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A00167	Articles to be enquired of in the diocesse of Carlile, in the visitation of the reuerend father in God, Francis, Lord Bishop of Carlile	Church of England. Diocese of Carlisle. Bishop (1626-1629 : White); White, Francis, 1564?-1638.	1627 (1627)	STC 10172.5; ESTC S2634	11,300	16

ARTICLES TO BE ENQVIRED OF IN THE DIOCESSE OF CARLILE in the Visitation of the Reuerend Father in God Francis Lord Bishop of Carlile Anno Dom. Consecrationis suae ❧ Imprinted at London 1627. The forme of the Oath to be ministred vnto the Church-wardens and Side-men YOu shall sweare that you and euery of you shall duely consider and diligently enquire of all and euery of these Articles giuen you in charge and that all affection fauour hope of reward and gaine or feare of displeasure or malice set aside you shall present all and euery such person of or within your Parish as hath committed any offence or made any default mentioned in these or any of these Articles or which are vehemently suspected or defamed of any such offence or default Wherein you shal deale vprightly and fully neither presenting nor sparing to present any contrarie to truth hauing in this action God before your eyes with an earnest zeale to maintaine truth and vertue and to suppresse vice So helpe you God and the holy contents of this Booke ARTICLES TO BE ENquired of in the Diocesse of Carlile ANNO DOM. Articles concerning Religion and Doctrine 1 WHether bee there any abiding in Hereticall opinions or resorting to your Parish that haue wilfully maintained and defended any heresies errors or false opinions contrary to the faith of Christ and holy Scripture 2 Jtem Whether doth any in your Parish Absence from Church being 16. yeers of age or vpwards or others lodging or commonly resorting to any house in your parish wilfully absent themselues from your parish Church Chappell or Oratorie vpon Sundayes and holidaies and other daies appointed at Morning and Euening prayers Or who come late to Church and depart from Church before diuine Seruice and Sermon be ended Or whether be there any that perswade others to forbeare or abstaine comming to Church to heare diuine Seruice and receiue the holy Communion according to his Maiesties lawes in that behalfe enacted 3 Jtem Whether be there any in your parish that hath beene Vnlawfull conuenticles or is vehemently suspected to haue beene present at any vnlawfull assemblies conuenticles or meetings vnder colour or pretence of any exercise of Religion or doth any affirme and maintaine such meetings to be lawfull contrarie to his Maiesties statutes in that behalfe 4 Item Whether be there any within your parish that deny Impugners of the Kings Supremacie or perswade any to deny withstand and impugne the Kings Maiesties authority and Supremacie in causes Ecclesiasticall within his Realme 5 Jtem Whether be there any abiding in Popish Recusants or resorting to your parish that be or are commonly reputed or taken to bee Recusant Papists refusing to repaire to the Church to heare diuine Seruice and receiue the holy Communion and being disobedient to his Highnesse Lawes in that behalfe prouided Or doe any publish fell or disperse any superstitious books or writings or other books libels or writings of any lectuaries touching the Religion State or Ecclesiasticall gouermnent of this Kingdome of England Present their names qualities and conditions Doth any Papist keepe a Schoolemaster in his house which commeth not to Church as is required What is his name and how long hath he taught there or else-where Articles concerning Publique Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments deprauing the Booke of common Prayer Ceremonies FIrst Whether hath any of your parish spoken or declared any thing in the derogation or deprauing of the forme of Gods Worship in the Church of England Administration of the Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies set forth and prescribed in the Booke of Common Prayer by the Kings Maiestie authorised and confirmed Doe any preach speake or declare that it containeth any thing which is not agreeable to the holy Scriptures Perswading any Minister to alter the form of common Prayer 2 Item Whether hath any in your parish caused procured or maintained any Minister to say any common or publike prayer or to administer either of the Sacraments of Baptisme and the Lords Supper otherwise or in any other manner and forme then is mentioned in the said book of Common Prayer Or whether hath any interrupted hindred let or disturbed the Minister to reade diuine Seruice and administer the Sacraments in such manner and forme as is mentioned in the said booke or interrupted him in his preaching and Sermons Obseruation of the forme of Baptisme and Crosse 3 Item Whether is the Sacrament of Baptisme rightly and duly administred according to the prescript Forme expressed in the booke of Common Prayer with due obseruations of all Rites and Ceremonies prescribed in the administration of the same without adding or altering any part or parcell of any prayers interrogatories or not vsing the signe of the Crosse in the administration of the same Children refused to be baptized or dying without Baptisme Parents of children admitted Godfathers 4 Item Whether is the Sacrament of Baptisme refused to bee administred to any children borne in or out of wedlocke their birth being made knowne vnto the Minister of the parish and offered to him to be baptized or haue any such children dyed vn-baptized 5 Jtem Whether be the Parents of any child to bee baptized admitted to be Godfathers and Godmothers to the same 6 Item Priuate Ba●tisme Whether haue there any children beene baptized in priuate houses by any Lay person or Midwife or Popish Priest or by any other Minister but vpon vrgent occasion when the child was in danger of death 7 Jtem Baptizing Papists chi●dren Whether haue the children which haue beene borne to any Popish Recusants or begotten by them in your parish beene publikely baptized in your parish Church by your Parson Vicar or Curate or by whom were they baptized or where to your knowledge 8 Jtem Receiuing the Lords S●per thrice a yeere Whether hath the blessed Sacrament of the Lords Supper beene duely and reuerently administred euery moneth or thrice euery yeere at least whereof once at Easter within your parish Church to euery parishioner being of sixteene yeeres of age or vpwards 9 Item Whether is the said holy Sacrament deliuered vnto Kneeling a● the Comm●nion or receiued by any of the Communicants within your parish that vnreuerently sit or stand or doe not deuoutly and humbly kneele vpon their knees 10 Item Whether hath any of your parish Notorious ●fenders admitted to th● Communio● which bee openly knowne to liue in notorious sinne without repentance or excommunicate persons or Schismaticks common and notorious deprauers of the Religion and gouernment of this Realme without vnfaigned sorrow showne for their impiety and wickednesse beene admitted to be partaker of the said holy Communion 11 Jtem Debarring ●thers with cause Whether hath any of your parish beene debarred from the said holy Communion without iust cause and without intimation first giuen to the Ordinary or Bishop of the Diocesse and by whose default Articles concerning

the Church the Ornaments thereof and the Churches Possessions FIrst Whether haue you in your Church or Chappell Books and ●naments in the Church the whole Bible of the largest Volumne and of the last translation the booke of Common Prayer lately set forth by his Maiesties authoritie the two bookes of Homilies and Bishop Iewels Apologie all well and fairely bound a Font of stone set vp in the ancient vsuall place A conuenient and decent Communion Table with a Carpet of silke or some other decent stuffe continually laid vpon the Table at time of diuine Seruice Abusing of Communio● Table and a faire linnen cloath at the time of administring the Communion And whether is the same Table placed conueniently as it ought And whether is it so vsed in or out of time of diuine Seruice or Sermon as is not agreeable to the holy vse of it as by sitting on it and by throwing hats on it or writing on it or is it abused to other prophaner vses Are the tenne commandements set vpon the East end of your Church with other sentences of Scripture about ●ings apper●ning to ●urches 2 Item Whether haue you in your said Church or Chappell a conuenient seate for your Minister to reade diuine Seruice in together with a comely Pulpit set vp in a conuenient place with a decent cloth or Cushion for the same a comely large and fine Surplice a faire Communion Cup a Flagon of Siluer or Pewter with all other things and ornaments necessary for the celebration of diuine Seruice and administration of the Sacraments and whether haue you a Chest for Almes with three locks and keyes and another Chest for keeping the Bookes and Ornaments of the Church and the Register Booke Haue you a Register Booke in Parchment ●●gister book for Christenings Weddings and burials and is the same kept in all points according to the Canons And haue you a Table set in your Church of the degrees wherein by law men are prohibited to marry ●…parations Churches ●●d Parsonage uses 3 Item Whether is your Church or Chappell with the Chauncell thereof and your Parsonage or Vicarage house in good reparations if any be ruinated and wasted in whom is the default Is your Church Chancell and Chappell decently and comely kept aswell within as without and be the seates well maintained the Steeple and Bells preserued the windowes well glazed the floore kept paued plaine and euen ●…eping clean Churches and all things in orderly and decent sort without dust or any thing that may be either noysome or vnseemely for the house of God as is prescribed in the 85. Canon ●…ncing and ●…eping the ●…hurchyard 4 Item Whether be your Churchyards well fenced and kept without abuse if not whose default is it hath any person encroached vpon the ground of the Churchyard Hath any vsed a place consecrated to holy vse prophanely or wickedly haue any quarrelled or stricken another in Church or Churchyard ●…ophaning ●…d annoying ●…e Church●●rd haue any annoyed your Churchyard or the fence thereof by putting in of Cattell by hanging of clothes or by laying there any dust dung or other filthinesse ●hurches ●acant 5 Item whether is your Church full or vacant of an incumbent if vacant who receiueth the fruits thereof and who serueth the Cure and by what authoritie And whether is it a Parsonage Vicaridge or Donatiue or Appropriation oncealing of ●hurch goods 6 Item What legacies haue beene giuen to the vse and benefit of your Church how haue they beene bestowed who receiued them and detaineth them without due imployment Doth any detaine or embezell any of the Church goods or any other gifts giuen to charitable vses 7 Item Whether hath any in your parish defaced Defacing o● seemely or●ments Burying of P●pish Recusants or caused to bee defaced any monuments or ornaments in your Church 8 Item Whether hath any Popish Recusant being lawfully excommunicated beene enterred or buried in your Church or Church-yard before absolution of that censure and excommunication If yea then by whom and when 9 Jtem Whether be not the profits tithes Alienation o● tithes and profits of th● Church and other commodities Ecclesiasticall impiously and wickedly to the dishonour of Almighty God and preiudice of the sacred Ministerie conuerted to the vse and benefit of couetous Patrons and by them receiued and detained and how long haue they beene so vsed to your knowledge 10 Jtem Whether haue you the Terrier of all the gleab-lands A Terrier o● Glebe lands and other possessions the Church meadows gardens orchyards houses stocks implements tenements and portions of tithes whether within your parish or without belonging to your Parsonage or Vicaridge taken by the view of honest men in your said parish and whether the said Terrier be laid vp in the Bishops Registrie and in whose hands are any of them now And if you haue no Terrier already made in Parchment you the Church-wardens and Side-men together with your Parson or Vicar or in his absence your Curate are to make diligent enquiry and presentment of the premises and make subscribe and signe the said Terrier as aforesaid Articles concerning Ministers and Preachers of Gods holy Word FIrst Whether is your Minister Parson Vicar or Curate Degrees of Ministers a graduate in either of the Vniuersities or no if yea then of what degree Is hee a publike Preacher of Gods word and by whom is hee so licensed 2 Item Whether doth your Minister distinctly and reuerently say Diuine Seruice vpon Sundayes and Holidayes Obseruation of the forme and time of cōmon pray●… and Sacraments other dayes appointed to be obserued by the booke of Common Prayer as Wednesdaies and Fridaies and the Eues of euery Sunday and Holiday at fit and vsuall times And doth your Minister duly obserue the orders Rites and Ceremonies prescr●bed in the said Booke of Common Prayer as well in reading all publique praiers and the Letanie as also in administring the Sacraments solemnization of Matrimonie visitation of the sicke burying the dead churching of women and all other like Rites and offices of the Church in such maner forme as in the said booke of common prayer is enioyned without omission or addition of any thing And doth he read the Booke of the last Canons yeerely ●ontinuall ●ating of the ●…rplice 3 Jtem whether doth your Minister both morning and euening reading diuine Seruice and administring the Sacraments and other Rites of the Church weare the Surplice according to the Canons And doth he neuer omit wearing of the same at such times ●bseruation 〈◊〉 Rites 4 Jtem Whether doth your Minister bid holidayes and fasting-daies as is appointed Doth he administer the holy Cōmunion euery moneth or thrice in the yere at least whereof once at Easter to euery parishioner doth he receiue the same himselfe on euery day that hee administreth it to others and vseth the words of Institution according