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Articles to be enquired of, within the Archdeaconry of Midlesex, by the church-wardens & swornemen in euery parish and presentment to be made thereof to the arch-deacon, with partciular [sic] answeres vnto euery article.
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Church of England. Archdeaconry of Middlesex.
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STC 10275.3; ESTC S2098
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ARTICLES ⧠To be enquired of within the Archdeaconry of Midlesex by the Church-wardens Sworne-men in euery Parish And presentment to be made thereof to the Arch-deacon With particular Answeres vnto euery Article LONDON Printed by EDW ALLDE 1615. The tenor of the Oath ministred to the Church-Wardens and Sworne-men YE shall sweare that all affections fauour hatred hope of reward or gaine or feare of displeasure or malice 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 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 equitie neither of malice presenting any contrary to Truth nor of corrupt affection sparing to present any and so conceale the Truth hauing in this action God before your eyes with an earnest zeale to maintaine truth and to suppresse vice So helpe you God and his faithfull promises in Christ Iesus ¶ Articles to be enquired of within the Archdeaconarie of Midlesex for this present yeere of our Lord God 1615. Articles concerning the Church WHether haue you in your seuerall Churches and Chappell 's the Booke of Constitutions or Canons Ecclesiasticall ready to be read by your Minister according to his Maiesties pleasure published by his highnes authority vnder the great Seale of England 2 Whether is there in your Church or Chappell one parchment register Booke prouided for Christnings Marriages and Burialls and whether is the same duely and exactly kept according to the Constitutions in that case prouided and a transcript thereof brought in yearely within one moneth after Easter into my Lord Bishops principall Registers office and whether doth your Minister vpon euery Sunday reade the names of all such as haue béene married christned or buried the wéeke before 3 Whether haue you prouided the Booke of Common Prayer lately commaunded by his Maiesties authority onely to be vsed and the Booke of Homilies and two Psalters and whether haue you in your Church or Chappell a Font of stone set vp in the antient vsuall place a conuenient and decent Communion table standing vpon a frame with a Carpet of silke or some other decent stuffe and a faire Linnen cloth to lay thereon at the Communion time and whether is the same then placed in such conuenient sort within the Chancell or Church as that the Minister may be best heard in his Prayer and administration and that the greater number may communicate and whether are the ten Commaundements set vp on the East end of your Church or Chappell where the people may best sée and reade them and other sentences of holy Scriptures written on the walls likewise for the same purpose 4 Whether haue you a conuenient seate for the Minister to reade seruice in together with a comely Pulpit set vp in a conuenient place with a decent cloth or Cushion for the same a comely large Surples a 〈◊〉 Communion Cup of Siluer and a couer agreable for the same with all other things and ornaments necessary for the celebration of diuine Seruice and administration of the Sacraments and a strong chest for the almes of the poore with thrée lockes and keyes and another chest for the kéeping of the ornaments of the Church and Register Booke 5 How many Bells are there at this present hanging in the Belfrée of your parish Church and how many haue there béene heretofore whether any of your said Bells haue béene taken downe and sold or made away and what other Church goods are now wanting in your Church 6 Whether are your Church or Chappell 's with the Chancells thereof and your Parsonage or Vicarage house and all other housing thereto belonging in good reparations and decently and comely kept aswell within as without the seates well maintained your Churchyards well fenced and kept without abuse according to the 85. Canon if not then through whose default and what defects are All these things in these Articles to be prepared according to the Canons vnder the title appertaining to Churches Articles concerning the Clergie VVHether hath your Minister read the Constitutions set foorth by his Maiesty once euery yeare vpon some Sundayes or Holidayes in the afternoone before diuine seruice according as by the Canons he is bound 2 Whether doth your Minister vse to pray for the Kings Maiesty King Iames and for the Quéenes Maiesty Prince Charles Fredericke Count Palatine of the Rheine with the Lady Elizabeth his Wife giuing vnto his highnesse such stile and title of Supreme Gouernour of all causes and ouer all persons as well Ecclesiasticall as temporall as by lawe are due vnto him exhorting their Parishioners to yealde him obedience according to the same and also in their said Sermons doe pray for all Arch-bishops Bishops and other Ecclesiasticall persons according to the 55. Canon 3 Whether is the prescript forme of diuine seruice vsed by your Minister vpon Sundayes Holydayes Wednesdayes and Fridayes according to the booke of Cōmon prayer And whether doth your Minister duly obserue all the orders rites and ceremonies prescribed in the said booke of Common Prayer as well in reading publike prayers the Letany as also in administring the Sacraments in such manner and forme wearing the Surples as by the booke of Common Prayer by law now established is inioyed 4 Whether doth your Minister administer the holy Communion so often and at such times as that euery Parishioner may receiue the same at the least thrice euery yeare whereof one at Easter as by the booke of Common Prayer is appointed And whether doth your Minister receiue the same himselfe on euery day that he administreth it to others knéeling at the same and administreth it to none but to such as doe knéels at the receiuing thereof and vse the words of the Institution according to the Booke at euery time that the bread and wine is receiued in such manner and forme as by the prouiso of the 21. Canon is directed or wherein is he faulty and whether is warning giuen by him before hand for the Commuion as the 22. Canon requireth 5 Whether hath your Minister admitted any notorious offenders or Schismatickes to the Communion contrary to the 26. and 27. Constitutions without satisfaction by due course of law before enioyned them or reiected any from the Communion who were not by publike presentment or other open scandall infamous and detected of some notorious crime by common fame published in the Parish 6 Whether the Minister together with the Churchwardens and Questmen doe take diligent héed and care that not onely all and euery of your owne Parishioners doe receiue thrice in euery yeare as aforesaid but also that no strangers of any other Parish doe forsake their owne Minister and Parish to receiue with you contrary to the 28. Canon 7 Whether doth your Minister vse to signe
or ministred the holy Communion in any priuate house or houses if yea then where whome and how often hath he so offended in any of the premises 27 Whether hath your Minister taken vpon him to appoint any publike or priuate fasts or prophesses not approoued and established by lawe or publike authority or hath he attempted vpon any pretence either of possession by fasting and prayer to cast out deuills contrary vnto the 72. Canon 28 Whether hath your Minister or any other person or persons within your Parish vsed to méete in any priuate house or other place and to hold priuate conuenticles contrary to the 73. Canon if yea then you shall present them all and euery one of them 29 Whether doth your Minister vse such decencie and comelinesse in his apparrell as by the 74. constitution is enioyned him as well at home as when he goeth abroad 30 Whether doe you know in your Parish any that hauing heretofore taken vpon him or them the order of Priest-hood or of a Deacon hath since relinquished the same and betaken himselfe to the course of his life a Lay-man neglecting his vocation if yea then you shall present his name and the place of his abode 31 Whether is your Minister noted or defamed to haue obtained his Benefice by Symony or reputed to be an incontinent person or doth kéepe any man or woman in his house that are suspected either to be of euill religion or bad life himselfe to be a common drunkard or to be a common hunter of Tauernes Alchouses or other suspected places a common gamester or player at dice or other vnlawfull games a common swearer or notorious person or faulty in any other crime punishable by Ecclesiasticall censures whereby he is offensiue and scandalous to his function or ministery 32 Whether doth your Minister vse the forme of thankesgiuing to women after their childbirth and whether hath he admitted any thereunto that was begotten with childe in adultery or fornication without license of his Ordinary and whether haue any married wiues refused to come to Church according to the booke of Common Prayer to giue God thankes after childe-birth if any be faulty herein you shall present their names 33 Whether doth your Minister baptize any children in any Bason or other vessells then in the ordinary Font being placed in the Church according to the 81. Canon or doth vse to put any bason into it 34 Whether in the time of diuine Seruice and of euer part thereof all due reuerence is vsed no man then couering his head all manner of persons knéeling when Prayers are read and standing vp at the saying of the Beliefe according to the order prescribed Articles concerning Schoolemasters VVHether the Schoolemaster or Schoolemasters within your Parish openly or priuately in any Noble or Gentlemans house or in any other place be of good and sincere Religion life and conuersation be diligent in the teaching and bringing vp of youth and whether they haue béene examined allowed and licensed for Schoole-masters by the Ordinarie in that behalfe and how many seuerall Schoole-masters haue you and what be their names 2 Whether your Schoole-master or Schoole-masters doe themselues receiue the holy Communion as often as they ought to doe and whether doe all their Schollers which be of age sufficient and or capacitie 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 feare Common Prayer 3 Whether the Schoole-master or Schoole masters either priuate or publike doe teach their Schollers the Catechisme authorized by publike authoritie at the least once euery wéeke and doe instruct examine them in the same or doe teach any other Catechisme and what Catechisme it is that they doe teach 4 Whether your Schoole-master or Schoole-masters or any of them be knowne or suspected to reade vnto their Schollers priuately any vnlawfull Bookes or priuately to instruct them in their young yéeres either in Popery superstition disobedience or contempt to his Maiestie and his Lawes Ecclesiasticall by publike authoritie allowed 5 What recusant Papists are there in your Parish and whether doe they or any of them kéepe any Schoole master in their house which commeth not to Church to heare Diuine Seruice and receiue the Communion what is his name and how long hath he taught 6 Whether the Schoole-master or Schoole-masters within your Parish doe teach his or their Srhollers any other Grammer then that which is called the Kings Grammer set forth by the authoritie of King Henry the eight teaching the prescript forme thereof whereby the Schollers may perfectly vnderstand their Grammer rules and constructions Articles concerning Parishioners Ecclesiasticall Officers and others of the Laytie 1 WHether is there any within your Parish that hath or doth impugne the Kings Maiesties supremacie and authoritie in causes Ecclesiasticall or doe any way or in any part impeach the same being restored to the Crowne by the lawes of this Realme established on that behalfe 2 Whether is there any in your parish that denieth the Church of England by law established vnder the Kings most excellēt Maiestie to be a true Apostolicall Church teaching maintaining the doctrine of the Apostles 3 Whether is there any in your Parish that doth impugne any of the Articles of Religion agréed vpon in An. 1562. established in the Church of England 4 Whether is there any in your Parish that doe impugne or speake against the rites and ceremonies established in the Church of England or the lawfull vse of them you shall present their names 5 Whether are there any in your Parish that doe impugne the gouernment of the Church of England vnder the Kings most excellent Maiestie by Archbishops Bishops Deanes Archdeacons and the rest that beare office in the same affirming that he same is Antichristian or repugnant to the word of God 6 Whether is there any in your parish that impugne the forme of consecration and ordayning of Archbishops Bishops Priests or Deacons affirming that the same is repugnant to the word of God or that they who are so ordered in the same forme are not lawfully made 7 Whether is there any in your parish that doth hold or frequent any conuenticles or priuate méetings and there doe conferre or agrée vpon any priuate orders other then such as are by the Canons set forth by publike authority to be by them or any other in Church gouernment obserued 8 Whether any persons haue lurked or tipled in Tauerns or Ale houses on Sundaies or other Holy dayes or vsed his or their manuall craft trade or mysterie or any bodylie labour or kéept their shops open vpon the saide dayes or any of them especially in the time of diuine seruice 9 Whether are there any in your parish that doe or haue prophaned since his Maiesties last generall pardon the Lords day called Sunday or other Holy-day contrary to the orders of the Church of England