Anno 11° Annæ Reginæ.
DIE Martis, 13 Januarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Landaven.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Cicestr.
Epus. Meneven. |
Ds. Harcourt, Custos Magni Sigilli.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer, Thesaurarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Montagu.
Dux Kent.
March. Dorchester.
Comes Poulet, Senescallus.
Comes Dorset & Midd'x.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Gainsborough.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Orford.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Wharton.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Home.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Play.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Findlater.
Viscount Say & Seal.
Viscount Kilsyth.
Viscount Bolingbrook. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Willoughby Par.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Howard Escr.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Halifax.
Ds. Burton.
Ds. Mansell.
Ds. Masham.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst. |
PRAYERS.
E. Findlater takes the Oaths.
James Earl of Findlater took the Oaths, and made
and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the
Statutes.
Lord Willoughby Par. takes his Seat.
Edward Lord Willoughby of Parham sat first in Parliament, after the Death of his Uncle Hugh Lord Willoughby of Parham; and took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
Lord Clifton takes his Seat.
Also, Edward Lord Clifton of Laighton Brumswold sat
first in Parliament, after the Death of his Mother Catherine Lady Cornbury; and took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
The Lord Keeper acquainted the House, "That
Her Majesty had sent a Commission for the further
proroguing of the Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Then the Lords Commissioners (in their Robes) being
seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the
Woolsack; the Lord Keeper in the Middle; with the
Lord Treasurer on his Right Hand; and the Lord
Steward on his Left; commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons know,
"That the Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission
read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
ANNA R.
"Anna, Dei Gratia, Mag. Britanniæ, Franciæ, et
Hib'niæ Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo
in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thomæ
Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angl. Primati et Metropolitano, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Simoni Domino Harcourt Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri
Magnæ Britanniæ, Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Roberto Comiti de Oxon. et Comiti Mortimer Magno Thesaurario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ,
Joh'i Duci de Comitatu Buckingham et de Normanby
Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Jacobo Duci Ormonde Capitaneo Generali Copiarum Nostrarum, Joh'i Comiti
Poulet Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Will'o Comiti
Dartmouth Primario Secretario Nostro, et Henrico
Vicecomiti Bullingbrooke Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et
Defensionem Regni Nostri Magnæ Britanniæ et Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum
Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. Vicesimo Quinto Die Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri
Nono, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; quo Die
idem Parliamentum Nostrum inchoatum et tentum
fuit; et abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta et
Prorogationes, usque ad et in instantem Diem Martis,
Decimum Tertium Diem Januarii, adjournatum et prorogatum fuit, apud Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster.
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 Martis, ad præsens
Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad et
in Diem Martis, Tertium Diem Februarii nunc prox.
sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. 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 Archicpiscopis, Ducibus,
Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis,
Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, et Commissionariis pro Comitatibus et Burgis, ac omnibus
aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum
conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, et
exequendis, pareant, obediant, et intendant, prout
decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras
fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipsa, apud Westmonaster. Decimo Tertio
Die Januarii, Anno Regni Nostri Undecimo.
"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Lord Keeper said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of
Commons,
"By Virtue of Her Majesty's Commission now read,
and to us and other Lords therein named directed,
we do, in Her Majesty's Name, further prorogue
this present Parliament to Tuesday the Third Day
of February next: And this Parliament is accordingly
prorogued to Tuesday the Third Day of February
next."