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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00218	Articles to be answered of the sworne men in the Archdeacon of London his visitation holden the yeere. 1584. the 15. and 19. of Ianuarie.; Visitation articles. 1585	Church of England. Archdeaconry of London. Archdeacon (1559-1591 : Mullins); Mullins, John, d. 1591.	1585 (1585)	STC 10268; ESTC S120552	4,210	1

Articles to be answered of the Sworne men in the Archdeacon of London his visitation holden the yeere 1584. the 15. and 19. of Ianuarie INprimis who is your Parson or Vicar and how long he hath continued with you and whether you haue any other which doo ordinarily preache reade catechise or exercise any other function Ecclesiasticall amongst you what be theyr names and where they dwell 2. Whether your Parson or Vicar can preache and Whether hee haue preached his quarterly Sermons in your Church in his owne person or if any can not preache or be not licenced themselues whether they haue procured their quarter Sermons to be preached there Item whether beside these they haue preached or procured their monthly Sermons or no. And whether you haue suffered anie to preache whom you haue not knowne to haue beene sufficiently licensed therevnto or hindred or forbidden any that were licensed 3. Whether your person vicar or curate hath obserued in dooing diuine seruice and ministring of Sacraments the order set forth by act of Parliament without putting in any thing of their owne or taking away or hath omitted the Letany on such dayes as it ought to be read or els hath omitted the wearing of the Surplesse in the time of their ministration or no. 4. Item whether your Parsons or Vicars be resident vpon theyr benefice and whether such as are not resident giue the fortith part of their benefice béeing aboue twenty pound a yeere to the reléefe of the poore or no. 5. Whether any doo reade preache or catechize with you who doo not foure times in the yeere at the least say diuine seruice and minister the sacraments according to the booke of common prayer and what be their names 6. Whether your preachers and others who be in eccleasticall orders doo at all times weare and vse such kinde of apparell as is prescribed vnto them by the booke of Aduertissements and her Maiesties Iniunctions Anno primo 7. Item whether your Parson Vicar or Curate haue giuen notice and warning in due time in theyr church for the due kéeping of all such fish daies as are to be kept through the yéere by the Lawes of this Realme exhorting the people to due kéeping of them not vpon any opinion of relgiō or holines but vpon their dutifull obedience to Princes which by Gods law is due to them procuring the welfare of the Realms and countries committed to theyr charge And also whether they haue the first sondy of euery moneth giuen warning openly in the Church to such as be of theyr Parishes of what estate soeuer they be to repaire to their parish Church in such sort as by the Lawes of this Realme is appointed vppon paine to be presented for the same or no. 8. Whether your Curate doo serue in your Church not licensed and allowed by the Byshop or other ordinarie vnder his seale or hand at the least or béeing beneficed els where doo serue with you as a Curat or no. 9. Whether any Farmer of any benefice take vpon him to admit or reiect any minister to serue or not serue where he is Farmer without the aucthoritie of the Ordinarie or no. 10. Item whether since the last visitation your parish Clarke or any other not béeing minister or Deacon or not being licensed by the Ordinarie haue taken vpon them to beginne or say seruice or minister any Sacraments or distribute the Lords cuppe or reade the Homely in your Parish what be theyr names 11. Item what persons you haue in your parish that doo teach instruct children and what be the sayed scholemasters names whether they teach publikely or priuately in any mans house whether such Schoolemaisters as doo teach the Latine tongue in your parish doo reade vnto their Scholers twice euery wéeke at the least an ordinary Lecture out of the Latine Catechisme lately set foorth and allowed by publique authoritie And whether such as teache youth to reade English doo bring vp their children in reading this Catechisme in English and of other Bookes agréeable to the Quéenes procéedinges And whether they behaue themselues honestly and both repaire to Church orderly themselues and so much as lyeth in them procure that theyr scholers also frequent the same 12. Item whether you doo knowe beléeue or haue heard say that your Parson Vicar or Curate doth sue any of his parishioners or any other person before any lay Iudge contrary to the Ecclesiasticall Lawes of his Realme and the Statute made 2. Edw. 6. for any cause of thithes or other Ecclesiastical duties 13. Item whether such ground as in your Chansel or Church is broken vp for burials or otherwise be decently made vp againe and if it be not by whose fault it lyeth vnmade vp 14. Whether your Churchwardens doo duely account once in the yéers before the Parson Vicar or Curate and the Parishioners for all such Church goodes and stokes of money therevnto belonging as hath cone to theyr handes in the time of theyr office or no. 15. Item whether you haue a comely Communion table with furniture there vnto belonging that is to know a comely ioyned Table a comely Carpet thereto being no hearse cloth or pall for burials a comfy table cloth with two handsome Communion Cuppes and a de●…t patent of siluer to minister the Lords bread vpon and also two comely pots of Pewter to fetch wine to serue for the Lordes Table reserued kept cleane to that vse onely being no Tauerne pots or no. 16 Whether there be any in your Parish that doth openly courtely or guilefully by any sleight or colour detaine any tithe or duety due to your Parson Vicar Clearke or any other Ecclesiasticall officer or no. 17 Item whether the bread and wine for the communions all the yéere be prouided by the Curate and Church 〈…〉 the charges of the parish according to the booke of common prayer and whether the same be truly collected of the parishioners and be bestowed according to the same vse of bread and wine onely or no. 18. Item whither anie parishioners taxed or rated to paye towardes the saide bread or wine at the sayde Cōmunions doe att anie time refuge to paye their portions once a yéere vnto the Churchwardens or ther deputyes when yt is demaunded or no. 19. Whether your Churchwardens doo collect and gather at euery Communion the offering of the communicants and after the Communion doo put the same in the poore mennes chest as it is appointed by the boke of common prayer and whether the sayd collection or any part thereof be imployed to any other vse then to the reléefe of the poore and what the same vse is 20. Whether there be any that doo let or disturbe the Minister in the time of reading the diuine seruice or the preacher while he is in the pulpet or no. 21. Whether there be any in your Parish that either obstinatlye refuge or by negligence doo not frequent in holy dayes Sondayes your parish