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A79631	Articles to be enquired of, and answered unto, by the church-wardens and side-men of every parish in the triennial visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas, Lord Bishop of St. David. In the fifth year of his consecration.	Church of England. Diocese of Saint David's. Bishop (1687-1699 : Watson); Watson, Thomas, 1637-1717.	1691 (1691)	Wing C4083A; ESTC R173902	4,887	10

notice thereof VI. Doth your Minister diligently examine and instruct the Youth of your Parish in the Church-Catechism doth he present them so instructed and prepar'd to the Bishop to be confirm'd doth he endeavour to reclaim and reduce all Papists and Separatists if any be in the Parish to the true Religion established in the Church of England VII Doth your Minister presume to Marry any persons in private Houses or any under Age without the consent of Parents of Guardians or before Banns are published thrée Sundays or Holy-days in the Church in time of Divine Service or at any other hours than betwéen right and twelve in the morning unless he had license so to doe doth he duly visit comfort and pray with the Sick doth he observe the directions as well as form of Prayer in preparing them for Death in giving them the comfort of Absolution and the holy Eucharist upon the humble and hearty desire of the person visited doth he give Christian burial to all who dye not unbaptized excommunicated or laid violent hands upon themselves VIII Doth your Minister every Sunday declare to the people the days of Fasting and Abstinence and the Holy-days in the wéek following is he carefull and exemplary in observing them doth he every year twice reade the 39 Articles and Book of Canons that the people may understand and continue stedfast in the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England IX Is your Minister sober studious and peaceable and of exemplary life is he grave modest and regular in his behaviour and apparel is he in any kind whatsoever disorderly or scandalous is there any one in the Parish in holy Orders who hath laid aside his profession or any unlicensed or itinerant Clerk or any one under suspension or other censures of the Church for false doctrine or evil manners if any such how doth he behave and comply himself TIT. IV. Concerning Parishioners I. ARE there in your Parish known or found to be common swearers or blasphemers of God's name Drunkards Adulterers Fornicators or Incestuous persons or any that be noted to be profane persons railers unclean or filthy talkers standerers sowers of strife faction and discord among their neighbours or any Excommunicated persons II. Doth every Parishioner repair to and in your Church or Chappel both in time of Divine Service and preaching the Word of God behave themselves reverently knéeling at the Prayers and Sacrament standing when the Creed and Gospel are read saying audibly with the Minister the Confession lord's-Lord's-prayer and the Créed and making such answers as are appointed in the Book of common-Common-prayer III. Are there any in your Parish who neglect the Baptism of their Children or refuse to send them to be baptized at the Church except in case of necessity or do they send them to be baptized at other places or with any form but what is appointed or are there any persons unbaptiz'd in your Parish IV. Are there any married Women who after their delivery from Child-birth neglect or refuse to be Church't and make their publick Thanksgiving Do any in your Parish live as Man and Wife who are within the degrées prohibited or any that being lawfully married and not divorced by course of Law do not cohabit or any that being lawfully divorced have married again Do any refuse to pay their East●● Offerings of Duties or to pay their Rates for repair of the Church or any thing thereunto belonging V. Are any last Wills of persons departed conceal'd or not proved did any leave any Legacies to your Church or Chapel or to the Poor or any charitable and pious use which hath béen mis-spent or misapplied VI. Have any Seats or Pews béen erected in your Church or Chappel without leave from the Ordinary is there any dispute or contention about them hath there béen any disturbance clamour or riot in the Church at any time upon that account VII Are there any in your Parish who under pretence of Liberty of Conscience wholly neglect all publick worship of God neither going to Church nor any other Assembly or who do not assemble together according to the late Act for exempting Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the penalties of certain Laws VIII Have you any such Assembly of Dissenters in your Parish have they certified the place of their meeting to the Bishop or such other as that Act appoints do they meet with their doors lock'd barr'd or bolted during the time of their meeting have their Preachers subscribed the Articles of our Religion except those excepted in the Act and taken the Oaths and subscribed the Declaration therein required IX Are there any who profess themselves to be in the Communion of the Church of England who neglect resorting to their Parish-Church upon Sundays and other Holy-days and omit receiving the holy Sacrament being of years to receive it TIT. V. Concerning Parish-Clerks and Sextons I. HAve you a Parish-Clerk of at least One and twenty years of Age is he of good fame and honest conversation and ability for his Office in reading singing and writing is he chosen of your Minister does he attend him in all the Divine Services of the Church are his wages duly paid him and who with-holdeth them II. Doth your Sexton perform his duty diligently keeping the Church clean and decent in tolling and ringing the Bells at the due and accustomed times for Morning and Evening Prayer and all other occasions TIT. VI. Concerning Schole-Masters Scholes and Hospitals I. WHat Schole-master private or publick have you in your Parish is he licens'd by the Bishop doth he teach his Scholars the Church Catechism doth he cause them to repair orderly to the Church or Chapel and see that they behave themselves there quietly and reverently all the time of Divine Service and Sermon II. Hath any Hospital Alms-house or Free-schole been founded in your Parish is the Revenue and Vse ordered according to the Founder's appointment and the law of the Land III. What Legacies have any living or dying in your Parish given to the Church or Poor of your Pari●● 〈◊〉 ●re they setled and employ'd in their Revenue and Vse according to the VVill IV. Do any in your Parish practise Physick Surgery or Midwifery without license from the Ordinary TIT. VII Concerning Church-Wardens c. I. ARE the Church-wardens of your Parish yearly and duly chosen by consent of the Minister and Parishioners or one by the Minister and the other by the Parishioners II. Have the former Church-wardens given up their Accounts to the Parish and delivered up the money remaining in their hands to the succeeding Church-wardens together with all other things belonging to the Church or Chappel III. Do they provide against every Sacrament a sufficient quantity of fine white bread and good wine for the Communicants do they cause all strangers that preach in your Church or Chappel to enter their names with the name of the Bishop that licensed them in a Book for that purpose do they take care that no persons stand idle walk or talk together in the Church-yard during Divine Service or that no disorder or indecency be there FINIS

ARTICLES To be Enquired of and Answered unto BY THE Church-Wardens AND SIDE-MEN of every PARISH IN The Triennial Visitation OF THE Right Reverend Father in GOD THOMAS Lord Bishop of St. DAVID In the Fifth Year of his Consecration LONDON Printed for Henry Mortlock at the Phoenix in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1691. THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE ' In Paradise the Tree Of Knowledge was the pride By God's supreme decree The man who eat then died But Heaven in mercy since Does him who tastes forgive To know is no offence Now he who eats shall live ' HENRY STEVENS of Vermont FSA c 4 Trafalgar Square London 1882 The OATH to be Administred to the Church-Wardens of every Parish YOU shall Swear truly and faithfully to execute the Office of a Church-Warden within your Parish and shall diligently enquire and make true presentment of such things and persons as to your knowledge are presentable by the Ecclesiastical Laws of this Realm So help you God and the Contents of this Book The Ministers of the respective Parishes are required to give in a List of the Names of all such as they have Catechised and Prepared and judge fit for Confirmation and to present it to the Bishop together with the Persons to be Confirmed before the beginning of that Holy Office TIT. I. Concerning Churches and Chappels the Fabrick Furniture and Ornaments thereof I. Is your Parish-Church or Chappel in the Walls Roof Windows and Floor in good repair are all things therein contain'd kept orderly and decently when the Floor is opened for any Burial is it in short time after well pav'd again if not by whose fault II. Hath any part of the Church Chappel or Stéeple faln or béen pull'd down and when hath the Bells Lead Stone or any Materials béen imbezled sold or alienated III. Is there a decent Font of Stone with a Cover doth the Minister baptize publickly there have you a decent Table for the Holy Communion placed where it ought to be in the Chancel with a decent Carpet and other Covering of white cloth to be spread thereon at the Celebration of the Lord's Supper and have you a fair Chalice or Cup with a Cover of Silver and one or more Flagons have they béen profan'd or put to any common use IV. Have you a convenient Seat or Pew for Reading Divine Service a Pulpit with a comely Cloth or Cushion are the Inhabitants of your Parish Welsh or English for the greatest part have you accordingly a large Bible of the last Translation two Common-prayer-books published by Authority Anno Dom. 1662 and the Book of Homilies and these not only Welsh but English have you the Books of Canons and Constitutions Ecclesiastical the 39 Articles of Religion a printed Table of the prohibited Degrées of Marriage a fair Surplice and Hood V. Have you a Parchment Book for Registring Christenings Marriages and Burials is the same kept in all regard according to Law or ancient Custom and is there a Transcript thereof sent yearly to the Bishop's Registry VI. Have you also Paper-books for the Names and Licenses of all Strangers admitted to Preach in your parish-Parish-Churches for the Church-wardens Accounts or such Moneys as are collected upon Briefs c have you a Chest with Locks and Keys for the aforesaid Books and Furniture and the Keys kept by the Minister and Church-wardens and have you a Bier and a decent Cloth for carrying the Dead to their Graves and have you a Box in the Church to receive the Alms of charitable persons for the Poor TIT. II. Concerning Church-Yard Houses Gleab-Land Tythes and Dues belonging to the Church I. IS your Church Yard well fenced and decently kept from all encroachments and profanation hath any Doors been made in it or Trees cut down and how long since II. Is there or have you heard of any House belonging to the Minister is the House and Out-houses in good repair have any of them béen pull'd down or defac'd without license have any encroach'd upon the same or remov'd or changed any of the ancient marks or bounds thereof when and by whom III. Have you a true and perfect Terrier of all the Gleab-Lands Gardens Orchards Tenements and Cottages belonging to your Parsonage or Vicarage have any Glead-Lands been changed or taken away have you a Note of such Pensions Rates Tythes portions of Tythes Composition or any yearly Profits within or out of your Parish as belong thereto have any of the same béen with held from your Minister and by whom as you know or have heard and is your Terrier said up in the Bishop's Registry TIT. III. Concerning the Clergy or Ministers I. IS your Minister in Holy Orders and duly qualified is he licensed by the Bishop hath he béen legally inducted and read the 39 Articles and hath he according to Law declared his assent thereto is he known or suspected to have obtain'd his Orders or Benefice by any Simoniacal or undue practise II. Hath your Minister any other Benefice or Cure is he constantly 〈◊〉 in your Parish and doth he reside in the Vicarage or Parsonage house doth he preach and officiate every Lord's day or is he often absent and how long and how is your Church serv'd in his absence doth he provide for the Cure and what allowance doth he make for the same III. Doth your Parson Vicar or Curate in reading daily the Morning and Evening Prayer baptizing of Children solemnizing Marriage churching Women celebrating the Lord's-Supper visiting the Sick and burying the Dead tise the Forms prescribed in the Book of common-Common-Prayer and observe all such Rites and Ceremonies as are therein appointed doth he in performing all Divine Offices in your Church or Chappel wear the Surplice and other Habits suitable to his degrée if he be a Graduate in either of the Vniversities IV. Doth your Minister often admonish the people not to defer the Baptism of their Children and that it is most convenient to Baptize them upon Sundays and other Holy-days when most number of people méet together for the reasons mentioned in the Rubrick and that without great cause and necessity none are to be Baptized in private Houses and when need compells doth your Minister doe his Office according to the form of private Baptism and afterward if the Child lives is it brought to Church with God-fathers and God-mothers and doth he certifie the Baptism of the Child and receive it into the Congregation of Christ's flock doth he observe the time appointed in the Rubrick for that Office and doe all other things prescribed V. Doth your Minister celebrate the Lord's-Supper so often that your Parishioners may communicate thrée times at least every year doth he give solemn notice thereof by reading the Exhortation appointed for that purpose doth he in publick and private Discourses endeavour to persuade his Parishioners to frequent Communions doth he keep back them who through scandal or any notorious crimes ought not to be admitted and doth he give the Bishop