May 1719
Anno 5o Georgii Regis.
DIE Martis, 19o Maii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Epus. Lincoln. |
Dux Grafton.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Play.
Comes Rockingham.
Viscount Sherard. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Newburgh. |
Sir P. King appointed Speaker.
The House being acquainted, "That His Majesty
had been pleased to grant a Commission under the
Great Seal, to Sir Peter King Knight, Chief Justice
of the Court of Common Pleas, to supply the Place
of Lord Chancellor, as Speaker of this House, during
the Absence of Thomas Lord Parker Lord Chancellor:"
The said Commission was read, as follows:
GEORGIUS R.
"George, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain,
France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor
Sir Peter King Knight, Chief Justice of Our Court
of Common Pleas, Greeting. Know ye, that We,
trusting in your approved Fidelity, Wisdom, and
Discretion, have constituted, named, and appointed,
and by these Presents do constitute, name, and authorize you, from Time to Time, to use and supply the
Room and Place of Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, in
the Upper House of Parliament, amongst the Lords Spiritual and Temporal there assembled, during the Absence of Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor Thomas Lord Parker Baron of Macclesfield, Lord
Chancellor of Great Britain, from his accustomed
Place in Our said Upper House of Parliament; and
then and there to do and execute all such Things
which Our said Lord Chancellor of Great Britain,
using and supplying the said Room and Place, should
or might do in that Behalf. Wherefore We will
and command you the said Sir Peter King to attend
and execute the Premises with Effect. And these
Our Letters Patents shall be your sufficient Warrant
and Discharge for the same in every Behalf. In Witness whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to
be made Patents.
"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Nine and
Twentieth Day of January, in the Fifth Year
of Our Reign.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Wrighte."
Which being done; the said Lord Chief Justice took
his Place upon the Woolfack as Speaker.
PRAYERS.
The Speaker acquainted the House, "That there was
a Commission issued under the Great Seal, for the further proroguing of the Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Then Three of the Lords Commissioners (in their
Robes) being seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack (the Speaker being retired
to the usual Place by the State, as the Speakers do when
His Majesty is present); the Earl of Radnor in the Middle; with the Earl of Bradford on his Right Hand; and
the Earl of Ilay on his Left; commanded the Deputy
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons
know, "The Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in this House, to hear the Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"W. Cant.
Parker, C.
Kingston, P.
Holles Newcastle.
Roxdurghe.
Sunderland.
Berkeley.
J. Craggs.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magna Britanniæ, Franc. et
Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Filio
& perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro Georgio Principi Walliæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo Ebor.
Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Carolo Duci Somerset,
Carolo Duci Graston, Will'o Duci Devon, Jacoba Duci
Montrose, Rob'to Duci de Ancaster & Kesteven Magno
Camerario Angl. Carolo Duci Manchester, Will'o Marchioni Annandale, Jacobo Comiti Derby, Thomæ Comiti
Pembroke & Montgomery, Hen'co Comiti Lincoln.
Lionel. Comiti Dorset & Middl'x, Georgio Comiti
North'ton, Thomæ Comiti Westmorland, Arthuro Comiti
Anglesey, Carolo Comiti Carlisle, Carolo Bodvile Comiti
Radnor, Danieli Comiti Nottingham, Montagu Comiti
Abingdon, Rob'to Comiti Holderness, Ric'o Comiti
Scarbrough, Ric'o Comiti Bradford, Ed'r'o Comiti
Orford, Hugon. Comiti Cholmondeley Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Hugon. Comiti Loudoun, Joh'i Comiti
Stair, Archibald. Comiti Play, Hen'co Comiti Uxbridge,
Carolo Comiti Tankerville, Heneag. Comiti Aylesford,
Georgio Comiti Halifax, Will'o Comiti Cowper, Will'o
Comiti Cadogan, Thomæ Comiti Coningesby, Carolo
Vicecomiti Townshend, Ric'o Vicecomiti Cobham, Reverendo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Joh'i Episcopo London. Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino Berkeley de Stratton, Carolo Domino Boyle, Hen'co Domino Carleton, & Thomæ
Domino Torrington, Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Magnæ Britanniæ & Ecclesiæ
concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum
apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Decimo Septimo Die
Martii, Anno Regni Nostri Primo, inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum
inchoatum & tentum fuit; & abinde, per separalia
Adjournamenta & Prorogationes, usque ad & in Decimum Octavum Diem Aprilis ult. præterit. adjournatum & prorogatum fuerat; & abinde usque ad & in
Decimum Nonum Diem hujus instantis Mensis Maii
prorogatum est, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. præd.
ibidem tunc tenendum & prosequendum: Sciatis
tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis & Considerationibus Nos specialicer moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duximus. De
Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, & Circumspectionibus
vestris plurimum considentes, 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 et in Diem Martis, Tricesimum Diem Menfis Junii nunc prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem
Nostram Westmonaster. ulterius prorogandum & continuandum, ibidemque 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 Comitatibus &
Burgis, et 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.
Testibus Gulielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi, &
cæteris Custodibus & Justiciariis Regni, apud
Westm. Decimo Nono Die Maii, Anno Regni
Nostri Quinto.
"Per ipsos Justiciarios, propriis Manibus signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Earl of Radnor said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read,
to us and others directed, we do, in His Majesty's
Name, prorogue this Parliament to Tuesday the Thirtieth Day of June next, to be then here held: And
this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday
the Thirtieth Day of June next."