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A79607	Articles concerning matters ecclesiastical; to be enquired of within the diocese of Lincoln, at the primary visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God James lord bishop of that diocese. : Anno Domini 1697.	Church of England. Diocese of Lincoln. Bishop (1695-1705 : Gardiner); Gardiner, James, 1637-1705.	1697 (1697)	Wing C4064B; ESTC R225454	5,206	14

ARTICLES CONCERNING Matters Ecclesiastical To be Enquired of within the DIOCESE OF LINCOLN AT THE PRIMARY VISITATION OF THE Right Reverend Father in God JAMES Lord Bishop of that Diocese Anno Domini 1697. LONDON Printed for John Everingham Bookseller at the Star in Ludgate-street 1697. The Form of the Oath to be Administred to the Church-VVardens Side-men of every Parish YOU shall Swear to make True Presentment according to the Book of Articles given You in Charge as far as You know and by Law You are bound without Fear or Favour of any Person So help You God ARTICLES CONCERNING Matters Ecclesiastical c. IN The Diocese of LINCOLN TIT. I. Concerning Churches and Chappels and the Furniture belonging to them 1. IS your Parish-Church or Chappel well and sufficiently repaired the Windows glazed 1. Canon 8● not stopped up the Floor evenly paved and the Seats convenient for Kneeling and Sitting and the whole Church clean and Decent 2. Is there in the Church or Chappel a Font of Stone with a Cover to it standing in the usual Place 2. Canon 81 82. Is there a decent Communion Table in your Chancel covered in time of Divine-Service with a Carpet of Silk or Stuff and at the time of Administring the Holy Communion with a fair Linnen Cloath have you a Patin for the Bread and a Chalice for the Wine with a Cover and one or more Flaggons preserved and kept for this Use and not imployed for any other 3 Have you a decent Surplice for the Minister to use at the time of Divine Service 3. Canon 58. provided and duly washed at the charge of the Parish 4. 4. Canon 83 80. Have you in the Church or Chappel a convenient Seat or Pew for the Reading of Divine Service a Pulpit with a Cloath or Cushion a Large Bible of the last Translation Two Books of common-Common-prayer for the Minister and Clerk well bound The Book of Homilies set forth by Authority The Book of Canons A Printed lable of the Degrees wherein Marriages are prohibited 5. 5. Canon 70. Have you a Register-Book of Parchment of the Day and Year of all Christenings Weddings and Burials in your Parish Also a Book for the Church-wardens Accounts and a strong Chest with Locks and Keys wherein to keep all the said Books and the forementioned Furniture TIT. II. Concerning the Church-yard Houses Glebe Tithes and Possessions belonging to the Church 1. 1. Canon 85. IS your Church-yard sufficiently fenced and carefully kept with Walls Pales or Rails as has been accustomed are the Trees therein preserved has any part of it been separated from it or any Door made into it 2. 2. Lindwood de Eccles Aediffi Is the House of the Parson Vicar or Curate with all the Out-houses thereunto belonging kept in good and sufficient Repair Have any of the said Houses been defaced or pulled down without Licence and by whom Have any Incroachments been made upon the same and by whom 3. Have you a true Terrier of all the Gleab-lands Meadows 3. Canon 87. Gardens Orchards Tenements or Cottages belonging to the Parsonage or Vicarage Have you a particular of the Pensions Rate-Tithes and Portion of Tithes either within or without your Parish and other yearly Profits belonging to your Parsonage or Vicarage Have any inclosures been made in your Parish to the Detriment of the Church by the decay of Tillage and converting Arable Land into Pasture Is your Terrier entred in the Bishops Registry TIT. III. Concerning Ministers 1. IS your Minister Episcopally ordained 1. Canon 36. and Licensed by the Bishop himself Hath he been legally inducted and hath he Read the thirty nine Articles within the Time by Law appointed and declared his Assent thereunto 2. Is your Minister suspected to have obtained his Benefice by any Simoniacal Contract 2. Canon 40. 3. Is your Minister constantly resident in the Parish 3 Canon 45 47. does he Preach every Lords Day unless hindred by sickness or reasonable absence How long in any one year hath he been absent from his Cure Hath he a Licensed Curate to assist him in his absence or presence and what Yearly Stipend doth he allow him Doth he supply any other Cure besides or hath he any other Ecclesiastical Benefice 4. Doth your Parson Vicar or Curate 4. Act of Uniformity in reading the Morning and Evening Service Administration of the Holy Sacraments Celebration of Marriage Churching of Women Burial of the Dead and Pronouncing Gods Commination against impenitent Sinners use the form and words prescribed in the Book of common-Common-Prayer doth he observe all such Rites and Ceremonies as are appointed in that Book so far as you know 5. 5. Canon 53. Act of Uniformity Doth your Minister at the Reading and Celebrating Divine Offices wear the Surplice together with the Habit suitable to his Degree And doth he read the Service with an audible and distinct Voice 6. 6. Canon 21 26. Doth he frequently administer the Sacrament of the Lords-Supper so often as that every Parishioner may receive it thrice at the least in every year And doth he keep back such as ought not to be admitted giving an account of them to the Bishop 7. 7. Canon 57 61. Doth he diligently instruct the Youth of the Parish in the Church Catechism and when they are instructed doth he as there is opportunity present them to be confirmed by the Bishop 8. 8. Canon 67 68 69. Rubric of Private Baptism Doth he neglect or refuse to Visit Sick Persons Doth he delay to Baptize Infants that are in danger of Death Or being so Baptized and recovering afterwards does he take care that they be brought into the Church with Godfathers and Godmothers that the Congregation may be satisfied of the Baptizing thereof Is there any Child past Infancy or other Persons grown up who through your Ministers default remains yet Unbaptized in your Parish 9. 9. Canon 62 63. Injunct Hath your Minister Married any Persons in private Houses Or such as being under Age have not the consent of Parents or Guardians or without the publication of Banns unless by a License duly obtained Or at any other hours than between eight and twelve a Clock in the Forenoon Or at any hour any Persons that are prohibited to Marry according to the Table of Marriage Or such as neither of them dwell in the Parish 10. Doth your Minister publish the Holy days and Fasting days 10. Canon 64.3 Jac. 1. c. 1.6 7. Gul. 3. and doth he read Divine Service appointed to be read those days Doth he on the fifth of November yearly after Morning Prayer or Sermon read the Act for Publick Thanksgiving on that day And doth he read the Act for the more effectual suppressing Prophane Cursing and Swearing four several times in the year on the four several Sundays appointed in that Act 11. Is your Minister Sober Grave and Peaceable in his Behaviour Is he decent

in his Apparel 11. Canon 74 75. Is he a frequenter of Taverns or Ale-Houses a Common Gamester a Swearer Railer or Quarreller Is he vehemently suspected of Incontinency with any Person either within the Parish or without 12. Have you a Lecturer in your Church or Chappel Is he Licensed according to the Act of Uniformity 12. Act of Uniformity Doth he upon the first Lords day in every Month read Divine Service and Perform what the said Act requires Hath he a Benefice with Cure of Souls elsewhere if he have where and at what distance TIT. IV. Concerning the Parishioners 1. DO the Parishioners when they come to Church or Chappel behave themselves reverently during the time of Divine Service and Preaching 1. Canon 18. Act of Uni do they Kneel at the Prayers and Sacrament and Stand up when the Creeds and Gospel are read Do they repeat the Confession Lords-Prayer and Creeds with the Minister and make such other Answers as are appointed in the Book of common-Common-Prayer and say Amen au●●bl● at the ●oncl●sion of every Collect 2 I● there ●●y Pers●n in your Parish 2. Can. 109. who lieth und●r a common Fame or Suspicion of A●ultery Fo●nication or I●cest 〈◊〉 there any common Drunkards Swearers or Blasphemer of Gods Name O● any that are noted to be filthy Talke●s Railers Sowers of Sedition Faction and D●sco●d among their Neighbours 3. 3.5 and 6. Ed. 6.4 5. Gul. Mar. Are there any of your Parish who upon Sundays keep their Shops open or follow their bodily and ordinary Labour or permit their Servants so to do Or do any Vintners Innkeepers or other Victuallers and Sellers of Beer or Ale suffer any Person to tipple or game in their Houses on that day 4. 4. Rubr. after the Communion Canon 85. Are there any of your Parish that neglect or refuse to pay thier Easter Offering or to pay the Rates sett for the Repairs of the Church or Chappel or any thing thereunto belonging 5. 5. Canon 99. Are there any in your Parish who live as Man and Wife that are known or suspected not to be Married or any Living as Man and Wife who are within the degrees prohibited 6 Have any Legacies been left to your Church or Chappel or to the Minister or to the Poor or for any other Pi ous or Charitable use that have been unpaid mis-spent or embezzelled 7. 7. Canon 19. Act for exempt Prot. Dissent Are there any that Loiter in the Church-yard or near the Church in time of Divine Service or Sermon Or any that wholly neglect all Publick Worship of God neither going to Church nor to any Assembly pretending to Worship God elsewhere in Places licensed according to a late Act for exempting his Majesties Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws 8. Have you any such Assembly of Dissenters in your Parish Do they so far as you know observe the Directions and Limitations of the aforesaid Act 9. 9. Can. 112. Are there any who profess to live in the Communion of the Church of England who neglect to come to the Sacrament of the Lords-Supper being of Age fit to receive it 10. Do you know or have you heard of any in your Parish who having a Presentation of an Ecclesiastical Living hath made any Simoniacal Compact or Gain thereby either in Moneys or by reserve of any part of the Tithes or Glebe belonging to the Benefice 11. Have any Pews Galleries or Seats been erected in your Church or Chappel without License from the Ordinary Is there any Strife or Contention about Seats in your Church or any Seats broken and unrepaired TIT. V. Concerning Ecclesiastical Officers 1. 1. Can. 127. HAve any Ordinaries or Ecclesiastical Judges appointed Surrogates or Registrars that are Promoters or Assisters of Clandestine Marriages or have taken Rewards or Gifts for perverting Justice or are noted for Intemperance Incontinence or other Scandalous Vice 2. Do any Ecclesiastical Judges Officials or Surrogates 2. Can. 37. grant Licenses to any Minister coming to reside in this Diocese to Preach Read Catechize or Administer the Sacraments or to exercise any other Ecclesiastical Function unless he first consent and subscribe to the three Articles in Can. 36. in the Presence of the Bishop 3. Do the said Ecclesiastical Officers when a Benefice is vacant commit Sequestrations to honest and sufficient Men that do answer and account truly for the Profits during the Vacancy Are the Parishes provided with able Ministers during the Vacancy 4. 4. Can. 123. Do any Ecclesiastical Judges speed any Judicial Act without the Registrar of the Court or his lawful Deputy or in their absence without such Persons as are allowed in that behalf 5. 5. Can. 126. Do the Officers in Peculiar Jurisdictions and Inferiour Courts exhibit the Original Copies of Wills into the Principal Register-Office 6. 6. Canon An. 1571. Hath any Ecclesiastical Officer commuted ' the Penance of any Delinquent convicted How has the Money been disposed of 7. 7. Can. 135. Hath any Ecclesiastical Officer demanded and taken any unlawful Fees that you know of TIT. VI. Concerning Parish Clerks and Sextons 1. 1. Canon 91. HAve you a Parish Clerk aged 21 years at least Is he of an honest Life and Conversation Is he sufficiently qualified to perform his Duty in Reading and Singing Is he chosen by your Minister Doth he duly attend him in all Divine Services in the Church Are his Wages duly paid him Or who with holds the same from him 2. Doth your Sexton perform his Duty diligently in keeping the Church and Chancel clean and decent and Tolling and Ringing he Bells at due times before Divine Service as well upon other days as upon Sundays TIT. VII Concerning Hospitals Schools School-Masters c. 1. IS there in your Parish any Hospital Almshouse 1. Canon 77 78 79. or Free-School who was the Founder and is now the Patron thereof Are the Revenues thereof rightly Employed according to the Intention of the Founder and the Statutes and Orders made concerning the same 2. Doth any Man keep School in your Parish who is not Licensed thereunto by the Bishop Is your Schoolmaster a Diligent and Sober Man Does he teach his Scholars the Church Catechism Does he cause them to repair to the Church or Chappel on Sundays and other Days when there is Divine Service and see that they behave themselves quietly and reverently 3. 3. 3 Hen. 8.11 Doth any Man in your Parish practise Physick or Chirurgery or any Woman exercise the Office of a Midwife without License from the Ordinary TIT. VIII Concerning Church-Wardens and Side-Men 1. 1. Canon 8● ARE the Church-Wardens 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 2. 2. Ibid. Have the former and last Church Wardens given a true Account of the Moneys they have received and laid out for the use of the Church And have they delivered up the Moneys remaining in their hands if any be to the succeeding Church-Wardens together with all other things belonging to your Church or Chappel 3. 3. Canon 18. Do they sufler no mis-behaviour or disorder to be done by Men or Women Servants or Children by walking or talking or any other way in your Church or Chappel 4 Do the Minister and Church-Wardens provide against every Communion appointed in your Church or Chappel a sufficient quantity of fine white Bread 4. Canon 20. Rubr. after the Communion and good Wine according to the number of Communicants at the Charge of the Parish 5. 5. Rubr. after the Communion Is the Money given at the Offertory disposed of to Pious and Charitable Uses as the Minister and Church-Wardens think fit FINIS