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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00159	Articles to be enquired of within the prouince of Canterburie in the metropoliticall visitation of the most reuerend father in God, Edmond Archbishop of Canterburie, primate of all England and metropolitane in the xxii yeere of the reigne of our most gracious souereigne Ladie Elizabeth, by the grace of God, Queene of England, Fraunce and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c.	Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Archbishop (1575-1583 : Grindal); Grindal, Edmund, 1519?-1583.	1580 (1580)	STC 10155.7; ESTC S2631	12,839	22

Articles to be enquired of within the Prouince of Canterburie in the Metropoliticall visitation of the most reuerende father in God Edmond Archbishop of Canterburie Primate of all England and Metropolitane In the xxii yeere of the reigne of our most gracious souereigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of God Queene of England Fraunce and Ireland defender of the faith c. Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker Printer to the Queenes Maiestie 1580. Articles to be enquired of within the Prouince of Canterburie c. WHether Common prayer be sung or said by your Person Uicar or Curate in your seuerall Churches or Chappels distinctly and reuerently and in such order as it is set foorth by the lawes of this Realme without any kind of alteration and at due and conuenient houres whether your Minister so turne himselfe stand in such place of your Church or Chauncel as the people may best heare the same And whether the holy Sacraments be likewise ministred reuerently in such maner as by the Lawes of this Realme is appointed and whether vpon Wednesdayes and Fridayes not being holydayes the Letanie and other prayers appointed for the day be said accordingly 2 Whether you haue in your parish Churches Chappels all things necessarie and requisite for common prayer and administration of the Sacraments specially the Booke of Common prayer with the newe Kalender a Psalter the English Bible in the largest volume the two Tomes of the Homilies the Paraphrases of Erasmus translated into English the table of the ten commandements a conuenient Pulpit well placed a comely and decent table standing on a frame for the holy Communion with a fayre linnen cloth to lay vpon the same and some couering of Silke Buckram or other such like for the cleane keeping thereof a fayre and comely Communion cup of siluer and a couer of siluer for the same which may serue also for the ministration of the communion bread a decent large surplesse with sleeues a sure Cofer with two lockes and keyes for the keeping of the Register booke and a strong chest or boxe for the almose of the poore with three lockes and keyes to the same and all other things necessarie in and to the premisses 3 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 times in y e yere be by your Minister plainly and distinctly read in your Church or Chappell vnto the people betweene the Letany and the commemoration or ministration of the holy communion three times at the least in the yere that is to say for order sake yerely vpon one of the three Sundayes next before Easter for the first time vpon one of the two Sundayes next before the feast of Pentecost for the second time And for y e third time vpon one of the two Sundayes next before the feast of the birth of our Lorde ouer and besides the accustomed reading thereof vpon the first day of Lent 4 Whether in your Churches and Chappels all Altars be vtterly taken downe and cleane remooued euen vnto the foundation and the place where they stoode paued and the wall whereunto they ioyned whited ouer and made vniforme with the rest so as no breach or rupture appeare And whether your Rood-lofts be taken downe and altered so that the vpper partes thereof with the soller or loft be quite taken downe vnto the crosse beame and that the saide beame haue some conuenient creast put vpon the same 5 Whether your Churches and Chappels with the Chauncels thereof be well and sufficiently repayred and kept without abuse of any thing And whether your Churchyardes be well fenced and clenly kept And if any part thereof be in decay through whose default it is so 6 Whether all euery Antiphoners Masse bookes Grailes Portesses Processionals Manualles Legendaries and all other bookes of late belonging to your Churche or Chappell which serued for the superstitious Latine seruice be vtterly defaced rent and abolished And if they be not through whose default that is and in whose keeping they remayne And whether all Uestments Albes Tunicles Stoles Phanons Pixes Paxes Handbelles Sacringbelles Censers Chrismatories Crosses Cādlestickes Holy water stocks Images and such other reliques and monuments of superstition and Idolatrie be vtterly defaced broken and destroyed And if not where and in whose custodie they remayne 7 Whether your Person Uicar Curat or minister do we are any cope in your Parish Church or Chappel or minister the holy Communion in any Chalice heretofore vsed at Masse or in any prophane Cuppe or glasse or vse at the ministration thereof any gestures rites or ceremonies not appointed by y e booke of Common prayer as crossing or breathing ouer the sacramental bread and wine or shewing the same to the people to be worshipped and adored or any such like or vse any Oyle and Chrisme Tapers spattle or any other Popish ceremonie in the ministration of the Sacrament of Baptisme 8 Whether any holydayes or fasting dayes heretofore abrogated or not appointed to be vsed as holy dayes or fasting dayes by the newe Kalender of the booke of Common prayer be either proclaymed and bidden by your Person Uicar or Curate or be supersticiously obserued by any of your parish and what be their names that so doe obserue the same and whether there be any ringing or tolling of Belles to call the people together vsed in any of those dayes more or otherwise than commonly is vsed vpon other dayes that be kept as workedayes 9 Whether when any man or woman is in passing out of this life the Bell be tolled to mooue the people to pray for the sicke person especially in all places where the sicke person dwelleth neere vnto the Church and whether after the time of his or her passing out of this world there be any more ringing but one short peale before the burial another short peale after y e burial without any other superfluous or supersticious ringing And whether on all Saintes day after Euening prayer there be any ringing at all or any other supersticious ceremonie vsed tending to the maintenance of Popish purgatorie or of prayer for the dead and who they be that vse the same And whether there be any ringing or knolling of belles on Sundayes or holydayes betweene morning prayer and the Letanie or in any time of the common prayer reading of the Homilies or of preaching except one bell in conuenient time to be rung or tolled before the Sermon or any other ringing vsed vpon Saints eeues or festiuall dayes sauing to common prayer and that without excesse and who doeth ring or knoll otherwise 10 Whether your Person or Uicar haue preached or cause to be duely preached in your Church his quarterly or monethly Sermons as by the Queenes Iniunctions he is bound what be the names of such as haue preached for him and whether hee hath admitted any man to