July 1723
Anno 9o Georgii Regis.
DIE Martis, 2o Julii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Epus. London. |
Comes Warwick.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Halifax. |
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 granted 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 Woolfack (the Speaker being retired
to the usual Place by the State, as the Speakers do
when His Majesty is present); the Earl of Westmorland
in the Middle; and the Earl of Halifax on his Right
Hand; and the Lord Bishop of London 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.
Carleton, P.
Kingston, C. P. S.
Holles Newcastle.
Grafton.
Devonshire.
Godolphin.
Harcourt.
R. Walpole.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magn. Britann. Franc.
& 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
Angliæ Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimis Consangumers & Consiliariis Nostris Carolo Duci Somerset, Hen'co Duci Kent, Jacobo Duci Montrose, Rob'to
Duci de Ancaster & Kesteven Magno Camerario
Angl. Jacobo Duci Chandos, Lionel. Duci Dorset, 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, Will'o Comiti Coventry, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Hugon. Comiti Cholmondeley Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Joh'i Comiti Sutherland, Hugon. Comiti
Loudoun, Jacobo Comiti Findlater & Seafield, Archibald. Comiti Ilay, Joh'i Comiti Stair, Hen'co Comiti
Uxbridge, Georgio Comiti Halifax, Will'o Comiti Cowper, Thomæ Comiti Coningesby, Ric'o Vicecomiti Cobham, Hugon. Vicecomiti Falmouth, Georgio Vicecomiti
Torrington, Reverendo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Ed'o Episcopo London. Prædilectis &
Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino Berkeley
de Stratton, & Nic'o Domino Lechmere Cancellario
Ducatus (fn. 1) Nostri Lancastr 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 Die
Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Octavo, inchoari & teneri
ordinaverimus; quod Parliamentum Nostrum abinde,
per separalia Brevia Nostra, usque ad & in Nonum
Diem Octobris ult. præterit. prorogatum fuit; &
abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta & Prorogationes, usque ad & in Diem Martis, Secundum Diem
Julii prox. sequend. adjournatum & prorogatum suit,
apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. præd. 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 Concihi
Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros;
dantes vobis, & aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, a dicto Secundo Die Julii, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad & in Diem
Martis, Decimum Tertium Diem Augusti nunc prox.
sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm.
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, Mihtibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, & Commissionariis pro Comitatibus & Burgis, ac omnibus
aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Notrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentum, sirmiter in
Mandatis, quod vobis, in Præmissis faciendis, agen
dis, & 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 Septimo Die Junii, Anno
Regni Nostri Nono.
"Per ipsos Custodes & Justiciarios Regni, propriis Manibus signat.
"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
Parliament to Tuesday the Thirteenth Day of August
next, to be then here held: And this Parliament is
accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the Thirteenth Day
of August next."