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authority_n	act_n	day_n	parliament_n	2,167	5	7.0501	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00165	Articles to be ministred, enquired of, and answered in the visitation of the Right Worshipfull Iames Hussey, doctor of the ciuill law and commissarie generall to the Most Reuerend Father in God the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury his grace within the citie and diocesse of Cant.	Church of England. Diocese of Canterbury.; Hussey, James.; Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Archbishop (1611-1633 : Abbot)	1619 (1619)	STC 10161.5; ESTC S858	8,415	13

parish without speciall licence of his Ordinarie and whether doth your Schoolemaster bring his schollers to the Church to heare Diuine Seruice and Sermons and whether doth he instruct them in the Catechisme 37 Item Book of common prayer and things required in the Church whether haue you prouided the Booke of Common Prayer and the Bible of the new Translation lately set forth by his Maiesties authoritie and the booke of Homilies and whether haue you in your Church or Chappell a Font of stone set vp in the ancient vsuall place a conuenient decent Communion Table with a carpet of silke or some other decent stuffe and a faire linnen cloth to lay thereon at the Communion time and whether is the same Table then placed in such conuenient sort within the Chancell or Church as that the minister may be best heard in his prayer and administration and that the greater number may communicate and whether are the Ten Commandements set vpon the East end of your Church or Chappell where the people may best see and read them and other sentences of holy Scriptures written on the wals also for that purpose 38 Item Things necessary for diuine Seruice whether haue you a conuenient seat for your Minister to read seruice in togither with a comely Pulpit set vp in a conuenient place with a decent cloth or cushion for the same a comely large Surplice a faire Communion cup of gold siluer or other pure mettall and a couer agréeable for the same with all other things and ornaments necessaris for the celebration of Diuine Seruice and administration of the Sacraments 39 Item whether are your Church or Chappels Reparation of the Church Parsonage-house c. with the Chancels thereof and your Parsonages or Vicarage house and all other housing thereto belonging in good reparations and decent and comely kept as well within as without the seates well maintained a sure coffer with three locks keies for the safe keeping of your Rigister Booke your Church-yards well sensed and kept without abuse if not then through whose default and what defects are therein 40 Item whether do you know Gifts giuen to the vse of the Church or haue heard of any legacie by any mans wil or any gift otherwise giuen to the poore to the church or to any other holy vses not performed or bestowed according to his will gift and in whose handes the same doth now remaine 41 Item how many inhabitants within your parish Recusants men or women aboue 16. yeares of age be Popish Recusants or do refuse to frequent Diuine Seruice established by publike authoritie of this Realme or to receiue the holy communion what be their names and of what degree state or trade of life are they you are to present them all of both sorts 42 Item How long they haue bin Recusants how long the said Popish Recusants haue obstinately abstained either from Diuine Seruice or from the Communion as is aforesaid whether any long time or onely since his Maiesties raigne 43 Item Whether the Minister seeks to reclaim the Recusants whether is your Minister a Preacher sufficiently qualified and if he be whether doth be from time to time after quiet and temperate conference to reclaime the Popish Recusants from their errors and whether they or any of them doe refuse such conference with your Minister or any other preacher who shall present vnto them his diligence in the behalfe 44 Item Excommunicate persons what persons aforesaid within your Parish either for the offence aforesaid or for any other contumacie or crime doe remaine excommunicate what be their names and for what cause how long they haue so stood excommunicate 45 Item Church-wardens Side-men whether were you the Church-wardens and Quest-men chosen by the consent of the Minister Parishioners and whether haue the Church-wardens before you giuen vp a iust account for their time and deliuered to you their successors whatsoeuer money or other things of right belonging to the Church that was in their hands and whether doe you euery of you diligently see that all the parishioners do duely resort to their Church euery Sunday and Holiday and there continue the whole time of diuine Seruice and none to walke or stand idle or talking in the Church or church-porch or Church-yard during that time and whether do all the parishioners and their families accordingly frequent their parish Church and there behaue themselues soberly attentiuely and decently all the time of Diuine Seruice yea or no if no then you shall present their names 46 Item All resort to Church and receiue thrice a yeere whether doe all persons aboue the age of sixtéene yéeres vsually resort to heare diuine Seruice vpon Sundaies and Holidayes appointed and whether hath each one of your parishioners being aboue the age of sixtéene yeeres aforesaid receiued the holy Communion thrice this last yéere chiefly once at Easter last in your parish Church knéeling if no then you shall present their names which haue not so done 47 Item Parish Clarke whether haue you a fit parish Clark aged twenty yéeres at least of honest conuersation and sufficient for reading and writing and whether he be paid his wages without fraud according to the most ancient custome of your parish if not then by whom he is so defrauded and denied and whether he be chosen by the Parson or Vicar or by whom 48 Item Table for maiages whether haue any in your parish béene married within the prohibited degrées forbidden by the Law of God and expressed in a certaine Table published by authoritie in the yéere 1563. if yea then shall you present their names and whether haue you the said Table publikely set vp in your Church and fastned to some conuenient place there 49 Item whether doth any heretofore diuorced Persons diuorced keepe companie with any other at bed and at bord what be their names when and where were they married 50 Item To giue thankes after child-birth doth your Minister vse the forme of thanksgiuing to women after childbirth and whether hath he admitted any thereunto that was begotten with child in adultery or fornication without licence of his Ordinarie And whether haue any married wiues refused to come to church according to the Booke of Common Prayer to giue God thankes after child-birth in such vsuall and decent manner as anciently hath bin accustomed if any be faultie herein you shall present their names 51 Item whether haue you any in your parish Incontinent persons drunkards svvearers c. to your knowledge or by common same and report which haue committed adulterie fornication or incest which haue not beene publikely punished to your knowledge if yea then with whom or any man that hath attempted the chastitie of any woman or hath sollicited any woman to the intent to haue the carnall knowledge of her bodie or any in your Parish to bee Bawds or receiuers of any such persons or suspected of any the crimes aforesaid are there any that are or by common fame and report are reputed and taken to be such persons or be commō drunkards blasphemers of Gods holy name common vsuall swearers filthy speakers vsurers symoniacall persons fighters brawlers or quarrellers in Church or Church-yard you shall not faile to present their names 52 Item Harbouring incontinent persons whether haue any in your parish receiued or harboured any woman begotten with childe out of wedlock and suffered them to depart againe without punishment first inflicted on them by their Ordinarie you shall truely present as well the partie harbouring as harboured and who is suspected to be the Father of her childe 53 Item Wills whether are there in your Parish any Wils not yet prooued you shall not faile to present the Executors and all others 〈…〉 54 Item Witches and such like 〈…〉 your Parishes any witches southsayers ●…ers charmers sorcerers or any that be suspected for such persons present their names and what speciall hurt they haue committed 55 Item Hospitals and Almes-houses whether there be any Hospitals or Almeshouses in your Parish and whether the same be vsed kept ordered according to the foundations lawes and statutes thereof and in whom the fault is that they are not so vsed and kept 56 Item Perambulation whether your Parson Vicar or Curate doth vsually euery yéere in the Rogation weeke gee with the Parishioners in the perambulations about the Parish according to the custome and vse of ancient time and doth say the prayers and suffrages appointed for the same 57 Item Fift of August to be kept Holy-day whether is the fift day of August being the day of the Kings Maiesties most happy deliuerance from the traiterous and bloudie attempt of the Earle Gowry and his brother with their adherents obserued and kept festiuall within your parish with prayer and thanksgiuing and with cessation from labor as by publike authoritie it is appointed and whether haue you in your parish the booke published by authority which containeth the forme of prayer with thanksgiuing appointed for that day and whether is the fift day of Nouember obserued and kept festiuall Gun-povvder Treason Nouemb. 5. Any thing else as by a speciall act of Parliament in that case prouided is appointed 58 Doe you know of any other matter of Ecclesiasticall cognizance worthy the presentment in your iudgement which you hold fit to be reformed if you do you shall like wise present the same by vertue of your Oathes aforesaid FINIS