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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00019	Articles to be inquired by [th]e churchwardens and sworne-men of [the] dioces and jurisdiction of Peterborough, [in] the visitation of the reuerend father in God, Thomas by Gods permission L. Bishop of Peterborough, in the yeare of our lord God 1602. and in the xliiij. yeare of the raigne of our soueraigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of God of England, France, and Ireland Queene, defender of the faith, &c.	Church of England. Diocese of Peterborough. Bishop (1600-1630 : Dove); Dove, Thomas, 1555-1630.	1602 (1602)	STC 10314.2; ESTC S125702	4,734	12

Articles TO BE JNQVIRED OF BY ●…e Churchwardens and sworne-men of ●…e Dioces and Iurisdiction of Peterborough the visitation of the Reuerend father in God Thomas by Gods permission L. Bishop of Peterborough in the yeare of our Lord God 1602. and in the xliiij yeare of the Raigne of our Soueraigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of God of England France and Ireland Queene Defender of the faith c. Printed 1602. The tenour of the oth to be ministred to all and euery of the Churchwardens and sworne-men in the said visitation YE shall sweare by almightie God that you shall diligently consider all and euery the Articles giuen to you in charge and make a true answer to the same in writing vnder your hands or marks presenting all and euery such person and persons dwelling within your parish as haue committed any offence or fault or made any default mentioned in any of the same Articles or which are suspected or defamed of any such offence or default wherein ye shall not present any person or persons of any euill will malice or hatred contrarie to the truth nor shall for loue fauour mede dread or any corrupt affection spare to present any that be offenders suspected or defamed in any of these cases but shall doe vprightly as men hauing the feare of God before their eyes and desirous to maintaine vertue and suppresse vice So God helpe you c. Articles to be inquired of within the Dioces of Peterborough c. INprimis whether your parson vicar or Curate be a preacher of Gods word a maintainer and furtherer of the true syncere Religion of Iesus Christ now established in this Realme of England by publique authoritie and whether he be diligent and painefull in preaching or reading of Gods word and in catechizing the youth of your parish the sabbath daies and other festiual daies And whether the churchwardens and sworne-men doe assist the Minister as he shall prescribe ●…en in that godly action 2 Item whether in the celebration of diuine seruice and the admi●…ration of the sacraments he do in euery respect obserue the forme ●…er and manner prescribed and set downe in the booke of Common prayer wearing then such decent ornaments as by her Maiesties ●…es and Iniunctions are appointed 3 Item whether his life and conuersation be sober honest and ●…ly and his ordinarie attire decent and comely beseeming a mini●… And if in any thing he be offensiue then what the same is where●… he is so blemished or defamed 4 Item whether you haue had sermons in your parish Church ●…thly at the least and whether are the Homilies read when there 〈◊〉 sermon and whether such beneficed men as be lawfully absent 〈◊〉 their benefices doe leaue their Cures to an honest learned and 〈◊〉 Curate lawfully authorized whether you haue the Queenes ●…esties Iniunctions read quarterly or no. 5 Item how often is the holy Communion celebrated in your ●…h yearely and whether all within your parish which be of suffi●… yeares and discretion doe receiue the holy Communion thrise in ●…re at the least the feast of Easter beeing one of those times whether they doe receiue it kneeling and whether any excommunicate person or any knowne or notorious offender or any not instructed in the principles of Religion be admitted to the Communion and if any such be admitted then to shew who they be 6 Item whether your Parson or Vicar be resident vpon his benefice and thereon keepeth hospitalitie and if he be not resident then what distribution is made by him yearely among the poore people o●… your said parish 7 Item whether your said parson vicar or Curate hath denied o●… delaied to visit the sicke to burie the dead to vse the perambulation i●… the Rogation weeke whether hath he married any persons without banes three seuerall sundaies or holidaies first published or within the time by law and order forbidden beeing not lawfully licensed the●… unto 8 Item whether your chauncell your parsonage and vicaridg●… houses be in good and sufficient reparations and whether the same houses be in any sort abused by keeping any victualling drinking 〈◊〉 gaming therein or by any other waies or meanes whatsoeuer 9 Item whether your parson vicar or Curate hath bought the●… benefices or Ecclesiasticall promotion or came by them by fra●…guile deceit or simmonie and whether he hath moe benefices or ther Ecclesiasticall liuing then he ought to haue not hauing sufficie●… license or dispensation thereunto and how many they be 10 Item whether your parson vicar or Curate doth keepe an elderly Register booke in parchment wherein he truly writeth 〈◊〉 names of all persons baptized married and buried within your paris●… with the seuerall daies thereof And whether he doth euery sabba●… day after morning or euening praier publikely read the names of 〈◊〉 them who haue beene so baptized married and buried within yo●… said parish the weeke next going before as is appointed by the co●…stitutions lately set forth and confirmed by her Maiestie vnder 〈◊〉 highnesse great seale 11 Item whether hath he churched any woman after childbir●… begotten in incest adulterie or fornication or married any wom●… knowne to be with child so begotten without publique confession their seuerall offences at the times of such their churchings or ma●…ings before the whole congregation then assembled being vpon so●… ●…both or festiuall day at morning praier time 12 Item whether the exercises heretofore prescribed and enioyed to the Clergie of this Dioces for the encrease of their knowledge 〈◊〉 the holy scriptures be accordingly obserued and if not in whose ●…ult the same hath beene or is so omitted or neglected 13 Item whether are there within your parish any notorious ob●…nate Recusants or any who negligently or seldome come to your ●…urch or chappell on the sabbath daies or other festiuall daies and ●…o they be and how long they haue so continued and of what estate ●…gree or condition they are of and what are their abilities and liuings ●…eemed to be 14 Item whether any doe vsually goe out of your said Church or ●…ppell or walke talke or sleepe or vse any other vnseemely vnre●…rent or offensiue behauiour in the times of publique praier prea●…ng celebration of the sacraments or catechizing and who they be 15 Item whether there be any which publikely or priuily doe in ●…eches or otherwise depraue any part of the true religion of Iesus ●…rist now established within this Realme or the Ministers or pro●…sours thereof or any part of the booke of Common praier set forth ●…d confirmed by publique authoritie or any who disswade from the ●…me and who they be 16 Item whether any Iesuits Seminaries or any other knowne ●…isobedient persons in matters of Religion doe resort vnto your pa●…ish and where and by whome are they knowne or suspected to be ●…boured or releeued 17 Item whether haue you any schoolemaster who teacheth either publiquely or priuately within your said parish not allowed therunto by his

Ordinarie in writing vnder seale and how long hath he ●…ught there and whether doth he not vsually catechize or instruct ●…is schollers in the principles of religion 18 Item whether haue you in your Church or chappell all bookes and other things necessarie and comely for the celebration of diuine seruice and administration of the sacraments and if not what is wanting and in whose default 19 Item whether is the bodie of your Church well repaired and reuerently kept and whether the seates and stooles and all other furniture and ornaments thereof be comely as is requisite and if any default be then wherein and in whome the same is 20 Item whether your Church or chappellyard be well fense and orderly kept and whether any fought railed skolded or vsed a●… game or sport in the same and whether is there any faires or marke●… kept therein 21 Item whether any within your parish doe suffer any to eate drinke play or iangle and talke in their house or yards in the time o●… Common praier or any butchers or other artificers that vsually keep 〈◊〉 open their shopwindowes or sell meate drinke or wares on sunda●… or other commāded holidaies in times of morning or euening praier sermon or catechizing or any who labour and worke on the sabbath or other commanded festiuall daies to the prophanation thereof o●… the offence of others and who they be 22 Item whether are there vsed within your said parish any bull-baytings bearebaytings maygames morricedancers or any such lik●… prophane pastimes or assemblies on the sabbath daies or other commanded festiuall daies to the hindrance of praiers sermons or other godly exercises or to the griefe or offence of other godly and well disposed persons 23 Item whether are there in your parish any incestuous persons adulterers fornicatours vsurers drunkards swearers or any who are vehemently suspected or defamed for any such crimes and who they be 24 Item whether 〈…〉 vsing Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction in this Dioces their Registers or Actuaries Apparitors or Sumnors haue at any time winked at and suffered any adulteries fornications incests or any other faults or offences to passe and remaine vnpunished and vncorrected for money rewards bribes pleasure friendship or any other partiall or affectionate respect and what be their names 25 Item whether such as haue beene presented for incontinencie for adulterie or other notorious crimes haue done publike penance in white sheetes and with white wandes in their hands in the parish Church of that towne where such offences haue beene committed and if not what be their names which haue so escaped and by what meanes 26 Item whether any exercising iurisdiction Ecclesiasticall within this Dioces haue within two yeares last past commuted the penance ●…ny offender within the said parish by imposing vpon him or her a ●…me of money how much the said summe was to your knowledge whome and for whome it was so done and for what offence 27 Item whether there be within your saide parish any man that 〈◊〉 two wiues or any woman that hath two husbands liuing any ●…ried within the degrees forbidden or without banes three seuerall ●…s first published or in the time by law and order prohibited with●…●…cense thereunto or any who haue had carnall knowledge toge●… before marriage or that are vehemently suspected thereof and 〈◊〉 they be 28 Item whether any in your parish haue beene priuately married ●…ther by any vnknowne priest or minister or any who haue not ●…red their children to be baptized publiquely in your said church ●…appell by your minister according to the order manner and ●…e set downe in the booke of Common praier and who they be 29 Item whether any within your said parish haue harboured any 〈◊〉 begotten with child not beeing maried and haue suffred them 〈◊〉 part away not punished or any who doe harbour or releeue any ●…ate excommunicated person and what excommunicate persons ●…dere within your saide parish and how long they haue so remai●… 30 Item whether any within your parish doe refuse to contribute ●…ds the reparations of your Church or chappell or towards the ●…sion of any necessarie ornaments therein or that refuse to pay 〈◊〉 Curate or parish clarke their wages or other vsuall duties and ●…ey be 31 Item whether the Churwardens of the last yeare haue faith●… and diligently discharged their offices and made a iust account 〈◊〉 payment of their Receipts to the Church vse And whether your ●…ch stocke or any other thing giuen to any publique vse be de●… by any or otherwise imploied then appertaineth 32 Item whether haue you within your parish a decent Register●… in parchment wherein are truly set downe the names of all ●…s baptized maried or buried at your said Church or Chappell 〈◊〉 the beginning of the Queenes Maiesties raigne that now is And ●…er is the same booke kept in a chest vnder three lockes as is cōmanded by the Constitutions aforesaide 33 Item whether your Churwardens of the last and of the fo●… yeare haue within one moneth next after the feast of Easter in eit●… of the same yeares made and sent into the office of Registership longing to the Lord Bishop of this Dioces a true copie of all 〈◊〉 christenings mariages and burialls which haue beene within your ●…rish according to the tenour also of the same late Constitutions 34 Item whether your parish Clarke be dutifull and diligen●… your Minister and meete and sufficient to discharge his place 35 Item whether any within your parish doe occupie or in●… meddle with the goods or chattells of any deceased whose will if 〈◊〉 such be is not lawfully approoued or dying intestate the administ●… on thereof not lawfully graunted and who they be 36 Item whether your Archdeacon or his Officiall or any o●… exercising Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction within this Dioces in places ●…empt or not exempted other then the Chancellor of the said Di●… especially since the xxiiij of August 1597. haue taken vpon the●… graunt licenses for marriages admissions of Curates schoolema●… parish clarkes Sequestrations of vacant benefices by any their su●…sed authoritie and who they be 37 And lastly whether you know or haue hard by common of any other crime worthie presentment the reformation whereo●… longeth to the Ecclesiasticall court And if you doe that you d●… well present them which now come to your memorie as those 〈◊〉 shall hereafter come to your knowledge FJNIS