House of Lords Journal Volume 19: 16 May 1710

Anno 9° Annæ Reginæ.

DIE Martis, 16 Maii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That Her Majesty had sent a Commission for the further proroguing of the Parliament."

Then the Lords Commissioners, being seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord Chancellor in the Middle; the Marquis of Dorchester on his Right Hand; and the Earl of Cholmondeley and Earl of Seafield on his Left; commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, to let the Commons know, "That the Commissioners desire them to come, and hear the said 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, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hib'niæ Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thomæ Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o Domino Cowper Cancellario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Joh'i Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angl. Primati et Metropolitano, Charissimo Consanguineo & Consiliario Nostro Sidney Comiti Godolphin Magno Thesaurario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Joh'i Domino Sommers Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Charissimis Consanguineis Consiliariis Nostris Joh'i Duci Newcastle Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Will'mo Duci Devon. Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Shrewsbury Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Somerset Magistro Equorum Nostrorum, Jacobo Duci Ormonde, Carolo Duci Bolton, Mainherdt Duci Schonberg, Thomæ Duci Leeds, Joh'i Duci Marlborough Capitaneo Generali Copiarum Nostrarum, Jacobo Duci Queensberry & Dover Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Jacobo Duci Montrose, Joh'i Duci Argyle et Comiti Greenwich, Joh'i Duci Roxburgh, Hen'co Duci Cantii, Rob'to Marchioni Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl. Evelyn Marchioni Dorchester, Jacobo Comiti Derby Cancellario Ducatus (fn. 1) Nostri Lancastr. Thomæ Comiti Pembroke & Montgomery, Hen'co Comiti Suffolk & Bindon Vicemarescallo Angl. Carolo Comiti Manchester, Ric'o Comiti Rivers, Thomæ Comiti Stamford, Carolo Comiti Sunderland Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Carolo Comiti Carliol. Carolo Bodvile Comiti Radnor, Carolo Comiti Berkeley, Ric'o Comiti Scarbrough, Ric'o Comiti Bradford, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Thomæ Comiti Wharton, Joh'i Comiti Poulett, Hugoni Comiti Cholmondeley Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Joh'i Comiti Mar, Hugoni Comiti Loudoun, Jacobo Comiti Seafeild, Carolo Vicecomiti Townshend, Reverendo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Hen'co Episcopo London. Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Domino Ferrers, Rob'to Domino Lexington, & Will'o Domino Dartmouth, Salurem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Magn. Britanniæ & Ecclesiæ concernen. præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Octavo Die Julii qui erat Anno Regni Nostri Septimo, inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad et in Nonum Diem Septembris tunc prox. sequen. prorogatum fuerat; et abinde, per separales Prorogationes & Adjournamenta, ad et in instantem Diem Martis, Decimum Sextum Diem Maii, prorogatum & adjournatum fuerat, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. præd. ibidem tunc tenendum & prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis & Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentiâ, & Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum considentes, de Avisamento & Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, & aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die Martis, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad et in Diem Lunæ, Quintum Diem Junii nunc prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogand. & continuand ibidemque tunc tenend. & prosequend.; & ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis & singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, et Commissionariis pro Comitat. & Burg. ac omnibus aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, & exequendis, pareant, obediant, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

"Teste Meipsa, apud Westmonaster. Decimo Sexto Die Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Nono.

"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.

"Wrighte."

Then the Lord Chancellor said,

Parliament prorogued:

"My Lords, and Gentlemen,

"By Virtue of Her Majesty's Commission now read, and to us (among other Lords) directed, we do, in Her Majesty's Name, prorogue this Parliament to Monday the Fifth Day of June next: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Monday the Fifth Day of June next."