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B00016	Articles to be enquired of, in the diocesse of Norwich. In the ordinarie visitation of visitation of the reuerend father in God, Francis, Lord Bishop of Norvvich. Anno Domini 1629.	Church of England. Diocese of Norwich. Bishop (1629-1631 : White); White, Francis, 1564?-1638.	1629 (1629)	STC 10295; ESTC S125656	12,054	16

ARTICLES TO BE ENQVIRED of in the Diocesse of Norwich In the ordinarie Visitation of the Reuerend Father in God FRANCIS Lord Bishop of NORVVICH Anno Domini 1629. ❧ Imprinted at LONDON by IOHN BILL 1629. The forme of the Oath to bee ministred vnto the Church-wardens and Side-men YOu shall sweare that you and euery of you shall duely consider and diligently enquire of all and euery of these Articles giuen you in charge and that all affection fauour hope of reward and gaine or feare of displeasure or malice set aside you shall present all and euery such person of or within your Parish as hath committed any offence or made any default mentioned in these or any of these Articles or which are vehemently suspected or defamed of any such offence or default wherein you shall deale vprightly and fully neither presenting nor sparing to present any contrary to trueth hauing in this action God before your eyes with an earnest zeale to maintaine trueth and vertue and to suppresse vice So helpe you God and the holy Contents of this Booke ARTICLES TO BE ENQVIRED OF IN the Diocesse of NORVVICH ANNO DOM. 1629. Articles concerning Religion and Doctrine Titul 1. Hereticall opinions 1WHether be there any abiding or resorting to your Parish that haue wilfully maintained and defended any heresies errours or false opinions contrary to the faith of Christ and holy Scripture Absence from Church 2 Item Whether doth any in your parish being 16. yeres of age or vpwards or others lodging or commonly resorting to any house in your Parish wilfully absent themselues from your Parish Church Chappell or Oratorie vpon Sundayes and Holy-dayes and other dayes appointed at Morning and Euening prayers Or who come late to Church and depart from Church before diuine Seruice and Sermon be ended Or whether be there any that perswade others to forbeare and abstaine comming to Church to heare diuine Seruice and receiue the holy Communion according to his Maiesties Lawes in that behalfe enacted Vnlawfull Conuenticles 3 Item Whether be there any in your Parish that hath beene or is vehemently suspected to haue beene present at any vnlawfull assemblies conuenticles or meetings vnder colour or pretence of any exercise of Religion or doeth any affirme and maintaine such meeting to be lawfull contrary to his Maiesties Statutes in that behalfe Impugners of the Kings Supremacie 4 Item Whether be there any within your Parish that deny or perswade any to deny withstand and impugne the Kings Maiesties authority and Supremacie in causes Ecclesiasticall within his Realme Popish Recu●●●●● 5. Item Whether be there any abiding or resorting to your Parish that be or are commonly reputed to bee ill affected in matters of Religion professed in our Church or taken to bee Recusant Papists refusing to repaire vnto the Church to heare diuine Seruice and receiue the holy Communion and being disobedient to his Highnesse Lawes in that behalfe prouided Or doe any publish sell or disperse any superstitious bookes or writings or other bookes libells or writings of any lectuaries touching the Religion State or Ecclesiasticall gouernement of this Kingdome of England Present their names qualities and conditions Doeth any Papist keepe a Schoolemaster in his house which commeth not to Church as is required What is his name and how long hath he taught there or else where Articles concerning publike Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments Titul 2. ●●●rauing the Booke of Common prayer and ●●●●●monies FIrst Whether hath any of your Parish spoken or declared any thing in the derogation or deprauing of the forme of Gods worship in the Church of England and Administration of the Sacraments Rites and Ceremonis set foorth and prescribed in the Booke of common Prayer by the Kings Maiestie authorised and confirmed Doe any preach speake or declare that it conteineth any thing which is not agreeable to the holy Scriptures ●●●●wading any ●ister to alter forme of ●●mon prayer 2. Item Whether hath any in your Parish caused procured or maintained any Minister to say any common or publike Prayer or to administer either of the Sacraments of Baptisme and the Lords Supper otherwise or in any other manner and forme then is mentioned in the said Booke of Common Prayer Or whether hath any interrupted hindred let or disturbed the Minister to reade diuine Seruice and administer the Sacraments in such manner and forme as is mentioned in the said Booke or interrupted him in his Preachings and Sermons ●●ruation of ●orme of ●●●●●sme and ●●●e 3. Item Whether is the Sacrament of Baptisme rightly and duely administred a cording to the prescript Forme expressed in the booke of Comon Prayer with due obseruation of all Rites and Ceremonies prescribed in the administration of the same without adding or altering any part or parcell of any prayers interrogatories or not vsing the signe of the Crosse in the administration of the same Deferring of Baptisme 4 Item Whether is the administration of the Sacrament of Baptisme deferred longer then the next Sunday or Holiday immediately following the birth of the Childe Children refused to be baptized or dying without Baptisme 5 Item Whether is the Sacrament of Baptisme refused to bee administred to any children borne in or out of wedlocke their birth being made knowen to the Minister of the parish and offered vnto him to be baptized or haue any such children died vnbaptized Parents of children admitted Godfathers 6 Item Whether bee the Parents of any child to bee baptized admitted to be godfathers and godmothers to the same Priuate Baptisme 7 Item Whether haue there any children beene baptized in priuate houses by any Lay person or midwife or Popish Priest or by any other Minister but vpon vrgent occasion when the child was in danger of death Baptizing of Papists children 8 Item Whether haue the children which haue beene borne to any Popish Recusants or begotten by them in your parish beene publikely baptized in your parish Church by your Parson Vicar or Curate or by whom were they baptized or where to your knowledge Receiuing of the Lords Supper thrice a yeere 9 Item Whether hath the blessed Sacrament of the Lords Supper beene duely and reuerently administred euery moneth or thrice euery yeere at least whereof once at Easter within your Parish Church to euery parishioner being of sixteene yeeres of age or vpwards Kneeling at the Communion 10 Item Whether is the said holy Sacrament deliuered vnto or receiued by any of the Communicants within your Parish that vnreuerently sit or stand or doe not deuoutly and humbly kneele vpon their knees Notorious offenders admitted to the Communion 11 Item Whether hath any of your parish which be openly knowen to liue in notorious sinne without repentance or excommunicate persons or Schismatikes common and notorious deprauers of the Religion and gouerment of this Realme without vnfained sorrow showen for their impiety and wickednesse beene

so receiued and taken and to what vses was the same bestowed or whether vpon such commutations was the vnfained repentance of the delinquents published in the Church Persons dying since the 1. of March 1628. 11 Item What person or persons haue died and departed this mortall life since the first day of March last past and whether did they make any last Wills or Testaments and who were their Executors or whether died they intestate and who hath the Administration of their goods and what be the names of such deceased and Executors and Administrators Administring of goods without authority 12 Item Whether haue any in your Parish administred the goods of any person deceased without lawfull authority and before hee or they haue proued the Will and Testament of the partie deceased or haue obtained commission from the Ordinary to dispose of the said mooueable goods or are their any Wills vnprooued or goods not administred Excommunicate persons 13 Item What persons bee excommunicate within your Parish and for what cause to your knowledge and whether doe any of them repaire to the church in time of Prayer vnabsolued Articles concerning Schoolemasters Titul 8. Physitians and Chyrurgions and Parish Clearkes Schoolemasters not licenced FIrst Is there any Schoolemaster in your Parish that teacheth publikely or priuately not licensed by the Ordinarie or the Bishop of the Diocesse Doth he teach any Papists or Sectaries children that come not to church Duetie of all Schoolemasters And doeth hee instruct all his schollers to learne the shorter Catethisme by Law established contained in the Booke of common Prayer Is hee a graduate and sufficient to teach Physitians not licenced 2 Item What Physician or Chyrurgion is in your Parish vnlicensed and being not a Doctor of physicke in either of the Vniuersities doeth practise physicke And what ignorant persons haue left their trade and taken vpon them to professe Physicke or Chyrurgerie and who be they that so abuse the people Parish Clerkes 3 Item Haue you a fit parish Clarke aged 20. yeeres at least of honest life able to read and write Are his and the Sextons wages paid without fraud if not then whose default is it By whom is hee chosen is hee diligent in his office and seruiceable to the Minister doeth hee meddle with any thing aboue his office doeth hee keepe the Church cleane the doores locked Is any thing lost and spoyled by his default and doeth he execute his office duely Articles concerning Ecclesiasticall offices Titul 9. Excessiue fees FIrst Whether bee there any Ecclesiasticall officers that exercise Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction within this Diocesse that take and receiue or exact any extraordinary and excessiue fees for any cause Whether haue your Churchwardens and Questmen concealed any abuses or offences punishable in the Ecclesiasticall court and whether such offences being presented are suppressed and vnpunished Tables of fees in Courts 2 Item Whether is there not a table of Fees in euery Court of the Consistory Archdeacons and Commissaries allowed and subscribed by the Iudge and Register of the court of Consistory Anno Dom. 1597. and the same euery Court day hung vp in some publike place of the Court and Registry And whether doth the Register of your courts take more for Willes and Administrations and other things then is set downe in that Table Speeding of Acts without a Notarie 3 Item Doeth any Ecclesiasticall Iudge speed any act in any cause priuately of himselfe and not in presence of some publike Notarie or Actuarie Abuses in apparitors and Sumners 4 Item Whether is there any excessiue number of Apparitors and Sumners in this Diocesse or haue any of them vnder pretence of authoritie cited or summoned any person vnlawfully or hath taken any reward for the concealing of any offence or sinne or the auoiding of punishment of the offenders and who bee they that haue done so or doe they take any fees not accustomable Haue they threatned any to prosecute them if they had no reward and doe they summon any without a Citation first had Abuses in Ecclesiasticall offices 5 Item Hath any Ecclesiasticall Iudge or Officer Aduocate Register Procter Clerkes or other such ministers any way abused themselues in their offices contrary to the law and Canons in that behalfe prouided Sincerity and impartialitie in the Inquisitors 6 Item Lastly Whether haue you and euery of you sincerely vprightly and without any partiall affection and concealing presented and made knowne all and euery the offenders in any of the matters mentioned in the precedent Articles exhibited vnto you either as they are taken in trueth to be or by common fame reported If you know of any other default or crime of Ecclesiasticall cognisance you are to present the same The Ministers of euery Parish may ioyne in presentment with the Churchwardens and Side-men and if they will not present then the Ministers themselues being the persons that should haue the chiefe care for the suppressing of sinne and impietie in their parishes may present the crimes aforesaid and such things as shall be thought to require due reformation Can. 113. There must be seuerall presentments made to euery seuerall Article FINIS Hos Articulos sub hisce Titulis in hac visitatione 1629. proponit inquirendos FRA NORVICENSIS