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B07647	Articles, to be enquired of vvithin the dioces of London, in the third generall visitation of the reuerend Father in God, Richard, Bishop of London. Holden in the yeere of our Lord God 1604. In the second yeere of the raigne of our most gratious Soueraigne Lord Iames, by the grace of God of England, Fraunce, and Ireland, king, defender of the fayth; and of Scotland the thirtie eight, &c..	Church of England. Diocese of London. Bishop (1597-1604 : Bancroft); Bancroft, Richard, 1544-1610.	1604 (1604)	STC 10255; ESTC S92374	12,178	17

ARTICLES To be enquired of vvithin the Dioces of London in the third generall Visitation of the reuerend Father in God Richard Bishop of London HOLDEN In the yeere of our Lord God 1604. In the second yeere of the raigne of our most gratious Soueraigne Lord IAMES by the grace of God of England Fraunce and Ireland King defender of the fayth and of Scotland the thirtie eight c. Imprinted at London for Clement Knight 1604. A Branch of the Statute made in the first yeere of the raigne of our late Soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth intituled An Act for the vniformitie of Common Prayer and seruice in the Church THat from and after the feast of the Natiuitie of St. Iohn Baptist next comming all and euery person persons inhabiting within this Realme or any other the Queenes maiesties dominions shall diligently and faythfully hauing no lawfull or reasonable excuse to be absent indeuour themselues to resort to their parish Church or Chappell accustomed or vppon reasonable let thereof to some vsuall place where common prayer and such like seruice of God shall be vsed in such time of let vpon euery Sunday and other dayes ordayned and vsed to be kept as Holy dayes and then and there to abide orderly and soberly during the time of common prayer preaching or other seruice of God there to be vsed and ministred vpon paine of punishment by the Censures of the Church And also vpon paine that euery person so offending shall forfeite for euery such offence twelue pence to be leuied by the Church-wardens of the parish where such offence shall be done to the vse of the poore of the same parish of the goodes landes and tenementes of such offender by way of distresse And for due execution heereof the Queenes most excellent Maiestie the Lordes temparall and all the commons in this present Parliament assembled doth in Gods name earnestly require and charge all the Archbishops Bishops and other Ordinaries that they shall indeuour themselues to the vttirmost of their knowledge that the true and due execution hereof may be had throughout their Diocesse and charges as they will answere before God for such euils and plagues wherewith almightie God may iustly punish his people for neglecting this good and holsome Lawe The tenour of the Othe ministred to the Churchwardens and Swornemen YOu wall sweare that all affection fauour hatred hope of rewarde and gaine or feare of displeasure or mallice set aside you shall vpon due consideration of the Articles giuen you in charge present all and euery such person of or within your parish as hath committed any offence or fault or made any default mentioned in these or any of these Articles or which are vehemently suspected or otherwise defamed of any such offence fault or default wherein you shall deale vprightly and according to trueth neither of malice presenting any contrary to trueth nor of corrupt affection sparing to present any and so conceale the trueth hauing in this action God before your eyes with an earnest zeale to maintaine trueth and to suppresse vice So helpe you God and the contentes of this Booke The Charge of the Churchwardens and Swornemen set downe for the better performance of their dueties and discharge of their Othes THey are straightly charged to heare all these Articles read ouer to them and diligently to consider and inquire thereof and for that the time is so short in this Visitation that they shall not be able to make a perfect answere vnto all them and that notwithstanding there are many notorious faultes presently worthy of presentment and reformation they are charged after their returne home that together with their Minister they do read ouer all these Articles distinctly and leasurely to the end they may consider of euery perticuler Article and of the offences in them conteined as of such persons in their parish as shal be noted to offende in any of them and after that to assemble themselues in some conuenient time together and to make their Bill answering euery Article by it selfe before the feast of St. Martin next ensuing being the 10 day of Nouember which Bill shall be signed with the hand of the Minister and of all the Church-wardens and Side-men and shall for their better ease be brought by one of the Church-wardens vpon the _____ day of Nouember next vnto the Church of _____ where for the sauing of their trauell and charges vp to London the Iudge and the Register will be readie to receiue them Articles to be enqired of vvithin the Dioces of London in this Visitation holden in the yeere of our Lord God 1604. Articles concerning the Clergie 1 WHether is Common prayer read by your Minister in your Church or Chappel distinctly and reuerently vppon all Sundayes and Holy dayes and in such order as is set foorth by the Lawes of this Realme in the booke of Common prayer without any kind of alteration omitting or adding any thing and at due and conuenient houres 2 Whether doth your Minister vpon Wednesdayes Frydayes not being Holy dayes read in your Church or Chappell publikely the Letanie and other prayers appoynted in the said booke for those dayes and whether doth he read the Commination against sinners in such order and forme as it is there also prescribed 3 Whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curate in the administration of the Lordes Supper or of Baptisme when he solemnizeth Matrimonie burieth the dead churcheth women c. vse the formes and prayers prescribed in the Communion booke without omitting or altering any part of them and without any of his owne additions 4 Whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curate read publike prayer administer the Sacramentes ordinarily himselfe vsing such rites and ceremonies as are prescribed in the booke of Common prayer as namely whether doth he kneele at the receiuing of the holy Communion and administer the same to none but to such as do kneele at the receiuing therof make the signe of the Crosse vpon the childes forehead in the administration of Baptisme Baptise any without Godfathers and Godmothers vse the Ring in marriage and generally whether doth he in the discharging of al these dueties and when he readeth Common prayer eyther vpon Sundayes Holy dayes Wednesdayes and Frydayes weare a Surplice 5 Whether doth your Minister vpon Sundayes at morning prayer declare vnto the parishioners what Holydayes and Fasting dayes are appoynted to be kept the weeke following whereby they may be put in minde to prepare themselues and to repaire to the Church to publike prayer according to the lawes of the Realme 6 Whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curate or either of them reiect at any time those women being married which do come to church to giue God thankes after their childbirth or refuse or neglect to visit the sicke or to burie the dead according to their duties prescribed in the booke of common prayer 7 Whether doth your minister in the Rogation dayes of procession vse the

behauiour or giue euill example of lyfe or vse disordered or vnseemely apparrell eyther in cullours guardes or light fashion 25 Whether there be any Ministers or Priestes within your parish which liue idlely without any care neyther seruing in any place nor hauing any place of reading or preaching and so become offensiue to their calling and what be their names who so lyue and how long haue they been with you Articles concerning the Church 1 WHether haue you in your parish Churches and Chappels all things necessarie and requisite for Common prayer and administration of the Sacramentes especially the booke of Common prayer with the new Kalender two Psalters all set foorth by his Maiesties especiall commaundement and Proclamation onely to be vsed printed by his Highnesse Printer the which you were by your Archdeacons commaunded from mee to haue bought before Whitsontide last the English Bible in the largest volume of the edition set foorth by the Bishops and lately imprinted by the Kinges Printer the Table of the ten Commaundements a conuenient Pulpit well placed a comely and decent Table standing vpon a frame for the holy Communion with a faire Linnen cloth to lay vpon the same and some couering of Silke Buckram or other such like for the cleane keeping thereof a faire and comely communion Cuppe of Siluer and a couer of Siluer for the same which may serue also for the ministration of the communion Bread a decent large Surples with fleeues and a strong Chest or Boxe for the almes of the poore with three lockes and keyes to the same and all other thinges necessarie in and to the premisses 2 Whether there haue growne in your Church since the last Visitation in the yeere 1601. any contention betwixt any of the parishioners touching the placing or displacing of any in any seate or pew in the Church and whether there hath been any Pew buylded since the foresayd yeere 1601. in any your Churches without the expresse leaue and consent first had of the Ordinarie of the Dioces and by whom haue any such been built 3 Whether is your Church or Chappell and the Chauncell well and sufficiently repaired and kept without abuse of any thing whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curate or the Proprietarie or Farmer of your Parsonage or Vicarage in your parish keepe the Parsonage or Vicarage house with all other the edifices thereunto appertaining in good and sufficient reparations and whether is your Church-yard well fenced and cleanly kept without any lapstall or other annoyances 4 Whether your Church be a Parsonage or a Vicarage presentatiue or bonatiue or otherwise serued by a Curate whether did they euer heeretofore heare or know that it was a Parsonage or Vicarage and how came it to be decayed from being presentatiue to be in the state it now is and when was it first decayed from being a benefice presentatiue as you remember 5 Whether your Foules or Baptisteries be remooued from the place where they were wont to stand towardes the lower end of the Church or whether any persons leauing the vse of them do christen or baptise in Basons or other vessels not accustomably vsed in the Church before time or do vse any kind of Lauor with a remooueable Bason or haue taken downe the old and vsuall Font heretofore vsed in your perish 6 Whether is there in your Parish a sufficient Register booke of Parchment of marriages christnings and burials prouided at the charge of the Parish whether are all the names of those that haue been either christened married or buried since the beginning of her lace Maiesties raigne newly written into the sayd Parchment booke Whether doth the Minister euery Sunday read the names publikely of those that were either christned married or buried the weeke before Whether haue you a publike Chest with three lockes for the Minister and the two Church-wardens to keepe the sayd Booke in and whether haue you brought a transcript of all the names of such as haue been christned marryed and buried this last yeere into M. Blackwell my Register his office as you are bound to do euery yeere hereafter within a month after the Feast of Easter by the Constitutions Articles concerning Ecclesiasticall Officers 1 WHether the Chancelor Archdeacon Commissarie Officiall or any other vsing Ecclesiastical Iurisdiction in this Dioces their Registers or Actuaries Apparators or Summoners haue at any time winked at and suffered any adulterers fornicators incests or other faultes or offences presented vnto them to passe and remaine vnpunished and vncorrected for mony rewardes bribes pleasure friendship or any other partiall respect 2 Whether doth the Chancellor Commissaries Archdeacons or any other Officials heare any matters of office or correction priuately in their chambers without the presence of the sworne Register or his deputie or do discharge any mans penance for money without the consent of the L. Bishop according to the constitutions or doe sende any writing vnder their owne hands to your Church without the Registers presence at the doing of it eyther for marryage of any couples or for ending or ordering of any matter or penance 3 Whether the Chauncelor Officiall or Commissarie haue caused for or caused the Church-wardens to make bring or to pay for any more Billes of presentment then once in euery yeere or do call for their quarter Billes or make the Church-wardens pay for them Articles concerning Schoolemaisters 1 WWhether the Schoolemaister or Schoolemaisters within your parish openly or priuately in any Noble or Gentlemans house or in any other place be of good and sinceere religion life and conuersation and be diligent in teaching and bringing vp of youth and whether they haue been examined allowed and licensed for Schoolemaisters by the Ordinarie in that behalfe 2 Whether your Schoolemaister or Schoolemaisters do themselues receiue the holy Communion as often as they ought to do and whether do all their Schollers which be of age sufficient and of copacitie by instruction to receiue the Lords Supper come to the Communion either in your Church or where their Parents dwell once euery yeere and be diligent to heare Common prayer 3 Whether your Schoolemaster or Schoolemasters do orderly on Sundayes with their Schollers come to the Church of their parish where they teach and there see their Schollers placed in some conuenient place so as they do not disquiet the minister or parish in time of diuine seruice but may exercise themselues godly in reading and hearing the Seruice Sermons and in answering with the congregation in reading of publike prayer 4 Whether the Schoolemaister or Schoolemaisters either priuate or publike do teach their Schollers the Catechisme authorized by publike authoritie at the least once euery weeke and do instruct and examine them in the same or do teach any other Catechisme and what Catechisme it is that they so do teach 5 Whether your Schoolemaister or Schoolemaisters or any of them be knowne or suspected to read vnto their Schollers priuately any vnlawfull Bookes or priuately