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A00250	Articles to be enquired of within the diocesse of Rochester in the first triennall visitation of the Right-Reverend Father in God, John, Lord Bishop of Rochester holden in the yeere of our Lord God 1638, in the fourteenth yeere of the reigne of Our Most Gratious Soveraigne Lord Charles, by the grace of God, King of Great Brttaine [sic], France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c.	Church of England. Diocese of Rochester. Bishop (1637-1666 : Warner); Warner, John, 1581-1666.	1638 (1638)	STC 10321.5; ESTC S869	10,183	16

Terrier of all the Gleab-lands meadowes gar●●●s orchards houses stocke implements tenements and portions of tithes ●●ther within your Parish or without belonging to your Parsonage or Vi●●●●g taken by the view of honest men in your said parish whether the same ●●rrier be laid up in the Registry of the Bishop and in whose hands any of ●●●n now are and if you have already no Terrier made in Parchment the Church-wardens and Side-men together with the Parson or Vicar or in his absence with your Minister are to make deligent inquire and sentment of the premises and make subscribe and signe the said Terrie aforesaid Concerning the Clergy Whether is the whole Service or Common-prayer read in your Chu●●● or Chappell distinctly and reverently upon all Sundayes and H●●●dayes in such order as is set down in the booke of common Prayer with●●● any kinde of alteration or omission and at due and convenient houres 2 Whether have you any Lecturer in your parish who will not prof● his willingnes to take upon him a Living or Benefice with Cure of so●● or who hath refused a Benefice when it hath béene offered unto him 3 Hath your Minister or any other Preacher baptized children churc●●● any woman or ministred the holy Communion in any privat house otherw● then by Law is alowed 4 Doth your Minister endeavour and labour diligently to reclaime 〈◊〉 popish Recusants in his Parish from their errours if there be any such a●ding in your parish or whether is your Parson Vicar or Curate over-c●●versant with or a●●vourer of Recusants whereby he is suspected not to sincere in Religion 5 Hath your Minister taken upon him to appoint any publike or priv●●● fasts prophecies or exercises not approved by Law or publike authority or ha●● used to méet in any privat house or place with any person or persons the● to consult how to impeach or deprave the booke of common Prayer or the d●ctrine or discipline of the Church of England 6 Whether doth your Minister upon Wednesdaies and Fridaies not b●●ing holy dayes read in your Church or Chappell the Letany and other Pra●ers appointed in the said booke for those dayes And whether doth he som●time reade the Commination against Sinners in such order and forme 〈◊〉 is there prescribed 7 Whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curat in the administration the Lords Supper of Baptisme in the solemnization of Marriage Buriall the dead churching of Women c. use the formes prayers and ceremoni● prescribed in the Communion book as namely whether doth he adminis● the Communinon to none but such as do knéele at the receiving thereof ma●● the signe of the Crosse upon the Childes fore-head in the administration 〈◊〉 Baptisme baptize any without Godfathers and Godmothers use the Ri●● in Mariage and generally whether doth he in the dischargeing of all the●● duties and when he readeth common-common-Prayer upon Sundayes Holy-daie● weare a Surplice 8 Whether doth your Minister or Curate refuse to baptize Children pri●●ly that are in danger of death if they be thereunto required and have any ●●●ldren died without Baptisme by their default or do they refuse to ad●●nister the holy Communion to those that lie on their death-beds and desire 〈◊〉 same 9 Whether doth your Minister or Curat in their Sermons or otherwise ●ny other speake against the necessitie or benefit of the Sacraments If ●●y may conveniently be had 10 Whether doth your Minister upon Sundayes at Morning prayer de●●●re unto the Parishioners what Holy-dayes Fasting-dayes are appointed ●e kept the wéek following according to the Lawes of this Realme 11 Whether doth your Minister in the Rogation wéek use the perambula●●●n of the circuit of your Parish appointed by the Law 12. Whether doth any man being neither Minister nor Deacon reade ●●mmon-Prayer openly in your Church or Chappell or administer the Sacra●●nts or solemnize Matrimonie or take upon him to practise any other mini●●●riall duty in the Church which is prescribed to be executed particularly by ●●●h as are either Ministers or Deacons and what is his name that so doth 13 Whether is your Parson Vicar or Curat a Preacher licensed to preach 〈◊〉 lawfull authority if he be how many Sermons doth he preach yéerly if 〈◊〉 be not how many doth he procure to be preached by others who hath ●ached them and whether were they Preachers licensed as is before e●●●●●ssed 14 Whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curat every Sunday and Holy-●●y when there is no Sermon reade distinctly and plainly some part of the ●omilies prescribed and set forth by authority 15 Whether doth the Parson or Vicar or your Parish cause or suffer any ●●●rat or minister either to read Service c. or to preach before he the 〈◊〉 Curate be examined and admitted by the Ordinary in writing and before 〈◊〉 the said Curate be thereunto admitted according to law 16 Whether doth your Preacher in his prayer which he maketh at his ●●rmon use to pray for his Maiesty with his whol Title for our gracious ●●éene the Prince and whether doth he in like manner then pray for the ●●●h-Bishops and Bishops as by Law is also appointed 17 Whether doth your Minister serve two Cures in one day 18 Whether your Minister or any other having taking holy orders hold 〈◊〉 conventicles or doth preach in any place or doth use any other forme of ●●●●ne Service then is appointed in the booke of common Prayer 19 Doth your Minister Curat or Lecturer in his or their Sermons de●●●●r such Doctrine as may tend to obedience and edifying their audito●● 〈◊〉 faith and religion without intermedling with matters of state not fit to be handled in the Pulpit but to be discussed by the wisdome of his Mo●●● and his Councell and if you finde any herein faulty yée shall present th●● 20 Whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curat every Sunday and l● day openly in the Church earnestly call for heare and instruct all the chil● apprentices and servant of both seres that be of convenient age within 〈◊〉 parish or at the least so many of them by course as the time will serve a● be may well heare and instruct before Evening Prayer in the ten Com●dements the Articles of the Beliefe and the Lord Prayer diligently 〈◊〉 mine and teach them the Catechisme as if is now alowed and set forth i● book of common Prayer 21 Whether is ther any man in your Parish being neither your Pa● Vicar nor Curat that taketh upon him to Preach or reade Lectures 〈◊〉 is not licensed thereunto or who doth not once a yéere at the least reade● whole Service as it is prescribed in the book of common-Prayer and ad●nister both the Sacraments in your said Church or Chappell where h● preacheth or readeth according to the booke of common-Prayer 22 Whether your Minister hath or doth receive to the holy-Commun● any persons that be not of his own parish and whether they be Sectuarie● otherwise infamous or stained in Religion 23 Whether doth

ARTICLES TO BE Enquired of within the Diocesse of Rochester in the first Triennall Visitation of the right-Reverend Father in GOD John Lord Bishop of Rochester Holden in the yeere of our Lord God 1638. in the fourteenth yeere of the Reigne of our most gratious Soveraigne Lord CHARLES by the Grace of GOD King of Great Brttaine France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. ⁂ LONDON Printed by Richard H●dgeki●●●● 1638 The tenour of the Oath ministred to the Church-wardens and Sworn-men YOV shall sweare that all affection favor hatred hope of reward againe or feare of displeasure or malice set aside you shall upon 〈◊〉 consideration of the Articles given you in charge present all and every si● person of or within your Parish as hath committed any offence or ma● any default mentioned in these or any of these Articles or any part branch of them or which are vehemently suspected or otherwise defamed any such offence or fault wherein you shall deale uprightly and according truth neither of malice presenting any contrary to truth nor of corrupt a●fection sparing to present any and so conceale the truth having in this actio● God before your eyes with an earnest zeal to cherish virtue and to suppres● vice So helpe you GOD and the Contents of this Booke The charge of the Church-wardens and Sworn-men set down for the better performance of their duties and discharge of their Oathes THey are straightly charged to heare all these Articles read over to the● and diligently to enquire thereof and for that the time is so short in th● Visitation that they shall not be able to make a perfect answer unto them all And that notwithstanding there are many notorious faults presently worthy of presentment and reformation they are charged after their returne home that together with their Minister if he will joyn with them they do read over all thes● Articles destinctly and le●s●rly to the end they may consider of every particular Article or the offences in them contained and of such persons in the parish as shall be noted to offend in any of them and after that to assemble themselves in some convenient time together and to make their Bill answering ever● Article by it selfe Which their Presentment or Answer they shall cause to delivered at the Register his Office before the 〈…〉 day of May next or else for not delivering in thereof the Church-wardens and Sworn-m● are admonished to appeare that day at ten of the clock in the Consistory at R●chester to alleage cause why they should not be punished for their negligence contempt therein Articles to be enquired of within the Diocesse 〈◊〉 Rochester in the first Triennall-Visitation of the right reuerend Father in God JOHN Bishop of Rochester holden in the yeere of our Lord GOD 1638. Articles concerning the Church WHether have you in your parish-Churches and Chap●●● all things necessarie and requisite for common-Pr●●●● and administration of the Sacraments especially 〈◊〉 booke of common Prayer with the new Kalender 〈◊〉 Homilies both first and second Tome a decent Sur●●●● a Table shewing what degrées of Consanguinty and ●●finity are forbiden in Marriage set forth by authorit● 〈◊〉 the yéere of our Lord God 1563. a faire paper book wherein every Preac●●● which is a stranger and not Parson Vicar or Curate or ordinary preac● there shall write his name the day he preacheth and by whose authority is Licensed the table of the ten Commandements a convenient P●●●● well placed A comely and decent Table for the holy Communion wi●● faire linnen cloath and some covering of Silke or comely Carpet to lay● on the same a faire and comely Communion-Cup of silver and a cover of ●●●ver for the same which may serve also for the ministration of Communi● bread a comely pot to fetch Wine to serve the Lords Table reserved k●●● cleane to that use only and a strong Chest or Box for the almes of the po● with thrée locks and keyes to the same and all other things necessary in 〈◊〉 to the premisses 2 Whether are the afternoone Sermons in your severall Parishes ●●●ned into Catechising by question and answer according to the forme ●●●scribed in the booke of common Prayer and whether doth every Lectu●●● read divine Service according to the Liturgy printed by authority in Surplice and hood before the Lecture and whether are his Majesties ●●●structions in all things fully observed 3 Whether any hath pulled down or uncovered your Church Chan●●● or Chappell or any part of them or hath pulled down the Bels whethe● your Church or Chappell and the Chancell well and sufficiently repaire● whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curate of your Parsonage or Vicar● in your parish kéep the Parsonage or Vicarage-house with all other the●●es thereunto apperteining in good and sufficient reparations And whe●●● is your Church-yard well fenced and cleanly kept without any la●stall 〈◊〉 ●ther annoyances Whether your Fonts or Baptisteries be removed from the place where 〈◊〉 were wont to stand or whether any Parsons leaving the use of them Christen in Basons or other vessels or have taken down the old usuall ●at heretofore used in your parish and whether you have decent Fonts 〈◊〉 coverings for them Whether is therin your parish a sufficient Register book of parchment Christnings Mariages and Burials provided at the charge of the parish ●●●ther are all the names of those that have béen either Christened Maried Buried since the begining of her late Majesties reigne newly written into said parchment booke whether doth the Minister every Sunday read the ●●●nes publiquely of those that were either Christened Married or Buries wéek before whether have you a publique Chest with thrée locks for the ●●●nister and the two Church-wardens to kéep the said book in and whether ●●●●e you brought a Transcript of all the names of such as have béen Christe●●● Married and Buried this last yéere into the Registers office as you are ●●●nd to do every yéere hereafter within a moneth after the feast of Easter ●●●he Constitutions 6 Is your Church or Chappell decently paved and is your Church-yard ●●●ll and orderly kept without abuse are the bones of the dead decently in●●●red or layd up in some place fit as beséemeth Christians and is the ●●●ole consecrated ground kept frée from Swine and all other nastines as be●●●nes the place so dedicated 7 Whether your Communion Table be decently rayled in whereby the ●●●mmunicant and may receive the holy Sacrament knéeling in an humble man● have you a carpet of silke or some other decent stuffe and a faire linnen ●●●th to lay thereon at the Communion time and is the same table ei●●●r out of the time of divine Service or in it abused by sitting writing ●●●●wing Hatts on it or any other wayes prophaned Whether have any Monuments or Glasse windowes béen defaced or ●●●●se inscriptions lead stones or any thing else belonging to your Church Chapell béene at any time purloyned and by whom Whether have you the