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A79587	Articles of visitation and enquiry, concerning matters ecclesiastical, for the churchwardens and sidemen of every parish within the Archdeaconry of Berks at the visitation of the worshipful Jonas Proast, M.A., Archdeacon of Berks, holden in the year of our Lord God.	Church of England. Archdeaconry of Berkshire.; Proast, Jonas.	1670-1679 (1679)	Wing C4017B; ESTC R175784	4,678	10

ARTICLES OF VISITATION and ENQUIRY concerning Matters Ecclesiastical For the Churchwardens and Sidemen of every Parish within the Archdeaconry OF BERKS At the VISITATION of the Worshipful JONAS PROAST M. A. Archdeacon of BERKS Holden in the Year of our Lord God OXFORD Printed by Leonard Lichfield All. Dom. The Form of a Church-warden's Oath YOU shall Swear truly and faithfully to execute the Office of a Church-warden within your Parish according to the Laws Ecclesiastical of this Realm So help you God and the Contents of this Book The Sidemen's Oath YOU shall Swear that you will be assistant to your Church-wardens in the execution of their Office so far as by Law you are bound So help you God ARTICLES of Visitation and Enquiry within the Archdeaconry of BERKS TIT. I. Concerning Churches and Chapels with the Ornaments and Furniture thereunto belonging 1. IS your Parish Church or Chapel Can. 85 kept in good and sufficient repair Are the Roofs thereof well covered with Lead Tile or Slat the Windows well Glazed the Floor well Paved the Seats well Fastned and conveniently placed and all things decently ordered as becometh the House of God 2. Is there a Font of Stone with a good Cover thereunto Injun Eli. Can. 81.82 Rub. Com. Pray Can. 23. standing in a convenient place towards the lower part of the Church for the administration of Baptism And is there in your Chancel a decent Communion Table for the administration of the Lord's Supper with a Carpet of Silk Stuff or fine Woollen Cloth and another Covering of white and pure Linen to spread thereupon And have you a fair Communion Cup or Chalice with a Cover of Silver and one or more Flaggons of Silver or Pewter thereunto belonging 3. Have you in your said Church or Chapel Can. 82. a convenient Seat or Pew for your Minister to read Divine Service in a Bible of the last Translation in a large Volume Can. 83.30 and two Books of Common-Prayer established by Act of Parliament 1662 both well and substantially bound Have you likewise the Book of Homilies set sorth by Authority a Book of Canons and Constitutions Ecclesiastical and a Printed Table of the Degrees wherein Marriage is prohibited 4. Have you a comely large Surplice Can. 58. for the Minister to wear at all times of his publick Ministration in the Church provided and duly wash'd at the charge of the Parish 5. Have you a register-Register-Book of Parchment Can. 70. wherein to Register the Names and Sirnames of all such Persons as are Married Christen'd or Buried within your Parish together with the Names and Sirnames of both the Parents of the Children so Christen'd expressing the day month and year of all such Christnings Marriages and Burials 6. Have you likewise another Book of Paper Can. 52. wherein to record the Names and Licences of all such Strangers as are admitted at any time to Preach in your Church Can. 84. or Chapel as also a third Book Can. 89. wherein to write down the Churchwardens Accompts together with a strong Chest with locks and keys wherein to keep the aforesaid Books and all other the forementioned Furniture in safe Custody And lastly have you a Bier with a black Hearse-cloth for the Burial of the Dead 7. Are there any Funeral Monuments erected since 1640 without Licence from the Ordinary TIT. II. Concerning the Church-yard the Houses Glebes and Tythes belonging to the Church 1. IS your Churchyard sufficiently fensed Can. 85. and decently kept Hath any person encroach'd upon the same or made any Door into it out of his own ground or habitation without allowance from the Ordinary Have any Trees there growing been cut down how long since by whom and to whose use and benefit 2. Have you a true and perfect Terrier of all the Glebe-lands Gardens Can. 87. Orchards Tenements or Cottages belonging to your Parsonage or Vicarage As also a Note of such Pensions Rate-Tithes and Portions of Tithes or other yearly profits either within or without your Parish as do belong thereunto And is the House of your Parson or Vicar and the Out-houses in good repair TIT. III. Concerning Ministers DOth your Parson Vicar or Curate in reading the Morning and Evening Service Can. 14.21.68 Rub. Matr. Visitat administration of the Holy Sacraments celebration of Marriage Churching of Women after Child-birth Visitation of the Sick Burial of the Dead and pronouncing God's Commination against impenitent Sinners use the Forms and Words prescribed in the Book of Common-Prayer without any addition omission or alteration of the same Burial Comminat And doth he use all such Rites and Ceremonies in all parts of Divine Service as are appointed in the said Book so far as you have observed 2. Doth your Minister at the reading or celebrating any Divine Office in your Church or Chapel Can. 58. wear the Surplice 3. Doth he observe the Holidays and Fasting-days Can. 64. Rub. Com. Pray as also the Ember-weeks and the yearly Perambulation in Rogation week as in the common-prayer-Common-Prayer-Book or by the Ecclesiastical Canons is appointed giving notice to the Parishioners of every of the same in the Church in time of Divine Service upon the Sunday next before And doth he constantly read the Litany on Wednesdays and Fridays weekly 4. Hath your Minister been licenced to Preach by the Bishop If so doth he constantly unless in case of sickness Injunct Elis 19. Can. 48. Can. 49. Rub. Com. Can. 45. Can. 46. necessary absence or other impediment himself preach in your Church or Chapel one Sermon every Sunday or if he be not a licenced Preacher or being so licenced be hindred by sickness or otherwise as aforesaid doth he procure a Sermon to be so preached by some other Minister a licenced Preacher or one of the Homilies set forth by Authority to be there read by a Priest or Deacon lawfully ordained 5. Doth your Minister diligently instruct the Youth of your Parish in the Church Catechism Can. 59.61 Can. 66. Injunct Elis 44. and prepare and present them being so instructed to be confirmed by the Bishop And doth he endeavour to reclaim all Papist Recusants if any such be inhabiting within your Parish to the true Religion established in the Church of England and to their bounden duty in obeying the Laws and submitting to the government thereof 6. Doth he refuse or neglect to visit the Sick Can. 67.68 Rub. Com. Can. 29. or delay the Baptism of any Infant that is in danger of death Is there any Child past Infancy or other person of more years through your Ministers default yet remaining unbaptized in your Parish Doth he baptize any without God-fathers or God-mothers or admit either of the Parents to be God-father or God-mother to their own Children or baptize them without the sign of the Cross 7. Hath he at any time as you know 13 Elis 12. Injunct Elis 13. Can. 72 73. Can. 62.

Rub Matr. or have heard preached any False Heretical Seditious or Schismatical Doctrine thereby to seduce the people into Parties and Factions to the disturbance of the publick peace and unity of the Church or State 8. Hath he Married any person without Licence unless the Banns have been first published on three Sundays or Holidays in time of Divine Service in the Church where the said Persons dwell 9. Hath he Married any so Licenced at any unseasonable times and not between the hours of Eight and Twelve in the Forenoon or in any other place than the Church or Chapel where one of them dwells and in time of Divine Service or at the times forbidden by the antient Canons 10. After the Banns have been thrice published hath he married any under the Age of one and twenty years before the Parents or Governors have personally or by sufficient testimony signified their consent to the said Marriages TIT. IV. Concerning Parishioners 1. IS there any person in your Parish that lieth under a common fame or suspicion of Adultery Can. 109. Fornication or Incest Are there any common Drunkards Swearers or Blasphemers of God's Word in your Parish or any that are noted to be Railers unclean and filthy Talkers or sowers of Sedition Faction and Discord among their Neighbours 2. Do any in your Parish upon the Sunday follow their bodily and ordinary Labour Injunct Elis 34. or permit their Servants so to do Are any Shops kept open or Wares sold Or do any Vintners Inn keepers or other Victuallers or Sellers of Beer or Ale suffer any persons to Tipple or Game in their Houses upon those Days 3. Are there any in your Parish that refuse to send their Infant Children to be baptized publickly in the Church Rub. Bapt. unless in case of urgent danger Or do they send them to be baptized in any other Parishes or after other Form than is appointed Or do they keep them unbaptized any longer time than the Church alloweth Are there any Infants or more aged persons in your Parish as yet unbaptized 4. Have you any among you that are declared Excommunicate Can. 65. for any crime committed How long have they been so Excommunicated 5. Are there any living in your Parish as Man and Wife Can. 99. who are within the degrees prohibited Or any that being lawfully divorced have married again Or any that being lawfully married and not separated or divorced by Law do not cohabit together 6. Are there any married Women in your Parish Rub. who after the delivery from the peril of Child-birth refuse to make their publick Thanksgiving to God in the Church and when they come so to do do they come decently apparelled and make their Offerings according to custome 7. Do any refuse to bury their Dead according to the Rites of the Church of England Rub. Com. Can. 92. And are there any Wills and Testaments of persons dead in your Parish that be yet unproved Or any Goods Administred without a due Grant from the Ordinary Did any dying in your Parish or elsewhere leave any Legacy to your Church or Chapel what were those Legacies and how have they been bestowed TIT. V. Concerning Parish Clerks and Sextons 1. HAve you belonging to your Church or Chapelry Can. 91. a Parish Clerk aged 20 Years at least Is he of honest life and conversation and sufficient and able to perform his duty in reading writing and singing Is he chosen by your Minister and doth he duly attend him in all divine Services in your Church Are his Wages duly paid him Or who withholdeth the same from him 2. Doth he or your Sexton if there be any such appointed in your Parish diligently look to the doors of your Church Can. 67. that they be locked and opened at due time And doth he keep the Church or Chapel clean from dust cobwebs and other annoyance Doth he toll or ring the Bell at the accustomed hours before the beginning of divine Service Morning and Evening that the people may be warned to come unto the Church And when any person is passing out of this life doth he upon notice given him thereof toll a Bell as hath been accustomed that the Neighbours may thereby be warned to recommend the dying person to the grace and favour of God TIT. VI. Queries to be put to the Ministers concerning the Church-Wardens and Side-men 1. ARE the Church-wardens of your Parish yearly and duly chosen Can. 81. by the joint consent of the Minister and Parishioners or one of them by the Minister and the other by the Parishioners 2. Have the former and last Church-Wardens given up their due Accounts to the Parish Can. 89. and delivered up to the succeeding Church-wardens the Monies remaining in their hands together with all other things belonging to your Church or Chapel 3. Do they suffer no misbehaviour or disorder to be done by Men Can. 18. Women Servants or Children in your Church or Chapel Are they careful that none of them sit lean or lay their Hats upon the Communion Table Do they permit no Dogs or Hawks to be brought or come into your Church to the disturbance of the Congregation 4. Do they against every Communion appointed in your Church Rub. Com. Can. 20. or Chapel provide a sufficient quantity of fine white Bread and of good Wine according to the number of Communicants 5. Do they cause all Strangers that preach in your Church or Chapel to subscribe their Names the same day in a Book provided for that purpose together with the Name of the Bishop that Licenced them to preach in his Diocese And do they permit no other to preach 6. Have they being now sworn to give in a true answer unto all those Articles of Enquiry Can. 119. in all their several Titles taken sufficient time to draw up their Presentments and therein consulted with you their Minister for your faithful assistance TIT. VII Concerning Schools School masters Physicians Chirurgeons and Mid-wives 1. DOth any man keep a publick or private School in your Parish who is not allowed thereunto by the Ordinary Doth he keep School in the Church or Chancel 2. Doth any in your Parish practice Physick or Chirurgery or any Woman take upon her the Office of a Midwife without Licence from the Ordinary FINIS