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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69745	Articles of visitation & enquiry concerning matters ecclesiastical exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens, and side-men of every parish within the Diocese of Landaffe, in the first episcopal visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God, Hugh, by divine providence Lord Bishop of Landaffe.	Church of England. Diocese of Llandaff. Bishop (1660-1667 : Lloyd); Lloyd, Hugh, 1586-1667.	1662 (1662)	Wing C4051; ESTC R7865	7,942	13

IV. HATH he any other Ecclesiastical Benefice Prebend or Dignity Is he constantly resident upon his Benefice among you How many wéeks in any one year hath he béen absent from it without urgent necessity V. HATH your Minister a Curate to assist him Is the said Curate in Holy Orders an able and discréet person and conformable to the Lawes and Orders of the Church of England Is he allowed by the Bishop to serve in your Church or Chappel and doth he serve in any other Church beside and what yearly stipend doth your Minister allow him VI. DOTH your Parson Vicar or Curate in reading the daily Morning and Evening Service Administration of the holy Sacraments celebration of Marriage Churching of Women after Child-birth Visitation of the Sick Burial of the Dead and pronouncing Gods Commination against impenitent Sinners use the form and words prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer without any addition omission or alteration of the same And doth he use all such Rites and Ceremonies in all parts of Divine Service as are appointed in the said Book VII DOTH your Minister at the reading or celebrating any Divine Office in your Church or Chappel wear the Surplice together with such other Scholastical Habit as is suitable to his Degrée VIII DOTH he observe the Holy-daies and Fasting-daies as also the Ember-weeks and the yearly Perambulation in Rogation week as in the common-Common-Prayer Book or by the Ecclesiastical Canons is appointed giving notice to the Parishioners of every of the same in the Church in the time of Divine Service upon the Sunday next before IX HATH your Minister been licensed to preach by the Bishop or either of the two Vniversities If so Doth he then constantly unless in case of sickness necessary absence or other reasonable impediment himself preach in your Church or Chappel one Sermon every Sunday Or if he be not a Licensed Preacher or being so Licensed be hindred by sickness or otherwise as aforesaid doth he procure a Sermon to be so preached by some other Minister a Licensed Preacher or one of the Homilies set forth by Authority to be there read by a Priest or Deacon lawfully Ordained X. DOTH your Minister diligently instruct the youth of your Parish in the Church Catechism and doth he prepare and present them being so instructed to be confirmed by th● Bishop And doth he endeav●ur to reclaim all Popish Recusants and other Sectaries if any such be inh●biting within your Parish to the true Religion established in the Church of England and to their bounden duty in obeying the Laws and submitting to the Government thereof XI DOTH he neglect to visit the Sick or delay the Baptism of any Infant th●t is in danger o● Death In there any Child p●st Infancy or other person of more years through your Ministers default yet remaining unbaptized in your Parish Doth he baptize any without Godfathers and Godmothers or admit either of the Parents to be Godfather or Godmother to their own Children XII DOTH he in his Sermons preach sound Doctrine tending to the edification of the people in the knowledg and faith of Iesus Christ and obedience to Gods holy Commandments or hath he at any time as you know or have heard preached any false heretical seditious or schismatical Doctrine thereby to seduce the people into parties and factions to the disturbance of the publick Peace and unity either of Church or State XIII HATH he presumed to marry any persons in private houses or such as being under age have not the consent of their Parents or without the Banes fi●st published on three Sundaies or Holy-daies in the Church or at any other hours then between eight and twelve in the morning unless he h●d a Licence or Dispensation so to do XIV DOTH any person preach in your Parish as a Lecturer Hath he allowance from the Bishop for so doing Doth he before his Lecture read Divine Service according to the Book of Common Prayer and is he in all respects conformable to the Laws and Orders of the Church of England XV. HATH your Minister taken upon him to appoint any publick or private Fasts Prophecyings or Exercises not appointed by Authority or doth he or any other either Minister or Lay person hold any Conventicles or meetings in private houses within your Parish for people of several Families to resort unto under the pretence of preaching praying thanksgiving or humiliation contrary to the Laws and Canons in that case provided If so present them with the time and place specified XVI IS your Parson Vicar Curate or Lecturer a man of sober unblameable and exemplary Life Doth he familiarly converse with ungodly vicious and excommunicate persons Is he a frequenter of Taverns or Ale-houses a common Gamester a profane or obscene Iester a Swearer Ra●●er Scoffer or Quarreller Doth he set Neighbours at variance one with another or encourage them to Suits and Contention Is ●e noted to be an intemperate Drinker or vehemently susp●cted of Incontinency with any person either within your Par●sh or without Doth he wear his hair of an immoderate or uncomely length Is his apparel grave and decent both for fashion and colour as the Canons of the Church require Or is his Carriage and Conversation in any kind whatsoever Disorderly or Scandalous and unbeséeming a Minister of Iesus Christ TIT. IV. Concerning the Parishioners I. JS there in your Parish any person a known or reputed Heretick or Schismatick any Papist Presbyterian Familist Anabaptist Quaker or other Sectary that refuse to come unto the publick Assemblies Pr●yers or Services of the Church or that make profession of any other Religion then what is established in the Church of England and if there be any such what are their Names II. IS there any person in your Parish that lieth under a common fame or vehement suspition of Adultery Fornication or Incest Are there any common drunkards within your Parish or common sweaters or blasphemers of Gods Name or any that are noted to be railers unclean or filthy talkers or sowers of sedition faction and discord amongst their neighbours If so who are they III DO any of your Parish upon the Sundayes or Holy dayes follow their bodily and ordinary labour or permit their servants so to do are any sh●ps kept open or wares sold or do any Vintners Iunkéepers or other Victuallers and sellers of Bear or Ale suffer any persons to tipple or game in their houses upon those dayes Declare the persons so offending with the time and place IV. DOTH every person inhabiting or sojourning within your Parish duely resort unto your Church Ch●ppel or Chappels upon every Sunday and Holiday appointed for Divine Service Do they then and there ab●de quietly with reverence order and decency during all the whole time of Common-Prayer Preaching or other service of God there used and are there any among you that come onely to the Preaching and not to the Common-Prayers of the Church who are they V. DOTH every person

reverently uncover his head and so continue all the time of Divine-Service and Sermon in the Church Do they all reverently kneel at the Prayers and stand up when the Créed and Gospel are read making due reverence when the Name of our Lord Iesus is mentioned Declare who do not if any such VI. ARE there any in your Parish that refuse to send their Infant-children to be baptized publickly in the Church unless in case of urgent danger in which case the child may be baptized at home by a lawfull Minister after the form and rites appointed in the Liturgy Or do they send them to be baptized in any other Parishes or after other form then the Church alloweth And are there any Infants or more aged persons in your Parish as yet unbaptized If so declare who VII DOTH every Houshoulder in your Parish cause their children and servants to learn their Catechism and to give an account thereof unto your Minister as he shall require it of them openly in the Church upon Sundaies and Holy-daies as in the Book of Common-Prayer is appointed that when they are well instructed in the same they may be confirmed by the Bishop VIII IS there any person in your Parish who being 16 years of age and well instructed in Religion doth not receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper at least three times in the year of which Easter is always to be one Doth any in your Parish refuse to receive the same knéeling or from the hands of your own Minister repairing for it to other Parishes and Ministers abroad Or are there any strangers not of your Parish that forsake their own Churches and usually repair to yours for it If there be any such express who they are IX HAVE you any among you that be denounced and declared excommunicate for any crime committed How long have they been so excommunicated And do any of your Parish keep society with them before they be reconciled to the Church and absolved If so declare who they be X. ARE there any living in your Parish who have been unlawfully married contrary to the Laws of God Or any that being lawfully divorced have married again Or any that being lawfully married and not separated or divorced by course of Law do not cohabit together If so express their several names XI ARE there any married women in your Parish who after their delivery from the peril of Child-birth refuse to make their publick thanksgiving to God in the Church And when they come so to do do they come decently apparelled and make their offerings according to custome If there be any such present them XII ARE there any belonging to your Parish who refuse to pay their duty for Easter Offerings to your Minister Or any that refuse to contribute and pay the rate assessed upon them for the repair of your Church or Chappel and for the providing of such books furniture and ornaments as be requisite for the performance of all Divine Offices there If so who are they XIII DO any refuse to bury their dead according to the Rites of the Church of England And are there any Wills or Testaments of persons d●●d in your Parish that be yet unproved Or any goods administred without a due grant from the Ordinary Did any dying in your Parish or elsewhere leave any Leg●cy to your Church or Chappel or to the use of the poor or to any other pious and ch●ritable purposes What were those Legacies and how have they been bestowed XV. DO you know or have you heard of any Patron or other person in your Parish having the presentation or gift of any Ecclesiastical Benefice who hath made gain thereof by presenting a Clerk or Minister to it upon any bargain either for money or pension or lease reserve of Tithes or Glebe or any part thereof or upon other Simoniacal compact whatsoever XV. IS there any strife and contention among any of your Parish for their Pews or Seats in your Church Have anie new Pews béen erected in your Chancel or in the Bodie of your Church or Chappel without leave from the Ordinarie XVI IF anie brawl or fight one with another in your Church or Church-yard present them TIT. V. Concerning Parish-clerks and Sextons I. HAVE you belonging to your Church or Chappelrie a Parish-Clerk aged 21 years at the least Is he of honest life and convers●tion and sufficient or able to perform his dutie in reading writing and singing Is he chosen by your Minister and doth he duly attend him in all Divine Services at the Church Are his wages and customarie duties duly paid unto him or who with-holdeth the same from him II. DOTH he or your Sexton if there be anie such appointed in your Parish diligently look to the doors of your Church that they be locked and opened at due time And doth he kéep your Church or Chappel clean from dust cobwebs and other annoiance Doth he toll or ring the Bels at the due accustomed hours before the beginning of Divine Service Morning and Evening that the people may be warned to come unto the Church And when anie person is passing out of this life doth he upon notice given him thereof toll a Bell as h●th been accustomed th●t the neighbors may thereby be warned to recommend the dying person to the grace and favor of God TIT. VI. Concerning Hospitals Schools School masters Physitians Chirurgeons and Midwives I. IS there anie Hospital Alms-house or Free-School founded in your Parish Who was the Founder or is now the Patron thereof and what is the yearly Revenue or Stipend belonging to the Governors or Masters of the same Is the same ordered and governed in every respect as it ought to be and are the Revenues thereof rightly employed according to the intention of the Foundor and of such grants and ordinances as have been made concerning the same II. DOTH any man keep a publick or private School in your Parish who is not allowed thereunto by the Bishop Present such if there be anie in your Parish or Chappelrie Doth your School-master teach his Scholars the Catechism of Religion set forth by Authoritie Doth he cause them upon Sundaies and Holidaies orderly to repair to your Church or Chappel and see that they behave themselves there quietly and reverently during the time of Divine Service and Sermon III. DOTH anie man in your Parish practise Phisick or Chirurgery or anie woman take upon her to exercise the office of a Midwife without approbation and license from the Ordinarie If so name them TIT. VII Concerning Church-wardens and Side-men I. ARE the Church-wardens of your Parish yearly and duly chosen by the joint consent of your Minister and Parishioners or one of them by your Minister and the other by the Parishioners II. HAVE the former and last Church-wardens given up their due Accompts to the Parish and delivered up to the succeeding Church-wardens the moneys remaining in their hands together with all other things belonging to your Church or Chappel III. HATH there been diligent care to see who of your Parishioners be absent from the Divine Service and Sermon in your Church or Chappel upon Sundaies and Holy-daies and to find who have absented themselves without a sufficient cause Hath there b●en by Warrant or Warrants from some of the Iustices of the Peace levied of such offendors by way of Distress upon their goods the sum of 12 pence for every such day of their absence according to the Act of Parliament in that case provided And hath the same been distributed among the Poor of your Parish according to the Law IV. HAVE they been noted that come late to Church after Divine Service is begun or depart before it be ended Have anie been suffered to stand idle or talk together in the Church-porch or walk in the Church-yard during the time of Praiers Preaching or other Sacred Offices V. HATH no mis-behaviour or disorder been suffered to be done by men women servants or children in your Church or Chappel Hath care been taken that none of them sit lean or lay their H●ts upon the Communion Table Have no Minstrels no Morris dancers no Dogs Hawks or Hounds been suffered to be brought or come into your Church to the disturbance of the Congregation VI. HATH there been provided against everie Communion appointed in your Church or Chappel a sufficient quantitie of fine white Bread and of good Wine according to the number of Communicants VII HAVE all Strangers that preach in your Church or Chappel subscribed their names the same day in a Book provided for that purpose together with the name of the Bishop that licensed them to preach in this Diocese and have none other preached THe Church-wardens and Sidemen are required to advise with their respective Parsons Vicars or Curates concerning their several Presentments that so they may be regular and direct in answer to the Articles given them in charge HUGH LANDAFFE