House of Lords Journal Volume 20: 23 September 1714

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 20, 1714-1717. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 20: 23 September 1714', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 20, 1714-1717, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 16-17. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol20/pp16-17 [accessed 24 April 2024]

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Anno 1 Georgii Regis.

DIE Jovis, 23 Septembris.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Arch. Ebor.
Epus. London.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Cestrien.		 Ds. Cowper, Cancellarius.
Comes Nottingham, Præses.
Comes Wharton, Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Devon, Senescallus.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Leeds.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Kent.
March. Dorchester.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Berkshire.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Orford.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Longueville.		 Ds. Bergavenny.
Ds. Paget.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. St. John.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Halifax.
Ds. Gernsey.
Ds. Harvey.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Montjoy.
Ds. Mansel.
Ds. Trevor.
Ds. Masham.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.

PRAYERS.

Lords take the Oaths.

The Lords following took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes:

Peregrine Duke of Leeds.

Edward Earl of Clarendon.

Francis Lord Bishop of Chester.

George Lord Bergevenny.
Thomas Lord Howard of Effingham.

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

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed.

Then Seven of the Lords Commissioners (in their Robes) being seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord Chancellor in the Middle; and the Lord President, Lord Steward, and Duke of Marlborough, on his Right Hand; and the Lord Privy Seal, Duke of Somerset, and Earl of Sunderland, on his Left; commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "The Commissioners desire them to come and hear the Commission read."

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

Commission for proroguing the Parliament.

"GEORGE R.

"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thomæ Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angl. Primati et Metropolitano, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o Domino Cowper Cancellario Nostro Mag. Britan. Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Carolo Duci Shrewsbury Thesaurario Nostro Mag. Britan. Daniel. Comiti Nottingham Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Thomæ Comiti Wharton Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Will'o Duci Devon. Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Somerset, Joh'i Duci Marlborough Capitaneo Generali Copiarum Nostrarum, Carolo Comiti Sunderland Locumtenenti Nostro General. Regni Nostri Hib'niæ, et Carolo Vicecomiti Townshend Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem Regni Nostri Mag. Britann. et Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. Duodecimo Die Novembris, Anno Regni Annæ nuper Reginæ (Beatæ Memoriæ) Duodecimo, inchoari et teneri ordinatum fuerit; quo Die idem Parliamentum per Prorogationem continuatum fuit usque Decimum Diem Decembris tunc prox. sequen.; et abinde, per separales Prorogationes, usque ad et in Decimum Sextum Diem Februarii ult. præterit. ulterius continuatum fuit, apud Civitatem Nostram prædictam, et tunc inchoatum et tentum fuit; et abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta et Prorogationes, et virtute Actus Parliamenti nuper in ea Parte edit. et provis. usque ad et in hunc instantem Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Tertium Diem Septembris, congregatum, adjournatum, et prorogatum fuit, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. præd. ibidem tunc 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 considentes, de Avisamento et Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, et aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem et Authoritatem, hoc instante Die Jovis, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad et in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Primum Diem Octobris nunc prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogandum et continuandum, ibidem 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, Burgensibus, et Commissionariis pro Comitatibus et Burgis, ac omnibus aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, et exequendis, pareant, obediant, et intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Vicesimo Tertio Die Septembris, Anno Regni Nostri Primo.

"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.

"Wrighte."

Then the Lord Chancellor said,

Parliament prorogued.

"My Lords, and Gentlemen,

"By Virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read, and to us and others directed, we do, in His Majesty's Name, prorogue this Parliament to Thursday the One and Twentieth Day of October next: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the One and Twentieth Day of October next."

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