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Royal assent ends the present Parliament as King visits Lords
The King, in royal robes with the Duke of Richmond and the Earl Cowper, ends Parliament after delivering the Speech from the Throne. Reports mention sheriffs of London and Middlesex to be nominated, new writs for MPs, appointments to offices, deaths, and notable political moves across England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Richmond
Earl Cowper
House of Peers
Guildhall
Middlesex
George Champion
Bridge
Robert Kendal Cater
Cheap
Baynton Rol
Chippenham
Wilts
Opae
Rogers Holland
Magdalen-Hill Fair
East-India Company
Hofi
Hutton Perkins
John Idle
Michael Leheup
Commissions of the Peace
Catterer Webb
Eff
Robert Wellard
Charles Frewen
Charles Wellard
Robert Salkeld
Dockers
de Chair
St. Paul’s
Pearce
Christ’s Hospital
Black-Fryars
Farringdon
Issa
Malmsbury
Wilks
Giles Erle
Treasury
George Oxynden
Knaresborough
Richard Arundel
His Majesty’s Mint
John Conduit
Deceas
Wilton
Wiltshire
Robert Herbert
Pikewite
Hythe
Kent
William Glanville
Ireland
Whitchurch
Hants
Col
John Mordaunt
Lloyd
Shire of
Northumberland
Ralph Jennison, Esq
Earl of Tankerville