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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68015	Articles to be inquired of vvithin the dioces of Ely in the first visitation of the R. Reverend Father in God Matthevv, Lord Bishop of Ely.; Visitation articles. 1638	Church of England. Diocese of Ely. Bishop (1638-1667 : Wren)	1638 (1638)	STC 10197; ESTC R960	26,209	24

Tables containing the seuerall rates and summes of all fées due to the Iudge and other officers of your Courts one in the usuall place or Consistory where the Court is kept the other in the Regestry in such sort as euery man may come to vew the same without difficulty and doth the Chancellor Arch-deacon or Officiall or any other Minister of the Court exact or extort any other greater fées or summes of money then in the said tables are contained 7 Doth the Arch-deacon his Officiall or Surrogate make commutation of any penance or doth the Chancellor or any Surrogate under him commute or change any penance or corporall punishment for any money without the consent of the Bishop And what money haue they or any of them receiued for such commutation and of whom when and what was the offence for which any such summe of money was receiued or appointed to be paid 8 Doth the Chancellor Arch-deacon or Officiall or any other person vsing Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction spéed any act in any cause priuately of themselues and not in the presence of some publike Notary or Actuary Or for want of them in the presence of two or moe sufficient witnesses and then cause the same act to be registred 9 Is the number of Apparitors increased in this Dioces And wherein and in what manner is the Country ouerburthened or grieued by them Hath any of them under pretence of authority cited or summoned any person unlawfully or hath any of them taken any reward for the concealing of any offence or sin or that the offenders might escape punishment Who bée they that haue so done Or do any of them take any fées that are not vsuall Haue they threatned any to prosecute them if they had no reward giuen them Or do any of them cause any party to appeare in any Ecclesiasticall Court within this Dioces without a citation first obtained from the Iudge of the Court 10 Hath any Ecclesiasticall Iudge or Officer whatsoeuer Aduocate Register Procter Clarke or other such Ministers any way abused themselues in their Offices contrary to the Lawes and Canons in that behalfe prouided that you know of 11 Doth the Registrar or any of the Clarkes in Ecclesiasticall Office when any obtaine Absolution from the Iudge neglect to send forth the same under the Seale of the office or doth any of them presume to giue signification unto the Minister of the Parish only by a Note or Ticket under their hand to the intent that notice therof should be taken or the same be published in the Parish by him 12 Lastly haue you and every of you by your selves read or haue caused to be read to you all these Article Haue you well examined and inquired into euery particular therein intended Haue you sincerely uprightly and without any partial affection or concealement presented and made knowne all and euery of the offendors in any of the particulars either as they are taken in truth to be or by common fame reported If you know of any other matter of Ecclesiasticall cognisance worthy the presentment in your iudgement and fit to be reformed by Ecclesiasticall censure though it be not expressed in these Articles yet you shall likewise present the same by vertue of your oathes The Minister also of every Parish may and ought to ioyne with the Church-wardens or other Sworn-men for the presenting of offences and if they be so irreligious as not to do it the Minister of himselfe may and ought to present either the offences or the Church-wardens and Quest-men for not presenting the same and is required in his Canonical obedience so to do There must be distinct answer made to euery Article and to euery branch thereof as far as they know or haue heard of any offence otherwise the presentment will not be admitted And if their Oath and all this punctuall direction and aduertisement notwithstanding any Church-wardens or other Sworn-men shall follow the customary manner and be carelesse in inquiring and presenting as they ought then shall they not be able hereafter to say that they had not faire warning to the contrary giuen them in the spirit of méeknesse or to complaine that they are hardly dealt with if vpon information and proofe otherwise had they bée called to answer their wilfull periury in some other Court or course of iustice for neglecting to inquire and present to all the particulars herein proposed And to the intent that all things aboue mentioned may by the help of God as well be kept as set in good order the Chancellor of the Dioces and the Officiall and all their Surrogates are hereby required that so far as to them in their seuerall places it shall appertaine they do faithfully inquire after all these things and in all places of their Iurisdictions exact a due observance of the same The Parson Vicar or Curate of this Parish is required to receiue this book and vpon the Sunday next after the receipt hereof immediately after the Morning Seruice to publish the contents of the Processe which is sent forth That all Preachers and Lecturers if there be any in the Parish together with the Church-wardens and two or thrée of the chiefest Parishioners beside as also all Phisitians Schole-masters Chirurgions Midwiues and Sequestrators and all other whom it doth concerne may take notice of the day and place specified in the said Processe for appearance at the Lord Bishops Visitation and after publication so made this book of Articles is to be presently delivered to the said Church-wardens for the vse of themselves and the rest that are to make the presentments Ma. Elien FINIS

Certificate of his absolution from his Ordinary vnder the seale of the office and not by any note or Ticket only under the hand of the Register or any other Clerk Or hath hee stayed or forborne to denounce any excommunication or suspension or absolution that hath béene sent him from his Ordinary further then the next Sunday or Holyday after receipt thereof under Seale 34 Hath your Minister béene at any priuate méetings or conuenticies to consult there about the impeachment or deprauing of the doctrine of the Church of England or of the Book of Common Prayer or of any part of the gouernment and discipline of the Church or to practise any forme of their owne either for worship or discipline 35 Doth your Minister vpon Sundayes at Morning Prayer declare vnto the Parishioners what Fasting-dayes and Holy dayes are to bee kept the wéek following 36 Doth your Minister in the Rogation dayes go the perambulation of the circuit of your Parish saying and using the Prayers Suffrages and Thanksgiuing unto God appointed by Law according to his duty thanking God for his blessings and praying for his grace and fauour 37 Doth your Parson or Vicar maintaine and kéepe in due reparation the Mansion-houses and all other edifices and fenses belonging to his Parsonage or Vicarage without suffering them to grow into ruine or decay 38 Hath your Minister taken upon him to appoint or to hold or continue any private or publike fasts or méetings for preaching or lecturing on any working-day in his owne Parish or elsewhere or prophesies or exercise or any other such thing not being approued by his Ordinary for the time being 39 Is your Minister studious in holy Scripture and abstaineth from mechanicall trades bodily labour soliciting of causes in Law common buying or selling of Horses or other Cattell and all other imployments not besitting his calling and holy Function Doth he vsually weare a Gowne with a standing coller and sléeues strait at the hands and a square Cap Doth he in iourneying vse a cloak with sléeues commonly called a Priests-cloake without guards buttons or cuts Doth he at any time in publike weare any coife or wrought night-cap but only a plaine cap of black silke satten or veluet and of a decent fashion and proper for Diuines Doth he at any time goe abroad in his dublet and hose without a Coat or Cassock or weare any light coloured stockings long haire deep bands great ruffled booted or any other vndecent thing Or is hee any way excessiue in apparrell either himselfe or his wife 40 Is your Minister suspected or knowne to haue obtained his Benefice by any Simoniacall compact directly or indirectly Or is he reputed to bée an incontinent person a frequenter of Tauernes Innes or Ale-houses a common gamester or player at dice or cards a common swearer or drunkard a brabler or brawler giuen to contention vsury brocage or common merchandizing or otherwise faulty in any other kind that is scandalous to his function 41 Hath your Minister publikely in your Parish Church or Chappell once euery yéere read ouer the Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiasticall agréed upon by the Clergy of both Prouinces An. Dom 1603 in such manner as the same is commanded to be done 42 Is there any in your Parish or resorting thereunto who hauing taken holy Orders of Priest or Deacon doth uoluntarily relinquish and forsake his calling and liues in the course of his life as a lay man Or any that hauing béene silenced or suspended by authority so remaineth without conforming himself in due obedience to the Church And how doth he imploy his time and where or whence hath he his maintenance as you know or haue heard 43 Haue any béene admitted to preach in your Church who doe not before the Church-wardens subscribe their names in your booke prouided for that purpose and the day when he or they preached and the name of the Bishop or Bishops of whom they had license to preach 44 Hath any Preacher particularly impugned and confuted any doctrine deliuered by any other Preacher in the same Church or in any Church néere adioyning before he acquainted the Bishop of the Dioces therewith and receiued order from him what to do in that case 45 Haue you any Lecturer in your Parish and on what day is your Lecture If any such be doth he twice at the least euery yéere read diuine Seruice both morning and euening two seuerall Sundaies publikely in his Surplice and Hood And also twice in the yéere administer both Sacraments with such Rites and Ceremonies as are prescribed in the book of Common Prayer 46 Doth the Lecturer whosoeuer he be reade the diuine Seruice according to the Liturgie printed by authority in his Surplice and Hood before euery Lecture 47 Doth your Preacher or Lecturer behaue himselfe in his Lectures and Sermons as he ought to doe teaching obedience and edifying his auditory in matters of faith and good life without intermedling with matters of State or newes or other discourses not fit for the Pulpit and also without fauouring or abetting Schismaticks or Separatists that are at home or are gone abroad either by a speciall prayer for them or by any other approbation of them and their schismaticall courses 48 Haue you any Lecture of Combination set vp in your Parish And if so is it read by a company of graue and orthodor Diuines néere adioyning and in the same Dioces And doth euery one of them Preach in a Gown and not in a Cloake And when and by whom were they appointed And what be their names 49 Is any single Lecture maintained by your Towne or otherwise suffered to preach he not first professing his willingnesse to take vpon him the cure of soules nor actually taking a Benefice or Cure so soone as it may be fairely procured for him What is his 〈…〉 at licence hath he And hath he a setled contribution affixed to the Lecture 〈…〉 is it arbitrary and for this Lecturer onely What summe doth it amount to ordinarilly By whom is it usually paid or collected or of late yéeres hath béene 50 If any Psalmes be vsed to be sung in your Church before or after the morning and euening prayer or before or after the Sermons vpon which occasions only they are allowed to be sung in Churches is it done according to that graue manner which first was in vse that such doe sing as can read the Psalmes or haue learned them by heart and not after that vncouth and vndecent custome of late taken vp to haue every line first read by one alone and then sung by the people Chap. 5. Concerning Matrimony BE there any in your Parish that haue maried within the degrées of affinity or consanguinity by the Law of God forbidden as is expressed in a certaine Table published by authority in Anno 1563. And if any haue so maried what be their names and where were they maried and by whom 2 Hath any béene maried secretly in private houses or