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B00015	Articles to be inquired of within the dioces of Norwich, in the ordinary visitation of the reuerend father in God, Samuel, Lord Bishop of Norvvich. Anno Domini 1620. & translationis suæ, primo.	Church of England. Diocese of Norwich. Bishop (1619-1628 : Harsnett); Harsnett, Samuel, 1561-1631.	1620 (1620)	STC 10293; ESTC S92405	9,811	18

Matrimony prohibited 3 Item whether haue you in your Parish Church one or two Surplisses and a Hoode faced with Taffaty or Sattin if your Minister be a Graduate a Master of Arts a Batchelor or Doctor in Diuinity 4 Item whether haue you a decent seat for your Minister to reade publike prayers in a seat nigh vnto him for his Clarke and a seat for the women that come to giue thankes after their Childebirth a comely Pulpit with a Cushion and a Cloth for it a decent Communion Table with a Carpet of broad cloth and a faire linnen cloth a Communion cup of Siluer and a flagon of siluer or Pewter to be vsed at the Communion 5 Item whether haue you a Beare for the carriage of dead bodies to their buriall a conuenient and decent Font with a couer standing in the accustomed place a Register booke in parchment wherein be duly entred the names of all such as bee baptised married and buried 6 Item whether haue you one Chest with thrée lockes and keyes wherein the Register booke and other vtensils belonging to your Church be duely kept And whether haue you one booke in Parchment or Paper wherin be entred the names of all strangers that come to preach within your Parish and their licenses therein recorded 7 Item whether is your Parish Church Chappell or Oratory in good and sufficient reparations not prophaned comely and decently kept and the seates therein well maintained 8 Item whether be there any Pues lately built within your Parish Church without the authority consent and approbation of the Ordinary and who haue so built them 9 Item whether haue any Pues béene taken vp which were formerly set in any other Church and bee transferred to your Church and there set vp and by whom and by what authority 10 Item whether is there any Church or Chappell wherein there be a competent number of people to the number of ten or aboue dwelling and abiding prophaned and conuerted to any irreligious vse by making of it a Barne Stable or Granary the Parishioners thereof not knowen to resort to any other Church Chappell or Oratorie by lawfull assignation of the Ordinarie 11 Item whether be there in your Stéeple the vsuall and ancient number of Bells still remaining and hanging by whom haue any Bells béene taken out of your Stéeple and to what vse haue they béene conuerted 12 Item whether haue there béene kept in your Church any Playes Feasts Banquets Church-ales drinkings or any other prophane vsages by laying of Drums or Guns in your Church or Stéeple and discharging them there and by whose commandement and appointment 13. Item whether is your Church-yard well and sufficiently repaired by a comely wall of Stone or Pale and whether haue you a grate at the entrance into the said Church-yard to kéepe out Swine and other noisome beasts 14 Item whether be not the Graues and Monuments of the dead broken and rooted vp by Swine in your said Church-yard and whether be not noisome draines and priuies made and suffered within the said Church yard and vnvsuall dores and passages made into the same TIT. 7. Articles concerning Parsonage and Vicaridge-houses FIrst Whether be the Houses Edifices and Buildings belonging to your Parsonage or Vicaridge well and sufficiently repaired and whether be any of them ruinated wasted and dilapidated and by whose default 2 Item whether is the Chancell of your Parish Church ruinated and by whose default is it so decaied TIT. 8. Articles concerning Legacies and Bequests giuen to godly vses FIrst Whether be there any Legacies giuen in the last Will and Testament of any person deceased out of his moueable goods for the reliefe of the poore or to the reparations of the Church or to either of the Vniuersities Cambridge or Oxford or to any Schoole of Learning or Colledge for the increase of vertue and knowledge or to any other charitable vse what be those bequests and by whom were they giuen 2 Item what Legacies giuen to the vses aforesaid haue bin detained by the executor of any person deceased and who be they that doe so detaine them TIT. 9. Articles concerning Churchwardens FIrst Whether be the Church-wardens of your Parish chosen by the Minister and Parishioners according to the 89. Canon and whether hath any taken vpon him to bée Church-warden being not so chosen 2 Item whether haue the Church-wardens béene diligent in the execution of their office to sée decency and comelinesse kept in the Church in the time of diuine seruice and at the administration of the Sacraments 3 Item whether haue any Church-wardens detained any of the Church goods in their hands and not made a iust account of what they haue receiued and expended 4 Item whether haue the Church-wardens at euery Communion prouided sufficient Bread and Wine for the Communicants and set the same vpon the Communion Table in the presence of the Minister before he beginne the administration of the said Sacrament TIT. 10. Articles concerning Schoole-masters Physitions and Chyrurgions FIrst Is there any Schoolemaster within your Parish that teacheth publikely or priuately not licensed by the Bishop of the Diocesse or his Chancellour and that so teacheth and commeth not to Church to heare diuine seruice vpon daies appointed for reading of the same and receiue the Communion thrice in the yeare at the least Or doth hee teach any Papists or Sectaries children that come not to Church in time of publike prayer read 2 Item whether doth he instruct his Schollers in the Catechisme set forth in the Booke of Common Prayer of this Realme and in no other 3 Item whether doth any practise Physicke or Chyrurgerie being not lawfully licensed thereunto or created Doctor of Physicke in either of the Vniuersities of this Realme 4 Item what ignorant persons haue left their manuell trades and taken vpon them to professe Physicke or Chyrurgerie and who be they that so abuse the people TIT. 11. Articles concerning Eclesiasticall Officers FIrst What corporall punishment inioyned for any offence of eclesiasticall cognizance hath béene commuted by any ecclesiasticall Iudge within this dioces into a pecuniary mulct or sum of money and how was the same money imployed 2 Item Whether is there not a table of fées in euery of the courts eclesiasticall within this dioces hung vp in some publique place in the court Registry and no other fées taken receiued by any ecclesiasticall Iudge more or greater then in the said table are expressed 3 Item Whether doth any ecclesiasticall Iudge speed any iudiciall acts priuately himselfe and not in the presence of some publique notary or actuary 4 Item What presentments haue béene made for any offence cognizable punishable in the ecclesiasticall courts within this dioces haue béene suppressed by any iudge or register by them with-drawne and not effectually procéeded in according to the lawes ecclesiasticall of this realme 5 Item whether doe you know any person inioyned by iudiciall decrée or sentence in court to doe publique penance for his sinne or excommunicate for not doing the same that doth still by conniuencie or fauour of the Iudge or Register of that court where the said penance was inioyned still continue winked at vnreformed 6 Item What numbers of apparitors be there to your knowledge within the Arch-deaconry wherein you liue and whether haue any of them vnder colour pretence of their office and authority committed vnto them cited or summoned any person vnlawfully and wrongfully troubled him or for the concealing of any offence or sinne and for the auoiding of punishment in the offenders haue taken any rewarde or guift or otherwise delt corruptly and who be they that haue so offended 7 Lastly whether haue you without affection of loue or hatred to any person presented and detected all offenders mentioned in the precedent articles knowne to be delinquents either in truth or by their owne confession or by lawfull proofe or by common fame and report And whether doe you know any other matter of ecclesiasticall cognizance worthy the presenting in your iudgement which is not héeretofore by you presented FINIS

ARTICLES TO BE INQVIRED OF WITHIN THE DIOCES OF NORWICH in the ordinary visitation of the reuerend Father in God SAMVEL Lord Bishop of NORVVICH Anno Domini 1620. Translationis suae primo ANCHORA FIDEI SICELEVABITVR FILIVS HOMINIS· Io 3 Imprinted at London 1620. The forme of the Oath to be ministred vnto the Churchwardens and Sidemen YOu shall sweare to make diligent inquirie and true presentment of all and euery the offences mentioned in the subsequent Articles in this booke which be known to you either by notoriety of the fact confession of any party or by any publike speech and common fame or by other proofe had made without affection of loue or hatred to any person So helpe you God and the Contents of this Booke ARTICLES TO BE INQVIRED OF IN THE DIOCES OF NORWICH ANNO DOMINI 1620. TIT. 1. Articles concerning religion prayer and Sacraments 1. FIrst whether be there any person or persons abiding in your parish or resorting thereunto aboue the age of sixtéene yeares that wilfully and obstinately refuse to repaire to their parish Church Chappell or oratorie vpon sabboth daies and Holidaies and be thereby taken to be Popish or sectary recusants 2. Item whether be there any that be knowne to haue defended or maintayned any hereticall opinions contrary to the holy scriptures of God and first foure generall counsells or any of them and what be those opinions and who be the authors thereof 3. Item whether be there any in your parish that hath bene or is vehemently suspected to haue bene present at any vnlawful assemblies or priuate conuenticles vnder colour or pretence of any exercise of religion or doth affirme and maintaine such meetings to be lawfull 4. Item whether doth any person within your Parish depraue the forme of common praier and administration of the Sacraments rites and ceremonies set forth and prescribed in the booke of common praier of this realme 5. Item whether is there any doctrine taught published or preached by any person or persons directly or indirectly against the state eclesiasticall and lawfull gouernment of the Church of England and the consecrating of Archbishops and Bishops and the ordering of Deacons and Ministers after such manner and forme as is now vsed and prescribed by his Maiesties lawes within this Realme of England 6. Item whether be there any within your parish that deny or perswade any to deny withstand and impugne the kings Maiesties authority and supremacie in causes eclesiasticall within this realme 7. Item whether doth any person within your parish aboue the age of 16. yeeres refuse or forbeare thrice in euery yeare at Easter especially to communicate and receiue the blessed Sacrament of the Lords supper And what reuerence doe the people within your Parish vse by outward gestures of their bodies when they be partakers of that blessed Sacrament and whether doe they reuerently kneele vpon their knées when the minister deliuereth the same to them 8. Item whether doth any person within your Parish deferre the baptisme of his child longer then vntill the next Sabboth day or holiday after the birth thereof 9. Item whether hath any child died vnbaptised within your Parish and by whose default 10. Item whether be the parents of any childe to be Baptised admitted to be godfathers or godmothers to the same 11. Item whether haue the children of popish recusants or wilfull sectaries borne within your Parish bene priuately baptised by any lay man not in holy orders 12. Item whether hath any person not lawfully confirmed according to the forme of confirmation prescribed in the booke of common Prayer of this realme béene admitted to receiue the holy communion 13 Item whether hath any Popish recusant after he or she hath béene conformed repaired to Church and receiued the blessed sacrament of the Lords supper once a yeare at the least in that parish Church where he or she doe most vsually abide 14. Item whether doe any within your parish vpon Sabboth daies and holy daies negligently and carelesly repaire to your parish Church so that halfe or the most part of diuine seruice is ended before they come and vpon light occasion depart out of the Church before prayers be done TIT. 2. Articles Concerning the Ministers and Preachers of Gods holy word 1 FIrst whether doth the minister of your parish Church read the forme of common praier in such sort as is set forth in the booke of common praier confirmed by his Maiesties authority and administer the Sacraments with due obseruation of all rites and ceremonies prescribed to be vsed in the administration thereof without adding altering or omitting any part or parcell of the said praiers or innouating any other matter in the administration of either of the Sacraments 2. Item whether is the said forme of common praier duly and orderly red in your Church Chappell or oratorie vpon sabboth daies holy daies wednsdaies and fridaies and vpon holy eues and Sabboth eues 3. Item whether be the words of institution of the Sacrament of the Lords supper vsed by the minister in deliuery of the bread and wine to euery communicant 4. Item whether be the words in the administration of the sacrament of baptisme I signe thee with the signe of the Crosse onely vsed and noe visible or formall crosse made in the forehead of the child so baptized 5. Item whether is the sacrament of baptisme denied to any children borne out of wedlock and by whom 6. Item whether is the forme of common prayer red vpon the 24. of March the fifth of nouember and the fifth of August yearely in your parish Church and publique thanksgiuing vsed vpon those daies to almighty God for his Maiesties gratious succession to the royall crowne of this realme the deliuerance of his highnesse and the whole state from the damnable gunpowder treason and for his Maiesties preseruation from the conspiracy of Gowry 7. Item whether is the statute intituled An act for a publique thanksgiuing to almightie God c. euery yeare distinctly red in your parish Church at morning praier vpon the fifth day of Nouember 8. Item whether doth your Minister alwaies and at euery time both morning and euening reading diuine seruice and administring the sacraments weare the surplice and doth he neuer omit the wearing of the same at such times or at any of them 9 Item whether doth he catechise the youth of his parish vpon sundaies and holidaies before euening prayer for halfe an howre or more in the catechisme set forth in the booke of common Prayer and in none other And whether doe all the parishioners attend his catechising And whether doe any of them neglect or refuse to send their children to be catechized by him 10. Item whether doth your minister once euery yeare in your parish church read the booke of canons published Anno Domini 1603. and whether doth he visit the sicke as by law is required 11 Item whether doth he giue thanks for women after their