Anno 11° Annæ Reginæ.
DIE Martis, 3 Februarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Cicestrien.
Epus. Meneven. |
Ds. Harcourt, Custos Magni Sigilli.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer, Thesaurarius.
Dux Buckingham & Nor. Præses.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Montagu.
March. Dorchester.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Dorset.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Cardigan.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Orford.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Play.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Findlater.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Longueville.
Viscount Kilsyth.
Viscount Bolingbroke. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Willoughby Par.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Howard Escr.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Stawell.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Gernsey.
Ds. Cowper.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Burton.
Ds. Mansel.
Ds. Masham.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst. |
PRAYERS.
E. of Godolphin takes his Seat.
This Day Francis Earl of Godolphin fat first in Parliament, after the Death of his Father Sidney Earl of
Godolphin; and took the Oaths, and made and subscribed
the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath
of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
Viscount Longueville takes his Seat.
Also, Talbot Lord Viscount Longueville sat first in Parliament, after the Death of his Father Henry Lord Viscount Longueville; and took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
E. of Linlithgow returned as One of the Sixteen Peers.
The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery delivered into
the House, a Certificate of the Name of the Peer of
Scotland, who, by virtue of Her Majesty's Proclamation, is chosen to fit and vote in this House, in the
Room of James late Duke of Hamilton and Brandon,
deceased; which is as follows; (videlicet,)
"These are to certify, That, by Virtue of Her Majesty's Proclamation, a Certificate, under the Hands
of Alexand'r Gibson and Sir James Justice, Principal
Clerks of the Session, specially appointed by David
Earl of Glasgow Lord Clerk Register, was delivered
into the Crown-office in Chancery; whereby it appears, that James Earl of Linlithgow was, by open
Election, unanimously nominated and chosen as the
Peer of Scotland, to fit and vote in the House of
Peers of this present Parliament of Great Britain, in
the Room of James Duke of Hamilton and Brandon
deceased.
"Given under my Hand, this Third Day of February, Anno Domini 1712.
"Geo. Wrighte,
"Cl. Coron."
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 President on his Left; commanded the 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:
ANNA R.
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Anna, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, et
Hiberniæ Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo
in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thomæ
Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angliæ Primati et Metropolitano, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Simoni Domino Harcourt Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri
Magna Britanniæ, Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Roberto Comiti de Oxon. et Comiti Mortimer Magno Thesaurario Nostro Mag. Britann.
Joh'i Duci de Comitatu Buckingham et de Normanby
Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Jacobo Duci Ormonde Capitaneo Generali Copiarum Nostrarum, Johanni Comiti
Poulet Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Will'o Comiti Dartmouth Primario Secretario Nostro, et Henrico Vicecomiti Bolingbroke Uni Primariorum Secretariorum
Nostrorum, Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam
arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Desensionem 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
separales Adjournamenta et Prorogationes, usque ad
et in instantem Diem Martis, Tertium Diem Februarii,
adjournatum et prorogatum fuit, apud Civitatem
Nostram Westmonaster. præd. 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, Decimum Septimum Diem hujus instantis Februarii, 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 Archiepiscopis, 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 secimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipsa, apud Westmonasterium, Tertio Die
Februarii, 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 this Commission, to us and other
Lords therein named directed, we do, in Her Majesty's Name, further prorogue this present Parliament
to Tuesday the Seventeenth Day of this Instant February: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the Seventeenth Day of this Instant
February."