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A32937	Articles of visitation and enquiry concerning matters ecclesiastical, exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens & side-men of every parish within the diocess of Canterbury, in the ordinary visitation of the Most Reverend Father in God, William, by divine providence Lord Archbishop of Canterbury His Grace, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan	Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Archbishop (1678-1690 : Sancroft); Sancroft, William, 1617-1693.	1682 (1682)	Wing C4021; ESTC R40818	9,366	18

The Form of the Oath of Church-wardens and Side-men YOV shall swear Truly and faithfully to Execute the Office of Church-warden or Side-man within your Parish and according to the best of your skill and knowledge present such Things and Persons as to your knowledge are presentable by the Laws Ecclesiastical of this Realm So help you GOD and the Contents of this BOOK ARTICLES OF Visitation and Enquiry Concerning Matters ECCLESIASTICAL Exhibited to the Ministers Church-wardens Side-men Of every Parish within the Diocess of Canterbury In the Ordinary Visitation OF THE Most Reverend Father in GOD WILLIAM By Divine Providence Lord Archbishop of Canterbury his Grace Primate of all England and Metropolitan In the Savoy Printed by Tho. Newcomb 1682. ARTICLES OF Visitation and Enquiry Within the Diocess of Canterbury TIT. I. Concerning Churches and Chappels the Fabrick Furniture and Ornaments thereof I. IS your Parish-Church or Chappel kept in good and sufficient repair Are the Roofs thereof well covered with Lead Tile or Slate the Windows well glazed the Floors well paved the Seats well fastned and conveniently placed the Utensils and Ornaments fairly kept and preserved from spoil abuse and profanation And all things so decently ordered as becometh the House of God II. HATH the Steeple or Tower or any other part of your Church or Chappel been pulled or fallen down Or have any of the Bells Lead or other Materials or Utensils formerly belonging thereunto been imbezelled sold or made away and by whom III. IS there a Decent Font of Stone fixed in the Ancient and usual place in the lower part of the Church for the Administration of Holy Baptism and a decent Table for the Holy Communion placed in the Chancel where it ought to be with a Carpet of Silk or other decent Stuff to be used upon it in the time of Divine Service and a fair Linen Cloth at the time of the Administration of the Holy Eucharist And have you a fair Chalice or Communion-Cup of Silver with a Cover of the same and a Plate or Patin of Silver for the Bread and a clean and sweet standing Pot or Flagon of Pewter or purer Metal in which only the Wine for the Holy Communion is set upon the Holy Table IV. HAVE you in your said Church or Chappel a convenient Seat or Pew for your Minister to read Divine Service in A Pulpit with a comely Cloth and Cushion A Bible of the last Translation in a large Uolume and the Book of Common-Prayer established by the late Act of Uniformity both well and substantially bound Have you likewise the Book of Homilies set forth by Authority A Book of Canons and Constitutions Ecclesiastical set forth in the year of our Lord 1603 by the King's Authority And a printed Table of the Degrees wherein Mariage is prohibited V. Have you a comely large Surplice for the Minister to wear at all times of his publick Ministration in the Church provided and washed at the charge of your Parish And also a Hood agreeable to his Degree or a Tippet to be used or worn over the Surplice VI. HAVE you a register-Register-Book of Parchment wherein the Names and Sirnames of all persons Married Christned or Buried within your Parish are duly Registred from time to time together with the Names and Sirnames of both the Parents of the Children so Christned and the Day Month and Year of all such Christnings Marriages and Burials And have your Minister and Church-wardens subscrib'd their Names unto every Page of that Book And is the Transcript thereof yearly within one Month next after the 25th of March brought into the Archbishop's Registry VII HAVE you likewise another Book of Paper wherein are duly Recorded the Names and Licenses of all such Strangers as are admitted at any time to preach in your Church or Chappel As also a third Book wherein are Entred the Church-wardens Accompts for every year And have you a strong Chest or Coffer wherein to keep the aforesaid Books and all the aforementioned Furniture in safe custody And another with an Hole in the upper part thereof placed in the most convenient part of the Church that the Parishioners may put their Alms into it And are both the said Chests secured with three several Locks and Keys One Key remaining with the Minister and the other two with the Church-wardens severally And lastly Have you a Bier and a Black Hearse-Cloth for the more decent Burial of the Dead TIT. II. Concerning the Church-yard the Houses Glebes Tithes and other Dues belonging to the Church I. IS your Church-yard sufficiently Fenced and decently kept from all Profanation and Encroachment Hath any person made any Door into it out of his own House or Ground Have any Trees there growing been cut down How long since By whom and to whose Use and Benefit II. IS there a House belonging to your Parson Uicar or Curate And is the same with all the Out-houses thereunto belonging kept in good and sufficient repair Have any of the said Houses or Out-houses been pull'd down or defaced and by whom Hath any encroached upon any Garden Yard or Close belonging to your Parsonage or Uicarage-House Or cut up any Trees growing thereon or changed or removed the antient Marks and Bounds of the same III. HAVE you a true and perfect Terrier of all the Glebe-Lands Gardens Orchards Tenements or Cottages Stocks or Implements belonging to your Parsonage or Uicarage As also a Note of such Pensions Rate Tithes and Portions of Tithes or other yearly profits either within or without your Parish as belong thereunto And is there a Copy of the said Terrier and Note deliver'd in to be laid up in the Registers Office Have any of these been with-held from your Minister and when or by whom IV. HAVE any of the antient Glebe-Lands belonging to your Parsonage or Uicarage been alienated taken away or exchanged for others without the free consent of the Incumbent and License of the Ordinary And by whom and when hath the same been done And how much is your Parsonage or Uicarage damnified thereby in the yearly value thereof as you know believe or have heard TIT. III. Concerning the Clergy I. IS your Minister so far as you know or believe in Holy Orders according to the Rules of the Church of England And is he a Licens'd Preacher and by whom II. Is he lawfully admitted to the Cure of Souls in your Parish as you believe or have heard Or is he reported or suspected to have obtained either his Orders or Benefice by any Simoniacal or undue practise III. DID he within two Months after his Induction publickly in the Church upon some Sunday or Holy-Day in the time of Divine Service read the 39 Articles of the Church of England Established by Authority and there publickly declare his assent thereunto Did he within the same time upon some Lords-Day publickly read the appointed Morning and Evening Prayers and thereafter declare his unfeigned Assent and Consent to the use

of all things in the Book of Common-Prayer contained in the Form prescribed by the late Act of Uniformity And did he within three Months after his Induction upon some Lords-Day and in the time of Divine Service publickly and openly read the Declaration or acknowledgment required in the said Act together with the Ordinaries Certificate of his Subscription to the same IV. HATH he any other Ecclesiastical Benefice with Cure or without and how far distant from you and in what Diocess Is he constantly Resident among you Or how many weeks in any one year hath he been absent from you V. HATH he a Curate to assist him able and sufficient and conformable to the Laws and Orders of the Church of England Doth he or his Curate serve in any other Church beside What yearly Stipend doth your Minister allow his Curate VI. DOTH your Parson Uicar or Curate read Divine Service on all Sundays and Holy-Days and publickly administer the Holy Sacraments of Baptism and the Eucharist and perform all other Ministerial Offices and Duties in such manner and form as is directed by the Book of Common-Prayer lately Established and the Act of Uniformity therewith published without addition diminution or alteration And doth he in those his Ministrations wear the Surplice with a Hood befitting his Degree VII DOTH he administer the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist publickly in the Church at least thrice every year whereof once at Easter giving solemn notice thereof before-hand by reading the Exhortation appointed for that purpose And doth he endeavour to his utmost doth in his publick Sermons and private Conferences to prevail with his Parishioners to receive it oftner Doth he on the Lords-Day give notice of the Holy-Days and Fasting-Days in the week following that the people may be put in mind and incited to resort to publick prayers in the Church upon those solemn Occasions And do your Minister and Parishioners observe the yearly Perambulation in Rogation-week for preserving the Bounds of the Parish and desiring Gods blessing upon the Fruits of the Earth Doth he also duly observe the Fifth of November giving warning of the same the Sunday before as also the Thirtieth of January and the Nine and Twentieth of May according to the Statutes and Orders set forth in that behalf VIII DOTH your Minister twice ev'ry year on some Sundays after Ev'ning Prayer in your Church or Chappel publish the Statutes made against profane Swearing and Cursing and against the Profanation of the Lords-Day and on the Fifth of November after Morning Prayer or Sermon read distinctly and plainly the Act made in the Third of King James for publick Thanksgiving on that day according as it is by those Laws required IX DOTH he himself constantly ev'ry Sunday unless in case of sickness or other reasonable impediment preach in your Church or Chappel or procure a Sermon to be so preached by some other Licens'd Preacher Or one of the Homilies set forth by Authority to be there read by a Priest or Deacon And doth he constantly at the beginning of his Sermons pray for the Kings Majesty in his due Stile and Title for the Queen and Royal Family and for all Archbishops and Bishops and other Ecclesiastical persons as the Canon enjoyns X. DOTH your Minister diligently examine and instruct the youth of your Parish in the Church Catechism as in the Rubrick at the end of the said Catechism is directed And being thus prepared and of convenient age doth he take care to present them to the Bishop to be confirmed XI DOTH he endeavour to reclaim all Popish and other Recusants and Sectaries if any such be inhabiting within your Parish to the profession and practise of the true Religion established in the Church of England and to their bounden duty in obeying the Law and submitting to the Government of the Realm XII DOTH he refuse or neglect to visit comfort and pray with the Sick or to bury the Dead Doth he delay the Baptism of any Infant that is in danger of death Or Baptize them in any other place than the Church when there is no such danger And when they are in case of necessity thus privately Baptized doth he cause them afterwards if they live to be brought into the Church and certifie the Congregation of the Form of Baptism used in private and proceed thereupon in all points as in the Office of private Baptism is directed Is there any Child past Infancy or other person of riper years through the default of your Minister or others yet remaining unbaptized in your parish Doth he use to Baptize any without Godfathers and Godmothers or admit either of the parents to be Godfather or Godmother to their own Children XIII HATH he at any time to your knowledge or as you have heard preached any false Heretical Schismatical or Seditious Doctrine which may seduce the people into parties and Factions to the disturbance of the publick peace and Unity either of Church or State XIV HATH he presumed to Marry any persons in private Houses Or such as being under age have not the consent of their parents or without the Banes first published on three Sundays or Holydays in the Church Or at any other hours than between eight and twelve in the Morning unless he had a License or Dispensation so to do XV. DOTH any person preach in your parish as a Lecturer Hath he License from the Bishop so to do Doth he before his Lecture read the Divine Service as the late Act of Uniformity requires And is he in all respects conformable to the Laws and Orders of the Church of England XVI DOTH your Minister or any other either Minister or Lay-person hold any Conventicle or Meeting within any private House or place within your Parish to which persons of several Families above the number of five do resort under any pretence of Preaching Praying Thanksgiving or Humiliation contrary to the Laws and Canons in that case provided XVII IS your Parson Uicar or Curate and your Lecturer if you have any of a sober unblameable and exemplary life given to Hospitality and Alms-deeds In his Apparel grave and decent as the Canons of the Church require Or on the other side is his carriage and conversation in any kind whatsoever disorderly or scandalous and unbeseeming a Minister of Iesus Christ Doth he familiarly converse with vitious ungodly or excommunicate persons Is he a frequenter of Taverns Ale-houses or other Houses of ill fame A common Gamester or User of unlawful or undecent Sports A Swearer Railer or Quarreller Doth he set Neighbours at variance one with another Or encourage them to Suits and contentions Is he noted to be an intemperate Drinker Or vehemently suspected of Incontinency with any person either within your parish or without Doth he use any Trade Occupation Traffique or Merchandizing for Filthy Lucre sake XVIII IS there within your parish dwelling or residing any one who being in Holy Orders hath quitted his profession and turn'd Lay

man Or any stranger or unlicens'd Minister or Preacher that hath been deprived ejected or suspended for false Doctrine Inconformity or other evil Manners If so how do they now behave themselves and what profession or course of Life do they follow TIT. IV. Concerning the Parishioners I. IS there in your Parish any known or reputed Heretick Schismatick or Separatist Any person notoriously known or vehemently suspected to be of Atheistical Principles or Opinions Any Libertine or profane person Any Depravers Disturbers or Contemners of the publick Service of God and the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England by Law established Any Papist Presbyterian Familist Anabaptist Quaker or other Sectary that refuse or neglect to come unto the publick Assemblies and to joyn in the prayers and Service of God in the Church or that makes profession of any other Religion or Way of Worship than what is established in the Church of England II. IS there any person in your Parish that lieth under a common Fame or vehement suspition of Adultery Fornication or Incest Any Common Drunkards or Comon Swearers or Blasphemers of God's Holy Name or any that are noted to be Railers unclean or filthy Talkers Sowers or Maintainers of Sedition Faction or Discord among their Neighbours Or in sum any whose Life and Manners are contrary to Godliness Peace and Honesty III. DO any of your Parish upon the Sunday-days or Holy-days follow their bodily or ordinary Labour or compel or permit their Servants so to do Are any Shops kept open or Wares sold at such times Or do any Uintners Inn-keepers or other Uictuallers and Sellers of Beer and Ale suffer any persons to Tipple or Game in their Houses upon those days IV. DOTH every person inhabiting or sojourning within your Parish duly resort unto your Church or Chappel upon every Sunday and Holyday appointed for Divine Service Do they then and there abide quietly with Reverence Order and Decency during the whole time of Common prayer Preaching or other Service of God there used Or are there any among you that come only to the Preaching and not to the Common-prayers of the Church V. ARE there any in your Parish that refuse to send their Infant-Children to be Baptized publickly in the Church unless in case of urgent danger Or do they send them from their own Minister to be Baptized in any other place or after other form than is appointed Or do they keep them unbaptized any longer time than the Church alloweth And are there any Infants or persons of riper years in your Parish who as yet remain unbaptized VI. DO all the House-holders in your Parish cause their Children and Servants to Learn their Catechism and to give an accompt thereof unto your Minister when he doth require it of them openly in the Church upon Sundaies and Holy-days as in the Book of Common-prayer is appointed that when they are well instructed in the same they may be confirm'd by the Bishop VII IS there in your Parish any person who being 16 years of age doth not receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper at least three times in the year of which Easter is always to be one Doth any in your Parish refuse to receive the same kneeling or from the hands of your own Minister repairing for it to other Parishes and Ministers abroad Or are there any Strangers not of your Parish that forsake their own Churches and usually repair to yours for it VIII HAVE you any among you that be denounced and declared Excommunicate for any crime committed How long have they been so And do any of your Parish keep society with them before they be reconciled to the Church and absolved IX ARE there any living in your Parish as Man and Wife who are within the Degrees prohibited Or any that being lawfully Divorced have Married again Or any that being lawfully Married and not separated or Divorced by course of Law do not cohabit together X. ARE there any Married Women in your Parish who after their delivery from the peril of Child-birth refuse to make their publick Thanksgiving to God in the Church And when they come so to do do they come decently apparelled and make their Offerings according to Custom XI ARE there any belonging to your Parish who refuse to pay their Easter-Offerings or Duties to your Minister Or any that refuse to contribute and pay the Rate assessed upon them for the repair of your Church or Chappel and for the providing of such Books Furniture and Ornaments as be requisite for the performance of all Divine Offices there XII DO any refuse to Bury their Dead according to the Rites of the Church of England Are there any Wills or Testaments of persons dead in your Parish that be yet unproved Or any Goods Administred without a due grant from the Ordinary XIII IS there any Strife or Contention among any of your Parish for their Pews or Seats in your Church Or have any of them erected new Pews in your Chancel or in the Body of your Church or Chappel without leave from the Ordinary TIT. V. Concerning Parish Clerks and Sextons I. HAVE you belonging to your Church or Chappel a fit Parish Clerk aged 21 years at the least of honest Life and Conversation and sufficiently able to perform his duty in Reading Writing and Singing Is he duly chosen by your Minister and doth he diligently attend him in all Divine Offices audibly making and repeating the Responses and Suffrages as in the Liturgy he is directed Are his Wages duly paid unto him Or who with-holdeth the same II. DOTH he or your Sexton if there be any such appointed in your Parish diligently look to the Doors of your Church that they be Locked and Opened at due times Doth he keep your Church or Chappel clean from Dust Cobwebs and other Annoyance Doth he Ring and Toll the Bells at the due accustomed hours before Morning and Evening Service that the people may be warned to come unto the Church And when any person is passing out of this Life doth he upon notice given him thereof Toll a Bell as hath been accustomed that the Neighbours may thereby be put in mind to recommend the dying person to the Grace and Favour of God and to meditate upon their own Death TIT. VI. Concerning Hospitals Schools School-masters Physitians Chirurgeons and Midwives I. IS there in your Parish any Hospital Alms-house or Free-school Who was the Founder Who is now the Patron thereof And what is the yearly Revenue what Stipends belong to the Governors or Masters of the same Is the same ordered and governed in every respect as it ought to be And are the Revenues thereof rightly employed according to the intention of the Founder and the tenour of such Statutes and Ordinances as have been made in pursuance of the same II. HAVE any living or dying in your Parish or elsewhere given any Gift or Legacy by Will or otherwise to the use of your Church or Poor or