JOURNALSOF THEHOUSE Of COMMONS.
Lord Steward's Deputation.
WILLIAM Duke of Devonshire, Ste]ward of his
Majesty's Houshold, one of his [Majesty's most
Honourable Privy-Council,] and Knight of the most
Noble Order of the [Garter,] To all to whom these
[Presents] shall come, Greeting. Know ye, That I, the
said Lord Steward, by virtue of my said Office, have
constituted, named, and appointed, and, by these Presents, do constitute, name, and appoint, the Right Honourable John Earl of Bridgwater, the Right Honourable Peregrine Bertie Esquire, Vice-Chamberlain to his Majesty,
the Right Honourable Sir Henry Goodrick Baronet, the
Right Honourable John Smith Esquire, or any Three,
Two, or One, of them, my Deputies, and Deputy, in my
place and stead, to tender and administer the Oaths mentioned in the Statute, made in the First Year of the Reign
of his now Majesty and the late Queen Mary, intituled,
An Act for removing and preventing all Questions and
Disputes concerning the Assembling and Sitting of this
present Parliament, according to the Direction of the said
Statute, or any other Statute or Statutes directing the
taking the said Oaths before me, to all and every Person
which is, or shall be, elected or appointed a Knight,
Citizen, or Burgess, or Baron of any of the Five Ports,
for the Parliament summoned to begin, and to be holden,
at Westminster, upon the Four-and-twentieth of August
Instant; and to take and receive the said Oaths of every
such Person and Persons: Giving to them, my said Deputies, and Deputy, or any Three, Two, or One, of them,
full Power and Authority to execute and perform the
same; and ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever my
said Deputies, or any Three, Two, or One, of them, shall
do and perform, in this behalf; in as ample Manner as if
I myself had been personally present, and done the same.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and
Seal. Given under my Hand and Seal, this Nineteenth
Day of August, in the Tenth Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord William the Third, by the Grace of God,
of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King, Defender
of the Faith, &c. Annoque Domini 1698.
(L.S.) Devonshire.
Sealed and delivered
in the Presence of
Will. Willbye,
Aa. Kinton.