October 1728
Anno 3o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Jovis, 16o Octobris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Archiep. Ebor. |
Ds. King, Cancellarius.
Comes Scarbrough. |
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 Three 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; and the Lord Archbishop of York on his Right
Hand; and the Earl of Scarbrough on his Left; commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
to let the Commons know, "That 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 Secundus, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ,
Franciæ, & Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Filio & perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro Frederico Principi Walliæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri
& Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angliæ 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,
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, Joh'i Duci Rutland Cancellario Ducatus
(fn. 1) Nostri Lancastr. Carolo Duci Queensberry, Joh'i Duci
Argyll & Greenwich, Jacobo Duci Montrose, Joh'i Duci
Roxburgh, Hen'co Duci Kent, Peregrin. Duci de Ancaster & Kesteven Magno Camerario Angl. Thomæ Holles
Duci Newcastle Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Jacobo Duci Chandos, Jacobo Comiti Derby,
Thomæ Comiti Pembroke & Montgomery, Thomæ Comiti
Westmorland, Ph'o Comiti Chesterfield, Arthur. Comiti
Anglesey, Carolo Comiti Carlisle, Ric'o Comiti Burlington, Jacobo Comiti Berkeley, Daniel. Comiti Nottingham, Montagu Comiti Abingdon, Ric'o Comiti Scarbrough, Will'o Comiti Coventry, Hen'co Comiti Grantham, Fran'co Comiti Godolphin, Joh'i Comiti Sutherland, Hugon. Comiti Loudoun, Jacobo Comiti Findlater
& Seafield, Alex'ro Comiti Marchmont, Joh'i Comiti
Stair, Archibald. Comiti Ilay, Hen'co Comiti Uxbridge,
Georgio Comiti Halifax, Talbot. Comiti Sussex, Carolo
Vicecomiti Townshend Uni Primariorum Secretariorum
Nostrorum, Hen'co Vicecomiti Lonsdale, 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, Joh'i Domino Carteret, & Spencer
Domino Wilmington, Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum &
Defensionem Regni Nostri Magnæ Britanniæ & Ecclefiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Vicesimo Octavo
Die Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri Primo, inchoari
& teneri ordinaverimus; quod Parliamentum Nostrum
abinde, per separalia Brevia Nostra, prorogatum fuit
usque ad et in Vicesimum Tertium Diem Januarii,
Anno Primo prædicto, & ibidem modo tentum; &
abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta & Prorogationes,
usque ad & in Diem Jovis, Decimum Sextum Diem
hujus instantis Octobris, 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 confidentes, de Avisamento & Assensu Concilii
Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros;
dantes vobis, & aliquibus Tribus vel plmibus vestrum,
Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, a dicto Decimo Sexto hujus instantis Octobris,
ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro,
usque ad & in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Diem Novembris nunc proxime sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. ulterius prorogandum &
continuandum, ibidem tunc tenendum & prosequen
dum; & 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, & 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. Decimo Quarto Die
Octobris, Anno Regni Nostri Tertio.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Bisse Brat."
Which Commission being read; 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 Twentieth Day of November next, to be then here held: And this Parliament
is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the Twentieth
Day of November next."