House of Lords Journal Volume 19: 18 July 1710

Anno 9° Annæ Reginæ.

DIE Martis, 18 Julii.

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 Lord President on his Right Hand; and the Earl of Anglesea and the Lord Dartmouth on his Left; commanded the 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 Angliæ Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o Domino Cowper Cancellario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Job'i Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angliæ Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimo Consanguineo & Consiliario Nostro Sidney Comiti Godolphin Magno Thesaurario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Job'i Domino Sommers Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Job'i Duci Newcastle Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Will'o 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 Marleborough Capitaneo Generali Copiarum Nostrarum, Jacobo Duci Queensberry & Dover Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Joh'i Duci Argyle & Comiti Greenwich, Jacobo Duci Montrose, Joh'i Duci Roxburgh, Hen'co Duci Cantii, Rob'to Marchioni Lindsey Magno Camerario Angliæ, Evelyn Marchioni Dorchester, Jacobo Comiti Derby Cancellario Ducatus (fn. 1) Nostri Lancastr. Thomæ Comiti Pembroke & Montgomery, Hen'co Comiti Suffolk & Bindon Vice-marescallo Angliæ, Carolo Comiti Manchester, Ric'o Comiti Rivers, Thomæ Comiti Stamford, Carolo Comiti Sunderland, Joh'i Comiti Anglesea, Carolo Comiti Carliol. Carolo Bodvile Comiti Radnor, Carolo Comiti Berkeley, Ric'o Comiti Scarbrough, Ric'o Comiti Bradford, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Joh'i Comiti Poulet, Hugoni Comiti Cholmondeley Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Joh'i Comiti Mar, Hugoni Comiti Loudoun, Jacobo Comiti Seafield, Carolo Vicecomiti Townsbend, Reverendo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Hen'co Episcopo London. Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino Dartmouth Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Rob'to Domino Ferrers, & Rob'to Domino Lexington, Salutem, Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Magnæ Britanniæ & Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum, apud Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. 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. fequen. prorogatum fuerat; & abinde, per separales Prorogationes & Adjournamenta, ad & in instantem Diem Martis, Decimum Octavum Diem Julii prorogatum & adjournatum fuerat, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam, ibidem tunc tenendum & prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis & Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, & Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum confidentes, 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 Martis, Primum Diem Mensis Augusti nunc prox. sequen. apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. prorogandum & continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum & prosequendum; et ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis & fingulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, et Commissionariis pro Comitatibus & Burgis, 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 Octavo Die Julii, 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 Tuesday the First Day of August next: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Tuesday the First Day of August next."