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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79585	Articles of enquiry concerning certain matters ecclesiastical, exhibited to the church-wardens and side-men of every parish within the arch-deaconry of Bedford: for their better direction in their presentments in the visitation of Theophilus Dillingham D.D. Arch-Deacon of Bedford.	Church of England. Archdeaconry of Bedford.; Dillingham, Theophilus, 1613-1678.	1669 (1669)	Wing C4015C; ESTC R173859	3,959	11

ARTICLES OF ENQUIRY Concerning certain MATTERS ECCLESIASTICAL EXHIBITED To the Church-wardens and Side-men of every Parish within the ARCH-DEACONRY OF BEDFORD For their better direction in their Presentments in the VISITATION OF THEOPHILUS DILLINGHAM D. D. Arch-Deacon of BEDFORD CAMBRIDGE Printed in the Year 1669. The Tenour of the Oath of the Church-wardens and Side-men of every Parish YOu shall well and faithfully execute the office of Church-wardens or Side-men in the Parish of N. and true presentment make of such defaults and offences as you know to be enquirable by the laws Ecclesiastical of this Land So help you God Articles of Enquiry within the Arch-Deaconry of BEDFORD TIT. I. Concerning Churches and their Possessions with the furniture and ornaments thereunto belonging 1 IS your Church or Chappel with the Chancel and Steeple thereof in good and sufficient repair both within and without 2 Are all things therein cleanly kept free from any thing that may be noisome or unseemly 3 Hath any part thereof been demolished or pulled down have any of the bells lead timber or utensils heretofore belonging to the same been imbezelled or converted to private uses during or since the late War 4 Have you in your Church or Chappel a large Bible of the last translation the book of Common Prayer lately established the book of Homilies allowed by authority the table of degrees wherein Marriages are prohibited as also a Register-book in Parchment for Christenings Marriages and Burials and is the same kept in all points as is required 5 Have you a Font of stone standing in the usual place for Publick Baptisme and doth your Minister therein onely baptize Publickly 6 Have you a decent Communion-table with a carpet and another convering of white linen to be spread thereon at the time of the administration of the Lord's Supper What cup chalice patten or flagons have you belonging to that Service 7 Have you a convenient Seat or Pew for your Minister to read Service in a comely Pulpit set in a convenient place to preach the word in with a decent cloth or cushion for the same have you also a large Surplice for the use of your Minister in his publick administrations 8 Have you a book for the Church-warden's accounts a box for the Alms for the poor a strong chest with locks and keys wherein may be safely kept the plate vessels carpets vestments and books belonging to the Church And have you a Bier with a Herse-cloth for the decent burial of the dead 9 Is there any strife or contention among any of your Parish about the Pews or Seats in your Church or Chappel Have any new Pews or Monuments been erected there without licence or any old Monuments or Ornaments of your Church or Chappel been defaced contrary to law and by whom 10 Is your Church-yard well and sufficiently fenced decently kept without abuse or nusances Have any encroached upon the ground thereof or cut down any trees growing therein unless for necessary reparation of the Church or Chancel 11 Have you in your Parish a house for your Minister to dwell in Is the same with the out-houses thereunto belonging in good and sufficient repair Have any of them been defaced or pulled down without licence 12 Have you a true and perfect Terrar of all the Glebe-lands and tenements belonging to your Parsonage or Vicarage taken by the view of your Minister and other honest men of your Parish as also a note of such pensions rate-tithes and portions of tithes both within and without your Parish as belong thereunto And is a copy thereof delivered into the Bishops Registry 13 Is there any Alms-house Hospital or Free-School being not of the Kings foundation in your Parish and are they and their endowments preserved and employed to their right use 14 Have any dying in your Parish given any legacy to the Church or Poor which hath been misemployed and disposed of to other uses TIT. II. Concerning Ministers 1 HAve you a setled Minister in your Parish If not how long have you been destitute What is the living yearly worth and who is the Patron thereof By whom are the fruits received and how are they diposed of 2 Is your Minister so far as you know or believe in holy Orders according to the laws of the Church of England 3 Doth he diligently attend upon his Ministery in reading the lessons and prayers preaching the word administring the Sacraments Catechizing the youth visiting the sick and in all other the offices of his Ministerial function in such manner form and habit as is directed by the Book of Common Prayer lately established and the Act for Uniformity therewith published 4 Doth he give notice of the Holy days and of the Ember-weeks that the People may be minded to pray for such as are to be solemnly called to the work of the Ministery As also of the yearly Perambulation in Rogation week for preserving the bounds of the Parish and for desiring Gods blessing upon the fruits of the earth Doth he also observe the fifth of November the 30th of January and the 29th of May according to the Statutes and Orders set forth in that behalf 5 Is his Doctrine so far as you can judge agreeable to the Word of God and the 39 Articles agreed upon and published Anno Dom. 1562 6 Hath he at any time that you know of publickly or otherwise spoken against the Order or Government of the Church of England as is now by law established 7 Doth he administer the Sacraments in private houses otherwise then is by law allowed 8 Doth he every year publish in your Church or Chappel the Statute against profane swearing and cursing according as it is thereby enacted 21 Jac. cap. 20. 9 Doth he permit any strange Minister to preach in your Church or Chappel who is not sufficiently authorized thereunto 10 Doth he serve more then one Church or Chappel in distinct Parishes upon one day If so how far distant are those Churches or Chappels which he so serveth and what wages and salary hath he for his pains 11 Is your Minister a man of a godly sober and peaceable conversation or on the contrary is he a frequenter of Taverns or Alehouses or doth he board therein Is he a Common Gamester a profane Swearer an obscene Jester or an intemperate Drinker Is he vehemently suspected of incontinency Is he a fomenter of suits and contention among neighbours Doth he give himself to any base or servile labour or secular trade unbefitting the duty and dignity of his office Is his apparel grave and decent both for fashion and colour as the Canons of the Church require Or is his carriage and conversation in any kinde disorderly scandalous or unbeseeming a Minister of Jesus Christ TIT. III. concerning Parishioners 1 DO any of your Parish make profession of any other Religion than what is professed and established in the Church of England Do any reproach the same Religion or seduce others from it