August, 1647
[10 August, 1647.]
Be it Ordained, by the Lords and Commons assembled in
Parliament; That the Ordinance which last passed both Houses
of Parliament, for appointing or continuing Edward Earl of
Manchester Speaker of the House of Peers pro Tempore and
William Lenthall Esquire Speaker of the House of Commons,
Commissioners for the Custody of the Great Seal of England,
stand and be in full Force, until the End and Determination
thereof, according to the Tenor of the said Ordinance, notwithstanding any other Order or Ordinances to the contrary: And be
it hereby further Ordained and Declared, That the said Edward
Earl of Manchester and the said William Lenthall be, and are
hereby, continued Commissioners of the said Great Seal, for and
during the Space of One Month, to be accounted from the Time
for which the said Earl of Manchester and William Lenthall were
formerly appointed and continued Commissioners as aforesaid,
together with the same and like Powers and Authorities, to all
Intents and Purposes, as are mentioned or contained in the said
former Ordinance.