of June next: And this Parliament is prorogued
accordingly to Thursday the Twentieth Day of June
next."