a note of such wilfull and negligent persons as ye shall finde faultie in this behalfe and so presente the same and the Churchwardens and Sworne men also to the Ordinarie if they shall refuse so to assiste you 9 Item ye shall not marry any persons or aske the Banes of Matrimonie betwene any persons which before were single vnlesse they can saie the Catechisme by harte and will recite the same vnto you before the asking of the Banes. And ye shall not marry any persons without the Banes be thrise on thrée seuerall Sundaies or Holydayes first openly asked without any impediment or forbidding Neither shall ye marry any persons within the degrées of affinitie or consanguinitie by the Lawes of God forbidden so set out for an admonition in a table lately appointed to be affixed in your parishe Churche For the better knowledge of which degrées ye shall reade vnto your Parishioners the saide Table euery yéere twise at the least 10 Item ye shall not admitte to aunswere as Godfathers or Godmothers at the Christening of any Childe any person or persons except he shée and they haue before receiued the holy Communion and can saie by hearte the articles of the Christian Faith in Englishe and will recite the same before you at the time of Ministration of Baptisme or before the Minister if he she or they be therevnto required And being yong folkes except he shée and they can say by hart the whole Catechisme and will recite the same before you as is aforesaide 11 Item ye shall not Church any vnmaried woman which hath bene gotten with childe out of lawfull Matrimonie except it be vpon some Sunday or Holy daie and except shée either before her childebirth haue done dewe penaunce for hir faulte to the satisfaction of the congregation or at hir comming to be Churched shée doe openly acknowledge hir faulte before the congregation accordingly and shewe hir selfe to be very penitent for the same Leauing it frée for the Ordinary to punishe hir further at his discretion 12 Item ye shall euery Sunday when there is no Sermon in your Church or Chappell distinctly and plainely reade in the pulpit some one of the Homelies set forth by the Quéenes Maiesties authoritie or one parte thereof at the least in such sorte as the same are deuided and appointed to be read by the two bookes of the Homelies And euery Holy day when there is no Sermon ye shall immediatly after the Gospell plainely and distinctly recite to your Parishioners the Lordes praier the Articles of the faith and the tenne Commaundementes in Englishe and being not admitted by the Ordinary or other lawful auctoritie ye shall not expounde any Scripture or matter of doctrine by the waie of exhortation or otherwise and thereby omitte and leaue of the reading of the Homelies 13 Item you shall plainely distinctly reade in your Church or Chappel vnto the people betwene the Letanie and the Communion the forme of commination againste sinners with certaine praiers following the same set forth in the later ende of the booke of common Praier thrée times at the least in the yéere that is to saie for orders sake yéerely vpon one of the twoo Sundaies next before Gaster for the first time vpon one of the twoo Sundaies next before the feaste of Pentecoste for the seconde time and for the thirde time vpon one of the twoo Sundaies next before the feaste of the birthe of our Lorde ouer and besides the accustomed reading thereof vpon the firste day of Lente 14 Item you shall reade openly in your Church in these of diuine seruice twise euery yéere vpon some of the Sundaies within one Moneth next after the feastes of Easter and sainte Michaell the Archangel plainely without addition or chainge a declaration of certaine principall Articles of Religion sette foorth by both the Archebishoppes and the reste of the Bishops of this Realme for the vnitie of Doctrine 15 Item ye shall not proclaime bid or obserue nor willingly suffer your Parishioners to obserue any Holy daies or casting daies heretofore abrogated or not appointed by the newe Kalender of the Booke of common Praier to be vsed or kept as Holy daies or Fasting daies nor giue the people any knowledge thereof by any indirect meanes 16 Item ye shall kéepe well the Registers of al Weddings Burials and Christeninges within your Parishe according to thorder prescribed in the Quéenes Maiesties Iniunctions ▪ and shall present a coppie of them euery yéere once by Indenture to the Ordinarie or his Officers 17 Item you shall Preach or by suche as are lawfully licenced shall cause to be Preached in the Churches where you are Persons or Uicars one Sermon euery quarter of the yeare at the least 18 Item no Minister or Priest shal serue twoo cures at one time nor say common seruice in any priuate mans house without special license vnder the Ordinaries seale Nor any Curate shall serue any one cure within this Prouince without letters testimonial of the Ordinary of the place from whence he came testifiyng the cause of his departinge from thence and of his behauiour there nor onles he shall first obteine and haue speciall license in writing vnder the seale of the Ordinarie of the place whereunto he commeth for his admission to such a cure and shall shewe the same to the Churchwardens before he enter to serue any such cure 19 Item ye shall reade openly in your Churches Chappels in time of diuine seruice the Quéenes Maiesties Iniunctions euery quarter of a yéere once And these our Iniunctions concerning aswell the Clergie as the Laytie euery halfe yéere once 20 Item for the putting of the Churchwardens and sworne men better in remembrance of their dewtie in obseruing and noting all such persons of your parishe as doe offende in not coming to Diuine seruice ye shall openly euery Sunday after ye haue read the second Lesson at Morning and Euening praier monishe and warne the Churchwardens and Sworne men of your Parishe to looke to their Othes and charge in this behalf and to obserue who contrary to the Lawe doe that day offende either in absenting them selues negligently or wilfully from their parishe Church or Chappell or vnreuerently vse them selues in the time of Diuine seruice and so note the same to the intent they may either present such offenders to the Ordinary when they shal be required therevnto or leuye and take by way of distresse to the vse of the Poore suche forfeitures as are appointed by a Statute made in the first yéere of the Quéenes Maiesties Reigne in that behalfe and if the Churchwardens and Sworne men be negligent or shall refuse to doe their dutie that way ye shall present to the Ordinarie both them and all such others of your Parishe as shall offende either in absenting themselfes from the Church or by vnreuerent behauiour in the Church contrary to the same Statute 21 Item ye shall from time to time diligently call vpon exhort your
Parishioners to contribute and giue towardes the reliefe of the Poore as they may well spare and specially when ye visite them that be sicke and make their Testamentes and for your owne partes also ye shall charitably relieue the Poore to your habilitie 22 Item ye shall daily reade at the least one chapter of the Old Testament and an other of the Newe with good aduisement and such of you as be vnder the degrée of a maister of Arte shall prouide and haue of your owne according to the Quéenes Maiesties Iniunctions at the least the New Testament both in Latine and English conferring the one with the other euery daie one Chapter thereof at the least so that vpon the examination of the Archedeacon Commissary or their Officers in Synodes and Uisitations or at other appointed times it may appeare how ye profite in the studie of holy Scripture 23 Item ye shall not kéepe or suffer to be kept in your personage or Uicaridge houses any Alehouses Tipling Houses or Tauerns nor shal sell Ale Béere or Wine nor any of you shal kéepe any suspected woman in your house or be an incontinent liuer giuen to Drunkennesse or Idlenesse nor any of you beyng vnmaried shall kéepe in your house any woman vnder the age of thréescore yéeres excepte shée be your Daughter by former Mariage or be your Mother Aunte Sister or Niece and such an one as ye shall kéepe shal be of good name and fame nor any of you shal be a haunter of Tauernes Alehouses or suspected places or a Hunter Hawker Dicer Carder Tabler Swearer or otherwise giue any euill example of life but contrarywise at all times when ye shall haue leysure ye shal heare or reade some parte of holy Scripture or some other good Authours or shall occupie your selues with some other honest studie or exercise oftentimes giue your selues to earnest praier and shal be diligent in visiting the sicke comforting of them 24 Item you shall exhorte your Parishioners to obedience towardes their Prince and all other that be in authoritie and to charitie and mutuall loue amongst themselues helping to reconcile thē which shall happen to be at variance at any time and if ye can not Preache ye shall teache children to reade to write to know their dueties towards God their Prince Parentes and all others and by all meanes ye can ye shall endeuour your selues to profite the Common Wealth hauing alwaies in minde that ye ought to excell all other in puritie of life and should be examples to the people to liue well and Christianly not giuing any way iuste cause of offence 25 Item all Proprietaries Parsons Uicars and Clerkes hauing Churches or Chappels within this prouince shall cause the Chauncels or Quéeres of their Churches or Chappels to be from time to time accordinge to the Quéenes Maiesties Iniunctions in that behalfe sufficiently repaired and mainteined in good estate and all Parsons Uicars and other Clerkes hauing Mansion houses belonging to their promocions shall likewise repaire and kéepe the same in good estate and vpon the same Chauncels or Quéeres and Mansion houses with buildinges therevnto belonging being in decaye shall yéerely bestowe according to the same Iniunctions the fift parte of that their benefice till they be fully repayred and being repaired shall mainteine the same in good estate and order ▪ ¶ For the Laytie FIrst wée doe enioyne and straitly commaunde that from hencefoorth no parish Clerke nor any other parson not being ordered at the least for a Deacon shall presume to solemnize Matrimonie or to Minister the Sacrament of Baptisme or to deliuer to the Communicantes the Lordes Cuppe at the celebration of the holy Communion And that no person not being a Minister Deacon or at the least tollerated by the Ordinarie in writing doe attempt to supplie thoffice of the Minister in saying of Diuine seruice openly in any Church or Chappell 2 Item to thintent that the people may the better heare the Morninge and Eueninge Prayer when the same by the Minister is saide be the more edified thereby we doe enioyne that the Churchwardens of euery parishe in places aswell exempt as not exempt at the charges of the Parishe shall procure a decent low Pulpit to be erected and made in the body of the Church out of hande wherein the Minister shall stande with his face towardes the people when he readeth Morninge and Euening prayer Prouided alwaies that where the Churches are very small it shall suffise that the Minister stande in his accustomed stall in the Quéere So that a conuenient deske or lecterne with a rowme to turne his face towardes the people be there prouided by the saide Churchwardens at the charges of the parishe The iudgement and order whereof and also the forme and order of the Pulpit or seate aforesaide in greater Churches wée doe referre vnto the Archdeacon of the place or to his Officiall Prouided also that the prayers and other seruice appointed for the Ministration of the holy Communion be saide and done at the Commūion table except the Epistle and Gospell which shal be read in the saide pulpit or stall and also the tenne commaundementes when there is no Communion 3 Item that the Churchwardens according to the custome of euery parishe shal be chosen by the consent aswell of the Parson Uicare or Curate as of the Parishioners otherwise they shall not be Churchwardens neyther shall they continue anye lenger than one yeare in that office except perhappes they shal be chosen againe They shall not sell or alienate any Belles or other church goodes without consent of the Ordinarie in writing first had nor shal put the money that shall come of any such sale to any other vse than to the reparations of their Churches or Chappelles or for prouiding of necessaries for the same Churches or Chappels And all Churchwardens at the ende of euery yeare shall give vp to the Parson Uicare or Curate and their Parishioners a iuste accompte written in a booke to be prouided at the charges of the Parishe for that purpose of al suche money ornamentes stocke rentes or other Churche goodes as they haue receiued during the time they were in office and also shall particulerly shewe what coste they haue bestowed in reparations other thinges for the vse of the Church And going out of their offices they shall truely deliuer vp in the sight of the Parishioners to the next Churchwardens and note in the saide Churche booke whatsoeuer money ornamentes stocke or other Church goodes shall remaine and be in their handes at the time of giuing vp of their accomptes 4 Item that the Churchwardens in euery Parishe shall at the costes and charges of the Parishe prouide if the same be not already prouided all thinges necessary requisite for common Prayer and Administration of the holy Sacramentes on this side the .xx. day of next ensuyng specially the booke of Common prayer with the newe Kalender and a Psalter to the
raigne of our most gracious soueraigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of God Quéene of England Fraunce and Irelande defender of the fayth c. ¶ Imprinted at London by William Seres Anno. 1571. Articles to be enquired of within the prouince of Yorke in the Metropoliticall visitation of the most reuerent father in God Edmond Archebishop of Yorke Primate and Metropolitane of England WHether common prayer be song or sayde by your person Uicar or Curate in your seuerall Churches or Chappels distinctly and reuerently in such order as it is set forth by the lawes of this Realme without any kinde of alteration and at due and conuenient houres 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 holye Sacraments be likewyse ministred reuerently in such maner as by the lawes of this realme is appoynted And whether vpon Wednesdayes and Fridayes not béeing holydayes the Letanie and other prayers appoynted for the day be sayde accordingly 2 Whether you haue in your parish Churches and Chappels all things necessary and requisite for common prayer ▪ and administration of the Sacraments specially the Booke of common prayer with the newe kalender a Psalter the Englishe Bible in the largiest volume the two Tomes of the Homelyes the Paraphrases of Erasmus translated into Englishe the table of the ten cōmaundements a conuenient Pulpit well placed a comely and decent table standing on a frame for the holy Communion with a fayre lynnen cloth to lay vpon the same and some couering 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 also for the ministration of the communion bread a decent large surplesse with sléeues a sure Coffer with two locks keies for the kéeping of the Register booke and a strong chest or boxe for the almose of the poore with thrée locks and keyes to the same and all other things necessary in and to the premisses 3 Whether the forme of commination agaynst sinners with certaine prayers following the same set forth in the latter ende of the booke of common prayer to be vsed at diuers tymes in the yeare be by your Minister plainely and distinctly red in your Church or Chappel vnto the people betwéene the Letany and the cōmemoration or ministration of the holy cōmunion thrée times at the least in the yeare that is to say for order sake yearely vpon one of the thrée Sundayes next before Easter for the first tyme vpon one of the two Sundayes next before the feast of Pentecost for the seconde tyme And for the thirde tyme vpon one of the two Sundayes next before the feast of the birth of our Lord ouer and besides the accustomed reading therof vpon the first day of Lent 4 Whether in your churches and chappels all Aulters be vtterly taken downe and cleane remooued euen vnto the foundation and the place where they stoode paued and the wall wherevnto they ioyned whited ouer and made vniforme with the reast so as no breach or rupture appeare And whether your Roodlofts 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 sayde 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 fensed and clenly kept And if any part thereof be in decay through whose default it is so 6 Whether all and euery Antiphonars Masse bookes Grailes Portesses Processionals Manualles Legendaryes and all other bookes of late belonging to your Church or Chappell which serued for the supersticious Latine seruice be vtterly defaced rent and abholished and if they be not through whose default that is and in whose kéeping they remaine And whether all Uestments Albes Tunicles Stoles Phanons Pixes Paxes Handbelles Sacringbelles Senseres Crismatories Crosses Candlestickes Holy water stocks Images and such other reliques and monuments of superstition and Idolatrie be vtterly defaced broken and destroied And if not where in whose custodie they remaine 7 Whether your person vicar curate or minister doe weare any cope in your Parish church or chappell or minister the holy Communion in any Chalice heretofore vsed at Masse or in anye prophane cuppe or glasse or vse at the ministration thereof anye gestures rites or ceremonies not appoynted by the booke of common prayer as crossing or breathing ouer the sacramentall bread and wine or shewing the same to the people to be worshipped and adored or any such lyke of vse any Oyle and Chrisme Tapers spattle or any other Popish ceremonie in the ministration of the Sacrament of Baptisme 8 Whether any holy dayes or fasting dayes heretofore abrogated or not appoynted to be vsed as holy daies or fasting daies by the newe Kalender of the booke of common prayer be eyther proclaymed and bidden by your Person Uicar or Curate or be superstitiously obserued by any of your parish and what be their names that so doe obserue the same and whether there be anye ringing or tolling of Belles to call the people togither vsed in any of those dayes more or otherwise then commonly is vsed vpon other dayes that be kept as workedayes 9 Whether when anye man or woman is in passing out of this lyfe the Bell be tolled to mooue the people to pray for the sicke person especially in all places where the sicke person dwelleth néere vnto the Church and whether after the time of his or hir passing out of this worlde there be any more ringing but one short peale before the buriall and another short peale after the buriall without any other superfluous or supersticious ringing And whether on all Saintes daye after Euening praier there be any ringing at all or any other supersticious ceremonie vsed tending to the maintenaunce of Popishe purgatorie or of prayer for the deade and who they be that vse the same And whether there be any ringing or knolling of belles on sundayes or holy dayes betwene morning prayer and the Letanie or in any time of the common prayer reading of the Homelies or of preaching except one Bell in conuenient time to be rong or tolled before the Sermon or any other ringing vsed vpon Saintes éeues or festiuall dayes sauing to common prayer and that without excesse and who doth ring or knolle 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 Quéenes Iniunctions he is bounde and what be the names of such as haue preached for him and whether he hath admitted any man to preach not hauing sufficient licence or hath inhibited or letted anye from preaching hauing sufficient licence 11 Whether any Person or Persons not
same the English Bible in the largest volume the two Tomes of the Homelies with the Homelies lately written against Rebellion the table of the tenne Commaundementes a conuenient Pulpitte well placed a comely and decent table standing on a framefor the holy Communion with a faire linnen clothe to lay vpon the same and some couering of Silke Buckram or other such like for the cleane kéeping thereof a fayre and comely Communion cuppe 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 sléeues a sure Coffer with two lockes and keyes for kéeping of the Register booke and a strong chest or Boxe for the almose of the paire with thrée lockes and keyes to the same and all other things necessarie in and to the premisses And shall also prouide before the sayde day the Paraphrases of Erasmus in English vpon the Gospels and the same set vp in some conuenient place within their church or chappell the charges whereof the person or proprietarie and Parishioners shall by equall portions beare according to the Quéenes Maiesties Iniunctions all which bookes must be whole and not torne or vnperfit in any wise And the Churchwardens also shal from time to time at the charges of the Parish prouide bread and wine for the Communion And for that purpose shal take some order among the Parishioners that euery one may pay such a reasonable summe towards the same as may suffice for the finding of breade and wine for the Communion throughout the whole yeare so as no Communion at any tyme be disappoynted for want of bread and wine 5 Item that the Churchwardens shall sée that in theyr churches and chappels all Aultars be vtterly taken downe and cléere remooued euen vnto the foundation and the place where they stoode paued and the wall wherevnto they ioyned whited ouer and made vniforme with the reast so as no breach or rupture appeare And that the Aulterstones be broken defaced and bestewed to some common vse And that the Roode loftes be taken downe and altered so that the vpper bordes and timber thereof both behinde and aboue where the Rood lately did hang and also the soller or loft be quite taken downe vnto the crosse beame wherevnto the particion betwéene the Quéere and the bodie of the church is fastened and that the sayde beame haue some conuenient creast put vpon the same And that all the bordes beames and other stuffe of the Roode loftes be solde by the churchwardens to the vse of the church so as no part thereof be kept and reserued 6 Item that the churchwardens shall from time to time sée that their churches and chappels and the stéeples thereof be diligently and well repayred with leade tyle slate or shingle lyme stone tymber glasse and all other necessaries and that their churches and chappels be kept cleane and decently that they be not lothsome to any eyther by dust sande grauell or anye filth and that there bée no feastes dinners or common drinkings kept in the church and that the churchyardes be well fenced and clenly kept and that no folkes be suffered to daunce in the same 7 Item that the Churchwardens and Minister shall sée that Antiphoners Masse bookes Grayles Portesses Processionals Manualles Legendaries and all other bookes of late belonging to their church or chappell which serued for the supersticious latine seruice be vtterly defaced rent abolished And that all Uestments Albes Tunicles Stoles Phanons Pixes Paxes Handbelles Sacringbelles Senscers Crismatories Crosses Candlestickes Holy water stocks or Fattes Images and all other reliques and monuments of superstition ydolatrie be vtterly defaced broken destroyed if they cannot come by any of the same they shall present to the Ordinary what they cannot come by and in whose custodie the same is to the intent further order may bée taken for the defacing therof 8 Item when anye man or woman dwelling néere to the church in any Citie Borough or great towne is in passing out of this life the Parishe clarke or Sextan shall knoll the bell to mooue the people to pray for the sicke person And after the time of the departing of any christian bodie out of this life the churchwardens shall sée that neyther there be any more ringing but one short peale before the buriall and another short peale after the buriall without ringing of any handbels or other superfluous or supersticious ringing eyther before or at the time of the buriall or at any time after the same nor any other forme of seruicesayde or song or other ceremonies vsed at any buriall than are appointed by the booke of common prayer And also that neyther on all Saints day after Euening prayer nor the day next after of late called all Soules day there be any ringing at all other then to common prayer when the same shall happen to fall vpon the Sunday And that no Moneth myndes or yearely commemorations of the dead nor any other supersticious ceremonies be obserued or vsed which tende to the maintenaunce eyther of prayer for the deade or of the Popishe Purgatorie 9 Item that the Churchwardens shall not suffer any ringing or tolling of Belles to be on Sundayes or holydayes vsed betwéene the morning prayer Letanie and Communion nor in any other tyme of common prayer reading of the Homelies or of preaching except it be one Bell in conuenient time to bée rong or knolled before a Sermon nor shall suffer any other ringing to be vsed vpon Saintes euens or festiuall dayes sauing to common prayer and that moderately and without excesse nor the Minister shall pawse or stay betweene the morning prayer Letanie and Communion but shall continue and saye the morning prayer Letanie and communion or the seruice appoynted to be sayde when there is no Communion togither without any intermission to the intent the people may continue togither in prayer and hearing the worde of God and not depart out of the church during all the time of the whole diuine seruice 10 Item that all fathers mothers maysters and other gouerners of youth shall in euery parish cause their children and seruaunts both menkinde and womenkinde being aboue seuen yeares of age and vnder twentie yeares which haue not learned the Catechisme or at the least such and so many of them as the Minister shall appoynt diligently to come to the church euery Sunday and euery holy day at the time appoynted and there diligently obediently to heare learne and be ordered by the Minister vntill such time as they haue learned all the sayde Catechisme by heart and shall giue to the Minister the names of all their children and seruauntes both men kinde and women kinde being aboue seuen yeares and vnder twentie yeares of age to the intent he may call for them to be examined and instructed in the sayde Cathechisme And if any of the sayde fathers mothers maysters or other gouernours of youth shall refuse or
whether he be able and readie to read the first Lesson the Epistle and the Psalmes with aunswere to the suffrages as is vsed and whether he kéepe not the bookes and ornaments of the Church fayre and cleane and cause the Church and Quéere the Communion Table the Pulpet and the Font to be made decent and cleane agaynst 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 thrée yeares now last past hath béene 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 anye person or persons ecclesiasticall or temporall within your Parish or else where within this Dioces that of late haue retayned or kept in theyr custodie or that read sell vtter disperse cary or deliuer to others anye Englishe bookes set forth of late yeares at Louain or in any other place beyonde the seas by Harding Dorman Allen Saunders Stapleton Marshall or any of them or by any other Englishe Papist eyther agaynst the Quéenes Maiesties Supremacie in matters ecclesiasticall or agaynst true religion and catholicke Doctrine now receyued and established by common authoritie within thys Realme and what their names and surnames are 42 Whether there be any in your Parishe that vseth to pray in English or in Latine vpon Beades or other such like thing or vpon any superstitious popishe Primer or other like booke and what be their names 43 Whether the people of your parish especially housholders hauing no lawfull excuse to be absent doe faythfullye and diligently endeuour themselues to resort with their Children and Seruauntes to their parish Church or Chappell on the holye dayes and chiefly vpon the Sundayes to Morning and Euening prayer vpon reasonable let thereof to some vsuall place where common prayer is vsed and then and there abyde orderly and soberly during the time of common prayer Homelyes Sermons and other seruice of God there vsed reuerentlye and deuoutly giuing themselues to the hearing thereof and occupying themselues at times conuenient in priuate prayer 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 abrode or in any house or sit in the Stretes or Churchyarde or in any Tauerne or Alehouse vpon the Sundaye or other holy day in the time of common prayer Sermons or reading of the Homelies eyther before noone or after noone 44 Whether the forfeyture of twelue pence for euerye such offence appoynted by a statute made in the first yere of the Quéenes Maiesties raigne be leuied and taken according to the same Statute by the Churchwardens of euerye person that so offendeth and by them be put to the vse of the poore of the parish and if it be not by whose default it is not leuied And what perticuler sommes of money haue béene forfaited that way and by whome since the feast of Easter in the yere of our Lorde 1570. vntill the day of giuing vp the presentment concerning these Articles And so from time to time as the said Churchwardens and swornemen shall be appoynted to present in this behalfe and how much of such forfeitures haue bene deliuered to the vse of the poore of the parish and to whome the same hath béene deliuered 45 Whether ye knowe any that in the time of the reding of the Letanie or of any other part of the common prayer or in the time of the Sermon or of reding the Homelies or anye part of the Scriptures to the parishioners any person haue departed out of the Church without iust and 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 Inkéepers Alewiues Uitailors or Tipplers 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 holy daies And whether there be anye Shoppes set open on Sundayes or Holy dayes or any Butchers or others that commonly vse to sell meate or other things in the time of common prayer preaching or reding of the Homelies And whether in any Faires or common Marketes falling vpon the Sunday there be any shewing of any wares before the diuine seruice be done And whether any Markets or selling of any wares be vsed or suffred in any Church yardes 47 Whether for the putting of the Churchwardens and Swornemen the better in remembraunce of their duetie in obseruing and noting such as offend in not comming to diuine seruice your Minister or reader doe openly euery Sunday after he haue red the seconde 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 offende in absenting themselues negligently or wilfully from their parish Church or Chappell or vnreuerently as is aforesaide vse themselues in the time of diuine seruice 48 Whether the Churchwardens of the last yeare haue giuen to the parish a iust accompt of the church goodes and rentes that were committed to their charge according vnto the custome that hath béene afore time vsed and what church goodes they or any other haue solde and to whome and whether to the profite of your church or no And what hath béene done with the money thereof comming 49 Whether the churchwardens and swornemen of the last yere haue of any priuat corrupt affection concealed any crime or other disorder in their time done in your parishe and haue not presented the same to the Bishop Chauncelor Archedeacon Commissarie or such other as had authoritie to reforme the same and whether they or any of them at any such time as they shoulde haue béene at diuine seruice on Sundaies or Holy dayes and shoulde there haue obserued others that were absent haue béene away themselues at home or in some Tauerne or Alehouse or else about some worldly businesse or at Bowles Cardes Tables or other gaming without regarde of their office and duetie in that behalfe 50 Whether any man hath pulled downe or discouered any church chauncell or chappell or any part of anye of them any church porche Uestrie or Stéeple almose house or such like or haue plucked downe the Belles or haue felled or spoyled anye wood or timber in any church yarde 51 Whether your Hospitals Spittles and almose houses be well and godly