October 1780
Anno 21o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Martis, 31o Octobris 1780.
DIE Martis, 31o Octobris 1780, Annoque Regni
Serenissimi Domini Nostri Georgii Tertii, Dei
Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hib'niæ, Regis,
Fidei Defensoris, &c. Vicesimo primo; in Superiori
Domo Parliamenti Magnæ Britanniæ apud Westmonaster.
convenere, Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales,
quorum Nomina subscribuntur, et præsentes fuerunt:
REX.
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Londin.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Gloucestr.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Meneven. |
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Dux Dorset.
Dux Bridgewater.
Dux Northumberland.
Comes Talbot, Senescallus.
Comes Pembroke & Montgomery.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Gainsborough.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Dalhousie.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Ashburnham.
Comes Brooke & Warwick.
Comes Temple.
Comes Guilford.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes Hillsborough.
Comes Ailesbury.
Comes Clarendon.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Dudley & Ward. |
Ds. Le Despencer.
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Onslow & Cranley.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. King.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Edgcumbe.
Ds. Stawell.
Ds. Sondes.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Pelham.
Ds. Beaulieu.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Brownlow.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Gage.
Ds. Brudenell.
Ds. Bagot.
Ds. Southampton.
Ds. Porchester. |
The King present.
His Majesty being seated on the Throne, adorned with
His Crown and Regal Ornaments, and attended by His
Officers of State (the Lords being in their Robes) commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, to let
the Commons know, "It is His Majesty's Pleasure, that
they attend Him immediately in this House;"
Who being come;
The Lord Chancellor having received Directions,
said,
Directions to the Commons to chuse a Speaker:
My Lords, and Gentlemen,
His Majesty has been pleased to command me, to
acquaint you, " That he will defer declaring the
Causes of calling this Parliament, till there shall be a
Speaker of the House of Commons; and therefore, it
is His Majesty's Pleasure, That you, Gentlemen of the
House of Commons, do immediately repair to the
Place where the Commons usually sit, and there chuse
a fit Person to be your Speaker, and that you present
such Person who shall be so chosen to His Majesty
here, for His Royal Approbation, To-morrow at Two
of the Clock."
Then His Majesty was pleased to retire, and the Commons withdrew.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, to unrobe.
The House was resumed.
PRAYERS.
The Lord Chancellor takes the Oath.
The Lord Chancellor singly, in the first Place, at the
Table, took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the
Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of
Abjuration pursuant to the Statutes.
Certificate of the Names of the Sixteen Peers for Scotland delivered.
The Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery delivered in a Certificate of the Names of the Sixteen Peers
who are chosen, summoned and certified, to sit and vote
in this House for that Part of Great Britain called Scotland; and the same having been compared at the Table
with the original Return, and found to agree therewith,
was read by the Clerk, and is as follows; (videlicet)
May it please your Lordships,
I do hereby certify, that by virtue of His Majesty's
Royal Proclamation, dated the First Day of September
1780, a Certificate under the Hands and Seals of
Alexander Tait and James Colquhoun Esquires, Two of
the principal Clerks of Session attending the Election
after mentioned, in virtue of the Lord Clerk Register's Commission to them granted, hath been delivered into the Crown Office in Chancery, whereby
it appears that,
Alexander Duke of Gordon,
William Duke of Queensberry,
John Duke of Atholl,
William John Marquis of Lothian,
James Earl of Glencairn,
Archibald Earl of Eglintoun,
David Earl of Cassillis,
James Earl of Abercorn,
John Earl of Galloway,
John Earl of Loudoun,
George Earl of Dalhousie,
George Earl of Aberdeen,
John Earl of Dunmore,
Hugh Earl of Marchmont,
Neill Earl of Rosebery, and
David Viscount of Stormont,
"were elected and chosen to sit and vote in the
House of Peers in the ensuing Parliament of Great
Britain."
Given under my Hand, this Thirty-first Day of
October, 1780.
John Yorke,
"Clerk of the Crown in Chancery."
Lords take the Oaths.
The Lords following took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes:
Frederick Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.
Henry Earl Bathurst, Lord President of the Council.
William Lord Archbishop of York.
Francis Duke of Bridgewater.
Hugh Duke of Northumberland.
Thomas Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire.
Basil Earl of Denbigh.
John Earl of Westmorland.
Philip Earl of Chesterfield.
John Earl of Sandwich.
Willoughby Earl of Abingdon.
Henry Earl of Gainsborough.
William Henry Earl of Rochford.
David Earl of Cassillis.
James Earl of Abercorn.
George Earl of Dalhousie.
Edward Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
Robert Earl Ferrers.
Henry Earl of Sussex.
John Earl Waldegrave.
John Earl of Ashburnham.
George Earl Brooke and Earl of Warwick.
Francis Earl of Guildford.
Henry Earl of Fauconberg.
Wills Earl of Hillsborough.
Thomas Bruce Brudenell Earl of Ailesbury.
Thomas Earl of Clarendon.
George Viscount Townshend.
David Viscount Stormont.
Hugh Viscount Falmouth.
John Viscount Dudley and Ward.
Robert Lord Bishop of London.
Edmund Lord Bishop of Ely.
James Lord Bishop of Gloucester.
John Lord Bishop of Rochester.
Richard Lord Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry.
John Lord Bishop of Bangor.
John Lord Bishop of Oxford.
John Lord Bishop of Exeter.
John Lord Bishop of St. David's.
Francis Lord Le Despencer.
George Lord Abergavenny.
John Peyto Lord Willoughby de Broke.
George Lord Onslow and Cranley.
Charles Sloane Lord Cadogan.
Peter Lord King.
Francis Lord Godolphin.
George Lord Edgcumbe.
Lewis Lord Sondes.
Nathaniel Lord Scarsdale.
Frederick Lord Boston.
Thomas Lord Pelham.
Jeffery Lord Amherst.
Brownlow Lord Brownlow.
Alexander Lord Loughborough.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, " That
there were several Lords without, ready to be introduced:"
Whereupon,
Ld. Stawell introduced:
Henry Lord Stawell claiming by virtue of a special
Limitation, in a Patent granted to Lady Baroness Stawell
his Mother, was (in his Robes) introduced between the
Lord Willoughby de Broke and the Lord Scarsdale (also
in their Robes) the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
and Garter King at Arms preceding, his Lordship on
his Knee, presented his Patent to the Lord Chancellor at
the Woolsack, who delivered it to the Clerk, and the
same was read at the Table:
His Writ of Summons was also read as follows;
(vidclicet)
George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great
Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth; To Our Right Trusty and
Well-beloved Henry Stawell Bilson Legge of Somerton,
Chevalier, Greeting: Whereas by the Advice and
Assent of Our Council, for certain arduous and urgent
Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our
Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, We have
ordered a certain Parliament to be holden at Our City
of Westminster on the Thirty first Day of October next
ensuing, and there to treat and have Conference with
the Prelates, Great Men and Peers of Our Realm;
We, strictly enjoining, command you, upon the Faith
and Allegiance by which you are bound to Us, that
the Weightiness of the said Affairs, and imminent Perils
considered, (waving all Excuses) you be at the said
Day and Place personally present with Us, and with
the said Prelates, Great Men and Peers, to treat and
give your Council upon the Affairs aforesaid; and
this as you regard Us and Our Honour, and the
Safety and Defence of the said Kingdom and Church,
and Dispatch of the said Affairs, in no wise do you
omit.
Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Second Day
of September, in the Twentieth Year of Our
Reign.
"Sewell Thomas."
Then his Lordship took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the
Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes, and was
afterwards placed in his due Place next below the Lord
Wycombe.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Ld. Gage introduced:
William Hall Gage, Viscount Gage, of the Kingdom
of Ireland, being by Letters Patent, bearing Date the
Seventh Day of October in the Twentieth Year of His
present Majesty, created Baron Gage, of Firle, in the
County of Sussex, was (in his Robes) introduced between
the Lord Edgcumbe and the Lord Pelham (also in their
Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, and
Garter King at Arms preceding; his Lordship on his
Knee presented his Patent to the Lord Chancellor at the
Woolsack, who delivered it to the Clerk, and the same
was read at the Table:
His Writ of Summons was also read as follows;
(videlicet)
George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great
Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth; To Our Right Trusty and
Well-beloved William Hall Gage of Firle in Our
County of Sussex, Chevalier, Greeting: Whereas by
the Advice and Assent of Our Council, for certain
arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State
and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and
the Church, We have ordered a certain Parliament to
be holden at Our City of Westminster on the Thirty-first Day of this Instant October, and there to treat and
have Conference with the Prelates, Great Men, and
Peers of Our Realm; We strictly enjoining command
you upon the Faith and Allegiance by which you are
bound to us, that the Weightiness of the said Affairs,
and imminent Perils considered, (waving all Excuses)
you be at the said Day and Place personally present
with Us, and with the said Prelates, Great Men and
Peers, to treat and give your Council upon the Affairs
aforesaid; and this as you regard Us and Our Honour,
and the Safety and Defence of the said Kingdom and
Church, and Dispatch of the said Affairs, in nowise
do you omit.
Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Tweny-eighth
Day of October, in the Twenty-first Year of
Our Reign.
"Yorke."
Then his Lordship took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes, and
was afterwards placed on the lower End of the Barons
Bench.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Ld. Brudenell introduced:
James Brudenell Esquire, being by Letters Patent,
bearing Date the Seventeenth Day of October, in the
Twentieth Year of His present Majesty, created Baron
Brudenell of Deene, in the County of Northampton, was
(in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Willoughby
de Broke and the Lord Edgcumbe, (also in their Robes),
the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod and Garter
King at Arms preceding; his Lordship on his Knee presented his Patent to the Lord Chancellor at the Woolsack,
who delivered it to the Clerk, and the same was read at
the Table:
His Writ of Summons was also read as follows;
(videlicet)
George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great
Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth; To Our Right Trusty and
Well-beloved James Brudenell of Deene, in Our
County of Northampton, Chevalier, Greeting:
Whereas by the Advice and Assent of Our Council,
for certain arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us,
the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, We have ordered a certain
Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster on
the Thirty-first Day of this Instant October, and there
to treat and have Conference with the Prelates, Great
Men and Peers of Our Realm; We, strictly enjoining,
command you, upon the Faith and Allegiance by
which you are bound to Us, that the Weightiness of
the said Affairs, and imminent Perils considered,
(waving all Excuses), you be at the said Day and
Place personally present with Us, and with the said
Prelates, Great Men and Peers, to treat and give your
Council upon the Affairs aforesaid; and this, as you
regard Us and Our Honour, and the Safety and
Defence of the said Kingdom, and Church, and the
Dispatch of the said Affairs, in no wise do you omit.
Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Twenty-eighth Day of October, in the Twenty-first
Year of Our Reign.
"Yorke."
Then his Lordship took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes, and
was afterwards placed on the lower End of the Barons
Bench.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to to the Standing Order.
Ld. Bagot introduced:
Sir William Bagot Baronet, being by Letters Patent,
bearing Date the Seventeenth Day of October in the
Twentieth Year of His present Majesty, created Baron
Bagot of Bagot's Bromley, in the County of Stafford,
was (in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Willoughby de Broke and the Lord Scarsdale, (also in their
Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod and
Garter King at Arms preceding, his Lordship on his Knee
presented his Patent to the Lord Chancellor at the Woolsack, who delivered it to the Clerk, and the same was
read at the Table:
His Writ of Summons was also read as follows;
(videlicet)
George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great
Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth: To our Right Trusty and Wellbeloved William Bagot of Bagot's Bromley, in the
County of Stafford, Chevalier, Greeting: Whereas
by the Advice and Consent of our Council, for certain
arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State,
and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and
the Church, We have ordered a certain Parliament to
be holden at Our City of Westminster, on the Thirty-first Day of this Instant October, and there to treat and
have Conference with the Prelates, Great Men and
Peers of Our Realm, We strictly enjoining, command
you, upon the Faith and Allegiance by which you are
bound to Us, that the Weightiness of the said Affairs,
and imminent Perils considered (waving all Excuses)
you be at the said Day and Place personally present
with Us, and with the said Prelates, Great Men and
Peers, to treat and give your Council upon the Affairs
aforesaid; and this as you regard Us and Our Honour,
and the Safety and Defence of the said Kingdom and
Church, and Dispatch of the said Affairs, in no wise
do you omit.
Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Twenty-eighth
Day of October, in the Twenty-first Year of
Our Reign.
"Yorke."
Then his Lordship took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes, and was
afterwards placed on the lower End of the Barons
Bench.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Ld. Southampton introduced:
Charles Fitz-Roy of Tottenham Court, in the County
of Middlesex, Esquire, being by Letters Patent, bearing
Date the Seventeenth Day of October, in the Twentieth
Year of His present Majesty, created Lord Southampton,
Baron of Southampton, in the County of Southampton, was
(in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Le Despencer
and the Lord Willoughby de Broke (also in their Robes),
the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, and Garter King
at Arms preceding: His Lordship on his Knee, presented
his Patent to the Lord Chancellor at the Woolsack, who
delivered it to the Clerk; and the same was read at the
Table.
His Writ of Summons was also read, as follows;
(videlicet)
George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great
Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth: To Our Right Trusty and Wellbeloved Charles Fitz-Roy of Southampton, in Our
County of Southampton, Chevalier, Greeting: Whereas
by the Advice and Assent of Our Council, for certain
arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State
and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and
the Church, We have ordered a certain Parliament to
be holden at Our City of Westminster, on the Thirty-first Day of this Instant October, and there to treat and
have Conference with the Prelates, Great Men and
Peers of Our Realm; We strictly enjoining, command
you, upon the Faith and Allegiance by which you are
bound to Us, that the Weightiness of the said Affairs,
and imminent Perils considered (waving all Excuses)
you be at the said Day and Place personally present with
Us, and with the said Prelates, Great Men and Peers,
to treat and give your Council upon the Affairs aforesaid; and this as you regard Us and Our Honour, and
the Safety and Defence of the said Kingdom and
Church, and Dispatch of the said Affairs, in no wise
do you omit.
Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Twenty-eighth Day of October, in the Twenty-first Year
of Our Reign.
"Yorke."
Then his Lordship took the Oaths, and made and subscrbed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes,
and was afterwards placed on the lower End of the
Barons Bench.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Ld Porchester introduced:
Henry Herbert Esquire, being by Letters Patent, bearing Date the Seventeenth Day of October, in the
Twentieth Year of His present Majesty, created Baron
Porchester of Highclere, in the County of Southampton,
was (in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Willoughby de Broke and the Lord Edgcumbe (also in their
Robes) the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod and
Garter King at Arms preceding: His Lordship on his
Knee, presented his Patent to the Lord Chancellor at the
Woolsack, who delivered it to the Clerk; and the same
was read at the Table.
His Writ of Summons was also read as follows;
(videlicet)
George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great
Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth: To Our Right Trusty and Wellbeloved Henry Herbert of Highclere, in Our County
of Southampton, Chevalier, Greeting: Whereas by
the Advice and Assent of Our Council, for certain
arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State
and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain and
the Church, We have ordered a certain Parliament to
be holden at Our City of Westminster, on the Thirty-first Day of this Instant October, and there to treat and
have Conference with the Prelates, Great Men and
the Peers of Our Realm, We strictly injoining command you, upon the Faith and Allegiance by which
you are bound to Us, that the Weightiness of the said
Affairs, and imminent Perils considered (waving all
Excuses) you be at the said Day and Place personally
present, with Us and with the said Prelates, Great
Men and Peers, to treat and give your Counsel upon
the Affairs aforesaid; and this, as you regard Us and
Our Honour, and the Safety and Defence of the said
Kingdom and Church, and Dispatch of the said Affairs
in no wise do you omit.
Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Twenty-eighth Day of October, in the Twenty-first
Year of Our Reign.
"Yorke."
Then His Lordship took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration; and also took and subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes, and
was afterwards placed on the lower End of the Barons
Bench.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table, his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
primum diem Novembris jam prox. sequen. hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.