House of Lords Journal Volume 19: 13 November 1711

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 19, 1709-1714. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 19: 13 November 1711', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 19, 1709-1714, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 330-331. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol19/pp330-331 [accessed 26 April 2024]

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Anno 10° Annæ Reginæ.

DIE Martis, 13 Novembris.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Epus. Winton.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Meneven.		 Ds. Harcourt, Custos Magni Sigilli.
Epus. Bristol, C. P. S.
Comes Poulet, Senescallus.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Devon.
Dux Montagu.
Dux Kent.
March. Dorchester.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Orford.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Wharton.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Mar.
Comes Loudoun.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Weymouth.		 Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Willughby Br.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Howard Escr.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Halifax.

PRAYERS.

E. of Jersey takes his Seat.

This Day William Earl of Jersey sat first in Parliament, upon the Death of his Father Edward Earl of Jersey; and took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

L. Willughby de Broke takes his Seat.

Also, George Lord Willughby de Broke sat first in Parliament, upon the Death of his Father Richard Lord Willughby de Broke; and took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

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

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed.

Then the Lords Commissioners, being seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord Keeper in the Middle; with the Lord Privy Seal on his Right Hand; and the Lord Steward on his Left; commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to go to the House of Commons, and let them know, "That the Commissioners desire they would be present, to hear the Commission read."

Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, as follows:

Commission for proroguing the Parliament.

"ANNA R.

"Anna, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hib'niæ Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thomæ Archiepiscopo Cantuariens. totius Angliæ Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Simoni Domino Harcourt Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri Magnæ Britanniæ, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Comiti de Oxon & Comiti Mortimer Magno Thesaurario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Joh'i Duci de Comitatu Buckingham & de Normanby Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Reverendo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Joh'i Episcopo Bristol Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Carolo Duci Shrewsbury Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Somerset Magistro Equorum Nostrorum, Jacobo Duci Ormonde, Joh'i Duci Marlborough Capitaneo Generali Copiarum Nostrarum, Joh'i Comiti Poulet Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, & Gulielmo Comiti Dartmouth Primario Secretario Nostro, Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Magnæ Britanniæ & Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum, apud Civitatem Nostram Westmonast. Vicesimo Quinto Die Novembris ult. præterit. inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum inchoatum & tentum fuit; & abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta, usque ad & in Duodecimum Diem Junii ult. præterit. adjournatum fuit; & abinde, per separales Prorogationes, usque ad & in Diem Martis, Decimum Tertium Diem hujus instantis Novembris, ulterius prorogatum fuit, apud Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. prædict. 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 confidentes, de Avisamento & Assensu Concilii 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, usque ad & in Diem Martis, Vicesimum Septimum Diem hujus instantis Novembris, apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. prorogandum & continuandum, ibidemque (fn. 1) & 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, & Commissionariis pro Comitat. & Burgis, ac omnibus aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis, in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, & exequendis, pareant, obediant, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

"Teste Meipsa, apud Westmonaster. Decimo Tertio Die Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri Decimo.

"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.

"Wrighte."

Then the Lord Keeper said,

Parliament prorogued.

"My Lords, and Gentlemen,

"By Virtue of Her Majesty's Commission, which you have now heard read, and to us and other Lords directed, we do, in Her Majesty's Name, and in Obedience to Her Commands, further prorogue this Parliament to Tuesday the Twenty-seventh Day of this Instant November: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the Twenty-seventh Day of this Instant November."

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