DIE Jovis, 18 Septembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. London. |
Dux Schonburg.
Comes Lindsey, Ds. Magnus Camerarius.
Comes Scarbrough. |
Ds. Bergevenny.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Cornwallis. |
Commission to revoke the E. of Oxford's, as Speaker.
A Commission was read, for revoking the Earl
of Oxford's former Commission, as followeth;
(videlicet,)
Signed,
Tho. Cantuar.
N. Wrighte, C. S.
Jersey.
Godolphin.
"William the Third, by the Grace of God, of
England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these Presents
shall come, Greeting. Whereas, by Our Letters
Patents under Our Great Seal of England, bearing
Date at Westminster, the Seventh Day of August last
past, We did constitute, authorize, and appoint Our
Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved Cousin and
Counsellor Aubrey Earl of Oxford to supply the
Room and Place of Lord Keeper, in the Upper House
of Parliament, during the Absence of Our Right
Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor Sir Nathan Wrighte
Knight, Lord Keeper of Our Great Seal of England,
and to do and execute divers Powers in Our said
Letters Patents contained and specified, as by our said
Letters Patents more at large do appear: We nevertheless, for certain weighty Causes and Considerations
Us especially moving in that Behalf, have revoked,
determined, and made void, and, by these Presents,
do revoke, determine, and make void, Our said Letters
Patents, and all Things therein contained. In Witness whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be
made Patents.
Witness, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, and
the rest of the Guardians and Justices of the
Realm, at Westminster, the Seventeenth Day of
September, in the Thirteenth Year of Our
Reign.
"Per ipsos Justiciarios, propriis Manibus signat.
"Wrighte."
Sir J. Holt, C. J. K. B. Commission to be Speaker.
Then a Commission was read, appointing the Lord
Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of King's
Bench to supply the Place of Lord Keeper in the
Upper House of Parliament, as followeth; (videlicet,)
Signed,
Tho. Cantuar.
N. Wrighte, C. S.
Jersey.
Godolphin.
"William the Third, by the Grace of GOD, of
England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To Our Right Trusty and
Well-beloved Counsellor Sir John Holt Knight, Chief
Justice assigned to hold Pleas before Us, Greeting.
Know ye, that We, trusting in your approved Fidelity,
Wisdom, and Discretion, have constituted, named,
and appointed, and, by these Presents, do constitute,
name, and authorize you, from Time to Time, to use
and supply the Room and Place of Lord Keeper, in
the Upper House of Parliament, amongst the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal there assembled, during the
Absence of Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved
Counsellor Sir Nathan Wrighte Knight, Lord Keeper
of Our Great Seal of England, from his accustomed
Place in Our said Upper House of Parliament; and
then and there to do and execute all such Things
which Our Lord Keeper of Our Great Seal of England, using and supplying the said Room and Place,
should or might do in that Behalf: Wherefore We
will and command you the said Sir John Holt to attend
and execute the Premises with Effect; and these Our
Letters Patents shall be your sufficient Warrant and
Discharge for the same in every Behalf. In Witness whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to
be made Patents.
Witness, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, and
the rest of the Guardians and Justices of the
Realm, at Westminster, the Eighteenth Day of
September, in the Thirteenth Year of Our Reign.
"Per ipsos Justiciarios, propriis Manibus signat.
"Wrighte."
PRAYERS.
The Speaker acquainted the House, "That there
was a Commission for further proroguing of the Parliament."
Then the Lords Commissioners, in their Robes, took
their Places on a Form placed between the Throne and
the Woolsack; the Duke of Schonberg in the Middle; the
Lord Great Chamberlain on his Right Hand; the Earl
of Scarbrough and the Lord Bishop of London on his
Left Hand; commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher
of the Black Rod to go to the House of Commons, and
let them know, "The Lords Commissioners desire them
to come, and hear the said Commission read."
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
Who being come (with their Speaker); the Commission was read, as followeth; (videlicet,)
Signed,
Tho. Cantuar.
N. Wrighte, C. S.
Jersey.
Godolphin.
"Gulielmus Tertius, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scotiæ,
Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Charissimis Consanguineis et Consilariis Nostris Jacobo
Duci Ormonde, Mainherdt Duci Schonburg, Carolo Duci
Bolton, Thomæ Duci Leeds, Carolo Duci Salop,
Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl.,
Carolo Comiti Carliol. Comiti Marescallo Angl., Alberico
Comiti Oxon. Carolo Comiti Dorsett et Midd'x, Carolo
Comiti Manchester, Thomæ Comiti Stamford, Rob'to
Comiti Sunderland, Carolo Comiti Berkeley, Laurentio
Comiti Roffen. Will'o Comiti Portland, Rad'o Comiti
Montagu, Johanni Comiti Marlborough, Ric'o Comiti
Scarbrough, Franc'o Comiti Bradford Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Henrico Comiti Romney Guardiano Quinque Portuum Nostrorum, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Reverendo in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Hen'co Episcopo London. Prædilectis et Fidelibus
Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Domino Ferrers, Thomæ
Domino Wharton Contrarotulatori Hospitii Nostri,
Rob'to Domino Lexington, Johanni Domino Sommers,
et Carolo Domino Halifax, Salutem. Cum nuper,
pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos,
Statum et Defensionem Regni Nostri Angl. et Ecclesiæ
Anglicanæ concernen. Præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Sexto Die Februarii ult. Præterit. inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus;
a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad et in
Decimum Diem ejusdem Februarii prorogatum fuerat; et abinde, per separales Prorogationes et Adjournationes, ad et in instantem Diem Jovis, Decimum
Octavum Diem Septembris, prorogatum et adjournatum fuerat, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam, 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 Circumspectionibus
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, præsens
Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad et
in Diem Jovis, Tricesimum Diem Octobris jam prox.
sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm.
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 Præmisses faciendis, agendis,
et exercendis, pareant, obediant, et intendant, prout
decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas
Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Testibus, Thoma Archiepiscopo Cantuar. et cæteris
Custodibus et Justiciariis Regni, apud Westm.
Decimo Octavo Die Septembris, Anno Regni
Nostri Decimo Tertio.
"Per ipsos Justiciarios, propriis Manibus signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Lord Great Chamberlain said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"By Virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read,
and to us directed, we do, in His Majesty's Name,
prorogue this Parliament to Thursday the Thirtieth
Day of October next: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Thursday the Thirtieth Day of
October next."