October 1720
Anno 7o Georgii Regis.
DIE Jovis, 20o Octobris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Litch. & Cov. |
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Halifax.
Comes Harborough. |
Ds. Compton. |
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 Four of the Lords Commissioners (in their
Robes), being seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack; the Earl of Bradford in the
Middle; and the Earl of Coventry and Earl of Halifax on
his Right Hand; and the Earl of Loudoun 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 His Majesty's Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proguing the Parliament.
W. Cant.
Parker, C.
Holles Newcastle.
Devonshire.
Berkeley.
J. Craggs."
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 Archiepiscopo
Ebor. Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Chariffimis
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 North'ton, 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 & 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 Magn. Britann.
& 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 Diem
hujus instantis Meusis Octobris, 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 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 Jovis, Vicesimo Die hujus instantis Mensis Octobris, ad præsens Parliamentum,
Nomine Nostro, usque ad & in Diem Venens, Vicesimum Quintum Diem Novembris nunc prox. sequen.
apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. ulterius prorogandum & continuandum, ibidem tunc
tenendum & prosequendum; & ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea
in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus
autem universis & singulis Archicpiscopis, Ducibus,
Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis,
Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, & Com
missionariis 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 & Justiciar. Regni, apud
Westm. Vicesimo Die Octobris, Anno Regni
Nostri Septimo.
"Per ipsos justiciarios, propriis Manibus signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Earl of Bradford 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 Friday the Twenty-fifth Day
of November next, to be then here held: And this
Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Friday the
Twenty-fifth Day of November next."