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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07665	Articles to be inquired of, in the metropoliticall visitation of the most Reuerend Father in God, Richard, by the prouidence of God, Lord Arch-bishop of Yorke, primate of England, and metropolitane. In the yeere of our Lord God, 1633..	Church of England. Province of York. Archbishop (1631-1640 : Neile); Neile, Richard, 1562-1640.	1633 (1633)	STC 10380; ESTC S92473	10,368	17

ARTICLES TO BE INQVIRED OF In the Metropoliticall Visitation of the most Reuerend Father in God RICHARD by the prouidence of God Lord Arch-bishop of Yorke Primate of England and Metropolitane Jn the yeere of our Lord God 1633. LONDON Printed by John Norton 1633. The Aduertisement THe Minister and Church-wardens are to call vnto them the Neyghbours of the Parish and out of them to make choyce according to the custome of the place of two of the discreetest parishioners to bee Side-men and they altogether are to reade ouer these Articles diuers times Then after they haue duely considered of them they are to write their answere or presentment vnto euery Article particularly and truly according to their consciences Lastly they are all of them to bring their presentments to the Visitation and there the Church-wardens and Side-men vpon their oathes but the Minister according to the Canon in that behalfe are to deliuer them vp vnder their hands The oath to be ministred to the Church-wardens Sworne-men YOu shall sweare that all affection fauour hatred hope of reward and gaine or feare of displeasure or malice set aside You shal vpon due consideration of the Articles giuen you in charge present all and euery such person of or within your parish as hath committed any offence or fault or made any default mentioned in these or any of these Articles or which are vehemently suspected and defamed of any such offence fault or default wherein you shall deliuer vprightly and according to truth neyther of malice presenting any contrary to truth nor of corrupt affection sparing to present any and so conceale the truth hauing in this action God before your eyes with an earnest zeale to mayntaine truth and to suppresse vice so helpe you God and the contents of this Booke Touching the Church Church-yard Parsonage and Vicarage-house FIrst whether your Church Chappell and Chancell bee well and sufficiently repaired in the walls and roofe the Seats conuenient the floore paued the windowes glazed your Bells in tune and all these cleanely kept and the mansion-house of your Parson or Vicar with the building thereunto belonging bee likewise well and sufficiently repayred and your Church-yard well fenced with walls rayles or payles and cleanely kept 2 Whether hath your Church or Church-yard beene abused and prophaned by any fighting chiding brawling or quarrelling any playes Lords of misrule summer Lords morris-dancers pedlers bowlers bearewards butchers feasts schooles temporall courts or Leets Lay Iuries musters or other prophane vsage in your Church or Church-yard any bells superstitiously rung on holidayes or their eeues or at any other time without good cause allowed by the Minister and Church-wardens haue any trees beene felled in your Church-yard and by whom 3 Whether are your Almes-houses and Church-house sufficiently repayred mayntaned and to godly and their right vse imployed 4 Whether haue you in your Church all things necessary for common prayer as the Bible in the largest volume the booke of common Prayer lately authorized by his Maiesty the booke of Homilies allowed two books of common prayer a conuenient Pulpit for the preaching a decent seat for the Minister to reade Seruice in conueniently placed a strong chest with three lockes and keyes one for the Minister the other for the Church wardens for the keeping of the Register booke of the Christnings Marriages and Burials and a poore mans boxe with three locks conueniently seated neere the Church doore 5 Whether have you in your Church a font of stone for baptisme set in the ancient vsuall place a decent table for the communion conviently placed couered with silke or other decent stuffe in time of diuine Seruice and with a faire linnen cloth ouer that at the administration of the communion 6 Whether haue you all such bells ornaments and other vtensels as haue anciently belonged to your Church a communion-cup o● siluer with a couer a fayre standing pot or two of pewter or purer metall for the wine vpon the communion table a comely Surplesse with sleeues a Register booke of parchment for christnings marriages burials a booke for the names of all christnings marriages burials a booke for the names of all strange preachers subscribed with their names and the name of the Bishop or other where they had licence 7 Whether is the Almes for the poore duely distributed and are the names and surnames of all persons married christned and buried and of their parents with the day and yeere entred in your parchment Register booke 8 Whether are the ten Commandements set vp in your Church or Chappell and other chosen sentences of holy Scripture vpon the walls in conuenient places and the table of the degrees prohibited in marriage set forth 1563 9 Whether haue you in your Church or Chappell the booke of the Canons agreed vpon in the conuocation holden at London Anno Dom 1603. and confirmed by his Maiesties royall authority and whether your Minister haue read the same in your Church or Chappell once euery yeere according to his Maiesties Iniunctions in that behalfe Touching the Ministery Seruice and Sacraments VVHether is the common prayer said or sung by your Minister both morning euening distinctly and reuerently euery Sunday and Holiday and on there eeues and at conuenient and vsuall times of those daies and in most conuenient place of the Church for the edifying of the people 2 Whether doth your Minister obserue the orders rites ceremonies prescribed in the booke of common prayer in reading holy Scriptures prayers administration of the Sacraments without diminishing in regard of preaching or any other respect or adding any thing in the manner or forme thereof 3 Whether doth your Ministér on wednesdaies and fridaies not being holidaies at the accustomed houres of seruice resort to the Church and say the ordinary prayers and Letany prescribed And doth your Clarke or Sexton giue warning before by tolling of a bell on those daies 4 Whether any Minister leauing the vse of the Font doe in your Church or Chappell christen or baptize in any Basons or other profane vessells or whether your Minister do baptize or christen any out af the face of the Church Congregation without speciall cause or without Godfathers or Godmothers And whether any person or persons be admitted to answere as Godfathers Godmothers at the christning of any childe except he or she haue before receiued the holy communion And whether doth your Minister in the baptizing of children obserue the orders rites ceremonies appointed prescribed in the booke of common prayer without addition omission or other innouation 5 Whether doe you know any Parents that keepe children vnchristened or that were not christened at their owne Parish Church or Chappell for what cause they remaine yet vnchristened or haue not beene christned at their Parish Church or Chappell or do you know haue heard or vehemently suspect any parents whose children haue beene christned by any Popish Priest or otherwise than by the