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PROCEEDINGSOFTHE COMMISSIONERS

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At a board, holden at the House of the Right Honourable The Speaker of the House of Commons, on Monday the 28th Day of April 1806;

PRESENT,

The Right Hon. Charles Abbot, Speaker of The House of Commons;
The Right Hon. Sir William Grant, Master of The Rolls;
The Right Hon. Lord Frederick Campbell;
The Right Hon. Sylvester Baron Glenbervie:

Read—A Paper, prepared by Mr. Tomlins, one of the Sub-Commissioners, suggesting the Expediency of directing further Searches to be made, for Originals, Records, and Manuscript Copies of Charters and Statutes preserved in the Universities, Cathedrals, and other Public repositories in England and Ireland.—Ordered: That Mr. Tomlins (acompanied, according to his Request, by Mr. Illingworth, also a Sub-Commissioner under this Board), do in the course of next Summer proceed to make the Searches above suggested; previously submitting to The Commissioners a detailed Statement of the proposed Places and Objects of Search.

At a board, holden at the House of the Right Honourable The Speaker of The House of Commons, on Thursday, the 22d Day of July 1806;

PRESENT,

The Right Hon. William Wyndham Baron Grenville, First Lord Commissioner of The Treasury;
The Right Hon. George John Earl Spencer, One of His Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State;
The Right Hon. Charles Abbot, Speaker of The House of Commons;
The Right Hon. Sir William Grant, Master of the Rolls;
The Right Hon. John Baron Redesdale;
The Right Hon. Nathaniel Bond:

Read; The Second Record Commission, dated the 23d Day of May 1806:—Ordered: That all Persons employed under the former Commission, be continued in their respective Employments.

Read; A Statement or Plan, drawn up pursuant to Order, detailing the proposed Objects of the Search to be undertaken by Mr. Tomlins and Mr. Illingworth; and of the Places at which such Search is to be made.—Resolved: That this Board doth approve of the said Plan; and that the said Sub-Commissioners do forthwith proceed accordingly.

At a board, holden at the House of the Right Honourable The Speaker of the House of Commons, on Monday, the 23d Day of March 1807;

PRESENT,

The Right Hon. Charles Abbot, Speaker of the House of Commons;
The Right Hon. Sir William Grant, Master of The Rolls;
The Right Hon. Henry Erskine, Lord Advocate of Scotland;
The Right Hon. Lord Frederick Campbell;
The Right Rev. John Lord Bishop of Bangor;^[1]
The Right Hon. Nathaniel Bond:

Read—A Report from Messrs. Tomlins and Illingworth of their Journey last Year, and the Result of their Searches in England and Ireland for Originals, Records, and Manuscript Copies of the Charters and Statutes in England; with an Appendix, containing Transcripts of Charters, Statutes, and other relative Documents, annexed thereto; which was this Day laid before the Commissioners, pursuant to Order.—Ordered: That the said Report be printed, for the Use of the Commissioners, and for the supplying Materials towards an authentic Collection of the Statutes.

↑ Dr. John Randolph, now Lord Bishop of London, named in the Commission, dated 23 May 1806, as “John Lord Bishop of Oxford.”

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[1_15_＊-1] Dr. John Randolph, now Lord Bishop of London, named in the Commission, dated 23 May 1806, as “John Lord Bishop of Oxford.”

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