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A32941	Articles of visitation and enquiry within the diocess of Chichester, in the first episcopal visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God, Peter, by divine permission, Lord Bishop of Chichester in the second year of his consecration.	Church of England. Diocese of Chichester. Bishop (1669-1675 : Gunning); Gunning, Peter, 1614-1684.	1670 (1670)	Wing C4027; ESTC R40820	16,328	25

Congregation declare his un●eigned assent and consent to the use of all things in the said book contained as is prescribed in the Act of Parliament lately made for the Uniformity of publick Prayers And did he within thrée Months after the said Feast of St. Bartholomew 1662 or within three Months after his Induction into your Church or Chappel publickly upon some Lords-day in your Parish-Church read a Certificate under the hand and seal of the Arch-Bishop Bishop or Ordinary of the Diocess That he the said Parson Uicar or Curate did before his admission to be incumbent subscribe a declaration of the unlawfulness to take up arms against the King of his conforming to the Liturgy of this Church and of his disavowing the unlawful Oath commonly call'd The Solemn League and Covenant according as is prescribed in the aforesaid Act for Uniformity III. Or after his lawful Entrance is your Pa●son or Uicar resident upon his benefice or if his residence be legally dispens●d with is his place supplied by a Curate allowed by the Bishops and a licensed Pre●c●er and const●ntly resident amongst you and what yearly Stipend doth your Minister allew him And if your P●rson or Uicar be both resident himself and keep a Curate doth he notwithstanding himself at least once a Month openly read Common-Prayer in your Church or Ch●ppel and if there be occ●sion administer each Sacrament in such order manner and form as is prescribed in the Liturgy and Canons of this Church IV. Having both lawful Entrance and Residence among you is he your Parson Uicar or also Curate of blameless Conversation the Husband of one Wife sober grave not double tongu'd not given to much wine not greedy of filthy lucre ruling his Children and his own house well sound in faith in chari●y in patience Or on the contrary is he a frequenter of T●verns or Ale-houses a common G●mester a prophane or obscene jester a swearer railer scoffer or qu●rreller Doth he set Neighbours at v●riance one with another Doth he f●miliarly converse with persons Excommunicate ungodly or vicious Doth he resort to suspected and infamous houses Or is he himself vehemently suspected of Incontinency with any person within or without your Parish Or doth your Curate or Minister lodg or board at any Tavern Inn Ale-house or house of any ill report V. Doth your Minister or Curate plainly audibly distinctly and reverently read the Divine Service of Morning and Evening-Prayer without any diminution addition or alteration upon all Sundays and Holy-days not omitting also other days appointed by the book of Common-Prayer as fit and usual times as Wednesdays and Fridays with the Litanies added and the Eves of every Sunday and Holy-day with Ember and Rogation days And moreover when he is at home and not otherwise reasonably hindred himself or not able to get two or three gathered together doth he every day say Divine Service Morning and Ebening in the Parish-Church where he ministers and cause a Bell to be toll'd thereunto that the People may come to hear Gods Word and to pray with him VI. Doth your Minister reverently and publickly at the Font only administer the Holy Sacrament of Baptism Or doth he refuse or delay to Christen any child that is brought to him to Church on any Sunday or Holy-day knowledg thereof being given to him over Night or in the Morning before Morning-Prayer or neglect to perswade all those who have the use of Reason and are still unbaptiz'd having been seduced by An●b●p●ists to come to Holy Baptism and doth he take care for their Baptism as in the Common-Prayer-book is prescribed Or doth he refuse or neglect at any time to sign the child baptized with the sign of the Cross or doth he admit such to be God-fathers or God-mothers who are either the Parents or who have not themselves receiv'd the Holy Communion VII Doth your Minister duly and reverently administer the Holy Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ our Lord so often at least and at such times as every Parishioner may Commu●icate at the least three times in every year in publick whereof the Feast of Easter to be one And doth he reverently and carefully in all things obse●ve all the Churches Order in the Celebration D●th he give warning publickly in the Church at Morning-Prayer the Sunday before for the better preparation of his Parishioners And do such as purpose to Communicate signifie their Names at least some time the day before and when he seeth the People negligent to come to the Communion doth he use the Churches second Exhortation and when there is no Communion doth your Minister every Sunday and Holy-day through●ut the year re●d the Communion Service so much of it as is appointed to be read by the Book of 〈◊〉 Prayer and a● the place app●●n●e● the●eb● profess●ng his and the Churches re●diness to the ●ore frequent Celebr●tion of th● Holy Eucharist if Communi●●●●s 〈◊〉 of wanting V●II Doth your Minister wittingly admit to the receiving the Holy Communion any one such who is known to live in open and notorious sin without repentance or that h●s wronged his Neighbour by word or deed so as th●t the Congregation is thereby offended or such betwixt whom he perceives malice or hatred to reign and will not be reduc'd by him to a reconcilement or to any who refuse to be present at the other publick Prayers of the Church or to any th●t be common or notorious depravers of the Book of Common-Prayer or of any thing contained in the xxxix Articles or in the Book of Ordaining Bishops Priests and Deacons or to any that has spoken against his Majesties Supream Authority in Causes Ecclesiastical except such persons do acknowledg to the Minister before you the Church-Wardens that he is sorry for the same and promise under his hand if he can write or otherwise by word of mouth that he will do so no more Or lastly to any that refuse to receive the said Holy Communion knéeling and of all such persons by him put from the communion doth he give an account to his Ordinary according to Law IX Doth he at the Celebration of the Holy Communion in the due places appointed by the Liturgy take the Paten into his hands and break the bread and lay his hand upon all the bread and take the cup into his hand and lay his hand upon every Uessel in which there is any Wine to be consecrated and when that which is consecrated is spent doth he communicate any persons without consecrating more according to the form prescribed and doth he severally deliver the Bread and Wine to every Communicant and at his delivering the same doth he rehearse the whole form prescribed in the Communion-book saying The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ c. And The Blood o● ou● Lord Jesus Christ which wa●shed c Or doth he use only some part thereof

all persons occupying any La●ds or Tenements within your Parish as well out-dwellers as Inhabitants rating all proportionably for the Lands and Tenements they occupy therein And is your Church or Chappel-yard sufficiently fenced with walls rails or pales as hath been accustomed and that by the moneys cessed upon Lands and Tenements in your Parish as aforesaid except you have a special custom otherwise directing you II. Are there any Isles adjoining to your Church or Chancel which time out of mind have been repair'd by the owners of any M●ss●age in your Parish if so do the owners thereof repair the same III. Is the Chancel of the Church sufficiently repair'd and beautifi●d by the Minister or other person to whom that doth belong IV. Is there any in your Parish that hath converted to his own or to any common secular use any Timber Wood Stone or other Materials belonging to any Church or Chappel Parson●ge or Uicaridge house or out-houses thereof V. Have you in your Church a decent Font of stone for the Administration of Holy Baptism and the same set in the ancient and usual place appointed for it and have you in the Chancell a decent Table for the Celebration of the Holy Communion and for the Communion-service and a Carpet of silk or other decent stuff to lie continually upon th● T●ble during the time of Divine Service and a fair linnen cloth to lay on the same at the time of the Holy Communion and have you i● fair Communion Cup of Silver with a Cover a Plate and a Flagon of Pewter or purer Metal the one to place the Bread on the other to bring the Wine into the Holy Table and a fair linnen cloth for covering the Consecrated Elements Have you in your Church or Chappel a convenient reading Seat or Pew erected for your Minister wherein to read the dayly Morning and Evening Service as also a decent Pulpit set in a convenient place for the preaching of God's Word VI. Have you belonging to the Church or Chappel a perfect Bible of the largest Uolumn of the last Translation allowed by Authority Have you two Books of Common-Prayer set forth according to the last Act of Parliament for the Uniformity of publick Prayers And are both also of the largest Uolumn fairly bound one for the Minister and another for the Clark to use at the celebration of all Divine Offices the Book of Homilies the Book of Canons and Constitutions made in the Synod held at London 1603 a Table of Degrees in marriage prohibited set forth by Authority A. D. 1563 a Parchment Register-book to register the several Christenings Marriages and Buryings within the Parish Have you a Book to set down the names of such Strangers as preach in your Church and another Book wherein to write down and keep the Accounts of the Church-Wardens and an Inventory of all things provided and belonging to your Church Have any other Books as the Works of Bishop Jewel Erasmus his Paraphrase upon the Gospel or any other good Books been carried out of the Church into any mans private House Or been l●s● VII Are the ten Commandments and chosen Sentences of Scripture or the Lords Pr●yer and others set up in your Church or Chappel as the Canon does require V●II Have you a large and decent Surplice one or more for the Minist●r to wear at all times of his publick Ministrati●n And have you a Ho●d or Typet for your Minister to wear over his Surplice if he be a Graduate IX H●ve you in your Church or Chappel a strong Chest 〈◊〉 three Lo●k● and Keys for the Alms of the poor and a hole therefore in the upper part thereof and is one of those Keys in the custody of the Parson Uicar or Curate And have you one other convenient Chest for keeping the Books and Furniture belonging to the Church and a Bier with a Herse-cloth for the burial of the dead X. Have any trees been cut down growing in the Church-yard or fences thereof and by whom and for what use was it done what private doors are made into the Church-yard whereby Nusances are committed and by whom were those doors made Is any Encroachment made upon that ground XI Have you any Lands or Tenements given or belonging to the repairing of your Church what is the quantity and value thereof and in whose possession are they XII When any of those things mentioned in the 6 7 8 or 9. Articles above are wanting are they provided by the Church-Wardens at the charge only of the Inhabitants of the Parish according to each Inhabitants personal State and not otherwise And do you the Church Wardens when you make a Rate for the same and also for the buying of Bread and Wine for Communions and for the expences of your selves and Side-men at Uisitations and to pay for scouring your Plate and washing the Surplice and Communion clothes and if you have not a Custom to the contrary to pay your Parish Clark his ancient Wages When you m●ke I say at any time such a Rate or a Rate according to the first Article for the repair of your Church do you give publick notice in the Church to the Parishioners of the time and place of your making them and also of the time and place when and where your Rate shall be ●ffer'd to be confirmed by your Ordinary that the Objectio●s of any may be heard before they be by the Ordinary ratified X●II Is the House of your Parson Uicar or Curate with all the out● houses thereto belonging kept in good and sufficient repair or have any of the said houses or out-houses been pull'd down without License from the Ordinary and by whom Hath any person 〈◊〉 upon any Orchad Garden Yard or 〈◊〉 belonging to your Parsonage or Uicaridg●house or fe●●d any tree thereon growing X●V 〈…〉 of the ancient Globe Lands belonging to your Minist●rs been taken aw●y or exchanged for other Lands wi●●out the free consent of the Patron Incumbent and License from the Ordinary And have you a perfect terrier of all Glebe-Lands Maddows Gardens Orchads Stocks Implements Tenements or Cottages belonging to your Parsonage or Uicaridg 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 finding no such terier do you the Church-Wardens and Side-men together with your Minister and others of your Parish make a terrier of the Premises in Parchment subscribed and signed by you to be kept by your Minister and a Copy thereof subscrib'd and sign'● sent into the Bishops Registry XV. Are the Bones of them th●t h●ve been buried in your Church or Church-yard kept decently interred there or laid up in some ●it place as beseemeth Christians and is the whole consecrated ground kept free from Swine and other filth and annoyance as becomes a place so dedicated Concerning School-Masters Physicians Chyrurgeons and Midwives I. DO any in your Parish teach

ARTICLES OF VISITATION and ENQUIRY Within the Diocess of CHICHESTER In the First Episcopal Visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God PETER by Divine Permission Lord Bishop of Chichester In the Second Year of his Consecration LONDON Printed by A. Maxwell 1670. The Tenour of the Oath to be administred to the Church-Wardens and Side-men YOU shall Swear diligently to Enquire and true Presentment make of every person now or lately of your Parish which hath made any default or offence enquirable by the King's Laws Ecclesiastical and become known unto you For your direction wherein you shall duly consider all and every of these Articles given you in charge and neither present nor spare to present any for favour or malice hope of reward or fear of displeasure So help you God Concerning Religion and the Government of the Church established in this Realm IMprimis Is there any in your Parish who are guilty of Atheistical or blasphemous Speeches against the Majesty of Almighty God or Scoffers of Religion ●n the Soul 's future Immortal state Is there any guilty of Speeches of Infidelity against the faith of our Lord Iesus Christ Any who in their communication or otherwise defend the Sociman or Arrian Heresie denying the Eternal Godhead of the Lord Iesus or Pelagian denying the nece●sity of Grace and of Baptism for the washing away of Original Sin II. Is there any one that doth affirm or teach and who is he that the Holy Scripture doth not contain all things necessary to Salvation or that what is contain'd in the thrée Créeds ought not throughly to be receiv'd and believed or that the Church hath not Authority in Controversies of faith III. Is there any in your Parish that doth affirm and teach that the Church of England by law established is not a true and Apostolical Church and a true member of the Catholick Church having in her ●ll things necessary to Salvation Or is there any that d●th ●ffirm and teach that the xxxix Articles agreed upon by the Arch B●shops and Bishops of both Provinces and the whole Clergy in the Convocation holden at London A D. 1562 are in any part erroneous or superstitious or such as may not with a good conscience be subscribed unto IV. Is there any in your P●rish that doth affirm and teach that the form of God's W●rship in the Church of England established by law and contain'd in the book of Common-Prayer and Administration of Sacraments is a corrupt Popish or any way superstitious or unlawful Worship of God or containeth any thing in it that is repugnant to Scripture or to the Doctrine and Worship in the Catholick or Primitiv● Church V. Is there any that doth affirm or teach and who is he that Baptism of Infants according to the Church of England is unlawful or unnecessary or better to be delayed or not appointed for the Remission of Sins or that it may be repeated or that Infants duly baptized according to the ●hurch's Order and dying before they commit ●ctual st●●●re not saved everlastingly through God's grace given th●m in Baptis● VI. Is there any who doth affirm or teach that the K●ng's Majesty hath not the same Preroga●ive in C●uses E●●●●si●st●cal which we see hath been given ●lwaies to ●ll god●y Princes by God himself both among the Iews and in the Christian Church Or that doth any way deny or impugn the King's Majesty's Royal Authority or Supremacy in C●use● Ecclesiastical in this Realm Or who denies that within his Maiestie's Realms of England Scotland and 〈◊〉 and all other his Dominions and Countries our Lord the King is the highest Power under God to whom the chief G●vernment of all Estates whether they be Ecclesiastical or Civil in ●ll Causes doth appertain without any subjection due from Him or his Subjects to any foreign Iurisdiction VII Is there any who doth affirm and teach and who is he that the Government of the Church of 〈◊〉 under his Majesty by Arch-Bishops Bishops Deans Arch-De●cons or other chief Ministers bearing office in the same or that the forms or manner of Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons established by law contains any thing that is Antichristi●n or repugnant to the ●ord of God or to the practice of the Catholick Church Or th●t pers●●s so ordained Bishops Priests or De●cons h●●e not s●ffic●ent external calling or that they ought not to be 〈◊〉 truly Bishops Priests or Deacons till they h●ve some other external calling unto those divine Offices or 〈◊〉 teaches that those three Holy Orders above●●●● have not b●en ever in Christ's Church even from the Apostles time VIII Is there any in your P●●i●h ●nd who is h● that by separation of himself from the Church or by joyning himself to Convonticles breaks the Communion of the Church of England or accounts of others as prophane and none of the godly for their orderly conforming themselves to the Church of England as established by law Or that any combining themselves in Assemblies or Congreg●tions of the King 's born Subjects within this Land other then such as by the laws of this Land are held and allowed may truly take unto themselves the name of another purer Church or of the Church of England IX Is there any who doth affirm and teach and who is he that the Rites and Ceremonies and the Rules of the Chu●ch of England by law established are Antichristian supe●stitious or frivolous Or any way unlawful or burdensome or such as may not be subscrib'd unto and practis'd with a good consc●ence or that the Church hath no power to decrée any such Rites and Ceremonies Concerning the Clergy their Duty and Office I. IS the Parson Uicar or also Curate in holy Orders by Episcopal Ordination a Pri●st ordained according to the laws of the Church of England hath he béen legally instituted and inducted into his Benefice or is he known or suspected to have obtain●d his Parsonage or Uicaridge by any Symoniacal Contract II. Did he within two Months after his Induction publickly in your Church or Chappel upon som● Sunday or Holy-day in the time of D●vine S●rvice openly read the xxxix Articles established by Authorit● in this Church A.D. 1562 and then profess and publish his assent and subscribe his name thereto in the presence of the Church W●rdens Do you not know or have you not ●ear● that ●n his reading or pretending to read those xxxix Articles he p●ssed over some one or more of them or some part of one or more and what part of the Articles was it that he left u●read Di● your P●rson Uicar or Curate upon some Lord●-d●y before ●he Feast of St. ●●rtholomew A.D. 1662 or some Lord●-day within two Months after Sis Induction solemnly read in your Church or Chappel both Morning and Evening Prayer as it is appointed in the book Common-Prayer by law established And did he after such reading publickly before the