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A00201	Articles to be enquired of in the visitation of the Dioces of London, by the reuerende father in God, Edwyn Bishop of London In the thirtenth yeare of the raigne of our soueraigne ladie Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queene of Englande, Fraunce and Irelande defender of the fayth. &c. 1571.; Visitation articles. 1571	Church of England. Diocese of London. Bishop (1570-1577 : Sandys); Sandys, Edwin, 1516?-1588.	1571 (1571)	STC 10250; ESTC S116787	8,080	16

Articles to be enquired of in the visitation of the Dioces of London by the Reuerende Father in God Edwyn Bishop of London In the thirtenth yeare of the raigne of our Soueraigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of God Quéene of Englande Fraunce and Irelande defender of the fayth c. 1571. Imprinted at London by William Seres Articles to be enquired of in the visitation of the Dioces of London 1571. FIrst whether Common prayer be saide in your church or Chappell at conueniente houres orderly and distinctly and whether your Minister so turne himselfe and stande in such place of your Church or Chauncell as the people maye best heare the same and whether the holy Sacramentes be duelye and reuerently ministred as is set forth by the lawes of this Realme And whether vpon Wednesdayes and Fridayes the Letanie and other praiers be sayde accordingly 2 Whether you haue in your parishe Churches and Chappelles all things necessarie and requisite for Common prayer and administration of the Sacramentes specially the Booke of Common prayer with the new Kalender a Psalter the english Bible in the largest volume the two Tomes of the Homelies a comely and decent Table standing on a frame for the holye Communion with the furniture thereto prescribed a fayer and comely Communion Cuppe of Siluer and a couer of Siluer for the same and all other things requisite in to the premisses 3 Whether you haue in your Church or Chappell a comely Pulpet conueniently placed the Paraphrases of Erasmus translated into english the Table of the tenne Commaundements a strong Chest or Boxe for the almose of the poore 4. Whether in any Church or Chappell if singing be there vsed such partes onely of the Common prayer be song as by the Booke of Common prayer are appoynted to be song and the rest reuerently sayde and read with an audible voyce And whether there be a modest and distinct song so vsed concerning the sayde partes of the common prayer which be song that the same may be as plainely vnderstanded as if they were reade without singing or whether any part thereof be so abused that thereby the common prayer is the worse vnderstanded of the hearers 5 Whether in your Church or Chappel any Organs be vsed in the time of Common prayer or ministration of the Communion otherwise than is appoynted by the sayde booke of common prayer or by the Quéenes Maiesties Iniunctions and whether the vse of them be vrged by any person or persons as any percell or supply of the common prayer or other diuine seruice appoynted by the lawes of this Realme 6 Whether the forme of Commination against 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 yere be by your Minister plainely and distinctly reade in your Church or Chappell vnto the people as is prescribed thrée times at the least in the yere that is to say for order sake vpon one of the thrée sundayes next before Easter for the first time vpon one of the two Sundayes next before the feast of Penticost for the seconde time for the thirde time vpon one of the two Sundayes next before the feast of the birth of our Lord our besides the accustomed reading therof vpon the first day of Lent. 7 Whether your Person or Vicar 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 whether he hath admitted any man to preach not hauing sufficient lycence or hath inhibited or letted any from preaching hauing sufficient licence 8 Whether your Person Vicar or Curate doe euery Sunday when there is no Sermon reade distinctly and plainely some part of the Homelies prescribed set forth by the Quéenes authoritie to be read and euery holy day when there is no Sermon immediatly after the Gospell openly plainely and distinctly recyte to his Parishoners the Lordes prayer the Articles of the fayth and the ten Commaundements in English and whether any Minister not admytted by the Ordinarie or by other lawfull authoritie doe expounde any scripture or matter of doctrine by the way of exhortation or otherwise and thereby omit and leaue of the reading of the Homelies 9 Whether your minister doe at the least euery Sunday and euery holy day openly in the church call for heare and instruct all the children apprentises and seruauntes of both the sexes that be of conuenient age within your Parishe or at the least so many of them by course as the tyme will serue and as he may well heare and instruct for halfe an houre at the least before or at the Euening prayer in the ten Commaundements the articles of the Beliefe and the Lords prayer and diligently examine and teach them the Cathechisme set forth in the booke of common prayer And whether for that purpose he doth take the names of them all and by course call certaine of them by name euery Sunday and holy daye to come to the teaching of the same Cathechisme 10 Whether your Person Vicar or Curate after the Gospell haue read openly in your Church twise this yeare plainely without addition or chaunge the declaration of certaine principall articles of Religion set forth by both the Archbishops and the rest of the Bishops of this realme for vnitie of doctrine being appointed to be read vpon some Sunday within the Moneth next Michaelmasse and Easter yearely 11 Whether all Fathers Mothers Maysters and Dames of your Parishe cause their children seruauntes and apprentises both mankinde and womankinde being aboue sixe yeres of age and vnder twentie which haue not learned the Cathechisme to come to the church on the Sundayes and holy dayes at the times to them appointed or at the least such and so many of them as your Minister shall appoint and there diligently and obediently to heare and to be ordered by the Minister vntyll such time as they haue learned the same Cathechisme what be the names of those that doe not cause their children seruants and apprentises so to come to the church to be instructed and examined and how many of the sayde children seruauntes and apprentises be in your Parish which being aboue seauen yeres olde and vnder twentie yeares of age cannot say by heart the sayd Cathechisme and what be their names and age and with whome they dwell 12 Whether any person or persons be admitted to aunswere as Godfathers or Godmothers at the christening of any childe except he or she haue before receyued the holy communion and can say by heart the Articles of the christian fayth and will recite the same before the Minister if he or she be therevnto required 13 Whether your Person Vicar Curate or other Minister in your church or Chappell hath admitted to the receyuing of the holy communion any open and notorious sinner or euill

liuer by whome the congregation is offended without due penance first done to the satisfaction of the congregation or any malicious person that is out of charitie or that hath done any open wrong to his neighbour by worde or déede without due reconciliation first made to the partie that is wronged 14 Whether your Person Vicar Curat or Minister hath admitted to the holy communion any of his parish being aboue twentie yeares of age that cannot saye by heart the ten Commaundements the Articles of the faith and the Lordes prayer in english and what be their names or being aboue fourtéene yeares and vnder twentie yeares of age that cannot saye the Cathechisme set forth in the sayde booke of common prayer And whether he marry any persons which were single before that cannot say the Cathechisme or contentes thereof 15 Whether your Person Vicar Curat or Minister hath at any time receyued any that is not of his owne parishe to the holy Communion and for what cause or consideration he hath so done 16 Whether there be any in your parish man or woman being of conuenient age that hath not receyued the holy Communion thrise at the least this yeare and namely at Easter last or there about for once and what there names are And whether both yerely before Easter at such conuenient tymes and namely on Sundaies in Lent at after noone or such other dayes in the wéeke next before Easter as the Person Vicar or Curat shall appoynt require his parishioners to come vnto him they doe come and recite vnto him the Cathechisme or at the least the Lordes prayer the Articles of the Christian beliefe and the ten Commaundements by heart in english and also at other conuenient times before their receyuing of the holy Communion they come to be examined in the premisses And if any doe wilfully and stubburnly refuse to come to such recitall or examination whether the Churchwardens and sworne men or anye of them doe assist the Minister therein that such stubburne persons may be rebuked and repelled from the communion at that time 17. Whether the people of your parish especially housholders hauing no lawfull excuse to be absent doe faithfullye and diligently resort with their family to their parish Church or Chappell on the holidayes chiefely vpon the Sundaies to morning euening prayer or 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 Homelies Preachings and other seruice of God there vsed reuerently and deuoutly giuing themselues to the hearing thereof and occupying themselues at time conuenient in priuat prayer and who they be that eyther negligentlye or wilfullye 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 abroade or in any house or sit in the streates or Churchyarde or in any Tauerne or alehouse vpon the Sundaye or other Holiday in the tyme of common prayer Sermons or reading of the Homelies eyther before noone or after noone 18 Whether the forfeiture of twelue pence for euery such offence appointed by a statute made in the first yeare of the Quéenes Maiesties reigne be leuied and taken according to the same statute by the Churchwardens of euery person that so offendeth and by them be put to the vse of the poore of the parishe and if it be not by whose default it is not leuied or not put to the vse of the poore aforesayde 19 Whether there be any Inkepers Alewiwes vitaylers or Tipplers that suffer anye person or persons in their houses to eate drinke or play at Cardes Tables or such like games in time of common prayer or Sermon on the Sundayes and Holidayes and whether there be any shoppes open on Sundayes or Holidayes or any Butchers or others that commonly vse to sell meate or other things in the time of common prayer preaching or reading of the Homelies And whether in any fayres or common markets falling vppon the Sunday there be anye shewing of any wares before the morning prayer be done 20 Whether for the putting of the Churchwardens and swornemen the better in the remembraunce of their duetie in noting such as offende in not comining to diuine seruice your Minister or Reader doe openly euery Sundaye after he haue reade the seconde lesson at Morning and euening prayer monishe the Churchwardens and Sworne men to looke to their charge in this behalfe and to obserue who contrarie to the saide statute offende in absenting themselues negligently or wilfully from their parish Church or Chappell or vnreuerentlye as is aforesaide vse themselues in time of diuine seruice 21 Whether your Minister or Reader doe church any vnmaried woman which hath bene gotten with childe out of lawfull mariage say for hir the fourme of thankes giuing of women after childe birth except such an vnmaried woman haue eyther before hir childe birth done due penance for hir fault to the satisfaction of the congregation or at hir comming to giue thanks has openly acknowledge hir faulte before the congregation at the appoyntment of the Minister according to order prescribed to the sayde Minister by the ordinarie or his deputie the same Churching to be had alway on some Sunday or Holidaye and vpon none other day 22 Whether for the retayning of the perambulation of the cercuite of your parish the Person Vicar or Curat Church-wardens and certayne of the substanciall men of your parishe in the dayes of the Rogations commonly called the gang daies walke the accustomed boundes of your parish and whether in the same perambulation the Curate doe vse any other rite or ceremonie then to say or sing in english such Psalmes and recite such sentences of scripture as be appoynted by the quéenes Maiesties Iniunctions with the Letany and Suffrages following the same and reading one Homely alreadie deuised and set forth for that purpose without wearing any Surplesses carying of Banners or handebeles or staying at Crosses or other such like Popish ceremonies 23 Whether when any christian bodie is in passing the bell be tolled and the Minister called to comfort the sicke person and after the time of his or hir passing there be anye more ringing but one short peale before the buriall and an other short peale after the buriall And whether on all Saintes day after Euening prayer there be anye more ringing in your Church or Chappell or other supersticious ceremonies vsed tending to the maintenaunce of the Popish Purgatorie or praying for the deade and who they be that vse or doe the same And whether there be any ringing on Sundayes or Holidaies betwéene Morning prayer and the Letany or at other times contrarie to good order or lawe 24 Whether your Person Vicar or curate doth openly or secretly teach or maintaine any erronious or superstitious doctrine And whether he doe kéepe anye suspected woman in his house