House of Lords Journal Volume 17: 19 October 1704

DIE Jovis, 19 Octobris.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

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

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; and the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury on his Right Hand; and the Lord Bishop of London on his Left Hand; commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to go to the House of Commons, and let them know, "That the Commissioners desire they would be present, to hear the said Commission read."

Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet,)

Commission for proroguing the Parliament.

"Anna R.

"Anna, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scoc. Franc. & Hib'niæ Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Marito Nostro Principi Georgio de Denmarke, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thomæ Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Nathan Wrighte Militi Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri Angl. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Joh'i Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angl. Primati et Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Sidney Domino Godolphin Magno Thesaurario Angl. Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Thomæ Comiti Pembroke & Montgomery Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Johanni Duci de Comitatu Buckingham & de Normanby Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Will'o Duci Devon. Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Somerset Magistro Equorum Nostrorum, Jacobo Duci Ormonde, Carolo Duci Bolton, Mainhardt Duci Sconberg, Thomæ Duci Leeds, Johanni Duci Marlborough, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl. Carolo Comiti Carliol. Comiti Marescallo Angl. Hen'co Comiti Kanc. Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Dorset & Midd'x, Georgio Comiti Northampton, Carolo Comiti Manchester, Thomæ Comiti Stamford, Thomæ Comiti Thanet, Carolo Bodvile Comiti Radnor, Carolo Comiti Berkeley, Daniel. Comiti Nottingham, Laurentio Comiti Roffen. Montagu Comiti Abingdon Constabulario Turris Nostræ London. Rad'o Comiti Montagu, Ric'o Comiti Scarbrough, Franc'o Comiti Bradford Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Ed'r'o Comiti Jersey, Thomæ Vicecomiti Weymouth Reverendo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Hen'co Episcopo London. Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliaris Nostris Rob'to Domino Ferrers, Thomæ Domino Wharton, Johanni Domino Poulett de Hinton St. George, Rob'to Domino Lexington, Will'mo Domino Dartmouth, Johanni Domino Granville, Heneagio Domino Gernsey, & Joh'i Leveson Domino Gower Cancellario Ducatus (fn. 1) Nostri Lancastr. Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Desensionem Regni Nostri Angl. & Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Vicesimo Die Augusti, Anno Regni Nostri Primo, inchoari & teneri ordinavimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad & in Octavum Diem Octobris tunc prox. sequen. prorogatum fuerat; & abinde, per separales Prorogationes & Adjournationes, ad & in inftantem Diem Jovis, Decimum Nonum Diem Octobris, 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 Jovis, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad & in Diem Martis, Vicesimum Quartum Diem hujus instantis Octobris, apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogandum & continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum & prosequendum; & 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, ac omnibus aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, & exercendis, pareant, obedi ant, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.

"Teste Meipsa, apud Westm. Decimo Nono Die Octobris, Anno Regni Nostri Tertio.

"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.

"Wrighte."

Then the Lord Keeper said,

Parliament prorogued

"My Lords and Gentlemen,

"By Virtue of Her Majesty's Commission now read, and to us directed, we do, in Her Majesty's Name, prorogue this Parliament to Tuesday the Four and Twentieth Day of this Instant October: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Tuesday the Four and Twentieth Day of this Instant October."