July 1720
Anno 6o Georgii Regis.
DIE Jovis, 28o Julii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Epus. Bangor. |
Dux Bucks & Nor.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Hadinton.
Comes Stair. |
Ds. Delawar. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas sat Speaker, by virtue of a former Commission.
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 Earl of Westmorland in
the Middle; and the Earl of Radnor on his Right
Hand; and the Earl of Stair on his Left (the Speaker
being retired to the usual Place by the State, as the
Speakers do when His Majesty is present); the Deputy
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod received their
Lordships Commands, 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.
"Parker, C.
Townshend, P.
Grafton.
Devonshire.
Sunderland.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ,
& Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo
Filio & perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro Georgio Principi Walliæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli
Consiliario Nostro Will'o Archrepiscopo Ebor. Angl.
Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimis Consanguineis
& Consiliariis Nostris Carolo Duci Somerset, Jacobo
Duci Montrose, Hen'co Duci Kent, Rob'to Duci de
Ancaster & Kesteven Magno Camerario Angl. Carolo
Duci Manchester, Lionel. Duci Dorset, Will'o Marchioni Annandale, Jacobo Comiti Derby, Thomæ Comiti
Pembroke & Montgomery, Hen'co Comiti Lincoln,
Georgio Comiti Northompton, Thomæ Comiti Westmorland, Arthuro Comiti Anglesey, Carolo Comiti Carlisle,
Carolo Bodville Comiti Radnor, Daniel. Comiti Nottingham, Montagu Comiti Abingdon, Rob'to Comiti
Holderness, Rt'co Comiti Scarbrough, Ric'o Comiti
Bradford, Will'o Comiti Coventry, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Hugon. Comiti Cholmondeley Thesaurario Hospitri Nostri, Hugon. Comiti Loudoun, Joh'i Comiti
Stair, Archibald. Comiti Ilay, Hen'co Comiti Uxbridge, Carolo Comiti Tankerville, Georgio Comiti
Hallifax, Will'o Comiti Cowper, Will'o Comiti Cadogan,
Thomæ Comiti Coningesby, Ric'o Vicecomiti Cobham,
Hugon. Vicecomiti Falmouth, 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, 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 Diem Jovis, Vicesimum
Octavum Diem hujus instantis Mensis Julii, prorogatum est, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. 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, a dicto Vicesimo Octavo Die hujus instantis Mensis Julii, ad præsens Parliamentum, Nomine Nostro,
usque ad & in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Quintum Diem
Augusti nunc prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. ulterius prorogandum & continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum & prosequendum; & ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ca in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis & singulis
Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus,
Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, & Commissionariis pro Comitatibus & Burgis, & 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 Cantuar. &
cæteris Custodibus & Justiciariis Regni, apud
Westm. Vicesimo Octavo Die Julii, Anno
Regni Nostri Sexto.
"Per ipsos Justiciarios, propriis Manibus signal.
"Wrighte."
Then the Earl of Westmorland 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, and by His Royal Authority, prorogue
this present Parliament to Thursday the Five and
Twentieth Day of August next, to be then here held:
And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to
Thursday the Five and Twentieth Day of August
next."