August, 1647
[3 August, 1647.]
It is this Day Ordered and Ordained, by the Lords and
Commons in Parliament assembled, That John Lord Hunsdon
Speaker of the House of Peers (pro Tempore), and Henry Pelham
Esquire Speaker of the House of Commons, shall be, and are
hereby appointed, Commissioners for the Custody of the Great
Seal of England; and shall have and exercise the same Power
and Authority that any Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Commissioners of the Great Seal, have usually had, or ought to have;
this Ordinance, and the Power hereby given, to continue for the
space of Ten days next ensuing the Date hereof: And that the
Ordinance heretofore made, for putting the Great Seal of
England into the Custody of Edward Earl of Manchester late
Speaker of the House of Peers, and William Lenthall Esquire
late Speaker of the House of Commons, be from henceforth
hereby made void.