July 1726
Anno 12o Georgii Regis.
DIE Jovis, 21o Julii.
Domini Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. King, Cancellarius.
Dux Devon, Præses.
Ds. Trevor, C. P.S.
Dux Grafton, Camerarius.
Dux Kent.
Dux Newcastle.
Viscount Townshend. |
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had been pleased to cause a Commission
to be issued, under the Great Seal, for the further
proroguing of the Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, for the
Lords Commissioners to put on their Robes.
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 Lord Chancellor in the Middle;
the Lord President and the Lord Viscount Townshend on
his Right Hand; and the Lord Privy Seal on his Left;
the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod received
their Lordships Commands to signify to the Commons,
"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 proroguing the Parliament.
"GEORGIUS R.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, 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 Cantuar. totius
Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli
Consiliario Nostro Petro Domino King Cancellario
Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Reverendissimo in Christo
Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Lancelot. Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimo
Consanguineo & Consiliario Nostro Will'o Duci Devon
Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thomæ Domino Trevor Custodi Privati
Sigilli Nostri, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis
Nostris Lionel. Duci Dorset Senescallo Hospitii Nostri,
Carolo Duci Grafton Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo
Duci Somerset, Carolo Duci Bolton, Hen'co Duci Kent,
Jacobo Duci Montrose, Joh'i Duci Roxburgh, Peregrin.
Duci de Ancaster & Kesteven Magno Camerario Angl.
Thomæ Holles Duci Newcastle Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Joh'i Duci Argyll & Greenwich, Jacobo Duci Chandos, Jacobo Comiti Derby,
Thomæ Comiti Pembroke & Montgomery, Hen'co Comiti
Lincoln. Georgio Comiti Northampton, Thomæ Comiti
Westmorland, Arthuro Comiti Anglesey, Carolo Comiti
Carlisle, Jacobo Comiti Berkeley, Daniel. Comiti Nottingham, Montagu Comiti Abingdon, Will'o Comiti
Coventry, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Fran'co Comiti Godolphin, Joh'i Comiti Sutherland, Hugon. Comiti Loudoun, Jacobo Comiti Findlater & Seafield, Joh'i Comiti
Stair, Archibald. Comiti Ilay, Hen'co Comiti Uxbridge, Georgio Comiti Halifax, Will'o Comiti Cadogan,
Carolo Vicecomiti Townshend Primario Secretario Nostro, Ric'o Vicecomiti Cobham, Hugon. Vicecomiti Falmouth, Simon. Vicecomiti Harcourt, Georgio Vicecomiti Torrington, Reverendo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Ed'o Episcopo London. Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino
Berkeley de Stratton, Joh'i Domino Carteret, & Nic'o
Domino Lechmere Cancellario Ducatus Nostri Lancastr. 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 Die Maii, Anno
Regni Nostri Octavo, inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; quod Parliamentum Nostrum abinde, per
separalia Brevia Nostra, prorogatum fuit usque ad
& in Nonum Diem Octobris, Anno Regni Nostri
Nono; & abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta & Prorogationes, usque ad & in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum
Primum Diem hujus instantis Julii, adjournatum & prorogatum fuit, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam, 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, a dicto Vicesimo Primo Die hujus instantis Julii, ad
præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro,
usque ad & in Diem Jovis, Octavum Diem Septembris nunc prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nos
tram Westm. 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 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.
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Quinto Die Julii,
Anno Regni Nostri Duodecimo.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Bisse & Bray."
Which being ended;
The Lord Chancellor 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 Thursday the Eighth Day
of September next, to be then here held: And this
Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the
Eighth Day of September next."