August 1720
Anno 7o Georgii Regis.
DIE Jovis, 25o Augusti.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Epus. Bangor. |
Dux Montrose.
March. Annandale.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Ilay.
Comes Tankerville. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Lumley. |
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 Duke of Montrose in
the Middle; and the Marquis of Annandale on his
Right Hand; and the Earl of Tankerville 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 was
commanded to let the Commons know, "The Lords
Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in
this House, to hear the Commission read."
Who being come; the Commission was read, by the
Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
W. Cant.
Kingston, C. P. S.
Grafton.
J. Craggs.
Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magn. Britann. Franc.
et Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo
Filio et perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro Georgio
Principi Walliæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et
Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo Ebor.
Angl. Primati et Metropolitano, Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Carolo Duci Somerset,
Jacobo Duci Montrose, Hen'co Duci Kent, Rob'to Duci
de Ancaster et Kesteven Magno Camerario Angl. Carolo
Duci Manchester, Lionel. Duci Dorset, Will'o Marchioni Annandale, Jacobo Comiti Derby Thomæ Comiti
Pembroke et Montgomery, Hen'co Comiti Lincoln,
Georgio Comiti Northampton, Thomæ Comiti Westmorland, Arthuro Comiti Anglesey, Carolo Comiti Carlisle,
Carolo Bodvile Comiti Radnor, Daniel. Comiti Nottingham, Montagu Comiti Abingdon, Rob'to Comiti
Holderness, Ric'o Comiti Scarbrough, Ric'o Comiti
Bradford, Will'o Comiti Coventry, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Hugon. Comiti Cholmondeley Thesaurario Hospitii
Nostri, Hugon. Comiti Loudoun, Joh'i Comiti Stair,
Archibald. Comiti Ilay, Hen'co Comiti Uxbridge, Carolo
Comiti Tankerville, Georgio Comiti Halifax, Will'o
Comiti Cowper, Will'o Comiti Cadogan, Thomæ Comiti
Coningesby, Ric'o Vicecomiti Cobham, Hugon. Vicecomiti Falmouth, Reverendo in Christo Patri et Fideli
Consiliario Nostro Joh'i Episcopo London. Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino
Berkeley de Stratton, Carolo Domino Boyle, et Hen'co
Domino Carleton, Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum
et Defensionem Regni Nostri Magn. Britanniæ et Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum
Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Decimo
Septimo Die Martii, Anno Regni Nostri Primo, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum inchoatum et tentum fuit;
et abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta et Prorogationes, usque ad et in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Quintum Diem hujus instantis Mensis Augusti prorogatum
est apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. 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
confidentes, de Avisamento et Assensu Concilii Nostri,
assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes
vobis, et aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem et Auctoritatem,
hoc instante Die Jovis, a dicto Vicesimo Quinto Die
hujus instantis Mensis Augusti, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad et in
Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Diem Mensis Octobris nunc
prox. sequent. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram
Westm. ulterius prorogandum et continuandum, ibidemque 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, et
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.
"Testibus Gulielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuar. et
cæteris Custodibus et Justiciar. Regni apud
Westm. Vicesimo Quinto Die Augusti, Anno
Regni Nostri Septimo.
"Per ipsos Justiciar. propriis Manibus signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Duke of Montrose 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 Twentieth Day of
October next, to be then here held: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the
Twentieth Day of October next."