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A00186	Articles ecclesiasticall to be inquired of by the churchwardens and the sworne-men within the dioces of Hereford in the first visitation of the reuerend father in God, Harbart Bishop of the said dioces: this present yeare M. D.LXXXVI. and in the XXVIII. yeare of the raigne of our most gracious soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth, &c. And so hereafter, till the next visitation, & from titme to time to be presented.; Visitation articles. 1586	Church of England. Diocese of Hereford. Bishop (1586-1602 : Westfaling); Westfaling, Herbert, 1532?-1602.	1586 (1586)	STC 10215; ESTC S120530	8,902	18

ARTICLES ECCLESIASTICALL TO BE INQVIRED OF BY THE CHVRCHWARDENS AND THE SWORNE-MEN WITHIN THE dioces of Hereford in the first visitation of the reuerend father in God Harbart Bishop of the said dioces this present yeare M.D.LXXXVI and in the XXVIII yeare of the raigne of our most gracious soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth c. And so hereafter till the next visitation from time to time to be presented Imprinted at Oxford by Ioseph Barnes Printer to the vniuersitie ARTICLES TO BE INQVIRED of in the Dioces of Hereford FIRST ye shall enquire truly present vpon your oathes takē whether you do know of any which hath thrust himself into any functiō Ecclesiastical without ordinary calling as to say publike seruice in Church or chappell not being lawfully ordered Deacon at the least 2 Whether your Parson or Vicar be known suspected or reported to haue bought his benefice or come to it by any simoniacall compact made either by himself or others directly or indirectly or do let out his liuing or any part thereof to any in consideration that he hath obtained the same 3 Whether your Parson Vicar curat or minister or anie other Priest or layman or woman doe wilfully maintain or defend any heresies false opinions or popish errors contrary to the lawes of almightie God and true doctrine by publike authoritie now set foorth in this realme and what be their names 4 Whether your Parson Vicar or curate do not say cōmon prayer in your church or chappel distinctly reuerētly in such order as it is set foorth by publike authority without any kind of alteration at due conuenient hours whether your minister do not so turne himselfe stand in such place of your church or chancell as the people may best heare the same and whether the sacraments be not likewise ministred reuerently in such maner as by the lawes of this realm is appointed whether vpon wednesdayes and fridayes the Letany and other praiers appointed for the day be not said accordingly 5 Whether your Minister or any other not being licenced take vpon him to expound scripture therby omit vpon any sunday the reading of a part of an Homily at the least or vpon any other occasion do omit the same 6 Whether your Minister do not read the cōmination against sinners with certaine praiers appointed at the least thrice a yeere besides the lent time and whether he doth not read the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions quarterly in the Church 7 Whether he haue preached or caused to be preached his monethly or quarterly Sermons at the least and who they be that preached them and whether he haue suffered any not licenced to preach or forbidden any that was licenced 8 Whether any notorious offender or which is out of charity or excommunicate or a stranger of an other parish be admitted to the communion by your minister or such as being aboue twentie yeres of age haue not beene able to say at the least the Lords prayer ten commandements and Articles of the beliefe or being aboue fourteen yeres vnder twenty that could not say the Catechisme whether your minister at times conuenient before he administer vnto them and namely before Easter do vse to examin his Parishioners whether they can say by heart the same which is required in this behalfe whether he marry any persons that were single before that cannot say the Catechisme 9 Whether your Ministers on euery Sunday and Holyday in the after-noone before euening prayer do not instruct all the youth within your parish of conuenient age of both sexes in the Catechisme or at the least so many of them by course as time wil serue as he may wel hear instruce for half an hour space at the least present to the Ordinary such quarterly as refuse to come to be catechised 10 Whether he do diligently visite the sick comfort them with exhortation to contribute by wil for the reliefe of the Poore as their abilitie shall serue 11 Whether he be diligent in study of the holy Scriptures for further increase in knowledge and for that purpose hath if hee bee vnder the degree of a Maister of Arte at the least the new Testament in Latine English and whether he doth daily conferre certaine Chapters thereof together vsing at vacant times such good and seemly exercises as may keepe him from sluggishnes and idlenes 12 Whether any mynister haue maried any in times forbidden by the Ecclesiasticall Lawes or without bannes thrice asked otherwise than by licence of the ordinary or hath vsed the forme of thanks giuing for a woman after childebirth being vnlawfully begotten with childe otherwise than in forme of a peninent person viz. in a white sheet or other habit prescribed by the ordinary or vpon any other day than on a Sunday or Holy-day or before sufficient caution taken that shee should not depart the Parishe till shee should performe such pennance as should be enioyned by the Ordinary 13 Whether your Minister vse any other Rite or Ceremony in the Church than is prescribed by the booke of Common Praier and whether he or any other keep or vse any secret Conuenticles Preachings Lectures or Readings contrary to the Lawe and what be their names 14 Whether your Parson or Vicar doth not in his owne person at the Church sometimes in the Yeare both say Publike Prayers himselfe and also administer the holy Communion according to the booke of Common Praier 15 Whether your Minister vse the dayes of Perambulations accustomed and that without wearing of any Surples or any other Rite or staying at any olde Crosse and also without vsing any other Praiers than the 103. and 104. Psalmes an Homily for that purpose the Letanie and such sentences of the Scripture as are appointed by Iniunction in that behalfe 16 Whether any do serue as a Minister or Deacon not licenced vnder the Ordinaries Seale or serue twoo cures and whether any Minister comming out of an other Dioces hath not the Ordinaries letters testimoniall concerning aswell the cause of his departure as his behauiour and what stipend your Curate hath by yeere 17 Whether is your minister a peacemaker and exhorter of his Parishioners to Christian loue concord and such a one as is no sower of discorde amongst Neighbours 18 Whether your Parson or Vicar suffer his buildings or Chauncel to fall to ruine or decay and whether he or anie other haue taken away or discouered any Church Chappell or Chauncel or any part of them any Church porch vestrie spittle almes house or such like or hath pulled downe the belles or hath made any spoile or waste vppon his benefice either in his timber or woods or by felling trees in the Church-yarde 19 Whether the Minister and Church-wardens according to hir Maiesties Iniunctions doe keepe well the Register book therin register al Weddings buriengs Christenings and once euery yeere exhibite a Copie thereof by Indenture to the office