Anno 32 Caroli Secundi.
DIE Jovis, Decimo Quinto die Aprilis, 1680, Anno
Regni Serenissimi Domini nostri Caroli Secundi,
Dei Gratia, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ Regis, Fidei Defensoris, &c. Tricesimo Secundo, in quem
diem prorogatum fuerat præsens Parliamentum, tenendum apud Civitatem Westmonaster. in Superiori Parliamenti Domo, convenerunt Domini tam Spirituales quam
Temporales, quorum Nomina subscribuntur:
| His Royal Highness the Duke of Yorke. | |
Arch. Cantuar.
Epus. London.
Epus. Durham.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Cov. et Litchfield.
Epus. Petriburg. |
Ds. Finch, Ds. Cancellarius Angliæ.
Ds. Custos Privati Sigilli.
Marq. Worcester.
Comes Kent.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Clare.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Essex.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylisbury.
Comes Feversham.
Vicecomes Fauconberg.
Vicecomes Newport. |
Ds. Paget.
Ds. North et Grey.
Ds. Chandois.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Herbert de Cherb.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Freschevile.
Ds. Arundel de Trer.
Ds. Butler de Mo. Parke. |
WHEREAS His Majesty, on the Twenty-sixth Day
of January last, did prorogue the Parliament to this Day,
to be begun and held at Westminster: It being His Majesty's Royal Will and Pleasure, that the said Parliament should be further prorogued to the Seventeenth
Day of May next, as by His Royal Commission under
the Great Seal of England directed to several Lords for
that Purpose doth appear; the Lord Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Lord Finch Lord High Chancellor of
England, the Earl of Anglesey Lord Privy Seal, the
Marquis of Worcester, the Earl of Bridgewater, the Earl
of Sunderland, the Earl of Essex, and Viscount Fauconberg (Eight of the Lords authorized by His Majesty to
make the said Prorogation), being placed in their Robes
on a Form set cross the House at the Foot of His Majesty's Throne after the usual Manner (the rest of the
Lords being in their Robes also); the Lord Chancellor, in the Name of the said Lords Commissioners, commanded Thomas Duppa Esquire, Deputy Gentleman Usher
of the Black Rod, "That he go and desire the immediate
Attendance of the Members of the House of Commons in this House, to hear His Majesty's Commission read."
Who being come; His Majesty's Commission was
publicly read, by the Clerk, as followeth:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"CAROLUS R.
"Carolus Secundus, Dei Gratia, Angliæ, Scotiæ,
Franciæ, et Hiberniæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Consanguineo et Consiliario Nostro Principi Ruperto Comiti Palatini Rheni Duci Bavariæ et
Cumbriæ, &c. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Willielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuariens. totius Angliæ Primati et Metropolitano, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Heneagio Domino
Finch Domino Cancellario Nostro Angliæ, Charissimis
Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Arthuro Comiti
Anglesey Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Christophero
Duci Albemarle, Carolo Marchioni Winton, Henrico
Marchioni Wigorniæ Præsidenti Consilii Nostri infra
Principalitatem et Marchias Walliæ, Henrico Comiti
Arlington Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Jacobo Comiti
Salisbury, Johanni Comiti Bridgewater, Roberto Comiti Sunderland Uni Primariorum Secretariorum
Nostrorum, Arthuro Comiti Essex, Johanni Comiti
Bathon. Thomæ Vicecomiti Fauconberge, Charissimo
Consanguineo Nostro Francisco Vicecomiti Newport
Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Reverendo in Christo
Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Henrico Episcopo
London. et Prædilecto et Fideli Nostro Willielmo Domino Maynard Contrarotulatori Hospitii Nostri, Salutem: Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem Regni
Nostri Angliæ et Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernentibus,
præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem
Nostram Westm. Decimo Septimo die Octobris ultime
preteriti inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; a quo die
idem præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, per separales
Prorogationes, usque ad et in instantem Decimum
Quintum diem Aprilis prorogat. fuerat, ibidem tunc
tenendum et prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis et Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius
prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, et Circumspectione vestris plurimum confidentes, de Avisamento et Assensu Concilii Nostri,
assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, et aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore
Præsentium, plenam Potestatem et Auctoritatem, hoc
instante die Jovis, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum,
Nomine Nostro, ad et in Decimum Septimum diem
Maii proxime futuri, usque Civitatem Nostram Westm.
prorogandum et continuandum, ibidemque tune tenendum et prosequendum: Et ideo vobis mandamus,
quod circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in
Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem
universis et singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, et Burgensibus, ac omnibus
aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in
Mandatis, quod vobis in Præmissis faciend. agend. et
exequend. pareant, obediant, et intendant, prout
decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras
fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Decimo Quinto
die Aprilis, Anno Regni Nostri Tricesimo Secundo.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Barker."
Hitherto examined, this 28th of October, 1680;
Anglesey, C. P. S.
Huntingdon. J. Bridgewater.
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
Parliament prorogued.
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission to us directed, we do prorogue this Parliament to the Seventeenth Day of May next coming. And this Parliament
is prorogued to the Seventeenth Day of May next
coming."