June 1777 21-30
Anno 17o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Lunæ, 21o Julii 1777.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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| Archiep. Cantuar. |
Comes Bathurst, Cancellarius.
Comes Talbot, Senescallus. |
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had been pleased to grant a Commission,
under the Great Seal, for the further Prorogation of
the Parliament."
Then Three of the Lords Commissioners, being in
their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack, the Lord Chancellor in the
Middle, with the Archbishop of Canterbury, on his Right
Hand, and the Lord Steward on his Left; commanded the
Yeoman 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,
The Commission was read by the Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
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 Most dear Brothers and
faithful Counsellors, William Duke of Gloucester,
Henry Duke of Cumberland; the Most Reverend Father in God, and Our faithful Counsellor Frederick
Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan
of all England; Our Most dear Cousin and Counsellor Henry Earl Bathurst, Our Chancellor of Great
Britain; the Most Reverend Father in God, and
Our faithful Counsellor William Archbishop of York,
Primate and Metropolitan of England; Our Most dear
Cousins and Counsellors, Granville Earl Gower, President of Our Council; William Earl of Dartmouth,
Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Edward Duke of Somerset, Charles Duke of Richmond, Augustus Henry Duke
of Grafton, Harry Duke of Bolton, Thomas Duke of
Leeds, George Duke of Marlborough, John Duke of
Rutland, Peregrine Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven,
Great Chamberlain of England; William Henry Duke
of Portland, James Duke of Chandos, Henry
Duke of Newcastle, Hugh Duke of Northumberland, George Duke of Montagu, Charles Marquis
of Rockingham, William Earl Talbot, Steward of
Our Household; Francis Seymour Earl of Hertford,
Chamberlain of Our Household; Francis Earl of
Huntingdon, Henry Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, One
of Our Principal Secretaries of State; Basil Earl of
Denbigh, John Earl of Sandwich, Frederick Earl of
Carlisle, Robert Earl of Holdernesse, Richard Earl of
Scarbrough, William Henry Earl of Rochford, George
Bussy Earl of Jersey, Thomas Earl of Kinnoul, John
Earl of Breadalbane, Hugh Earl of Marchmont, John
Earl of Bute, George Earl of Pomfret, John Earl of
Ashburnham, John Earl of Buckinghamshire, Richard
Earl Temple, Simon Earl Harcourt, Charles Earl Cornwallis, Philip Earl of Hardwicke, William Earl of
Chatham, Wills Earl of Hillsborough, Thomas Earl of
Ailesbury, Thomas Earl of Clarendon, William Earl of
Mansfield, Our Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas
before Us; George Viscount Townshend, Thomas Viscount Weymouth, One other of Our principal Secretaries of State; David Viscount Stormont, Hugh Viscount Falmouth; the Right Reverend Father in God,
and Our faithful Counsellor Robert Lord Bishop
of London; and Our Well-beloved and faithful
Counsellors, Francis Lord Le Despencer, George
Lord Onslow, George Lord Edgcumbe, William
Lord Ponsonby, Thomas Lord Lyttelton, William
Lord Wycombe, Thomas Lord Grantham, Thomas
Lord Pelham, Charles Lord Camden, Edward Lord
Hawke, and Jeffery Lord Amherst, Greeting.
Whereas, We did lately, for divers difficult and pressing Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of
Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church,
ordain this Our present Parliament to begin, and to be
held at Our City of Westminster, the Twenty-ninth
Day of November, in the Fifteenth Year of Our
Reign, on which Day Our said Parliament was begun
and held, and from thence, by several Adjournments
and Prorogations, was adjourned and prorogued to
and until Monday the Twenty-first Day of this Instant
July, then to be held and sit at Our City of Westminster aforesaid: Know ye nevertheless, that for certain
pressing Causes and Considerations Us especially moving, We have thought fit further to prorogue Our said
Parliament; therefore, We, confiding very much in
your Fidelity, Prudence, and Circumspection, have,
by the Advice and Consent of Our Council, assigned
you Our Commissioners, giving to you, or to any
Three or more of you, by virtue of these Presents, full
Power and Authority, from the said Twenty-first Day
of this Instant July, in Our Name further to prorogue
and continue Our present Parliament at Our City of
Westminster aforesaid, until and unto Thursday the
Eighteenth Day of September now next following,
there then to be held and sit: And therefore We
command you, that you diligently attend to the Premises, and effectually fulfil them in the Manner aforesaid: We also strictly command all and singular Our
Archbishops, Dukes, Marquisses, Earls, Viscounts,
Bishops, Barons, Knights, Citizens, Burgesses, and
Commissioners for Our Counties and Boroughs, and
all others whom it concerns, to meet at Our said Parliament, by virtue of these Presents, that they observe,
obey, and assist you in executing the Premises as they
ought to do. In Witness whereof We have caused
these Our Letters to be made Patent.
"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Eighteenth
Day of July, in the Seventeenth Year of Our
Reign."
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand."
"Yorke."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
Parliament prorogued.
My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission under the
Great Seal, to Us and other Lords directed, and
now read, We do, in His Majesty's Name, and in
Obedience to His Commands, prorogue this Parliament to Thursday the 18th Day of September next, to
be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the 18th Day of September next."