September 1747
Anno 21o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Jovis, 10o Septembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt.
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Parliament prorogued.
The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury declared in the
House, "That there was a Writ issued, under the Great
Seal, for the further proroguing the Parliament"
Which was read, by the Clerk, as follows, (videlicet,)
"GEORGE R.
"George the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great
Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth, To Our Well-beloved and
Faithful the Prelates, Nobles, and Peers, of Our
Kingdom of Great Britain; and to Our Beloved
and Faithful the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses,
and Commissioners for Shires and Boroughs of Our said
Kingdom, called and chosen to Our Parliament, to
be begun and held at Our City of Westminster, on
the Tenth Day of this instant Month of September,
and to every of you, Greeting Whereas We, for
certain arduous and pressing Affairs, concerning Us,
the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great
Britain and the Church, did ordain the said Parliament to be begun, and held at the City of Westminster,
the Thirteenth Day of August last past, and did command you, by Our several Writs, to be present at
the City and Day aforesaid, to treat, consent, and
conclude, about those Things which, in Our said
Parliament then and there should be proposed and
treated of And whereas We have (by Our Writ)
for certain Causes and Considerations Us thereunto
especially moving, thought fit to prorogue Our said
Parliament, from the same Thirteenth Day of August,
to and until the Tenth Day of September following;
so that neither you nor any of you should be held
or obliged to appear on the said Thirteenth Day of
August, at the aforesaid City; being willing that
you and every of you be wholly discharged as to
Us therefrom, and, by the same Writ, We very
lately commanded you and every of you to appear
and be present on the said Tenth Day of September,
at Our said City, to treat, do, act, and conclude,
upon those Things which in Our said Parliament
should happen to be ordained Nevertheless, for
certain pressing Causes and Considerations Us especially thereunto moving, Our said Parliament,
from the said Tenth Day of September, to and
until Thursday the Eighth Day of October following, We have thought fit further to prorogue;
so that neither you, nor any of you, should be held
or obliged to appear, on the said Tenth Day of September, at the aforesaid City We also will, that you
and every of you be wholly discharged as to Us
therefrom, commanding, and, by the Tenor of these
Presents, strictly requiring you and every of you, and
all others whom this may concern, that you and every
of you do personally appear, and be present, on the
said Eighth Day of October, at Our said City of
Westminster, to treat, do, act, and conclude, upon
those Things which, in Our said Parliament, by
the common Council of Our said Kingdom (by God's
Assistance), shall happen to be ordained.
"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Eighth
Day of September, in the Twenty-first Year
of Our Reign.
"Signed by the King Himself.
"Yorke and Yorke."