Die Lunæ, 23 die Aprilis, 1666.
MEMORANDUM, quod hodierno die (videlicet,) Vicesimo Tertio Aprilis, Anno Regni Serenissimi Domini Nostri Caroli Secundi, Dei Gratiâ, Angliæ,
Scotiæ, Franciæ, et Hib. Regis, Fidei Defensoris, Decimo Octavo, in quem diem prorogat. fuit hoc præsens Parliamentum, convenere Domini tam Spirituales
quam Temporales quorum Nomina subscribuntur:
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Arch. Cant.
Arch. Eborac.
Epus. London.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Petriburgh. |
Ds. Cancellarius.
Ds. Custos Privati Sigilli.
Marq. Winton.
Ds. Camerarius Hospitii.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes Dover.
Comes Petriburgh.
Comes Cardigan.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Viscount de Stafford.
Viscount Fauconberg.
Viscount Mordant. |
Ds. Arlington.
Ds. Awdley.
Ds. De la War.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Berkley de Strat.
Ds. Frechevile. |
PRAYERS.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and the
Lords retired to 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 was commanded, by the
House, to signify to the House of Commons, "That
their Lordships desire them to come up, with their
Speaker, to be present at 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 presented His Majesty's Commission to the Lord Chancellor (being placed on a
Form set across the House, whereon sat these Lords
following, as Commissioners with his Lordship; (videlicet,) the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord Chamberlain, the
Earl of Bridgwater, the Bishop of London, the Lord
Arlington, and the Lord Lucas), who commanded the
same to be read; the Tenor whereof followeth:
"CAROLUS R."
Commission to prorogue the Parliament.
"CAROLUS Secundus, Dei Gratiâ, Angliæ, Scociæ,
Franciæ, & Hib. Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Charissimis
Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Edwardo Comiti
Clarendon Domino Cancellario Angliæ, Thomæ Comiti
South'ton Domino Thesaurario Angliæ, Prædilecto
& 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, Jacobo 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 Consanguineo
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 Consiliario Nostro Henrico Domino Arlington Principalium Secretariorum Nostrorum
Uni, Prædilecto & Fideli Nostro Will'o Domini 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 & 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 & 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 Vicesimum
diem Februarii ult. præterit. continuatum suit,
eodemque die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque
ad & in instantem Vicesimum Tertium diem Aprilis
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 considentes, 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 Octavum diem
Septembris jam proximè futuri, usque Civitatem
Nostram Westm. prorogandum & continuandum,
ibidemque tunc tenendum & prosequendum. Et ideo
vobis mandamus, quod circa præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac eâ in Formâ prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis & singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vice-
comitibus, 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 Tertio die
Aprilis, Anno Regni Nostri Decimo Octavo."
"Barker."
"Per ipsum Regem, propriâ Manu signat."
Which Commission being read;
Parliament prorogued.
Domini Commissionarii hodie præsentes, virtute
Commissionis prædict. præsens Parliamentum prorogabant usque in Decimum Octavum diem Septembris
proxime futuri, Domino Cancellario ita declarante.
Huc usque examinatur per nos,
Dorsett.
J. Bridgewater.
Dover.