Anno 1 Georgii Regis.
DIE Jovis, 23 Septembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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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."