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A00159	Articles to be enquired of within the prouince of Canterburie in the metropoliticall visitation of the most reuerend father in God, Edmond Archbishop of Canterburie, primate of all England and metropolitane in the xxii yeere of the reigne of our most gracious souereigne Ladie Elizabeth, by the grace of God, Queene of England, Fraunce and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c.	Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Archbishop (1575-1583 : Grindal); Grindal, Edmund, 1519?-1583.	1580 (1580)	STC 10155.7; ESTC S2631	12,839	22

Articles to be enquired of within the Prouince of Canterburie in the Metropoliticall visitation of the most reuerende father in God Edmond Archbishop of Canterburie Primate of all England and Metropolitane In the xxii yeere of the reigne of our most gracious souereigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of God Queene of England Fraunce and Ireland defender of the faith c. Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker Printer to the Queenes Maiestie 1580. Articles to be enquired of within the Prouince of Canterburie c. WHether Common prayer be sung or said by your Person Uicar or Curate in your seuerall Churches or Chappels distinctly and reuerently and in such order as it is set foorth by the lawes of this Realme without any kind of alteration and at due and conuenient houres whether your Minister so turne himselfe stand in such place of your Church or Chauncel as the people may best heare the same And whether the holy Sacraments be likewise ministred reuerently in such maner as by the Lawes of this Realme is appointed and whether vpon Wednesdayes and Fridayes not being holydayes the Letanie and other prayers appointed for the day be said accordingly 2 Whether you haue in your parish Churches Chappels all things necessarie and requisite for common prayer and administration of the Sacraments specially the Booke of Common prayer with the newe Kalender a Psalter the English Bible in the largest volume the two Tomes of the Homilies the Paraphrases of Erasmus translated into English the table of the ten commandements a conuenient Pulpit well placed a comely and decent table standing on a frame for the holy Communion with a fayre linnen cloth to lay vpon the same and some couering of Silke Buckram or other such like for the cleane keeping thereof a fayre and comely Communion cup of siluer and a couer of siluer for the same which may serue also for the ministration of the communion bread a decent large surplesse with sleeues a sure Cofer with two lockes and keyes for the keeping of the Register booke and a strong chest or boxe for the almose of the poore with three lockes and keyes to the same and all other things necessarie in and to the premisses 3 Whether the forme of commination against sinners with certaine prayers following the same set forth in the latter ende of the booke of common prayer to be vsed at diuers times in y e yere be by your Minister plainly and distinctly read in your Church or Chappell vnto the people betweene the Letany and the commemoration or ministration of the holy communion three times at the least in the yere that is to say for order sake yerely vpon one of the three Sundayes next before Easter for the first time vpon one of the two Sundayes next before the feast of Pentecost for the second time And for y e third time vpon one of the two Sundayes next before the feast of the birth of our Lorde ouer and besides the accustomed reading thereof vpon the first day of Lent 4 Whether in your Churches and Chappels all Altars be vtterly taken downe and cleane remooued euen vnto the foundation and the place where they stoode paued and the wall whereunto they ioyned whited ouer and made vniforme with the rest so as no breach or rupture appeare And whether your Rood-lofts be taken downe and altered so that the vpper partes thereof with the soller or loft be quite taken downe vnto the crosse beame and that the saide beame haue some conuenient creast put vpon the same 5 Whether your Churches and Chappels with the Chauncels thereof be well and sufficiently repayred and kept without abuse of any thing And whether your Churchyardes be well fenced and clenly kept And if any part thereof be in decay through whose default it is so 6 Whether all euery Antiphoners Masse bookes Grailes Portesses Processionals Manualles Legendaries and all other bookes of late belonging to your Churche or Chappell which serued for the superstitious Latine seruice be vtterly defaced rent and abolished And if they be not through whose default that is and in whose keeping they remayne And whether all Uestments Albes Tunicles Stoles Phanons Pixes Paxes Handbelles Sacringbelles Censers Chrismatories Crosses Cādlestickes Holy water stocks Images and such other reliques and monuments of superstition and Idolatrie be vtterly defaced broken and destroyed And if not where and in whose custodie they remayne 7 Whether your Person Uicar Curat or minister do we are any cope in your Parish Church or Chappel or minister the holy Communion in any Chalice heretofore vsed at Masse or in any prophane Cuppe or glasse or vse at the ministration thereof any gestures rites or ceremonies not appointed by y e booke of Common prayer as crossing or breathing ouer the sacramental bread and wine or shewing the same to the people to be worshipped and adored or any such like or vse any Oyle and Chrisme Tapers spattle or any other Popish ceremonie in the ministration of the Sacrament of Baptisme 8 Whether any holydayes or fasting dayes heretofore abrogated or not appointed to be vsed as holy dayes or fasting dayes by the newe Kalender of the booke of Common prayer be either proclaymed and bidden by your Person Uicar or Curate or be supersticiously obserued by any of your parish and what be their names that so doe obserue the same and whether there be any ringing or tolling of Belles to call the people together vsed in any of those dayes more or otherwise than commonly is vsed vpon other dayes that be kept as workedayes 9 Whether when any man or woman is in passing out of this life the Bell be tolled to mooue the people to pray for the sicke person especially in all places where the sicke person dwelleth neere vnto the Church and whether after the time of his or her passing out of this world there be any more ringing but one short peale before the burial another short peale after y e burial without any other superfluous or supersticious ringing And whether on all Saintes day after Euening prayer there be any ringing at all or any other supersticious ceremonie vsed tending to the maintenance of Popish purgatorie or of prayer for the dead and who they be that vse the same And whether there be any ringing or knolling of belles on Sundayes or holydayes betweene morning prayer and the Letanie or in any time of the common prayer reading of the Homilies or of preaching except one bell in conuenient time to be rung or tolled before the Sermon or any other ringing vsed vpon Saints eeues or festiuall dayes sauing to common prayer and that without excesse and who doeth ring or knoll otherwise 10 Whether your Person or Uicar haue preached or cause to be duely preached in your Church his quarterly or monethly Sermons as by the Queenes Iniunctions he is bound what be the names of such as haue preached for him and whether hee hath admitted any man to

Scripture as be appointed by the Queenes Maiesties Iniunctions with the Letanie and Suffrages following the same and reading one Homilie already deuised and set forth for that purpose without wearing any surplesses carying of banners or handbelles or staying at Crosses or any such like popish ceremonies 39 Whether the Parish clarke be appoynted according to the auncient custome of the parish and whether he bee not obedient to the Person Uicar or Curate especially in the time of celebration of diuine seruice or of the Sacraments or in any preparation thereunto And whether he be able and readie to reade y e first Lesson the Epistle and the Psalmes with answere to the Suffrages as is vsed and whether he keepe not the bookes and ornaments of the Church fayre and cleane and cause the Church and Queere the Communion Table the Pulpit and the Font to be made decent and cleane against seruice time the Communion Sermon and Baptisme 40 Whether there be any man or woman in your Parish that resorteth to any popish priest for shrift or auricular confession or any that within three yeeres nowe last past hath bene reconciled vnto the Pope or to the Church of Rome or any that is reputed or suspected so to be and whether there be any that refuse to come to the Church to heare diuine seruice or to communicate according to the order now established by publicke authoritie and what be their names 41 Whether there be any person or persons ecclesiasticall or temporall within your Parish or elsewhere within this Dioces that of late haue retayned or kept in their custodie or that reade sell vtter disperse carie or deliuer to others any English bookes set forth of late yeeres at Louaine or in any other place beyond y e seas by Harding Dorman Allen Saunders Stapleton Marshall Bristow or any of them or by any other English papist eyther against the Queenes Maiesties supremacie in matters ecclesiasticall or against true religion catholicke doctrine now receiued and established by common authoritie within this Realme and what their names and surnames are 42 Whether there be any in your parishe that vseth to praye in English or in Latine vpon Beades or other such like thing or vpon any supersticious popish primer or other like booke and what be their names 43 Whether the people of your parish especially housholders hauing no lawfull excuse to bee absent doe faithfully and diligently endeuour themselues to resort with their chyldren and seruantes to their parish Church or Chappel on the holy dayes and chiefly vpon the Sundayes to Morning Euening prayer and vpon reasonable let thereof to some vsuall place where common prayer is vsed and then and there abide orderly and soberly during the time of common prayer Homilies Sermons and other seruice of God there vsed reuerently and deuoutly giuing themselues to the hearing thereof and occupying themselues at times conuenient in priuate prayer and who they be that eyther negligently or wilfully absent themselues or come very late to the Church vpon the Sundayes especially or that walke talke or otherwise vnreuerently behaue themselues in the Church or vse any gaming or pastime abroade or in any house or sit in the Streetes or Churchyarde or in any Tauerne or Alehouse vpon the Sunday or other holyday in the time of common prayer Sermons or reading of the Homilies eyther before noone or after noone 44 Whether the forfeiture of twelue pence for euery such offence appointed by a statute made in y e first yeere of the Queenes Maiesties reigne beleuied and taken according to the same statute by the Churchwardens of euery person that so offendeth and by them be put to y e vse of the poore of the parish if it be not by whose default it is not leuied And what particular summes of money haue bene forfeyted that way and by whom since the feast of Easter in the yeere of our Lorde 1575. vntill the day of giuing vp the presentment concerning these Articles And so from time to time as the said Churchwardens and swornemen shalbe appointed to present in this behalfe and how much of such forfeitures haue bene deliuered to the vse of the poore of the parishe and to whom the same hath bene deliuered 45 Whether ye knowe any that in the time of the reading of the Letanie or of any other part of the common prayer or in the time of the Sermon or of reading the Homilies or any part of the Scriptures to the parishioners any person haue departed out of the Church without iust necessarie cause or that disturbeth the Minister or preacher any maner of wayes in the time of diuine seruice or sermon and whether any in contempt of their parish Church or Minister doe resort to any other Church or no 46 Whether there be any Inkeepers Alewiues Uittaylers or Tiplers that suffer or doe admit any person or persons in their houses to eate drinke or play at Cardes Tables or such lyke games in the time of common prayer or sermon on the sundaies or holidayes and whether there be any shoppes set open on sundayes or holidayes or any Butchers or others that cōmonly vse to sell meate or other things in the time of common praier preaching or reading of the Homilies and whether in any Fayres or common Markets falling vpon the sunday there be any shewing of any wares before the Morning prayer be done and whether any Markets or selling of any wares bee vsed or suffered in any churchyardes 47 Whether for the putting of the Churchwardens and Swornemen the better in remembrance of their duetie in obseruing and noting such as offend in not comming to diuine seruice your Minister or reader do openly euery Sunday after hee haue read the second Lesson at morning and euening prayer monish and warne the Churchwardens and swornemen to looke to their charge in this behalfe and to obserue who contrarie to the sayde Statute offend in absenting themselues negligently or wilfully from their parish Church or Chappell or vnreuerently as is aforesayde vse themselues in the time of diuine seruice 48 Whether the Churchwardens of the last yeere haue giuen to the parishe a iust account of the Church goods and rentes that were committed to their charge according vnto the custome that hath bene aforetime vsed and what Church goods they or any other haue solde and to whom and whether to the profite of your Church or no and what hath bene done with the money thereof comming 49 Whether the Churchwardens and sworne men of the last yere haue of any priuate corrupt affection concealed any crime or other disorder in their time done in your parish and haue not presented the same to the Bishop Chancelour Archdeacon Commissary or such other as had authoritie to reforme the same and whether they or any of them at any such time as they should haue bene at diume seruice on sundayes or holidayes and should there haue obserued others that were absent haue bin

preach not hauing sufficient licence or hath inhibited or letted any from preaching hauing sufficient licence 11 Whether any person or persons not being ordred at the least for a Deacon or licenced by the ordinarie doe say common prayer openly in your Church or Chappell or any not being at the least a Deacon doe solemnize matrimonie or administer the Sacrament of Baptisme or deliuer vnto the Communicants the Lords Cup at the celebration of the holy Communion and what he or they be that so doe And whether the Person Uicar or Fermer of your benefice doe cause or suffer any Curate or Minister to serue your Church before he be examined and admitted by the Ordinarie or his Deputie in writing and do shewe his licence to the Churchwardens and whether any Curate doe serue two Cures at one time without the speciall licence of the Ordinarie or his Deputie in that behalfe in writing first had 12 Whether your Person Uicar or Curate do euery Sunday when there is no sermon reade distinctly plainly some part of the Homilies prescribed set forth by the Queenes authoritie to be read and euery holyday when there is no sermon immediately after the Gospell openly plainly and distinctly recite to his parishioners the Lordes prayer the Articles of the fayth and the ten Commandementes in English and whether any Minister not admitted by the Ordinarie or by other lawful authoritie doe expounde any Scripture or matter of doctrine by the way of exhortation or otherwise and thereby omit and leaue of the reading of the Homilies 13 Whether your Person Uicar or Curate do euery Sunday and holiday openly in the Church call for heare and instruct all the Children Apprentices and seruantes of both sexes that be of conuenient age within your parish or at the least so many of them by course as the tune will serue and as he may well heare and instruct for halfe an houre at the least before or at the euening praier in the ten Commandements the Articles of the beliefe the Lordes prayer and diligently examine and teach them the Catechisme as it is nowe allowed and set forth And whether for that purpose he doth take the names of them al and by course cal certaine of them by name euery Sunday and holiday to come to the teaching of the same Catechisme 14 Whether all fathers and mothers masters and dames of your parish cause their children seruants and apprentices both mankinde and womankinde being aboue seuen yeres of age and vnder twentie which haue not learned the Catechisme to come to the Church on Sundayes and holidayes at the times appoynted or at the least such and so many of them as your Minister shal appoint and there diligently and obediently to heare and to be ordered by the Minister vntill such time as they haue learned the same Catechisme and what be the names of those that doe not cause their children seruantes and apprentices so to come to the Church to be instructed and examined and how many of the said children seruants and apprentices be in your parish which being aboue seuen yeeres olde and vnder twentie yeeres of age can not say by heart the saide Catechisme and what be their names and age and with whom they dwell 15 Whether your Person Uicar Curate or other Minister in your Church or Chappell hath admitted to the receiuing of the holy Communion any open and notorious fornicatour adulterer or euil liuer by whom the congregation is offended without due penance first done to the satisfaction of the congregation or any malicious person y t is notoriously knowne to be out of charitie or that hath done any open wrong to his neighbour by worde or deede without due reconciliation first made to the partie that is wronged 16 Whether your Person Uicar Curate or Minister hath admitted to the holy Communion any of his Parishe being aboue twentie yeres of age either mankinde or womankinde that cannot say by heart the tenne Commaundements the Articles of the faith and the Lords praier in English and what be the names of such as can not say the same or being aboue fourteene yeeres and vnder twentie yeeres of age that cannot say the Catechisme allowed and set forth in the sayd booke of Common prayer And whether he marry any persons which were single before that cānot say the Catechisme And whether he vseth to examine his parishioners at conuenient times before he administer vnto them namely before Easter yeerely to the intent he may knowe whether they can say by heart the same which is required in this behalfe or no 17 Whether your Priests and Ministers be peacemakers and no brawlers or sowers of discorde and exhort their parishioners to obedience towardes their Prince and all other that be in authoritie and to charitie mutuall loue among themselues whether they be diligent in visiting the sick and comforting them and do moue them earnestly especially when they make their Testaments to consider the necessitie of the poore and to giue to their boxe or chest their charitable deuotion and almose 18 Whether they neglect the studie of the holie Scriptures and of the worde of God and whether such of them as be vnder the degree of a Master of Arte haue of their own at the least the newe Testament both in English and Latine and whether they do euery day with good aduisement conferre one Chapter of the Latine and English together at the least And whether they haue giuen due account thereof and to whome 19 Whether any of your persons vicars curates or ministers be fauourers of the Romishe or forreyne power letters of true religion preachers of corrupt and Popishe doctrine or mainteiners of secraries or do set forth and extoll vaine and supersticious religion or be maintainers of the vnlearned people in ignorance and errour encouraging or mouing them rather to pray in an vnknowne tongue then in English or to put their trust in a certain number of praiers as in saying ouer a number of beades Ladie Psalters or other like 20 Whether any doe preach declare or speake any thing in derogation of the booke of common prayer which is set forth by the lawes of this Realme dispraysing the same or any thing therin contayned 21 Whether your Person Uicar or Curate hath or doth maintaine any doctrine contrary or repugnant to any of the Articles agreed vpon by the Clergie in the Connocation holdē at London Anno domini 1562. for the auoyding of diuersities of opinions for establishmēt of consent touching true religion set forth by the Queenes authoritie and whether any hauing bin admitted to his benefice since the thirtenth yere of the Queenes reigne hath not within two monethes after his induction publickly read the saide Articles in your Church in the time of Common prayer there with declaration of his vnfained assent thereunto 22 Whether your person vicar curate minister or reader doe church any vnmarried woman which hath bene gotten with childe