profane vsages to be kept in your church chappels or churchyard or â—…els to â—…rung superstitioâ—…e vpon holidaies or Eues abrogated by the booke of common-prayer contrary to the 88. canon 12 How many inhabitants within your Parish men or women aboue the age of sixtéene yéeres do refuse to frequent Diuine seruice established by publike authority of this Realme or to receiue the holy Communion or are negligent therein what be their names and of what degrée state or trade of life are â—…hey you are to present them all â—…f both forts 19 Whether haue you or your Predecessors brought vnto my Lord Bishop or his Chauncellour within fortie daies next after Easter the names of all such as haue not communicated that Easter before contrary to the 11. 2. Canon 20 Whether do any of the Inhabitants of your said parish entertaine within their house any soiurners lodgers or any common resorters and guests who refuse to frequent Diuine seruice or receiue the holic Communion as aforesaid what be their names of what quality or condition are they 21 Whether are any of the said Popish Recusants of insolent behauiour not without publike offence or doe boldly busie themselues in seducing and withdrawing others either abroad or in their owne families by instructing their children in Popish Religion or by refusing â—…o entertaine any especially in place of greatest seruice or trust but such as concur with them in opinion of religion and what be their names that so do 22 How long the said Popish Recusants haue obstinately abstained either from Diuine seruice or from the Communion as is aforesaid whether of any long time or only since his Maiesties raigne and how long 23 What persons aforesaid within your parish either for the offence aforesaid or for any other contumacy or crime doe remaine excommunicated what bee their names and for what cause and how long haue they so stood excommunicate 24 Whether were you the Churchwardens and Questmen chosen by the consent of the Minister and parishioners in Easterâ—…ke according vnto the 89. and 90. canons and whether haue the churchwardens before you giuen vp a iust accompt for their time and deliuered to you their Successors whatsoeuer money or other things of right belonging to the church which was in their hands according to the 89. Canon 25 Whether doe all persons aboue the age of sixtéene yéeres vsualie resoâ—…t to hears Diuine seruice vpon sondaies and holidaies approued and whether hath each one of your Parishioners being aboue the age of sixtéene yeares as aforesaide receiued the holy communion thrice this last yeare chiefely once at Easter in your Parish Church knéeling If no then you shall present their names which haue not so done 26 Whether haue you a fit Parish Clerke aged 20. yâ—…res atleast of honest conuersation sufficient for reading and writting and whether he be payed his wages without fraudâ—… according to the most auncient customs of your Parish If not then by whom is he so defrauded and denied and whether he be chosen by the Parson or Uicar or by whom according to the 91. Canon 27 Whether haue any in your Parish béene maried within the prohibite degrées forbidden by the Lawe and expressed in a certaine Table published by authority in Anno 1563 If yea then your shall present their names and whether haue you the said Table publikely set vp in your Church and fastened to some conuenient place 28 Whether doth any heretofore diuorced kéepe company with any other at bed and at boord as man wife what be their names when and where they maried and how long haue they so continued 29 Whether haue you any in your Parish which heretofore being popish Recusants or Sectaries haue since conformed themselues come to Church to heare Diuine seruice and receiue the Sacraments If yea then who they are And how long since haue they so conformed themselues and whether doe they still remaine and abide in that conformity 30 Whether haue you any in your parish to your knowledg or by common fame and report which haue committed adulterie fornication or incest or any bawdes harborers or receiuers of such persons or publikely suspected thereof which haue not béen publikely punished to your knowledge If yea then with whom and whether are there anie which are by common fame and report reputed taken to be common drunkards blasphemers of Gods holy name common and vsual swearers filthic speakers raylers sowers of discord amongst their neighbours or speakers against Ministers marriages Usurers contrarie to the statute made in the 37. yeare of K. Henry the eight Symonicall persons fighters brawlers or quarrellers in Church or Churchyard you shall not faile to present their names 31 Whether haue any in your parish receiued or harboured any woman gotten with childe out of wedlock and suffered them againe to depart without pennance first inflicted vpon them by their ordinary You shall truelie present aswel the partie harbouring as harboured and who is suspected to haue committed incontinencie with her 32 Whether anie person or persons suspected or detected heretofore of Incontinency and therfore departing out of your parish for a season is now returned againe or in what place else is he or she now abiding to your knowledge or as you haue heard you shal not faile to present the whole truth in that behalfe 33 Whether are there in your parish anie wils not yet prooued or goods of the dead dying intestate left vnadministred by the authority of the Ordinarie in that behalfe you shall not faile to present the Executors and all others faulty and culpable therein 34 Whether 〈◊〉 any of or within your parish affirme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that the sacred Synode of this nation assembled by the 〈◊〉 authority is not the true Church of England by representatiâ—… or hath or dooth any of your parish affirme thâ—… no persons either of the Clergie or La tie that were not personally present in the said laâ—… Synode are 〈◊〉 to the decrées thereof in causes Ecclesiasticall made and ratified by the Kings supreame authority because they gaue not vp their voices vnto them you shall present their names 35 Whether is there any among you that haâ—… or doâ—… 〈◊〉 the aforesaid late Synod saying or affirming that the same was a company oâ—… such persons as did conspire together against godly and religious Professors of the Gospell and that therefore both they and their procéedings in that behalfe are and ought to be dispised and contemned or words to the like effect you shall not faile to present their names 36 Whether there bee any person or persons Ecclesiasticall or temporall within your Parish or else where within this Dioces that haue retained and kept in their custodie or that read sell vtter disperse cary or deliuer to others any English books or Libels set forth either on this side or beyond the seas by Papists or Sectaries against the â—…ings supremacie in causes Ecclesiasticall or against true Religion and Catholik
doctrine now publikely professed in this Church or the gouernment or Discipline of the Church of England now within this Realm receiued and established by common authoritie and what their names and surnames are 35 Whether there bée any in your parish who are noted knowne or suspected to conceale or kéep hiddeÌ„ in their houses any Masse books portesses brâ—…iaries or other bookes of Popery and superâ—…ition or any Challices Copes Uestments Albes or other ornaments of superstition vncancelled or vndefaced which it is to be coniectured they doe kéepe for a day as they call it 38 Whether any of your Parishioners hauing a Preacher to their Parson Uicar or Curate doe absent themselues from his Sermons and resort to any other place to heare other Preachers 39 Whether there be any Inkéepers Alewiues Uictualers or â—…iplers that suffer or doe admit any person or persons in their houses to eate drink or play at dice cards tables bowles or such like games in the time of common-prayer or sermon on the Sondaies or Holidaies or any Butchers or other that commonly vse to sell meat or other things in the time of common prayer preaching or reading of Homilies and whether in Faires or common Markets falling vpon Holidaies there be shewing of any wares before morning prayer be 〈◊〉 and whether any Markets and selling of wares be vsed or suâ—… in any Churchyards on the Sabboth day by common packmen and pedlers going about or any Butchers 40 Whether hath your Minister or any of the parish without the consent or priuitie of the Ordinarie caused any to doe penance or bee punished either openly or otherwise for any crime punishable by the Ecclesiastical lawes onely and what be the names of the parties that haue béene so punished and in what manner 41 Whether there be any in your Parish who will come to heare the sermon but will not come to the publique praier appointed by the booke of common-praier making a schisme or diuision as it were betwéene the vse of publike praier preaching and whether there be any who being present at publick praier do not deuoutly and humbly knéele vpon their knées at such times as by the booke of common prayer they are appointed to wit when they make a generall confession of their sinnes when all prayers and collects are read in the time of the Letanie when the ten Commandements are read and at the receiuing of the holy communion and what are their names that haue at any time shewed themselues vndutifull and vnreuerent in that behalfe 42 Whether there be any maried woman or others within your Parish which after childbirth refuse or contemne to come to the Church to giue God thankes for their diliuerie and to haue the praiers publikely appointed on that behalfe by the booke of common prayer 43 Whether any within your parish doe resort vnto Farnes fieldes woods priuate houses or to any extraordinarie exposition of scriptures or conferences together or that be drawers or perswaders of others to any such schismaticall conuenticles 44 Whether any doe kéepe their children vnbaptized longer then is conuenient vnlesse that it be for sicknesse of the child or other vrgent occasion And whether any doe carrie their children from the Parish they are borne in to other Parishes to be baptized and so refuse their owne Parish or doe bring strange Ministers into their owne houses to baptize their children priuately according to their owne fantasies 45 Item whether haue you any Coniurers Charmers â—…lcours Witches or Fortune-tellers within your Parish who are they and who doe resort to them for counsell 46 Item haue you the Church wardens exhibited into the Bishoppes Registrie a true copie of the names of all such as haue béene christened married or buried within your parish this last yéere according to the 70. Canon 47 Item whether hath the fift of August and the fifth of Nouember béene kept holy and thanksgiuings made to God for his Maiesties and the States happy delâ—…rance according to the Ordinance in that behalfe 48 Item whether haue you or your Predecessors Churchwardens according to the branch of a Statute mentioned in the latter end of this booke leuied twelue pence for euery Sondaies absence to the vse of the poore of your parish of the lands goods and tenemenâ—…s of euery one that hath without lawful execuse absented himselfe from his parish church if not you are to present it your selues by vertue of your oaths If yea then hath the money béene imploied to that vse and distributed accordingly 49 Whether do you know of any other matter of Ecclesiasticall cognizance worthy the presentment in your iudgement aboue not expressed which you hold fit to be reformed and if you doe you shall likewise present the same by vertue of your Oaths FINIS
ARTICLES to be enquired of vvithin the Diocesse of Sarisbury in the first visitation of the Right Reuerend Father in God MARTIN by the prouidence of GOD Lord Bishoppe of Sarum HOLDEN In the yeere of our Lord God 1619. AT LONDON Printed by Iohn Beale 1619. Articles concerning the Clargie WHether hath your Minister read the constitutions set forth by his Maiesty once euery yeere vpon some sonday or holidaies in the afternoone before diuine seruice according as by the Canons he is bound 2 Whether doth your Minister vse to pray for the Kings Maiestie King Iames and for the Quéenes Maiesty the Prince and all their royall progeny giuing vnto him such stile and title of supreme Gouernour in all causes and ouer all persons as well Ecclesiasticall as Temporall as by law are due vnto him exhorting their Parishioners to yéelde him obedience according to the same and also in their sermons do pray for all Archbishops Bishops and other Ecclesiasticall persons according to the 55. Canon 3 Whether is the prescript forme of diuine seruice vsed by your Minister vpon sondaies holidaies wednesdaies fridaies according to the book of common praier and whether doth your Minister duly obserue all the orders rites ceremonies prescribed in the said book of common prayer aswell in reading publique praiers the Letany as also in administring the sacraments in such manner forme wearing the surplesse as by the book of common prayer by law now established is inioyned 4 Whether doth your Minister administer the holy Communion so often at such times as that euery Parishioner may receiue the same at least thrice in euery yeare whereof one at Easter as by the booke of common praier is appointed And whether doth your Minister receiue the same himselfe on euery day that he administreth it to others knéeling at the same administreth it to none but such as doe knéele at the receiuing thereof and vse the words of the institution according to the booke at euery time that the bread or wine is receiued in such manner and forme as by the Prouiso of the 21. Canon is directed or wherein is hée faultie and whether is warning giuen by him before hand for the Communion as the 22. Canon requireth 5 Whether hath your Minister admitted any notorious offenders or Schismatiques to the Communion contrarie to the 26. and 27. constitutions without satisfaction by due course of law before enioined them or reiected any from the communion who were not by publike presentment or other open scandal infamous and detected of some notorious crime by common fame published in the parish 6 Whether the Minister together with the Churchwardens Questâ—…en doe take diligent heede and care not onely that all and euerie of your owne Parishioners doe reâ—…ue thriâ—… in euery yâ—…re as aforesaid but also that â—…o 〈◊〉 of any other Parish doe forsake their owne Minister and Parish to receiue with you contrary to the 28 Canon 7 Whether hath your Minister Church-wardens and Sidemen presented vnto thâ—… Lord Bishop or his Chancellor within forty dayes after Easter the names of all the Parishioners as wel men as women which being aboue â—…6 yéeres of age receiued not the Communion at or about Easter before according to the 112. Canon 8 Whether doth your Minister vse to signe the Children with the signâ—… of the crosse when they are baptized according to the Booke of common prayer and the thirtith Canon and whether he hath deferred or wilfully refused to baptize any infant in his Parish being in danger hauing béene duly informed of the weakenesse thereof and whether the childe hath dyed in his default without baptisme contrary to the 68 and 69 Canons 9 Whether is your Minister continually resident with you vpon his benefice or for how long time hath he béene absent and where is he resident for the most part and what other benefice hath hée 10 Whether doth your Minister being a Preacher preach vsually according to the constitutions either in his owne Cure with you once euerie Sunday or else in some other Church or Chappell néere adioyning where no Preacher is according to the 45 Canon or how hath he béene negligent in that behalfe 11 Whether is your Minister a Preacher allowed If yea then by whom If no whether doth hée procure Sermons to be preached among you once in euery moneth at the least by such as are lawfully licenced according to the 46. Canon or doth he contribute towards a licenced Preacher if his liuing will beare it 12 Whether hath your Minister another benefice and whether doth he supply his absence by a Curate that is sufficiently licenced to preach in that cure of his whereon he himselfe is not resident or otherwise in case he doth not find a preaching Minister there by reason of the smalnes thereof whether doth he preach at both his benefices â—…sually himselfe according to the 47. Canon 13 Whether is your Curate licenced to serue by the L. Bishop of this Dioces or by any other and by whom Whether doth your Minister or Curate serue any more cures then one contrarie to the 48. Canon If yea then what other cure doth he also serue 14 If your minister be not licenced to preach as aforesaid whether doâ—…h he reade Homilies or rather take vpon him to eâ—…pound the sâ—…riptures either in his owne cure or else where coÌ„trary to the 49. canon if you theÌ„ you are to present him speriâ—…e the place where he so hâ—…th preached 15 Whether hath any person béene admitted to preach within your Church or Chappel but such as you haue wel known to be sufficiently licenced whom haue you so admitted you shall present their names and how often haue any such béene admitted to preach by whose procurement And whether haue you caused euery strange Preacher licenced or not licenced to subscribe his name together with the day when he preached according to the 50. and 51. Canons And if he were lâ—…cenced then by whom was he licenced And whether haue they or any other preached in your Church not being soberly and decently apparelled according to the 74. Canon 16 Whether doth your Lecturer and Preacher reade Diuine seruice and administer the Sacraments in his owne person twice euery yeare obseruing al the ceremonies in the book of common-prayer established according to the 56. Canon 17 Whether doth your Minister weare the Surplesse whilest he is saying publique praiers and administring the Sacraments And if hée be any Graduate whether then doth he weare also vpon his Surplesse during the times afore said such a hâ—…d as by the oâ—…ers of his Uniuersity is agréeable to his degrée according to the 58. Canon 18 Whether doth your Minister euery Sonday Holiday before euening praier for half an houre or more examine and instruct the youth and ignorant persons of his parish in the ten Commandemets the Articles of Reliefe and in the Lords praier as also in the Catechisme last set forth in the
booke of common-praier whereby the children of the parish may be prepared for confirmation according to the 60 Canon 19 Whether hath your Minister without licence from the Archbishop the Bishop of the Dioces or his Chancelor solemnized mariage betwixt any parties the Banes not being thrée seueral Sondaies or Holidaies first publisâ—…ed in time of Diuine Seruice in the seuerall churcheâ—… or Chappels of seuerall abode according to the booke of common-praier and the 62. Canon and that also betwixt the houres of eight and twelue in the forenoone contrarie to the 102. Canon 20 Whether hath your Minister since the last Canons published solem nized any mariage betwixt any persons being vnder the age of 21. yéers although the Baâ—…â—…e thrice asked before such time as the Parents hath made knowne vnto him their consents therunto contrarie tâ—… the 99. and 100. Canons I whether hath he maried any of another Dioces who are they and by what authoritie and when 21 Whether doth your Minister vpon Sondaies at morning praier de clare vnto the Parishioners what holidaies fasting daies are appointed to be kept the wéeke following according to the 64. Canon wherby theâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…e put in minde to prepare themselues accordingly and to repaire to Church to publicke prayer as by law they are bound 22 Whether doth your Minister in the Rogation daies vse the Perambulation mooue the people to giue thanks to God for his benefits vsing such Psalmes Praiers Homilies as are to that end set forth 23 Whether doth any man being neither Minister nor Deacon read common Praier openly in your Church or Chappel or administer the Sacrament of Baptisme or solemnize matrimonie or take vpon him to practise any other ministeriall dutie in the Church that is prescribed to be executed by such as are either Ministers or Deacons And what is his name that so doth 24 Whether doth your Minister euery sixe Moneths denounce in his Church all such of his parish as doe perseuere in the sentence of excommunication not séeking to be absolued And whether hath he admitted any person excomunicated into the Church without a certificate of his Absolution from the Ordinary or other competent Iudge vnder seale 25 Whether doth your Minister being a Preacher endeauour and labour diligently with mildnesse and temperance to conferre with and thereby to reclaime the Popish Recusants in his parish from their errors if there be any such there being And whether is he painefull in visiting the sicke according to the book of common praier and the Canons in that case prouided 26 Whether is your Parson Uicar Lecturer or Curate too much frequent or ouer conuersant with or a fauourer of Recusants whereby he may be suspected not to be sincere in Religion 27 Whether hath your Minister or any other taking vpon him the place of a Minister preached baptized children vnlesse in case of necessitie solemnized mariage churched any woman or ministred the holy Communion in any priuate house or houses If yea then where whom when And how often hath he so offended in any of the premisses 28 Whether hath your Minister taken vpon him to appoint any publike or priuate fasts or prophecies not approued and established by law or publicke authority Or hath he attempted vpon any pretence either of possession or obsession by fasting and prayer to cast out diuels contrary vnto the 72. Canon 29 Whether hath your Minister or any person or persons within your parish vsed to méete in any priuate house or other place and to hold priuate conuenticles contrary to the 73. Canon If yea then you shall present them all and euery one of them 30 Whether doth your Minister vse such decency and comlinesse in his apparell as by the constitution is inioyned as well at home as when he goeth abroad 31 Whether doe you know in your parish any that hauing heretofore taken vpon him or them the order of Priesthood or of a Deacon hath since relinquished the same and betaken himselfe in the course of his life as a Lay-man neglecting his vocation If yea then you shall present his name and the place of his aboad 32 Whether is your Minister noted or defamed to haue obtained his Benefice by Simonie or reputed to bee an incontinent person or doth kéepe any man or woman in his house that are suspected either to be of euil Religion or of bad life or himself to be a common drunkard or to be a common haunter of Tauernes Alehouses or other suspected places a common Gamester or plaier at dice or other vnlawful games a common swearer or notorious person or faultie in any other crime punishable by ecclesiasticall censures wherby he is offensiue and scandalous to his function or ministerie 33 Whether doth your Minister vse the forme of thanksgiuing to women after their childbirth and whether hath he admitted any thereunto that was begotten with childe in adulterie or fornication without license of his ordinarie And whether haue any maried wiues refused to come to Church according to the booke of common prayer to giue God thankes after child-birth If any be faultie herein you shal present their â—…ames 34 Whether doth your Minister baptize any children in any Fason or other vessell then in the ordinary Font being placed in the Church according to the 81. Canon or doth vse to put any bason into it 35 Item whether is the prescript forme of diuine seruice vsed by your Minister vpon the éeues of Sondaies and Holidaies according to the booke of common-praier and doth he reade the Letany vpon euery wednesday and friday as is required by the 15 canon and whether doth euery house-houlder of your parish dwelling within halfe a mile of the Church come or send thither accordingly 36 Item whether hath your Minister married any without a ring hath he admitted any to be God-father or God-mother to any child that hath not receiued the Communion doth he refuse to burie any which ought to be interred in christian buriall or deferre the same longer then he should or burie any in christian buriall which by the constitutions of the church of England ought not so to be interred 37 Item whether hath your Minister vsed the prescript forme of thanksgiuing for his Maiesties deliuerance vpon the fift of August and the fift of Nouember according to the ordinance in that behalfe 38 Item whether doth your Minister and such others that preach in your church or chapple or reade any Lecture or Homilie before and at the beginning of euery such Sermon Lecture or Homilie mooue the people to ioyne with him in praier in such maner forme and to such effect as in the 55. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 herein you shall present his 〈◊〉 39 Item whether hath there béen any â—…que â—…tion beâ—…t preacher and preacher in your Church or Chappel touching any Sermons of doctrine or otherwise formâ—…ly preached by any other preacher either in your parish church or in any 〈◊〉 chappell â—…re â—…ing for the
auâ—…ing of offence and 〈◊〉 that may grâ—…w thereby you are diligently to obserue the directions of the 53. 〈◊〉 and so to present it 40 Item whether hath your Minister taken especiall care to prepare the children and youth of his pâ—…sh not being as yet confirmed to be made â—…itte for confirmation against this next visitation or in whâ—…m is the fault Articles concerning the Church 1 VVHether haue you in your seuerall Churches Chappels the booke of constitutions or Canons ecclesiasticall ready to be read by yâ—…ur Minister according to his Maiesties pleasure published by his highnesse authoritiâ—… vnder the great seale of England 2 Whether is there in your Church or Chappell one parchment Register booke prouided for christâ—…ings mariages and burials And whether is the same duely and exactly kept according to the constitutions in that behalfe prouided and a transcript therof brought in yâ—…rely within one moneth after Easter into my Lord Bishops Registers office And whether doth your Minister vpon euery Sonday read the â—…ames of all such as haue béene maried christâ—…ed or buried the wéeke before 3 Whether haue you prouided the booke of common-prayer lately commanded by his Maiesties authoritie onely to be vsed together with a Bible of the largest volume and last translation the two bookes of thanks giuing for his Maiesties deliuerance vpon the 5. of August and fifte of Nouember and the booke of Homilies and two Psalters and whether haue you in your Church or Chappel a Font of stone set vp in the auncient vsuall place a conuenient and decent Communion Table standing vpon a frame with a carpet of â—…ke or some other decent stuffe and a â—…aire 〈◊〉 â—…ath to lay thereon at the Communion time And whether is the same table then placed in such conuenient sort within the Chancell or Church as that the Minister may be best heard in his prayer and administration and that the greater number may communicate And whether are the ten CommaÌ„dements set vp on the East end of your Church or Chappell where the people may best séâ—… and reade them and other Sentences of holy Scripture written on the walles likewise for the same purpose 4 Whether haue you a conuenient seate for your Minister to reade Seruice 〈◊〉 together with a comely Pulpit set vp in a conuenient place with a decent cloth or cushion for the same a comely large Surplesse a faire Communion Cup of â—…uer and acoâ—…er agréeable for the same a standing 〈◊〉 of pewter or purer mettall to put the wine in whereby it may be set vpon the Communion table at the time of the blessing thereof with all oâ—…er things and ornaments necessary for the celebration of Diuine Seruice and administration of the Sacraments and a strong chest for the almes of the poore with thrée lockes and keyes and another chest for the kéeping of the Ornaments of the Church and Register Booke 5 Whether are your Church or Chappels with the Chauncels thereof and your Parsonage or Uicaredge house and all other housing thereto belonging in good reparations and decently and comely kept aswell within as without the seates well maintained your Churchyards wel fenced and kept without abuse according to the 85. Canon If not then through whose default what defects are All these things in these Articles to be prepared according to the Canons vnder the title appertaining to Churches 6 Item whether haue you a terrier of the gléebe-lands and other rights duties and possessions belonging to your Parsonage and Uicaradge if no then to enquire thereof vpon the view and knowledge of honest substantiall men within your parish together with the aduice of your Person and Uicar and the same so made to certifie and bring vnto vs that it may be safely kept in our Registrie ad perpetuam rei memoriam at this our first episcopall visitation Articles concerning Ecclesiasticall Officers 1 VVHether do you know or haue heard of any payment composition or agréement to or with any exercising ecclesiasticall iurisdictioÌ„ within this Dioces or any their Registers or officers Ecclesiasticall for suppressing or concealing of excomunication or other Ecclesiasticall censure of or against any Recusant what summe of money or other consideration hath béene receiued or promised by or to any of them for concealing of them by whom and with whom 2 Whether any vsing Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction in this Dioces their Registers Actuaries Apparitors or Summoners haue at any time winked at and suffered any adulterers fornicators inceâ—…s or other faults or offences presented vnto them to passe and remaine vnpunished and vncorrected for money rewards bribes pleasure friendship or any other partiall respect 3 Whether hath any exercising ecclesiasticall iurisdiction within this Dioces or any Register Apparitor or Minister belonging to the Ecclesiasticall courts exacted extraordinarie or greater fees then heretofore of late haue béene accustomed and whether is there a Table of the rates of al fées set vp in seuerall courts and offices or whether they or any of them haue taken vpon them the office of Informers or Promoters to the courtes or any other way abused themselues in their offices contrary to the law and canons in that case prouided 4 Item are your Ecclesiasticall Iudges and their substitutes masters of Arts or Batchellors of the Law at the least learned and practised in the ciuill and ecclesiasticall Lawes men of good â—…ife and fame zealouslie affected in Religion and iust and vpright in executing their offices haue they heard any matter of office priuately in their chambers without their sworne Registers or their Deputies presence do you know or haue you heard of any summes of money to be taken by them or any of their officers of any dying intestate vpon pretence to bestow the same in pios vsus and how hath the same béene bestowed 5 Item what number of Apparitors hath euery seuerall iudge Ecclesiastical and wherein and in what manner is the country ouer-burthened with them and whether haue they caused or summoned any to appeare in the said courts without a presentment or a citation first had or whether haue they threatned any to prosecute them in the said courts if they would not giue them some rewards and what bribes in that behalfe haue they taken 6 Whether hath there béene within your seuerall Parishes since the day of last past any wills proued or administrations graunted by the Archdeacon and his Official or any knowne incontinent persons or any suspected of that vice or any other offenders whatsoeuer hauing not before the said day of last past béene duly presented by their Churchwardens for the same béene called or cited by the Archdeacon or his Official If yea then you must present their names and their offences now at this visitation for that since the said day of last the Archdeacons authoritie was restrained and suspended by inhibition and al iurisdiction Ecclesiasticall euer since hath béene in the Lord Bishop Articles concerning Schoolemasters 1 VVHether the Schoolemaster or Schoolemasters