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A32945 Articles to be ministred, enquired of, and answered, concerning matters ecclesiastical in the visitation of John Feilding, Arch-Deacon of the Arch-Deaconry of Dorset. 1683 Church of England. Archdeaconry of Dorset.; Fielding, John, ca. 1650-1697. aut 1683 (1683) Wing C4032; ESTC R217695 3,969 11

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WHETHER have you the Bible provided of the New Translation and of the large Volume and the Book of Common Prayers as now by Law is established as is in the 8 Canon required 2. WHETHER have you a convenient Seat for your Minister to read Divine Service and a decent Pulpit set up in a convenient Place Have you also a decent large Surplice Have you also a fair Cup of Gold Silver or other purer Metal and a Cover agreeable to the same and all other necessary things for the Celebration of Divine Service and Administration of the Sacraments as the 83 Canon requireth 3 WHETHER is your Church or Chappel with the Chancel thereof and Church-yard kept in good Reparation and in a decent and comely fashion as well within as without as becometh the House of God as is required in the 85 Canon 4. IS your Parsonage or Vicarage-House kept in good Reparations and all Houses thereunto belonging 5. HAVE you in your Parish a register-Register-book provided wherein may be written the day and year of every Christening Wedding and Burial as is required in the 70 Canon Of School Masters HAVE you any Man that teacheth School either in publick or private House not having Licence from the Bishop of the Diocess or his Ordinary as required in the 77 Canon And does the Licensed School-master bring his Scholars to hear Sermons as in the 79 Canon is required Of Excommunicate Persons HAVE you any Excommunicate Persons in your Parish And whether doth your Minister read Divine Service or Prayers when any Persons he knew to be Excommunicated was present in the same Church at that time among the Congregation And whether hath he not caused the Church-wardens or some other Person to put them forth or to cease from saying any Divine Service during such Excommunicate Persons being thereat 2. WHETHER hath your Parson Vicar or Curate received any Excommunication Suspension or Aggravation from his Ordinary or his Substitute And hath he published the same according to the tenor thereof the next Lords-day or Holy-day following the receipt Of the Church-wardens and Side-men WHETHER were your Church wardens chosen in the Easter week as is required in the Canon And by the consent of the Minister and Parishioners as is in the 89 Canon required ●nd 〈◊〉 they give up a just Account of what Moneys they had received and how disbursed And at ●●●ir going out of their Office did deliver up to the Parishioners what Moneys and other things belonged to them Of Parish Clerks HAVE you a Parish-Clerk chosen by the Minister suffi●●ent for his Reading Writing and a competent skill in Singing And doth he receive his accustomed Wages as is required in the 91 Canon Of Marriages 1. IS there any Married in your Parish that are within the degrees prohibited by the Laws of God and expressed in a Table and set forth by Authority 1563 And have you the said Table set up in your Church as is required in the 99 Canon 2. HATH your Minister Married any under the Age of One and twenty years without the consent of their Parents Guardians and Governours as is required in the 100 Canon 3. HATH your Minister Married any Person or Persons not having first published the Banns according to the Book of Common Prayer or obtained Licence from rich as have Episcopal Authority or the Vicar-General of the Bishop as in the 181 Canon Wills WHETHER you have in your Parish any Person or Persons who died and have not their Wills proved Or whether they died Intestate that is to say made no will as far as you have heard You shall present such Executors or such as have been faulty herein Parishioners ARE there any in your Parish that are or by common Fame or Report are Committers of Aduitery Fornication or Incest or that are common Drunkards Swearers and Blasphemers of the Holy Name of God Simonaical Persons Fighters Brawlers or Quarrellers You are to present them as is required in the 106 Canon Burials HAVE you buried in your Parish-Church or Church-yard any Excommunicated Persons or known Kecusants or such as have been Felons de se And doth your Minister bury the Dead according to the Form prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer as is required in the 68 Canon All these Things and Persons you are conscionably to present upon your Oaths knowing that the discharge of your Duty in your several Places is or may be a means to reform such Disorders and Persons in your Parish and prevent the Judgdments of God from falling on the same In which help you God John Feilding Arch-Deacon Henry Jones Official