Die Martis, 20 die Februarii, 1665.
MEMORANDUM, quod hodierno die, (videlicet,) vicesimo die Februarii, Anno Regni Serenissimi Domini nostri Caroli Secundi, Dei Gratiâ, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ, et Hib. Regis, Fidei Defensoris,
Decimo Octavo, in quem diem prorogat. suit hoc præsens Parliamentum, convenere Domini tam Spirituales
quam Temporales quorum Nomina subscribuntur:
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. London. |
L. Chamberlain.
Comes Dorsett.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Craven. |
Ds. Arlington.
Ds. Awdley.
Ds. De la War.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Crofts.
Ds. Wotton.
Ds. Ashley. |
PRAYERS.
Archbp. of Cant. Speaker.
The Lord Archbishop of Cant. sat Speaker this Day,
by virtue of a Commission under the Great Seal for
that Purpose.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, that the
Lords might put on their Robes.
The House being resumed;
Message to H. C. to come and hear the Commission read.
The Usher of the Black Rod, by Command of the
House, went to desire the Commons to come up, with
their Speaker, to take Notice of the further Prorogation of the Parliament, by virtue of His Majesty's
Commission under the Great Seal of England.
The Commons being come, with their Speaker; the
Clerk of the Parliaments Deputy presented His Majesty's Commission to the Lord Archbishop of Cant.
(being now placed on a Form set across the House after
the usual Manner) with the Lord Chamberlain, the
Earl of Bridgwater, and the Earl of Craven, Commissioners also.
The Archbishop of Cant. said,
"Mr. Speaker, and ye Gentlemen of the House
of Commons,"
"It is His Majesty's Pleasure that this Parliament
shall be prorogued to a further Time, as you will
hear by His Majesty's Commission to that Purpose."
Then the Commission being delivered to the Clerk of
the Parliaments Deputy (in his Absence), it was read,
in these Words:
Commission to prorogue the Parliament.
"CHARLES R."
"CAROLUS Secundus, Dei Gratiâ, Angl. Scotiæ,
Franc. et Hib. Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Gilberto Archiepiscopo Cant. totius Angliæ Primati
& Metropolitano, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Edwardo Comiti Clarendon Domino
Cancellario Angl. Thomæ Comiti South'ton Domino Thesaurario Angl. Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Joh'i Domino Roberts Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri
Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Georgio
Duci Buckingham, Georgio Duci Albemarle omnium
Exercituum Nostrorum Generali, Jocobo Comiti Brecon Duci Ormond Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Edwardo Comiti Manchester Camerario Hospitii Nostri,
Charissimis Consanguineis Nostris Joh'i Comiti Bridgwater, Will'o Comiti Devon, Charissimo Consanguineo & Consiliario Nostro Thomæ Comiti Berks,
Charissimo Consanguineis Nostro Thomæ Comiti Cleveland, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris
Henric. Comiti St. Albans, Arthuro Comiti Anglesey,
Joh'i Comiti Bathon, Charissimis Consanguineis
Nostris Will'o Comiti Craven, Joh'i Vicecomiti Mordant, Reverendo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Humfredo Episcopo London. Prædilecto
& Fideli Nostro Will'o Domino Pagett, Prædilecto
& Fideli Consiliario Nostro Ric'o Domino Vaughan,
Prædilectis & Fidelibus Nostris Joh'i Domino Lucas,
Carolo Domino Gerrard de Brandon, Will'o Domino
Crofts, Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris
Joh'i Domino Berkeley de Stratton, Antonio Domino Ashley Cancellario & Sub-thesaurario Scaccarii
Nostri, ac Prædilecto & Fideli Nostro Joh'i Domino Crewe, Salutem: Cum nuper, pro quibusdam
arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Angl. & Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud
Civitatem Nostram Westm. Octavo die Maii, Anno
Regni Nostri Tertio Decimo, inchoari & teneri ordinavimus, À quo die idem præsens Parliamentum
Nostrum per separales Prorogationes usque ad & in
Tricesimum Primum diem Octobris ult. præterit.
continuatum fuerat, eodemque die idem Parliamentum
Nostrum usque ad & in instantem Vicesimum diem Februarii prorogatum fuerat, ibidem tunc tenendum &
prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis & Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulteriùs prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentiâ,
& 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 Martis, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, ad & in Vicesimum Tertium
diem Aprilis jam proxime futur. usque Civitatem
Nostram Westm. prorogandum & continuandum,
ibidemque 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 præ-
missis (fn. *) faciend. agend. & exequend. pareant, obediant, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei
Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes."
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Vicesimo die Februarii, Anno Regni Nostri Decimo Octavo."
"Per ipsum Regem, propriâ Manu signat.
"Barker."
Which Commission being read;
Parliament prorogued.
Domini Commissionarii hodie præsentes, virtute Commissionis prædict. præsens Parliamentum prorogabant
usque in vicesimum tertium diem Aprilis proxime futuri, Domino Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi ita declarante.
Huc usque examinatur per nos,
Dorsett.
J. Bridgewater.
Dover.