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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00268	Articles to be enquired off, within the prouince of Yorke, in the Metropoliticall visitation of the most reuerend father in God Edwin Archbishoppe of Yorke, primate of England and Metropolitane. In the .xix. and .xx. yeare, of the raigne of our most gratious souereigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God of England, Fraunce and Ireland Queene, defendor of the fayth, &c. 1577. &. 1578.; Visitation articles. 1577-1578	Church of England. Province of York. Archbishop (1576-1588 : Sandys); Sandys, Edwin, 1516?-1588.	1577 (1577)	STC 10376; ESTC S111867	7,611	18

¶ ARTICLES TO BE enquired off within the prouince of Yorke in the Metropoliticall visitation of the most Reuerend Father in Go● Edwin Archbishoppe of Yorke primate of England and Metropolitane In the .xix. and .xx. yeare of the raigne of our most gratious souereigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God of England Fraunce and Ireland Queene defendor of the Fayth c. 1577. 1578. ¶ Imprinted at London by William Seres ¶ ARTICLES TO BE ENQVIRED off within the prouince of Yorke in the Metropoliticall visitation of the most reuerend Father in God Edwin Archbishoppe of Yorke Primate of England and Metropolitane In the .xix. yeare of the raigne of our most gratious soueraigne Lady Elizabath by the grace of God of England Fraunce and Ireland Queene defendour of the Faith c. FIrst whether Commō praier be sayd in your church or chappel vpon the Sundaies holy dayes at conuenient houres reuerently distinctly and in such order without any kinde of alteration as is appoynted by the booke of Commō prayer And whether your Minister so turne himselfe and stande in such place of your Church or Chauncell as the people may best here the same And whether the holy Sacraments be duely and reuerently ministred in such manner as is set foorth by the same booke And whether vpon wednesdayes and Fridaies the Letany and other prayers be sayd accordingly the comminatiō against sinners redde thryce yearely 2 Whether you haue in your Church or chappell all things necessarie and requisite for common prayer administration of the holy Sacramentes specially the booke of Common prayer with the newe Kalender the Psalter the Bible of the largest volume the Homilies bothe the firste and seconde Tome a comely and decent Table standing on a frame for the Communion Table with a fayre linnen cloth to lay vpon the same and some coueringe of Silke Buckram or other such like for the cleane kéeping thereof a fayre and comely Communion Cup of Siluer and a couer of Siluer for the same which may serue for the administration of the LORDES BREAD a comely large Surples with wyde sléeues and of fine lynnen cloth for your Minister to weare all other things necessary for the premisses with a comely pulpet conueniently placed and also a Chest or Boxe for the poore 3 Whether your Person Vicar or Curate at all tymes in saying the common prayer vpon sundayes and holydayes and in administring of the Sacraments doth vse and weare the Surples yea or no or doe suffer any other to saye the common prayer or minister either of the Sacraments in your Church not wearing the same 4 Whether any Person or persons not being ordered at the least for a Deacon or lycenced by the Ordinary do saye common prayer openly in your Church or Chappell or any not being at the least a Deacon do solemnize Matrimonie or administer the Sacrament of Baptisme or deliuer vnto the communicants the Lords Cup at the celebration of the holy communion what he or they be that so do And whether the Person Vicar or Farmer of your benefice doe cause any Curate to serue your Church before he be examined and admitted by the Ordinary or his deputie in writing 5 Whether your Person Vicar or Curate hath or doth maintaine any doctrine contrary or repugnant to any of the Articles agréed vpon by the Clergie in the Conuocation holden at London Anno Domini 1562. And whether they haue publikely or secretly taught any doctrine tending to the discredit and disprayse eyther of the Booke of common prayer or of the receiued order for gouernment in the Church or make any other innouation And whether they haue permitted any man so teaching or making such innouation and what be their names 6 Whether your Person or Vicar haue any mo benefices than one how many and in what countrie be they and what are theyr names and who is the Patrone of his benefice or benefices And whether he be resident vpon his benefice and kéepe hospitalitie or no and if he be absēt whether he doth relieue his parishioners and what he giueth them and if he may dispend twenty pounde or aboue by yeare and be not resident whether he doth distribute the .xl. part of the benefice where he is not resident among the poore of the Parish or no And whether any vittaling typling or ale selling be had and kept within the mansion house of any Person or Vicar 7 Whether any person or persons be admitted to aunswere as Godfathers or Godmothers at the Christening of any childe except he or she haue before receiued the holy communion and can say by heart the Articles of the Christian faith the ten commaundements of God and the Lords prayer ▪ and will recite the same before the Minister if he or she be therevnto required 8 Whether for the retayning of the perambulation of the circuite of your parish the Minister and Clarke with the Churchwardens and certaine of the substantiall men of the parish in the dayes of Rogations walke about your parish according to the Quéenes Maiesties Iniunctions 9 Whether the Register booke of al Christenings Mariages and Burialls that happē in your parish from tyme to tyme be duely kept and the same Christenings Mariages and Burialls entred into the same Booke by your Minister according to the Quéenes Maiesties Iniunctions And whether ye haue one Coffer with two lockes for the kéeping of the same Register Booke or no 10 Whether your Person Vicar or Curate doe kéepe any suspected woman in his house or be an incontinent Person giuen to dronkennesse or idlenesse or be a haunter of Tauerns Alehouses or suspected places a Hunter Hawker Dicer Carder Tabler Swerer or otherwyse giue any euill example of lyfe And whether his apparell be comely and graue And whether he be diligent in visiting the sicke especially if he be therevnto required 11 Whether when any christiā body is in passing the Bell be tolled to moue the people to pray for the sick person especially in the greater townes where the sicke person dwelleth néere vnto the church whether after the tyme of his or hir passing out of this world ther be any more ringing but one short peale before the buriall and another short peale after the buriall And whether on all Saints day after Euening prayer there be any ringing at all in your Church or Chappell or any other superstitious ceremonies vsed tēding to the maintenāce of the popish purgatorie or praying for the dead who they be that vse or doe the same And whether there be any ringing on Sundayes or holy dayes in the seruice tyme or betwene morning prayer and the Letany or at any other times contrary to good order or lawe 12 Whether your Minister do at the least euery second Sunday euery holy day openly in the Church especially when it is fayre weather here examine and instruct the children apprentices and seruaunts of both the sexes that be of conuenient age