be disposed may come to heare Gods Word and to pray with him Especially Is the Common Prayer said or sung distinctly and revâ—rently upon such dayes as are appointed to be kept holy and upon their Eâ—es Is the same said or sung at convenient and usuâ—ll times of those dayes and in such plâ—ce of every Church as the people may be most edified thereby And doth the Parsâ—n Uâ—car or Curate observe the Orders Rites and Ceremonies prescribed in the booke of Common Prayer as well in reading the holy Scripture and saying of prayers aâ— in administration of the Sacraments without either diminishing in regard of Preaching or in any other respect or adding any thing in the matter and forme thereof 2 Doth the Minister reade the Psalmes and Lessons appointed in the Kalendar for Morning and Evening Prayer And at the end of every Psalme throughout the yeare and likewise at the end of the Benedictus Benedicite Magnificat and Nunc dimittis doth he repeate Glory be to the Father c. And at the reading of the Lessons doth he stand and turne him so as he may best be heard of all such as be present And is the Creed called Athanasius Creed beginning with Whosoever will be saved said by your Minister constantly at the times appointed in the Common Prayer booke and doth your Minister sing or say any other Psalmes or Hymns other then aforesaid in the place of those contrary to Law 3 Doth your Parson Uicar or Curate say the Letanie on every Sunday duely throughout the yeare as also upon all Wednesdayes and Fridaies weekely though they be not holy-dayes In what convenient place of your Church or Chappell doth hee say the same and by whom was that place appointed Doth hee say the same at the accustomed houres of Service and is there warning giuen to the people by the tolling of a Bell And doth euery house-holder dwelling within halfe a mile of the Church come or send one at the least of his houshold to ioyne with the Minister 4 Doth your Minister read the Communion Service or the second Service on every Sunday and Holyday throughout the yeare thoughâ— there bee no Communion according as it is appointed in the Booke of Common Prayer 5 Doth your Parson reâ—ide upon his Beneâ—â—ce or not If yea then being a licensed Preacher doth he preach one Sermon every Sunday in the yeare in his owne Cure or in some Church or Chappell neare adioyning having no lawfull impediment And being not a licensed Preacher doth he offer at any time to preach or expound the Scriptures or rather doth he procure Sermons to bee Preacheâ— in his Cure once every moneth at the least by Preachers which bee lawfully licensed If he be licensed by the Lawes of this Realme not to reside upon his Benefâ—ce then in that Case doth he supply his cure by one that is a sufficient and Licensed Preacher And is your Curate allowed to serve there by the Bishop of the Diocesse or by the Ordinary of the place having Episcopall iurisdiction and by no other 6 Doth your Parson Uicar or Curate upon every Sunday and holy-day throughout the yeare when there is no Sermon reade one of the Homilies set forth by publike Authority Doth he use to read the same in the Pulpit only according as he is required in the Canons of the yeare 1571. And doth your Minister as well before the Homilie as before his Sermon move and exhort the people â—o ioyne with him in Prayer according to the forme laid downe in the book of Canons and doth hee use any other forme then is there prescribed 7 Have you in your Parish besides your Parson Uicar and Curate any Lecturer or Lecturers not having cure of soules therein Doth your Lecturer use before his Lectures the forme of prayer before remembred and no other forme And doth he twice at the least every yeare read the Divine Service on two severall Sundaies both in the fore-noone and afternoone publikely and at the usuall times and doth he as oft in every yeare administer the Sacraments of Baptisme and the Lords Supper in such manner and form and with the observation of such Rites and Ceremonies as are prescribed in the book of Common Prayer 8 Doe your Lecturer or Lecturers preach in their Gownes and not in their Cloaks according to his Maiesties Instructions An. 1629. Doth he professe his willingnesse to take upon him a Living with cure of soules in that place or Parish in the which he Lectures or elsewhere And doth he actually take such Cure or Benefâ—ce if any hath beene offered to him 9 Is your Lecturer licensed by the Bishop of the Diocesse And doth your Lecturer or any other Preacher that Lectureth or preacheth in your Church or Chappell impugne or confute any Doctrine formerly delivered in the same or in any Church neare adioyning before hee hath acquainted the Bishop of the Diocesse therewith and received order from him what to doe in that case for the avoiding of dissention 10 Doth your Lecturer conforme himselfe to the Lawes Ordinances and Rites Ecclesiasticall established in the Church of England If not you are to certifie the same unto the Bishop of the Diocesse or other Ordinary of the place to the end that if the said Lecturer doe not conforme himselfe after admonition his Licence may be voided and himselfe removed 11 Doth your Parson Uicar or Curate administer the Communion in your Church or Chappell so often and at such times as every parishioner may communicate at least thrice in the yeare whereof the Feast of Easter to be one And doth he give warning to his parishioners publikely in the Church at Morning prayer the Sunday before for the better preparation of themselves And doe such as purpose to communicatâ— signifie their minds unto the â—urate over night or the morning early 12 Doth your Minister admit to the receiving of the holy Communion such of his Cure which be openly knowne to live in sinne notorious without repentance or any who have openly or maliciously contended with their neighbours and will not be induced by him to a reconcilement Or any Church-wardens or Sidemen who having taken oath to present to their Ordinaries every such publike offence as they are particularly charged to enquire of in their severall parishes shall wittingly incurre the horrible crime of periurie 13 Doth he wittingly administer the same to any but to such as kneel or to any that refuse to bee present at the publike prayers or to any that bee common and notorious depravers of the booke of Common-prayer or of any thing contained in the Booke of Articles agreed upon in the Convocation Anno 1562. Or in the booke of Ordering Priests and Bishops or to any that hath spoken against and depraved his Maiesties Soveraigne Authority in causes Ecclesiasticall except such persons doe first acknowledge to the Minister before you
the Church-wardens that hee is sorry for the same and promise either by word of mouth or under his hand to doe so no more 14 Is the bread provided for the Holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper of the best and purest white-bread that may conveniently be gotten Doth the Minister take the same into his hands to blesse and consecrate it to that holy use as oft as he administreth the Communion Doth he so likewise with the wine provided And if any bread or wine bee newly brought doth he first use the words of the Institution before it be distributed to the Communicants 15 Doth your Minister as oft as he celebrateth the Communion receive the Sacrament first in both kindes himselfe and having so received the same doth he severally deliver the bread and wine to every Communicant in their haâ—ds knéeling And at his delivery of the same doth hee reherse the whole forme mentioned in the Communion Booke saying The body of our Lord Iesus Christ c. or doth he only use some part thereof as he list himselfe 16 Doth your Parson Uicar or Curate administer the Communion at any time publikely in the congregation except there be foure or three at the least to communicate with him Doth he administer the same to any strangers which come often and commonly from their owne Parish Churches And doe you the Church-wardens give notice to your Minister of such strangers that so hee may remit them home to their owne Parish Churches there to Communicate with their owne Minister and neighbours 17 Doth your Minister except it be in times and cases of necessity Preach or administer the holy Communion in any private house in which there is no Chappell dedicated and allowed by the Ecclesiasticall lawes of this Kingdome Doth any Chaplaine living within your parish preach or administer the Communion in any other place then in the Chappell of the said houses Doth the Lords and Masters of such Chaplaines or houses at other times resort to their owne Parish Churches and there receive the holy Communion at least once in the yeare And doe any under Noble men and men qualified by law keepe any private Chaplaine in their house or houses 18 Doth your Minister refuse or delay to Christen any child that is brought to him to the Church on Sundayes or Holy-dayes knowledge thereof being given to him over night or in the morning before Morning prayer Doth hee proceed therein in all things according to the forme of publike Baptisme in the Common prayer Booke doth he neglect refuse or pretermit at any time to signe the child baptized with the signe of the crosse or doth hee admit the parent of a childe to answer as a Godfather to his own childe or any other person to be a Godfather or Godmother before the said persâ—n so undertaking hath received the holy Communion 19 Doth your Minister being duly informed of the weaknesse and danger of death of any infant unbaptized in his Parish and being thereupon desired to goe unto the place and baptize the same either wilfully refuse to dâ—e it or negligently delay the time so that the child departeth without Baptisme â—hrough his defâ—ult if the childe so baptized doe recover afterwards is it brought into the Church by the Godfathers and Godmothers to the intent the congregation may bee certified of the Baptizing thereof according to the â—orme prescribed in the Common prayer Book 20 Doth your Minister having Cure and charge of â—oules doe his best endeavour to prepare children and make them ready for confirmation And to that end doth hee on every Sunday and Holyday before Evening prayer for the space of halfe an houre or more instruct the youth and ignorant persons of the parish according 〈◊〉 the Catechisme set forth in the Common prayer booke And are the afternoone Sermons in yourâ— parish if you had any formerly turned into Catechising by way of questions and answers according to the Kings Instructions 21 Doth your Minister either bring or send in writing to the Bishop of the Diocesse the names of all those Children of his parish which can answer to the questions contained in the Catechisme that by the imposition of hands and prayer they may receive strength and defence against temptation And doth he admit any person or persons to yâ— holy Commâ—nion untill such time as he or they can orderly say the catechisme and be confirmed 22 Doth your Parson Uicar or Curate celebrate Matrimony betwixt any persons without a facultie or Licence granted by authority Lawfull or without the Banes of Matrimony first published on three severall Sundayes or Holydayes in the parish Church or Chappell where the said parties dwell or at the times by Law prohibited without speciall Licence Or doth he celebrate the same in any other place than in the Church or in the Church at any other time than betweene the hours of eight and twelve in the forenoone and at that time betwixt such persons as are under the age of twenty one yeares without the consent of their parents signifieâ— unto him or a Licence granted to him so to doe 23 Doth your Minister in the solemnizing of holy Matrimony keepe himselfe to the forme and Ceremonies prescribed in the Common Prayer booke doth he at any time marry any without a King or without going to the Lords Table as it is appointed Doth he in case there bee no Sermon read those Texts of Scripture wherein the offices of man and wife are declared according as it is prescribed And doe the new married persons the same day of their marriage receive the holy Communion as by Law they ought 24 Doth your Minister or Curate resort to such of your parish as are dangerously sick if the disease be nâ—t probably suspected to be infectious to instruct and comfort them in that distresse doth hee exhort the sick party to be in charity with all the world and to dispose of his goods and declare his debts and doth he move him and that most earnestly to liberalitie towards the poore and to unburden his conscience 25 If any sick person finde his conscience troubled with anyweighty matter and doth unburden the same to his Priest or Minister doth the said Priest or Minister give him absolution according to the forme prescribed And have you ever heard that the said Priest or Minister hath revealed and made knowne at any time to any person whatsoever any crime or â—ffence committed to his trust and secrecy either in case of such extremity or any other case whatsoever except they be such crimes as by the lawes of this Realme the life of the saiâ— Priest or Minister maâ—â—e called in questiâ—n for concealing of it declare the name of the offender when and by whome you heare the â—ame 26 Doth the Curate that ministreth in your parish upon convenient notice giuen him
administer the Communion unto such as be dangerously sicke and not able to come unto the Church and yet are desirous to receive the same in their houses and are unquiet for he lack thereof Or doth hee obstinately and wilfully refuse so to doe being thereunto required and finding all things necessary for the doing of it 27 Doth your minister refuse or delay to bury any corps that is brought into the Church or Church-yard convenient warning being given him before except the partie deceased were denounced excommunicate for some grievous crime Majori Excommunicatione and no man able to testifie of his repentance And doth he do it decently and gravely not swerving from the forme prescribed by the Church in the Common prayer booke 28 Doth any woman in your parish after her delivery from the paines and perill of Childbirth refuse to come into the Church to render thanks to God for so great a mercy Doth she goe thither covered with a decent veil according to the laudable and ancient custome And being come doth she goe nâ—ere unto the place where the Table standeth and offereth her accustomed offerings And doth your Minister doe his dutie in churching the said women according to the forme prescribed And doth the woman that commeth to give her thaâ—kes receive the holy Communion if there by any 29 Doth your Minister at and upon seasonable times especially on the first day of Lent cause the people to bee called together and assembled in the Church by the ringing of a Bell And being drawne together doth hee read unto them the commination against sinners with the other prayers appointed Concerning the Clergie their Duty Carriage c. DOth your Parson Uicar Curate or Lecturer if you have any purely and syncerely teach manifest and declare foure times every yeare at the least in his Sermons and other Collations and Lectures that all usurped and forraigne power is for most iust cauâ—es taken away and abolished and that therefore no obedience or subiection within his Maiesties Realmes and Dominions is due unto any such forraigne power And doth he preach the Doctrine of obedience and the Kings authority according to the Canons published and set out by the late holy Synod Anno 1640. 2 Doth your Minister declare to the parishioners every Sunday at the time appointed in the Communion booke whether there be any Holy-dayes or fasting-dayes in the following weeke And doth hee call upon them to observe the same according to the Lawes of the Land and of holy Church 3 Doth your Minister or Curate in the Rogation dayes goe in perambulation about your parish saying and using the Psalmes and suffrages by Law appointed as viz. Psalme 103. 104. the Letany and suffrages together with the Homily set out for that end and purpose Doth hee admonish the people to give thankes to God if they see any likely hopes of plenty and to call upon him for his mercy if there be any feare of scarcitie And doe you the Churchwardens assist him in it 4 Doth your Curate serve more then one Church or Chappell upon one day except the said Chappell be a member of the parish Church or united thereto How farre distant are the said Churches or Chappels which he serveth from one another What wages hath he for his paines 5 Doth your Minister if he be commanded by the Ordinary openly on some Sunday denounce and declare for excommunicate all those who either for refusing to frequent the divine service of the Church or for notorious contumacie or other notable crimes stand lawfully excommunicated by the lawes of the Church that others thereby may bee admonished to refraine their Companies And doth your Minister himselfe refraine the company of persons excommunicated and so denounced 6 Doth your Parson Uicar or Curate usually weare such apparell as is prescribed by the Canon that is to say a gowne with standing collaâ— and wide sleeves straite at the hands and a square cap Or doth hee goâ— at any time abroade in his dublet and hoâ—e without coat or cassock or doth he use to weare any light coloured stockings doth he weare any â—oiâ—e and wrought nightcaps or only plaine night-caps of silke sattin or velvet And in his iourneying doth he usually weare a cloake with sleeves commonly called the Priests cloak without guards weâ—ts long buttons or cuts 7 Doth your Parson Uicar or Curate resort at any time other then for his honest necessities to any Tavernes or Aleâ—ouses or doth your Curate lodge or board in any such places Doe they or either of them give themselves to any base or servile labour or to drinking or Riot or to playing at diâ—e cards or tables or to anâ— other unlawfull game or games or doe they otherwise spend their time idly by day or by night 8 Is there any in your Parish who having beene a Deacon or Minister hath voluntaryly relinquished his calling and doth uâ—e himselfe in the course of his liâ—e as a lay man what are their names that have forsaken their said callinge 9 Doth your Minister if he be a Preacher and thought fit by your Bishop having any popish Recusant or Recusants in his parish labour diligently with them from time to time thereby to reclaime them from their errours And if he be nâ— Preacher or not such a Preacher doth hee procure some that are Preachers so qualified to take paines with them to that purpose 10 Doth your Parson Uicar or Curate carefully informe himselfe every yeare how many popish Recusants men woemen and children above the age of thirteene yeares or being otherwise popishly given are inhabitants within their parish or parishes or make their abode there either as soiourners or common guests 11 Doth your Minister every Sunday weekly if there be occasion in the presence of you the Churchwardens write and record in the register-Register-booke the names of all persons christened together with the names and surnames of their parents as also the names and surnames of all persons married and buried in that parish the weeke before and the day and â—eare of every such Christening Marriage and Burial and unto every page therof when it is fild do you and your said Minister subscribe your names And is a true coppie of the said Christnings Marriages and Burials subscribed with the names of your Minister and you the Churchwardens transmitâ—ed yearely within one moneth after the 25 of March unto the Bishop of the Dioâ—esse to be preserved in his Registry 12 Doth your Minister in the parish Church or Chappell where â—ee hath charge reade the Canons Orders and Constitutions agreed on in the Synod held at London Anno 1603. once every yeare upon some Sundayes or Holydayes in the afternoone before Divine Service and doth he so divide the same as the one halfe may be read one day and the other halfe the other day Whether hath your Minister Churchwardens and Sidemen presented unto the
Prophecies or exercises in Market Townes or other places or doth attempt without such Licence upon any pretence whatsoever either of possession or obsession to cast out any Divell or Divels Who is it that offendeth in the premises c. 10 Doe any Priests or Ministers of the Word of God or any other persons meet together in any private houâ—e or elâ—ewhere to consult upon any matter or course to be taken by them or by any other upon their motion and direction which may any way tend to the impeaching or depraving of the Church of Eâ—gland or of the booke of Common Prayer or of any part of the Government or Discipline in the Church of England now established and who are they Concerning Churches the Ornaments Vtensils and other necessaries to the same belonging 1 IS your Parish Church or Chappell well and sufficiently repaired and so from time to time maintained and kept Are the windowes well glazed the floare kept paved plaine and even and all things there in such â—n orderly â—nd decent sort without dust or any thing that may bee either noysome or unâ—eemely as best becommeth the house of God 2 Are the ten Commandements set upon the East end of your Church or Chappell where the people may best see and reade the same and other chosen senâ—ences written upoâ— the walls of your said Church or Chappell in convenient places 3 Doe the Chaâ—cels remaine as they have dâ—ne in times past that iâ— to say in the convenient situation of the Seates and in the ascent or 〈◊〉 unto the place appointed anciently for the standing of the holy Tabâ—â— Is the Chancell of your Church or Chappell cleane kept and repaireâ— within and without in the windowes and otherwhere as appertaineth And is there a comely partition betwixt your Chancell and the body of the Church or Chappell as is required by the Law 4 Is the Church-yard of your Church or Chappell well and sufficiently sensed maintained and kept with walls â—ailes or poles as hath beene heretofore accustomed And if not then by whose negligeâ—â—e or default is it that the fenses of the same are grown into decay 5 Are there any Playes Foasts Banquets Suppers Church-Ales Drinkings Temporall Courts or Leâ—tes Lay-iuries or Musters or is there any other prophane usage kept in your Church Chappell oâ— Churchyards of what sort soever By whom â—re your said Church or Chappell or Churchyard so prophaned as afore is said and by whose permission 6 Have you in the Chancell of your Church or Chappell a decent and convenient Table for the celebration of the Holy Commâ—â—ion Is iâ— so set as is directed in the Queenes Iniunctions and appointed by the Canon made in the Synod held at London Anno 1640. Have you a Carpet of silke or other decent stuffe appointed by the Ordinary to lay upon the Table in the time of Divine Service and a faire linnen cloth to lay upon the same in time of the Communion And is the said Carpet and linnen cloth laid constantly upon the Table at the times aforesaid 7 Have you a faire Communion Cup or Chalice of silver with a cover of the same and a decent standing pot or Flagon of pewter if not of purer metall in which the wine for the Communion is to be brought unto the holy Table Is the said Table Carpet Linnen cloth Cup or Flagon or either of them any wayes prophaned or otherwise imployed then to their owne proper and right holy uses 8 Have you in your Church or Chappell a Font of stone where Baptisme is to be administred decently made and kept as it ought to be Is the same set in the Ancient usuall place appointed for it and doth your Minister publikely baptize in the same Font only 9 Have you in your Church or Chappell a convenient Seat made 〈◊〉 the Minister to reade Service in as also a comely and decent Pulpit set in a convenient place within the same for the preaching of Gods Word and there seemely kept 10 Have you in your Church or Chappell a strong Chest with an hole in the upper part thereof 〈◊〉 the Almes of the poore Hath the same chest three severall keyes and is the one of them in the castodie of the Parson Uicar or Curat Is the same so set and fastened in the most convenient 〈◊〉 to the intent the parishioners may put into it their Almes for their poore neighbours 11 Have you a true note and Terrar of all the Glebes Lands Meadowes Gardens Orchards Houses stockes implements Tenements and portions of tythes lying out of your Parish which belong unto your Parsonage or Uicarage And is the same or a true Coppie of the same layed up in the Bishops Registry for a perpetuall Memory thereof 12 Have you a comely decent Surplisse with sleeves for the use of your Minister in saying the publike prayers or ministring the Sacraments and other rites of the Church together with an Universitie hood according to the degree of your said Minister And doth the Parson Uicar or Cuâ—â—te use the same as oft as he officiates Gods publike Service administreth the Sacraments or dischargeth any publike duty in the Congregation 13 Have you a Bible of the largest volume allowed by Authoritie the booke of Common Prayer and the booke of Homilies all very well and fairely bound As also a booke of the Canons And Constitutions made in the Synod held at London Anno 1603. and ratified by the Kings Authority A booke of prayers for the 5. of November and for the 27. of March being the day of his Maiesties most happy Inauguration Have you a parchment Register booke wherein to keep upon record the severall Christenings Weddings and Burials which happen weekly quarterly or yearly in your Parish Have you also a Register booke wherein to write the names of all Preachers which come and Preach in your Church from other places And have you one sure Coâ—er with thrée lockes and keyes for keeping of the bookes aforesaid And doth one of your keyes remaine alwayes in the hands of your Minister Whether is your Parsonage-house or Vicarage-house Barnes Stables and other out-houses thereto belonging in good and sufficient repaire Whether hath any person inâ—roached upon the ground of your Church-yard or other consecrated ground if any hath then you shall present him and set out what quantitie of ground is so incroached upon and whether any new doore or window hath beâ—ne lately made into your Church or Church-yard and by what authority Concerning the Celebration of Divine Service the Administration of the Sacraments c. DOth your Minister or Curate that ministreth in your Parish Church or Chappell say daily the Morning and Evening Prayer in the same Parish Church or Chappell where he ministreth unlesse he be lawfully hindered And doth he cause a Bell to be tolled thereunto a convenient time before he begin that such as
the time of divine Seruice the Lord Iesus shall be mentioned is due and lowly reverence done by all persons present have you any that offend in the neglect of these particulars and what are there names 8 Have you any parishioner that being 16. yeares of age doth not receive the Communion at the least thrice in the yeare of which Easter to be one or that doth not receive the Sacraments and other rites according to the order of the common prayer booke Or that doth not reckon with his Parson Uicar or Curate or his or their deputies at Easter yearely paying such Ecclesiasticall duâ—ies as are accustomably due then and at that time to be paid 9 The Minister standing as he is appointed at the North side or end of the Table when hee prepares to celebrate the holy Communion and calling on those who doe intend to communicate to draw neare and take that holy Sacrament to their comfort as it is in the words of the common prayer booke have you any in your parish that keepe their seats and sit still in their places not drawing neare as is commanded by the Church but looking that the Minister should forsake the place of his station by the Church appointed to bring it to them 10 Is there any of your parish who doth forsake his owne Church or Chappell to receive the Communion at the hands of any other than their owne Minister or any strangers that usually repaire to your Church or Châ—â—â—ell to the same intent or any that refuse to receive the holy Communion at â—â—e hands of their owne Minister because hee is no Preacher or to have their children baptized by him in the same respect or that in the same respects communicate or cause their children to be baptized in other Parishes abroad Or doth your Minister baptize any children presented unto him out of other Parishes you shall present the names of all offenders in these particulars 11 Have you any that procure their children to be baptized at home in their houses without great cause and necessity or by any other than their own lawfull Minister if he may be had Or after any other form and manner than is prâ—scribed by the Liturgie of the Church of England or any that procure themselves to be married privately or â—fter any other manner than the Church prescribes 12 Do all and every housholder of your Parish Fathers Mothers Masters Mistresses cause their children seruants and apprentises which have not learned their catechisme come unto the Church on Sundayes and Holydayes in the afternoone obediently to heare and to be ordered by the Minister till they have learnt the same 13 Have you any in your Parish that refuse to contribute and pay the rate assâ—ssed â—pon him for the repaire of your Church or Chappâ—ll or the providing of any bookes utensils or necessary ornaments to the same belonging present the names of those which doe so refuse 14 Have you any that keepe company and hold society with sucâ— as are denounced and declared Excommunicate 15 Have you any living in your Parish which have beene legally separated and divorced have afterwards beene married unto others either men or women during the life of each other or that being so divorced as afore is said keepe company with each other at bed and at board Or any that being lawfully married doe yet live asunder without a separation in due course of law 16 Have you any persons in your Parish which are and have been married within the dâ—grees prohibited by the Lawes of God and expressed in a Table set forth by authority And is the said Table publikely set up and fixâ—d in your Church or Chappell at the Charge of the Parish 17 Are there in your Parish any Wills unproved or any goods unadministred by lawfull Authority Did any dying in your Parish give any legacy unto your Church or Chappell or to the use of the poore and needy 〈◊〉 how have the said legacies so given beene disposed of by whom and by whose Authority And have they otherwise beene disposed of then to the said pious and charitable uses Whether is there in your parish a common fame and report of any which have committed Adulterie Fornication or Incest or any Baudes harbourers or receivers of such persons or vehemently suspected thereof if yea then specifie their names Whether have you any in your Parish which are by common fame and report and vehement suspition reputed and taken to be common Drunkards blasphemers of Gods holy Name common and usuall swearers filthy speakers railers sowers of discord among their neighbours or speakers against Ministers Marriages or Vsurers contrary to the Staâ—ute made in the 37. yeare of King Henry the eighth you shall not faile to present their names Whether have any in your Parish received or harboured any women with child suspected to be of aâ— incontinent life or have had any such woman delivered of child in his or her house or have suffered such women to depart without penance first inflicted upon them by the Ordinary if yea you shall present as well the partie harbouring as harboured and all that help to conveigh them away and the parties suspected to have committed adultery or fornication with them Whether doe you know or have heard of any Patron or any having an Advowson in your Parish that have made gaine by any colour deceit or Symoniacall pact in bestowing his Beâ—efice and presenting to the same for gaine for or receiving money or promise of the Lease of the whole or part or by reserving his owne tithes or any pension to himselfe or any other What Almes-houses Hospitals Free-schooles have you in your Parish that are not of tâ—e Foundation or Patronage of the King and who was the Patron or Founder thereof and whether the said Almes-houses Hospitals or Free-schooles in your Parish being under the Rule and Government of the Lord Bishop of London be well and godly used according to the ancient Foundations and Ordinances of the same Whether any Persons within your Parish either for the offences aforesaid or for any other contumacy or crime doe remaine excommunicated what be their names and for what cause and how long have they stood excommunicated Concerning Church-Wardens and Sidemen ARe you the Churchwardens chosen by the ioynt consent of your Minister and Parishioners or one of you by the Minister and the other by the Parishioners Have the last Churchwardens given up their accounts delivering up to the Parishioners the money remaining in their hands and other things of right belonging to your Church or Chappell and is the same delivered to you by bill indented 2 Do you the Churchwardens and Sidemen diligently see that all your parishioners resort duly to your Church or Chappell upon Sundayes and Holydayes and there continue the whole time of Divine Service doe you sufâ—er any to walke or stand idle or talk in
in as due season as may be 9 Hath any Register unto your knowledge or as you have credibly beene informed receiued wittingly any certificate without the knowledge of the Iudge Or willingly omitted to call any persons cited to appeare upon any Court day Or that hath unduely put off and deferred the Examination of witnesses to be examined by a day set and assigned by the Iudge Or that hath set downe or enacted any thing false or conceited by himselfe as decreed by the Iudge or not as so ordered or decreed by the Iudge Or that hath received any reward in any Causes whatsoever in favour of any partie or that is of counsell directly or indirectly with either of the parties in suit declare your knowledge in these particulars 10 Doâ—h any Register or any other Minister of Ecclesiastical Courts or any of the Iudges of the said Courts take or receive any other or greater fees then such as were ratified and approved by the Archbishop of Canterbury Anno 1597. and contained in the Tables of fees for that purpose made And are two Tables containing the severall rates and summes of the said fees set up according to the Law in that case provided That is to say one of them in the usuall place or Consistorie where the Court is kept and the other of them in the Registry or Registers Office And are they set up in such sort that every man whom it concerneth may without difficultie come to the view thereof and take a copie of them if they so desire And doth any Register or other Ecclesiasticall Officer take more for shewing Letters of Orders then is appointed in the 137. Canon 11 Doth any Proctor take upon him to appeare in any Cause or pretend to be entertained in the same unlesse hee be constituted and appointed by the party himselfe either before the Iudge and in open Court or by sufficient Proxie conâ—â—rmed by some authenticall Seale the parties ratification therewithall concurring If you know any such present him that so he may be punished as the law provides Or doth any Proctor â—ake the oath in Animam Domini in any cause what ever contrary to the ordinance of holy Church 12 How many Apparatours have you in your Diocâ—sse or Archdeaconrie as you either know or doe conjecture Doe they or any of them execute their Office by themselves or by their Deputies And if by their Deputies then is the cause of such their deputation and employment made knowne and approved of by the Ordinary of the place Doe they take upon them the Offfce of Promotâ—rs or Informers for the Court or exact more or greater fees then are prescribed in the Tables before remembred What other abuses and aggrievances can you complaine of justly in the said Apparators Whether any Archdeacon or Officiall within the Diocesse of London hath or doth commute or change any pâ—nance or corporall punishment in whole or in part and what money such Archdeacon or Officiall hath received what 〈◊〉 offence was for which any summe of money was received or appointed to be paid set downe the particulars of the premisses Whether any Archdâ—acon or Officiall or his Surrogate have within thesâ— three yeares last past granted any Licences for the Marriage of any parties in your parish Church or elsewhere whether hath your Minister by vertue oâ— the said Licences so married them and by whom the said Licences were so granted and you are likewise required by vertue of your corporall oath to make diligent search in the Register booke of marriages kept within your parish what parties have beene married by the said authoritie and if you know any such present their names and places where they dwell Whether have you in your Parish any Curats Schoolemasters Physitians Châ—â—urgions Parish Clarkes or Midwives licensed by any other authority than of the Lord-bishop of this Diocesse or his Chancellor and whether any fees have beene demanded or received by any other besides the Lord Bishop of this Diocesse or his Chancellor in the Lord Bishops Visitation for exhibiting the said licences Whether any Commissarie Archdeacon or Officiall have at any time especially within these three yeares last past intermedled in the placing or displacing of any persons in pewes in your Parish Churches or have granted any confirmation of seates under his seale of office or by his authority hath caused to be removed the Pulpit or Font or reading Deske fâ—om their ancient and accustomed place or given way to making of doores or windowes in Churches or Chappels or erecting of Galleries Whether any Commissarie Archdeacon or Officiall have proved the Wils or granted Administration of the goods of any beneficed man or Curat dying within his Iurisdiction or of any other person being in holy Orders The Charge of the Church-wardens and Sworn men set downe for the better performance of their duties and discharge of their Oaths THey are not to bring in any Bills into the Archdeacons Court upon the Articles to be enquired of in their Visitation by reason of my Lords Visitation but only now during the said Visitation to make their presentments upon these Articles They are therefore charged that after their Oath taken and their returne home they doe require their Minister to reade over both the Book of Canons or Constitutions set forth by his Majestie in the Convocation holden in the year of our God 1604. and also these Articles unto them and to consider of every particular Article and of the offences by them to be presented as also of such persons in their Parish as shall bee noted to offend in the same and so the Church-wardens and Side-men assembling themselves together within some convenient time are to make their Bill answering every Article by it selfe before the time hereafter appointed them which Bill shall be signed with the hands of all the Church-wardens and Sideâ—men with conference had with their Minister upon the said Bill of presentment who according to the 26. Canon is to see that the said Church-wardens doe their duties in presenting upon the penaltie in the 26. Canon prescribed These Bills shall be brought by both the Church-wardens AT the delivery of your Bill of presentment at the time and place before set downe you the Church-wardens are likewise in the said Bill to set downe the names of all such as have died within your parish at any time since the day of Iuly last past being Men Maides or Widowes and what person or persons have beene married since the said time and by what Licence or authority and likewise you the Minister Church-wardens and Side-men of every Parish must in the end of the said Bill of presentment set downe the number of all Recusants and non-Communicants as followeth Recusants men Recusants women Non-Communicants of both sex Communicants of both sex in the whole Parish So setting down the number of every one you the Minister Church-wardens and Side-men must put your hands to the said Note FINIS Can. 5. Can. 4. Can. 6. Can. 9. Can. 3. Can. 7. Can. 8. Art 20. 34. Can. 2. 1. â—an â— 4 Can. 12. Can. 10. Can. 11. Can. 72. Can. 73. Can. 85. Can. 82. Rubr. before Morning Prayer Orders of Queene Elizabeâ—â— An. 1561. Ib. Order â— Can 85. Can. 88. Injunct of Q Eliz. Orders of Q Eliâ— Can. 82. Com. Book Can. 20. Can. 81. Can. 82. 83. Can. 84 Can. â—7 Can. 58. Can. 80. Can. 70 Can. 52 Can. 70 Rubrick after the Preâ—ace Can. 14 Rubâ—iâ—k of the Common Pâ—ayer booke Can. 15. Rubr. fâ—â—r the Communion Can. 4â— Can. 4â— 46 Can. 47 Can. 48 Rubr Cap. 4. Can. 55 Can. 55 Can. 56 Can. 5â— can. 5â— Can. 21 Can. 2â— Can. 26 Can. 27. â—ubr â—an â—1 â—ubr â—an 21. Rubr. Can. 28. 57. Can. 71 Instructions Can. 6â— Rubr oâ— Bap. Can. 30. Can. 29. Can 69 Can. 61 Can 59. Rubr. of Conâ—ir Instâ—uctiâ—ns Rub. of Confirm Can. 62. Rubr of Matrimoâ—ie Can. 87. Rubr. of â—isitation Rubr. of Visitation Can. 130 Rubrick of Com. Can. 68. Rubr. Can. 1. Can. 64. Rub. of Com. Injunctions and Adverâ—isements of Q Elizâ—b Can. 48. Can An. 1571. Cap. ult. Can. 65. Can. 74. Can. 75. Can. 76. Can. 66 Can. 66. Can. 114 Can. 70. Can. 77. Can. 78. Can. 79. Can. 91. Can. 67. Can 109 Can. 110 Can. 114. Q Eliz. â— â— 1 Eâ—z c. â— Can. Annâ— 157 1. câ— 5 Can. 111 Can Anâ— 1571. Can. 18. Can. 18. Can. 114 Rubr. Can. 122 Rubr. â—nviâ—ation â—an 58. Rubr of Bâ—â— Can. 59 Can. 91 Can. 8 Can. 6â— Can. 10 Can. 9 Can. â— â—â—n 89 Can. 90 Can. 19. 90 Can. 20. Can. 52. Can. 53. Can. 115â— 1. Eliz. â— â—â— Caâ— 1571 Can. 119 Can. â—6 Câ—n 117 Can. Art 1571. p. 11. Can. An. 1603. c. 127. Can. 178 Can An. 1571. Can. An. 1571. 1597. Can. 120 Can. 12â— Can. 123 Can. 125. Caâ— 134 〈…〉 Can. 136 Can. 137 Can. 1â—9 Can. 138