December 1732
Anno 6o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Martis, 5o Decembris.
Domini Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. King, Cancellarius.
Comes Wilmington, Præses.
Dux Dorset. |
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Foley. |
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had caused 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 President on his Right Hand;
and the Duke of Dorset on his Left; commanded the
Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let the
Commons know, "The Lords 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.
"GEORGIUS R.
"Georgius Secundus, Dei Gratia, Magn. Britann. Frane. & Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Præcharissimo Filio et perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro Frederico 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 Magn. Britann. Reverendissimo
in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Lancelot.
Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angl. Primati & Metropolitano,
Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris
Spencer Comiti Wilmington Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Will'o Duci Devon, Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Carolo Duci Grafton Camerario Hospitii Nostri,
Carolo Duci Somerset, Carolo Duci Bolton, Joh'i Duci
Rutland Cancellario Ducatus Nostri Lancastr. Carolo
Duci Queensberry, Joh'i Duci Argyll et Greenwich,
Jacobo Duci Montrose, Joh'i Duci Roxburgh, Hen'co
Duci Kent, Peregrin. Duci de Ancaster et Kesteven
Magno Camerario Angl. Thomæ Holles Duci Newcastle
Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Jacobo
Duci Chandos, Lionel. Duci Dorset, Ph'o Dormer Comiti Chesterfield Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Jacobo Comiti Derby, Thomæ Comiti Pembroke & Montgomery,
Joh'i Comiti Leicester, Thomæ Comiti Westmorland,
Daniel. Comiti Winchelsea et Nottingham, Arthuro
Comiti Anglesea, Carolo Comiti Carlisle, Ric'o Comiti
Burlington, Jacobo Comiti Berkeley, Montagu Comiti
Abingdon, Ric'o Comiti Scarbrough, Will'o Comiti
Coventry, Hen'co Comiti Grantham, Franc'o Comiti
Godolphin, Joh'i Comiti Sutherland, Alex'ro Comiti
Marchmont, Joh'i Comiti Stair, Archibald. Comiti
Ilay, Hen'co Comiti Uxbridge, Georgio Comiti Halifax,
Carolo Vicecomiti Townshend, Hen'co Vicecomiti Lonsdale, Ric'o Vicecomiti Cobham, Hugon. Vicecomiti
Falmouth, Georgio Vicecomiti Torrington, Reverendo in
Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Ed'o Episcopo London. Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis
Nostris Will'o Domino Harrington Uni Primariorum
Secretariorum Nostrorum, Joh'i Domino Delawarr,
Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Will'o Domino Berkeley
de Stratton, Joh'i Domino Carteret, & Rob'to Domino
Raymond Capitali Justicario Nostro ad Placita coram Nobis tenenda assign. 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. 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 et in Diem Martis, Quintum Diem Decembris prox. futur. 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 ves
Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, & aliquibus
Tribus vol pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium,
plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, a dicto Quinto
Die Decembris, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum,
Nomine Nostro, usque ad et in Diem Martis, Decimum Sextum Diem Januarii nunc prox. sequent. 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 uni
versis & singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, et Commissionariis pro Comitatibus & Burgis, & omnibus
aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum
conventuris, Tenore Pæsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis, in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, &
exequendis, pareant, obediant, & intendant, prout
deeet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Tricesimo Die Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri Sexto.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Bisse & Bray."
The 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 other Lords directed, we do, in His Majesty's
Name, and by His Royal Authority, further prorogue this Parliament to Tuesday the Sixteenth Day
of January next, to be then here held: And this
Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the
Sixteenth Day of January next."