Mercurii, 13 die Februarii, 1688.
Prayers.
Committees.
ORDERED, That all Committees be adjourned.
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow
Morning, Nine a Clock.
The Lords and Commons attend their Highnesses with the Declaration.
Ceremony of proclaiming the Prince and Princess of Orange King and Queen.
About Ten of the Clock Mr. Speaker, attended with
the Mace, and the House of Commons following him in
a Body, went in their Coaches to Whitehall: Where the
Right honourable the Marquis of Hallifax, Speaker of
the House of Lords, with the House of Lords, being
placed on the Right Side of the Door, within the Banqueting House; and the Right Honourable Henry Powle,
Esquire, Speaker of the House of Commons, with the
Commons on the Left Side of the Door of the said Banqueting House, waited the coming of the Prince and
Princess of Orange: Who, immediately after, entering
in at the upper End of the Banqueting House, came and
stood upon the Step under the Canopy of State: Where
being placed; the Speakers of both Houses, together with
the Lords and Commons that accompanied them, were
brought up by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
making three Obeisances, One at the lower End of the
Room, One in the Middle, and One at the Step where
their Highnesses stood. And then the Speaker of the
House of Lords acquainted their Highnesses, That both
Houses had agreed upon a Declaration to be presented
to their Highnesses; which he desired might be read:
Which being granted by their Highnesses; the Clerk of
the House of Lords, by Order of that House, read the
Declaration to their Highnesses: Which being ended, his
Highness made a short Speech, in the Name of Himself,
and of the Princess his Consort: wherein he declared
their Acceptance of the Crown. Upon which, the Lords
and Commons, there present, about Eleven of the Clock
in the Forenoon, came down to Whitehall Gate; where
the Officers of Arms, and other Persons, usually concerned in Solemnities of that Nature, being ready, Garter
Principal King of Arms, having received a Proclamation
for proclaiming the Prince and Princess of Orange King
and Queen, read the same in the Presence of the said
Lords and Commons, and Multitudes of the People there
assembled. From whence they proceeded in this Manner:
First, the High Bailiff of Westminster, with his Men:
Next the Knight Marshal, and his Men: Then a Class
of Trumpets, followed by the Serjeant Trumpeter: Then
an Officer of Arms, singly, followed by Six other; each
accompanied by a Serjeant at Arms: Then Garter King
of Arms, with the Proclamation, accompanied by the
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: Then the Lord
Marquis of Hallifax, attended by the eldest Serjeant at
Arms and Mace, in his Lordship's Coach: Then Mr.
Speaker of the House of Commons, attended by another
Serjeant at Arms and Mace, in his Coach: Then the Duke
of Norfolke, Earl Marshal of England, in his Coach; and
other of the Nobility in their Coaches: Then the Members of the House of Commons in their Coaches. And, in
this Order, came to Temple Bar; where the Gates being
shut, Two of the Officers of Arms, attended by a Serjeant
at Arms, and Two Trumpets, knocked thereat: And the
Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, coming to the Gate,
and inquiring of the Occasion; and being informed
thereof, ordered the Gates to be opened: And the whole
Proceeding entered, except the Bailiff of Westminster
and his Men, who returned back again from thence:
And, the Lord Mayor, Recorder, and Aldermen of the
City of London, with the Sheriffs, receiving them in their
Formalities; a second Proclamation was made, in like
Manner as before, between the Two Temple Gates: From
whence the Lord Mayor, being indisposed in his Health,
going in his Coach; and the Aldermen, Sheriffs, and
Recorder, riding on Horseback before the Lords and
Commons; they proceeded to the Middle of Cheapside;
and there made a Third Proclamation; and from thence
to the Royal Exchange, where a Fourth Proclamation
was made in like Manner; a Lane being made all the
Way between Temple Bar and the Exchange, by several
Companies of the Train Bands of the City.