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A32959	Articles to be enquired of within the diocese of Lincolne, in the general and triennial visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God, William, by divine permission Lord Bishop of that diocese, anno Dom. 1671 et translationis suæ anno quarto.	Church of England. Diocese of Lincoln. Bishop (1667-1675 : Fuller); Fuller, William, 1608-1675.	1671 (1671)	Wing C4060; ESTC R41981	12,436	17

6. Is your Church-yard well and sufficiently fenced maintained Can. 85. and kept with Walls Railes or Pales as hath been heretofore accustomed and it not by whose negligence or default is it that the Fences of the same are grown to decay And are the Trees therein preserved 7. Have any Persons encroached upon the ground of the Church-yard or other consecrated ground if so set out what quantity of ground is so encroached upon and what new door hath been made out into the Church-yard Except in the Act of Indempn 8. Do you know or have you heard of any person who hath imbezzled concealed or converted to his own use or sold to others any Ornaments Utensils or Materials belonging to any Church Chappel Parsonage or Vicaridge House during or since the late War 9. Is the House of the Parson Lind. lib. 1. 〈◊〉 Offic. Archid. Vicar or Curate with all the Out-houses thereunto belonging kept in good and sufficient repair Or have any of the said Houses or Out-houses been defaced or pulled down without Licence from the Ordinary and by whom Hath any person encroached upon any Garden Yard or Close belonging to the Parsonage or Vicaridge House Or cut up any Trees growing thereon Ibid. de Ecclesiast Aedif. Or changed or removed the Antient Marks and Bounds of the same 10 Have any of the ancient Glebe Lands belonging to the Parsonage or Vicarage been taken away or exchanged for other Lind. lib. 3. de Rebus Ecclesiast without the free consent of the Incumbent and Licence from the Ordinary Have any Inclosures been made in the Parish to the detriment of the Church by the decay of Tillage and converting Arable Land into Pasture By whom hath the same been made and how many years since and how much is your Parsonage or Vicarage damnified thereby in the yearly value thereof as you know believe or have heard TIT. III. Concerning Ministers 1. IS the Minister Curate or Lecturer Episcopally ordained Can. 36. Is he licenced to preach by the Bishop or either of the Universities 2. Is the Minister suspected to have obtained his Benefice by any Simonaical Contract Hath he been legally inducted into the same Q. Eliz. Injunct 26. And did he within two Moneths after his Induction Can. 40. publickly in your Church upon some Sunday or Holyday in the time of Divine Service read the 39 Articles of the Church of England established by Authority and there publickly declare his assent thereunto 3. Is the Minister constantly resident among you Can. 47 and 48. Hath he an able and conformable Curate to assist him in his absence or presence Doth he carry himself in all things as an able and discreet Minister and conformable to the Church of England Doth he serve any more Cures beside that of the Parish and at what distance What is the name of your Curate and what yearly Stipend doth your Minister allow him 4. Have you in the Parish besides the Parson Vicar or Curate Can. 55 and 56. Can. 54. any Lecturer or Lecturers not having Cure of Souls therein Doth your Lecturer conform himself to the Laws Ordinances and Rites Ecclesiastical established in the Church of England Act of Parliament before the Common Prayer Doth he at the place appointed for his Lecture upon the first Lecture day of every Moneth before his Lecture openly publickly and solemnly read the Common Prayer and Service appointed to be read for that time of the day And doth he as oft in every year administer the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lords Supper in such manner and form and with the observation of such Rites and Ceremonies as are prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer 5. Doth your Parson Vicar or Curate audibly and distinctly with reverence and devotion Can. 14 read all Morning and Evening Service and in reading of the same Administration of the Sacraments Celebration of Marriage Churching of Women after Child-birth Visitation of the Sick Burial of the Dead and Pronouncing Gods Commination against Impenitent Simers use the form and words prescribed in the common-Common-Prayer without any addition omission or alteration of the same And doth he use all such Rites and Ceremonies in all parts of Divine Service as are appointed in the said Book so far as you have observed 6. Doth your Parson Vicar or Curate read the Canons of the Church publickly once every year Can. 15. and doth he publickly read the Letany every Sunday Wednesday and Friday in every Week Doth he declare on the Sunday what Holy-days and Fasting days are in the Week following Can. 64. And doth he and the Parishioners observe the same Doth he give notice of the Communion Banns of Matrimony Can. 65. and Perambulation in Rogation Weeks and read the Briefs and Excommunications delivered to him 7. Doth your Parson Vicar Curate or Lecturer preaching or catechising in your Church or Chappel declare or assert any Opinion or Doctrine Schismatical Can. 51. Heretical or Seditious contrary to the Articles of the Church of England by Law established thereby to seduce the People into Parties and Factions to the disturbance of the Publick Peace and Unity of the Church of State 8. Hath your Minister taken upon him to appoint any Publick or Private Fasts Can. 72 and 73. Prophecyings or Exercises not appointed by Authority Or doth he or any other either Minister or Lay Person hold any Conventicles or Meetings in Private Houses within your Parish for People of several Families to resort unto under the pretence of Preaching Praying Thanksgiving or Humiliation co●tr●ry to the Laws and Canons in that Case provided 9. Doth your Minister Can. 45 and 46. being licenced to preach himself preach in your Church or Chappel one Sermon every Sunday in the year Being no licenced Preacher doth he procure Sermons to be preached in his Cure once every Moneth at the least by Preachers which are l●wfully licenced Or one of the Homilies set forth by Authority to be there read every Sunday by a Priest or Deacon 10. Doth your Minister at the reading or celebrating any Divine Officeth your Church or Chappel wear the Surplice Can. 58. together with such other Scholastical Habit as is suitable to his degree and in preaching doth he wear a Gown 11. Doth your Minister refuse or delay to Christen any Child that it brought to him to the Church on Sundays or Holydays Can 68. Doth he proceed therein in all things according to the Form of Publick Baptisme in the common-Common-Prayer Book Or doth he permit any person to be God-father or God-mother before he or she hath received the Holy Communion Can. 29. 12. Doth your Minister being duly informed of the weakness and danger of Death of any Infant unbaptized in his Parish Can. 69. and being thereupon desired to go unto the place and baptize the same either willfully refuse to do or negligently delay the time so that the

Child departeth without Baptisme through his default Or if the Child so baptized do recover afterwards is it brought into the Church by the God-fathers and God-mothers to the intent that the Congregation may be satisfied of the Baptizing thereof 13. Doth your Minister diligently instruct the youth of your Parish in the Church Catechism 〈…〉 Can. 59 and 61. and doth he prepare and present them being so instructed to be confirmed by the Bishop And doth he endeavour to reclaim all Popish Recusants and other Sectaries if any such be inhabiting within your Parish to the true Religion established in the Church of England and to their bounden duty in obeying the Law and submitting to the Government thereof Rubrick for Confirmat 14. Doth your Minister as often as the Bishop giveth notice for Children to be brought to him for their Confirmation either bring or send in Writing to the Bishop of the Diocess the Names of all those Children whom he thinks to be fit for Confirmation 15. Doth your Minister or any other in your Parish celebrate Matrimony between any Persons Can. 62. without Banes of Matrimony first publisht on three several Sundays or Holydays except by special Licence granted duly and by lawful Authority or at any other place than in the Church and in the Church at any other time than between the hours of Eight and Twelve in the Forenoon Can. 99. and at any time betwixt such Persons as are prohibited in the Table of Marriage or are under the age of One and twenty years without the consent of the Parents signified unto him Can. 100. or of their Guardians and Governours if the Parents be deceased Or hath he married those of whom neither party dwelleth in the Parish 16. Doth your Minister refuse or delay to bury any Corps that is brought into the Church or Church-yard Can. 68. convenient warning being given him before except the party deceased were denounced Excommunicate Majori Excommunicatione for some grievous Crime and no man able to testifie of his repentance and doth he do it decently and gravely not swerving from the Form prescribed by the Church in the common-Common-Prayer Book 17. Is your Parson Vicar Curate or Lecturer a Man of sober Can. 75. unblameable and exemplary life Doth he familiarly converse with ungodly vicious and excommunicate persons Can. 62. Is he a frequenter of Taverns or Ale house 〈◊〉 Common Gamester a Swearer Railer or Quarreller's D●ll ho●se● Neighbor 〈…〉 one with another or encourage them to Suits and Contentions Is he noted to be an intemperate Drinker or vehemently suspected of Incontinenty with any Person either within the Parish or without Doth he wear his Hair and Band of an immoderate and uncomely length Is his App●rel gra●e and decent Can. 74. as the Canons of the Church require or is his Carriage and Conversation in any kind whatsoever disorderly or scandalous and unbeseeming a Minister of Jesus Christ TIT. IV. Concerning the Parishioners 1. IS there in your Parish any person a known or reputed Heretick or Schismatick Can. 110. any Papist Familist Anabaptist Quaker or other Sectaries that refuse to come unto the Publick Assemblies Prayers or Services of the Church that makes Profession of any other Religion than what is established in the Church of England and if there be any such what are their Names 2. Is there any person in your Parish that liveth under a common same Can. 109. or vehement suspicion of Adultery Fornication or Incest Are there any Common Drunkards within your Parish or Common Swearers or Blasphemers of Gods Name or any that are hoted to be Railers unclean or filthy Talkers or Sowers of Sedition Faction and Discord amongst their Neighbours 3. Do any of your Parish upon Sundays or Holydays 5 6 Ed. 6. Chap. 3. Can. 13. follow their bodily and ordinary labour or permit their Servants so to do unless it be at the time of Harvest or any other time when necessity requires Are any Shops kept open or Wares sold Or do any Vintners Innkeepers or other Victuallers and Sellers of Beer or Ale suffer any persons to tipple or game in their Houses upon those days 4. Doth every person inhabiting and so journing within your Parish 1. Q. Eliz. 2. duly resort unto your Church or Chappel upon every Sunday and Holyd●y appointed for Divine Service Do they then and there abide quietly with reverence Can. 18. order and decency during all the whole time of Common-Prayer Preaching or other Service of God there used And are there any among you that come only to the Preaching and not to the Common-Prayers of the Church 5. Doth every person reverently uncover his head Can. 18. and so continue all the time of Divine Service in the Church Do they all reverently kneel at the Prayers and stand up when the Creed and Gospel are read making due reverence when the Name of our Lord Jesus is mentioned Rubrick of Baptism 6. Are there any in your Parish that refuse to send their Infant-Children to be baptized publickly in the Church unless in case of urgent danger in which case the Child may be baptized at home by a lawful Minister after the Form and Rites appointed in the Liturgy If baptized at home by whom Give his Name and Place of abode Or do they send them from their own Minister to be baptized in any other Parishes or after other Form than is appointed Or do they keep them unbaptized any longer time than the Church alloweth and are there any Infants or more aged persons in your Parish as yet unbaptized 7. Doth every Housholder in your Parish cause their Children and Servants to come to Church to learn their Catechism Can. 59. and to give an account thereof unto your Minister as he shall require it of them openly in the Church upon Sundays and Holydays as in the Book of Common-Prayer is appointed that when they are well instructed in the same they may be confirmed by the Bishop 8. Is there any person in your Parish Can. 112. who being sixteen years of age and well-instructed in Religion doth not receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper at least three times in the year of which Easter is alwayes to be one Can. 114. Doth any in your Parish refuse to receive the same kneeling or from the hands of your own Minister repairing for it to other Parishes and Ministers abroad Or are there any Strangers not of your Parish that forsake their own Churches and usually repair to yours for it 9. Have you any among you that be denounced and declared Excommunicate Can. 65. for any Crime committed How long have they been so excommunicated and do any of your Parish keep society with them before they be reconciled to the Church and absolved 10. Are there any in your Parish Can. 99.8.1 who are known or suspected to be unlawfully married contrary to the Laws