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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00154	Articles to be enquired of, 1548	Church of England. Diocese of Canterbury.	1548 (1548)	STC 10148.5; ESTC S2093	5,755	18

ARTICLES TO BE INQVIRED OF 1548. Â¶ Articles to be inquired of in visitacions to bee had within the Diocesse of Cantorbury in the seconde yere of the reigne of our moste drad souereigne Lorde Edward the VI. by the grace of God Kyng of Englande Fraunce and Irelande defender of the faithe and in yearth of the Churche of Englande and also of Irelande the supreme hedde FIrst whether Persones Vicars and Curates and euery of them haue purely and sincerely without colour or dissimulacioÌ„ foure tymes in the yere at the least preached againste the vsurped power pretensed aucthoritie and iurisdiccion of the bishop of Rome IteÌ„ whether thei haue preached and declared likewise iiii times of the yere at the least that the kynges maiesties power aucthoritie and preheminence within his Realmes and dominions is the highest power vnder God Item whether any persone hath by writyng Cyphryng preachyng or teachyng deede or act obstinatly holden and stande with to extoll setfurthe maintein or defend the aucthoritie iurisdiccioÌ„ or power of the bishop of Rome or of his sea heretofore claimed and vsurped or by any pretense obstinatly or maliciously inuented any thyng for the extollyng of the same or any parte thereof Item whether in their common praiers thei vse not the Collettes made for the Kyng and make not speciall mencioÌ„ of his maiesties name in the same Item whether thei do not euery sondaie and holy day with the collectes of the Englishe procession saie the praier sette furthe by the Kynges maiestie for peace betwene England ScotlaÌ„d Item whether thei haue not remoued taken awaie vtterly extincted and destroyed in their Churches Chapelles and houses all Images all shrines couerynges of shrines all Tables candelstickes trindels or rolles of waxe pictures Paintynges and all other monumentes of fained miracles Pilgrimages Idolatrie and Supersticion so that there remain no memorie of the same in walles glaswindowes or els wher Item whether thei haue exhorted moued and stirred their parishoners to do the like in euery of their houses Item whether thei haue declared to their parishoners the articles concernyng the abrogacion of certain superfluous holy daies and doen their indeuor to perswade the saied parishoners to kepe and obserue the same articles inuiolably and whether any of those abrogate daies hath been kepte as holy daies and by whose occasion thei were so kept Item whether thei haue diligeÌ„tly duely and reuerently ministred the Sacramentes in their Cures Item whether thei haue preached or caused to bee preached purely and sincerely the woorde of God in euery of their Cures euery quarter of the yere once at the least exhortyng their parishoners to the workes commaunded by scriptures and not to workes deuised by mennes phaÌ„tasies besides scripture as wearyng or praiyng vpon beades or suche like Item whether thei suffre any torches candelles Tapers or any other lightes to bee in your Churches but onely two lightes vpon the high Aulter Item whether thei haue not euery holy daye when thei haue no sermon immediatly after the Gospell opeÌ„ly plainly and distinctly recited to their parishoners in the pulpit the Pater noster the crede and the .x. Commaundementes in English Item whether euery Lent thei examine suche persones as commeth to Confession to theÌ„ whether thei canne recite the Pater noster the Articles of our faith the .x. CoÌ„maundementes in English Item whether thei haue charged fathers and mothers masters and gouernours of youthe to bryng them vp in some verteous study or occupacion Item whether suche beneficed menne as bee lawfully absent from their benefices dooe leaue their Cure to a rude and vnlearned person and not to an honest well learned and expert Curate whiche can and will teach you holsom doctrine Item whether in euery Cure thei haue thei haue prouided one booke of the whole Bible of the largest volume in Englishe and the Paraphrasis of Erasmus also in Englishe vpon the Gospelles and set vp thesame in some conuenient place in the Church where their parishoners maie moste commodiously resorte to thesame Item whether thei haue discoraged any persone froÌ„ readyng of any part of the Bible either in Latin or in Englishe but rather comforted and exhorted euery persone to reade thesame as the very liuely woorde of God and the speciall foode of mannes soule Item whether Persones Vicars Curates and other priestes be common haunters and resorters to Tauernes or Alehouses geuyng theÌ„selfes to drinkyng riotyng or plaiyng at vnlawfull games and doo not occupie theimselfes in the readyng or hearyng of some parte of holy scripture or in some other Godly exercise Item whether thei haue admitted any man to preache in their cures not beyng lawfully licensed thereunto or haue refused or denied suche to preache as haue been licensed accordyngly Item whether thei which haue heretofore declared to their parishoners any thyng to the extolling or setting furth of pilgrimages reliques or Images or lightyng of candels kissyng knelyng deckyng of thesame Images or any suche supersticion haue not openly recanted and reproued thesame Item whether thei haue one boke or register safely kepte wherein thei write the daie of euery Weddyng Christenyng and Buriyng Item whether thei haue exhorted the people to obedience to the kynges maiestie and his ministers and to Charitie and loue one to another Item whether thei haue admonished their parishoners that thei ought not to presume to receiue the Sacrament of the body and bloud of Christ before thei can perfectly the Pater noster the Articles of the faith and the tenne commaundementes in Englishe Item whether thei haue declared and to their wittes and power haue perswaded the people that the maner and kind of fastyng in Lent and other daies in the yere is but a mere positiue law and that therfore al persones hauyng iust cause of sickenes or other necessitie or beyng licensed by the kynges maiestie maie moderatly eate all kynde of meates without grudge or scruple of conscience Item whether thei be resident vpon their benefices and kepe hospitalitie or no and if thei be abseÌ„t or kepe no hospitalitie whether thei do make due distribucions emong the poore parishoners or not IteÌ„ whether Persones Vicars Clarkes and other beneficed men hauyng yerely to dispende an hundred pounde doo not finde competently one scholer in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge or Oxforde or some Grammer schoole and for as many hundred poundes as euery of them maie dispende so many scholers likewise to be found by them what be their names that thei so find Item whether Proprietaries Persones Vicars and Clarkes hauyng Churches Chapelles or Mansions dooe kepe their Chauncelles Rectories Vicareges and all other houses apparteignyng to them in due reparacions Item whether thei haue counsailed or moued their parishoners rather to praie in a toÌ„gue not knowen then in Englishe or to put their trust in any prescribed nomber of praiers as in saiyng ouer a nombre of beades or other like Item whether thei haue red the kynges maiesties Iniunccions euery

quarter of the yere the first holy daie of thesame quarter Item whether the Persons Vicars Curates and other priestes beeyng vnder the degree of a bachelar of diuinitie haue of their awne the new Testament bothe in Latin and in Englishe and the paraphrase of Erasmus vpon thesame Item whether within euery Churche he that ministereth haue red or cause to be red the Epistle and Gospell in Englishe and not in Latin either in the Pulpit or some other mete place so as the people maie heare thesame Item whether euery Sondaie and holy daie at Matyns thei haue read or cause to bee read plainly and distinctly in thesaid place one Chapiter of the newe Testament in Englishe immediatly after the Lessons and at Euensong after Magnificat one Chapiter of the old testament IteÌ„ whether thei haue not at Matins omitted three lessons when .ix. should haue been read in the Churche and at Euensong the Respondes with all the Memories Item whether thei haue declared to their parishioners that sainct Markes daie and the euens of the abrogate holy daies should not bee fasted Item whether thei haue the Procession boke in Englishe and haue saied or song thesaed Letany in any other place but vpon their knees in the middest of their Churche and whether thei vse any other procession or omit thesaid Letany at any tyme or saie it or syng it in suche sorte as the people cannot vnderstande thesame Item whether their haue put out of their churche bokes this worde Papa and the name and seruice of Thomas Bequet and praiers hauyng rubrices conteinyng pardones or indulgences and al other supersticious legeÌ„des and praiers Item whether thei bid not the beades accordyng to the order appoynted by the Kynges Maiestie Item whether thei haue opened and declared vnto you the true vse of Ceremonies that is to saie that thei be no workers nor workes of saluacion but onely outwarde signes and tokens to put vs in remembrauÌ„ce of thynges of higher perfeccion Item whether thei haue taught and declared to their parishoners that thei maie with a safe quiet conscience in the tyme of Haruest labour vpon the holy and festiuall daies and if supersticiously thei abstein from working vpon those daies that then thei doo greuously offende and displease God Item whether thei haue admitted any persones to the Communion beeyng openly knowen to be out of charitie with their neighbors Item whether the Deanes Archedeacons Masters of Hospitalles and PrebeÌ„daries haue preached by theimselfes personally twise euery yere at the least Item whether thei haue prouided and haue a strong Cheste for the poore mennes boxe and set and fastened thesame nere to the high aultar Item whether thei haue diligently called vpon exhorted and moued their parishoners and specially when thei make their Testamentes to geue to thesaied poore mennes Boxe and to bestowe that vpon the poore Cheste whiche thei were wont to bestowe vpon pardonnes pilgremages trentalles Masses satisfactory deckyng of Images offeryng of Candelles geuyng to Friers and vpon other like blynde deuocions Item whether thei haue denied to visite the sicke or bury the dedde beyng brought to the Churche Item whether thei haue bought their benefices or come to theim by fraude or deceipt Item whether thei haue euery Sondaie wheÌ„ the people be moste gathered red one of the Homelies in ordre as thei stande in the boke sette furthe by the kynges maiestie Item whether thei do not omit prime and howers when thei haue any sermon or Homelie Item whether thei haue saied or song any Masse in any Oratory Chapell or any mannes house not beyng hallowed Item whether thei haue geuen open monicioÌ„ to their parishoners that thei should not weare beades nor praie vpon theim Item whether thei haue moued their parishoners liyng vpon their death beddes or at any other tyme to bestowe any parte of their substaÌ„ce vpon Trentalles Masses Satisfactory or any suche blynd deuocions Item whether thei take any Trentalles or other Masses Satisfactorie to saie or syng for the quicke or the dedde Item whether thei haue geuen open monitioÌ„ to their parishoners to detect and preseÌ„t to their Ordenary all adulterers and fornicators and suche men as haue two wiues liuyng and suche women as haue twoo husbandes liuyng within their parishes Item whether thei haue not monished their parishoners opeÌ„ly that thei should not sell geue nor otherwise alienate any of their Churche goodes Item whether thei or any of theim doo kepe mo benefices and other Ecclesiasticall promocions then thei ought to do not hauyng sufficient license and dispeÌ„sacions therunto and how many thei be and their names Item whether thei minister the Communion any otherwise then onely after such fourme and maner as is set furthe by the Kynges Maiestie in the boke of the Communion Item whether thei hallowed and deliuered to the people any CaÌ„delles vpon Candelmas day any asshes vpon Ashe Wednesdaie or any Palmes vpon Palme Sondaie last past Item whether thei had vpon Good Fridaie last past the Sepulchres with their lightes hauyng the Sacrament therein Item whether thei vpoÌ„ Easter euen last past halowed the Font Fire or Paschall or had any Paschall set vp or burnyng in their Churches Item whether youre Persones and Vicars haue admitted any curates to serue their Cures whiche were not first examined and allowed either by my lorde of Cantorbury Master Archedeacon or their officers Item whether you knowe any persone within youre parishe or els where that is a letter of the worde of God to be red in Englishe or syncerely preached or of the execucioÌ„ of the kynges Maiesties Iniunccions or other his Maiesties procedynges in matters of religion Item whether euery parishe haue prouided a chest with twoo lockes and keyes for the boke of Weddyng Christenyng and buriyng Item whether in the tyme of the Letany or any other common praier in the tyme of the sermon or Homely and when the priest readeth the scripture to the parishoners any persone haue departed out of the churche without a iuste and necessary cause Item whether any belles haue bee knolled or rong at the tyme of the premisses Item whether any persone hath abused the Ceremonies as in castyng holy Water vpoÌ„ his bed or bearyng aboute hym holy Bread saincte Ihons Gospell ryngyng of holy Belles or kepyng of priuate holy daies as Taylors Bakers Brewers Smithes Shoomakers and suche other Item whether the money coÌ„myng and risyng of any cattell or other moueable stockes of the Churche and money geuen or bequethed to the findyng of Torches lightes tapers or lampes not paied out of any landes haue not been employed to the poore mennes Chest Item who hath thesaied stockes and money in their handes and what be their names Item whether any vndiscrete persons do vncharitably contempne and abuse priestes and ministers of the churche Item whether thei that vnderstande not the Latin doo praie vpon any primer but the Englishe Primer set furthe by the kynges Maiesties aucthoritie and whether thei that vnderstande Latin doo vse any other then the Latin Primer set furthe by like aucthoritie Item whether there bee any other Grammer taught in any schoole within this Diocesse then that whiche is set furthe by the kynges maiestie Item whether any persone kepe their churche holy date and the dedicacion daie any otherwise or at any other tyme then is appoynted by the kynges Maiestie Item whether the seruice in the Churche bee doen at due and conuenient howers Item whether any haue vsed to commen iangle and talke in the Churche in the tyme of the common praier Readyng of the Homelie Preachyng Readyng or declaryng of the scripture Item whether any haue wilfully mainteined and defended any heresies errors or false opinions contrary to the faithe of Christe and holy scripture Item whether any bee common dronkerdes swearers or blasphemers of the name of God Item whether any haue committed adultery fornicacion or incest or be common baudes and receiuers of suche euill persones or vehemently suspected of any of the premisses Item whether any bee braulers slaunderers chiders skolders sowers of discorde betwene one persone and another Item whether you knowe any that vse charmes Sorcerie Enchauntmentes Witchecraft Sothesaiyng or any like crafte inuented by the Deuill Item whether the Churches Pulpittes and other necessaties apparteignyng to thesame bee sufficiently repared Item whether you knowe any that in contempt of their awne parishe Churche do resorte to any other churche Item whether any Inholders or Alehousekepers do vse commonly to sell meate and drynke in the tyme of the common Praier Preachyng Readyng of the Homelies or scripture Item whether you knowe any to bee maried within the degrees prohibited by the Lawes of God or that be seperated or diuorsed without a iust cause alowed by the lawe of God and whether any suche haue maried again Item whether you knowe any to haue made priuie contractes of Matrimony not callyng twoo or mo thereunto Item whether any haue maried solemply the bannes not first lawfully asked IteÌ„ whether you knowe any executors or administrators of ded mennes goodes whiche doo not duely bestowe suche of the saied goodes as were geuen and bequethed or appoynted to bee destributed emong the poore people repairyng of high waies findyng of poore scholers or mariyng of poore maides or suche other like charitable deedes Item whether any do coÌ„tempne maried priestes and for that thei be maried will not receiue the communion or other Sacramentes at their handes Item whether you knowe any that kepe in their houses vndefaced any abused or feined Images mages any Tables Pictures Paintynges or other monumentes of fained miracles pilgremages Idolatrie or supersticioÌ„ IMPRINTED IN LONDON the laste daie of August M.D. xlviii in the second yere of the reigne of our moste drad souereigne lorde Kyng Edvvarde the VI By Richard Grafton Printer to his highnes Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum

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