September 1761
Anno 1o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 3o Septembris.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. Henley, Cancellarius.
Comes Shaftesbury. |
Ds. Sandys. |
The Lord Chancellor declared in the House, "That
His Majesty had caused a Writ to be issued, under
the Great Seal, for the further Prorogation of the
Parliament."
And the same was read, by the Clerk, as follows:
Parliament prorogued by Writ.
"GEORGE R.
"George the Third, 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, the
Third Day of September next, and to every of you;
Greeting. Whereas, for certain arduous and urgent
Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our
Kingdom of Great Britain and the Church, We did
ordain the said Parliament to be begun and held, at
the aforesaid City, on the Nineteenth Day of May
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, by
Our Writ, for certain Causes and Considerations Us
thereunto especially moving, have thought sit to prorogue Our said Parliament from the same Nineteenth
Day of May unto the Second Day of July last past;
and from thence, by another Writ, unto the Third
Day of September next; so that neither you, nor any
of you, should be held or obliged to appear on the
said Days, at the said City; being willing that you,
and every of you, be wholly discharged as to Us
therefrom; and, by the same Writ, We lately commanded you, and every of you, to appear and be
personally present on the said Third Day of September
next, at the City aforesaid, to treat, do, act, and
conclude, upon those Things which in Our said Parliament should happen to be ordained: Nevertheless,
for certain Causes and Considerations Us hereunto
especially moving, We have thought sit further to
prorogue Our said Parliament from the said Third
Day of September next unto the Eighth Day of October next following; so that neither you, nor any of
you, should be held or obliged to appear on the said
Third Day of September, at the aforesaid City; We
will therefore, 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 personaly
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 Twentyeighth Day of August, in the First Year of
Our Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke and Yorke."