House of Lords Journal Volume 16: 21 November 1700

DIE Jovis, 21 Novembris.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

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

Then the Lords Commissioners, in their Robes, took their Places on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord Keeper in the Middle; the Earl of Bridgewater on his Right Hand; and the Earl of Stamford on his Left Hand; commanded the Deputy 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 followeth; (videlicet,)

Commission for proroguing the Parliament.

"Gulielmus R.

"Gulielmus Tertius, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scotiæ, Franciæ, & Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Fratri Nostro Principi Georgio de Denmarke, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Nathan Wrighte Militi Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri Angl. Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Thomæ Comiti Pembr. & Montgomery Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Ford Comiti Tankerville Custodi Privati Sigilli, Hen'co Duci Norfolc. Comiti Marescallo Angl. Will'o Duci Devon. Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Jacobo Duci Ormonde, Mainbardt Duci Schonberg, Carolo Duci Bolton, Thomæ Duci Leedes, Carolo Duci Salop. Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl. Ed'r'o Comiti Jersey Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Alberico Comiti Oxon. Carolo Comiti Dors. & Midd'x, Johanni Comiti Bridgewater, Carolo Comiti Manchester, Thomæ Comiti Stamford Cancellario Ducatus Lancastr. Rob'to Comiti Sunderland, Johanni Comiti Bathon. Carolo Comiti Berkeley, Laurentio Comiti Roffen. Will'o Comiti Portland, Thomæ Comiti Fauconberge, Rad'o Comiti Montague, Joh'i Comiti Marleborough, Ric'o Comiti Scarbrough, Fran'co Comiti Bradford Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Hen'co Comiti Romney Guardiano Quinque Portuum Nostrorum, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, ac Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Domino Ferrers, Thomæ Domino Wharton Contrarotulatori Hospitii Nostri, Rob'to Domino Lexington, Sidney Domino Godolphin, & Johanni Domino Sommers, Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Angl. & Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. Vicesimo Quarto Die Augusti, Anno Regni Nostri Decimo, inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad & in Vicesimum Septimum Diem Septembris tunc prox. sequen. prorogatum fuerat; & abinde, per separales Prorogationes & Adjournationes, ad & in instantem Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Primum Diem Novembris, prorogatum & adjournatum fuerat, apud Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. prædictam, ibidem tunc tenendum & prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis & Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, & Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum considentes, de Avisamento & Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, & aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die Jovis, præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad & in Diem Jovis Decimum Sextum Diem Januarii jam prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. prorogandum & continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum & prosequendum; & ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta 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 faciendis, agendis, & exercendis, pareant, obediant, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri secimus Patentes.

"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Vicesimo Primo Die Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri Duodecimo.

"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.

"Chute."

Then the Lord Keeper 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 Sixteenth Day of January next: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Thursday the Sixteenth Day of January next."

Die Martis, 22° Aprilis, 1701, examined by us,

De Longueville.
Hunsdon.
Jo. Chichester.
Jeffreys.