Anno 32 Caroli Secundi.
DIE Lunæ, Vicesimo Tertio die Augusti, 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 Westmonasterii, in Superiori
Parliamenti Domo, convenerunt Domini tam spirituales
quam Temporales, quorum Nomina subscribuntur:
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Arch. Cantuariens.
Epus. London. |
Ds. Finch, Ds. Cancellarius Angliæ.
Marq. Worcester.
Comes Arlington, Camerarius Hospitii Regii.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven. |
Ds. Audley.
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Howard de Escric.
Ds. Arundel de Trer. |
WHEREAS this Parliament was, on the 22th Day
of July last, by His Majesty's Royal Commission under
the Great Seal of England, prorogued to this Day, to be
begun and holden at Westminster: It appearing, by the
like Commission, that it is His Majesty's Royal Will and
Pleasure, that this Parliament should be further prorogued to the One and Twentieth Day of October next;
the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Finch
Lord High Chancellor of England, the Marquis of
Worcester, the Earl of Arlington Lord Chamberlain of
His Majesty's Household, the Earl of Bath, and the
Lord Bishop of London (Six 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 the 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 Will'mo Archiepiscopo
Cantuariensi 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, Henrico Duci New Castle, Henrico Marchioni Wigorniæ Præsidenti Concilii 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. Georgio Comiti Hallifax, Thomæ Vicecomiti
Fauconberg, 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 Will'mo 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, Anno Regni Nostri Tricesimo Primo, inchoari
et teneri ordinaverimus; a quo die idem præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, per separales Prorogationes, usque
ad et in instantem Vicesimum Tertium diem Augusti
prorogatum 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
Lunæ, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine
Nostro, ad et in Vicesimum Primum diem Octobris
jam proxime sequentis, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm.
prædict. prorogandum et continuandum, ibidemque
tunc 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, obedient, et intendant, prout
decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras
fieri fecimus Patentes.
Teste Meipso, apud Westmonaster. Vicesimo Tertio
die Augusti, Anno Regni Nostri Tricesimo Secundo.
"Barker.
"Peripsum Regem, propria Manu signat."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
Parliament prorogued.
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission to us directed, we do prorogue this Parliament till the
One and Twentieth Day of October next. And this
Parliament is prorogued to the One and Twentieth
Day of October next."
Hitherto examined, this 8th of
November, 1680, by us,
Craven.
Howard.
R. Arundell.