the Children with the signe of the Crosse when they are baptized according to the booke of Common Prayer and the 30. Canon and whether he hath deferred or wilfully refoled to baptize any infant in his Parish being in danger hauing béene onely inforâ—â— the weaknesse thereof and whether the childe hath died by him default without baptisme contrary to the 68. and 69. Canons 8 Whether is your Minister continually resident with you vpon his benefice or for how long time hath he béene absent and where is he resident for the most part and what other be 〈…〉 9 Whether doth ydlâ—â— Minister being a Preacher preach vsually according to the constitutions eyther in his owne thee with your once euery sunday or else in some other Church or Chappell néere adioyning where no Preacher is according to the 45. Canon or how hath he bene negligent in that behalfe 10 Whether is your Minister a Preacher allowed if yea then by whome if no whether doth he procure Sermons to be preached among you once in euery moneth at the least by such as are lawfully licensed according to the 46. Canon or doth contribute toward a licensed Preacher if his liuing will beare it 11 Whether hath your Minister another benefice and whether doth he supply his absence by a Curate that is sufficiently licensed to preach in that cure of his whereon he himselfe is not resident or otherwise in case he doe not finde a preaching Minister there by reason of the smalnesse thereof whether doth he preach at both his benefices vsually himselfe according to the 47. Canon 12 Whether is your Preacher or Curate licensed to preach or serue the Cure by the Bishop of this Dioces or by any other and by whom whether doth your Minister or Curate serue more cures then one contrary to the 48. Canon If yea then what other cure doth he also serue 13 If your Minister be not licensed to preach as aforesaid whether doth he reade Homilies or rather take vpon him to expound the Scriptures either in his owne cure or else where contrary to the 49. Canon If yea then you are to present him and spot me the place where he so hath preached 14 Whether hath any person béen admitted to preach within your Church or Chappell but such as you haue well knowne to be sufficiently licensed whome haue you so admitted you shall present their names and how often haue any such béene admitted to preach and by whose procurement and whether haue you caused euery strange Preacher licensed or not licensed to subscribe his name together with the day when he preached according to the 50. and 51. Canons and if he were licensed then by whom he was licensed And whether haue they or any other preached in your Church not being soberly and decently apparrelled according to the 47. Canon 15 Whether doth your Lecturer and Preacher reade diuine Seruice and administer the Sacraments in his owne person twice euery yeare obseruing all the Ceremonies in the booke of Common Prayer established according to the 56. Canon 16 Whether doth your Minister weare the Surples whilest he is saying the publike prayers and administring the Sacraments And if he be any Graduate whether then doth 〈◊〉 we are vpon his Surples during the times aforesaid such a hood as by the â—â—ders of his Vniuersitie is agréeable to his degrée according to then 58. Canon 17 Whether doth your Minister euery Sunday and Holyday before Euening Prayer for halfe an houre or more examine and instruct the youth and ignorant persons of his Parish in the ten Commandements the Articles of beliefe and the Lords Prayer as also in the Catechisme last set forth in the booke of Common prayer whereby the chidren of the Parish may be prepared for confirmation according to the 90. Canon 18 Whether hath your Minister without license from the Archbishop the Bishop of the Diocesse or his Chancelor or without Lycence vnder the seale of office of the Archdeacon or his Officiall solemnized mariage betwixt any parties the Banes not being three seuerall Sundayes or Holly-dayes first published in time of diuine seruice in the seuerall Churches or Chappels of their seuerall abode according to the booke of common Prayer And the 62. Canon and that also betwixt the houres of eight and twelue in the forenoone contrary to the 102. Canon And whether hath your minister in the times prohibited marryed any without such Licence notwithstanding the banes haue bene asked as you doe knowe beléeue or haue heard say 19 Whether hath your Minister since the last Canons published solemnized any marryage betwixt any persons being vnder the age of 21. yéeres alchough the Banes be thrice asked before such time as the parents haue made knowne vnto him their consent thereunto contrary to the 99. and 100. Canons and whether hath he married any of another Diocosse and who are they and by what authoritie and when 20 Whether doth your Minister vpon Sundayes at morning prayer declare vnto the Parishioners what holy dayes and fasting dayes are appointed to be kept the wéeke following according to the 64. Canon whereby they may be put in minde to prepare themselues accordingly and to repaire to the Church to publike prayer as by law they are bound 21 Whether doth your Minister in the Rogation dayes vse the perambulation of the circuit of the parish appointed by law and in the same perambulation moue the people to giue thankes to God for his benefits vsing such Psalmes Prayers Homilies as are to that end set forth 22 Whether doth any man being neither Minister nor Deacon reade Common-prayer openly in your Church or Chappell or administer the Sacrament of Baptisme or solemnize Matrimonie or take vpon him to practise any other ministeriall dutie in the Church that is prescribed to be executed particularly by such as are either Ministers or Deacons and what is his name that so doth 23 Whether doth your Minister euery sixe moneths denounce in his parish all such of his parish as doe perseuer in the sentence of excommunication not séeking to be absolued and whether hath he admitted any person excommunicate into the Church without a Certificate of his absolution from the Ordinarie or other competent Iudge vnder his seale according to the Canons 24 Whether doth your Minister being a Preacher endeuour and labour diligently with mildenes and temperance to conferre with and thereby to reclaime the Popish Recusants in his parish from their errours if there be any such there being and whether is he painefull in visitation of the sicke according to the booke of Common-prayer and the Canons in that case prouided 25 Whether is your Parson Vicar Lecturer or Curate too much frequent or ouer conuersant with or a fauourer or Recusants whereby he may be suspected not to be sincere in Religion 26 Whether hath your Minister or any other taking vpon him the place of a Minister preached baptized children vnlesse in case of necessitie solemnized marriage churched any woman
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
prescribed in that behalfe 10 Whether hath any person in your parish quarrelled stricken or vsed any violence vnto or with your Minister or any other in the Church or Church yard or vsed himselfe disorderly in the Church by filthie and prophane talke or any other rude and immodest behauiour 11 Whether is that due reuerence and humble submission vsed within your Church or Chappel in the time of diuine Seruice as by the eightéenth Constitution is prescribed and whether each one in the Church or Chappell doe apply and order himselfe there in the time of diuine Seruice as by the latter part of the same Constitution is most commendably enioyned 12 Whether the Church-wardens and Quest-men doe euery Sunday and Holy-day diligently search who absenteth himselfe or her selfe from Church and whether doe they suffer any to abide in the Church-porch or Church-yard in the time of Common prayer or Sermon 13 Whether the Church-wardens doe prouide against euery Communion with the aduice of the Minister a sufficient quantitie of fine white bread and of good wholsome wine for the number of the Communicants that shall receiue that to be brought in a cleane and swéete standing Pot of Pewter or other pure Mettall 14 Whether haue any in your parish béene God fathers or God-mothers to their owne children Or whether your Minister or any God-fathers or God-mothers haue vsed or doe vse any other forme answere or spéech in Baptisme then is in the Booke of Common prayer appoynted Or whether any which haue not Communicated be admitted to be God-fathers or God-mothers contrarie to the 29. Canone 15 Whether is there any in your parish that doe refuse to haue their children baptized or themselues to receiue the Communion at the hands of your Minister because he is no Preacher you shall present their names And if your Minister sithence the publishing of the said Booke of Canons haue receiued any such persons being not of his owne Cure to the Communion or baptized any of their children you shall likewise present him 16 Whether doe all Fathers Mothers Masters and Mistresses cause their Children Seruants and Apprentises to come to the Catechisme vpon the Sundayes and Holy-dayes before euening prayer to heare and to be instructed and taught therein and those that doe not their duties herein you shall present their names 17 Whether haue you or your Predecessors Church-wardens there suffered since the last pardon any Playes Feasts Banquets Church-ales Drinkings or any other prophane vsages to be kept in your Church Chappels or Church yard or Bels to be rung superstitiously vpon Holy-dayes or Eues abrogated by the Booke of Common Prayer contrarie to the 68. Canon 18 How many Inhabitants within your Parish Men or Women aboue the age of sixtéene yéeres doe refuse to frequent diuine seruice established by publike authoritie of this Realme or to receiue the holy Communion or are negligent therein what be their names and of what degrée state or trade of life are they you are to present them all of each sort 19 Whether doe any of the Inhabitants within your saide Parish entertaine within their house any soiourners ledgers or any common resorters and guests who refuse to frequent diuine Seruice or receiue the holy Communion as aforesaid what be their names and of what qualitie or condition are they 20 whether any of the said Popish Recusants be of insolent behauiour not without publike offence or doe boldly busie themselues in seducing or withdrawing others either abroad or in their owne families by instructing their children in Popish religiō or by refusing to entertaine any especially in place of greatest seruice or trust but such as concur with them in opinion of Religion and what be their names that so doe 21 How long the said Popish Recusants haue obstinately abstained eyther from diuine Seruice or from the Communion as is aforesayd whether of any long time or onely since his Maiesties raigne and how long 22 What persons aforesaid within your Parish either for the offence aforesaid or for any other contumacie or crime doe remaine excommunicated what be their names and for what cause and how long haue they so stood excommunicated 23 Whether were you the Church wardens and Quest-men chosen by the consent of the Minister and Parishioners in Easter wéeke according vnto the 89. and 90. Canon And whether haue the Church-wardens before you giuen vp a iust account for their time and deliuered to you their successors whatsoeuer money or other thing of right belonging to the Church which was in their hands according to the 89. Canon 24 Whether doe all persons aboue the age of sixetéene yoores vsually resort to heare diuine Seruice vpon Sundaies and Holy-daies approoued and whether hath each one of your Parishioners being aboue the age of sixtéene yéeres as aforesaid receiued the holy Communion thrice this last yéere chiefely once at Easter in your Parish Church knéeling If no then you shall present their name which haue not so done 25 Whether haue you a fit Parish Clarke aged twentie yéeres at the least of honest conuersation and sufficient for reading and writing and whether he be paide his wages without fraude according to the most ancient custome of your Parish if not then by whom is he so defrauded and denyed and whether he be chosen by the Parson or Vicar or by whom according to the 91. Canon 26 Whether haue any in your Parish béene marryed within the prohibited degrées forbidden by the law and expressed in a certaine Table published by authority in Anno. 1563. If yea then you shall present their names and whether haue you the saide Table publikely set vp in your Church and fastned to some conuenient place 27 Whether doth any heretofore diuorced or married and not diuorced kéepe company at bed and boord as man and wife with any other man or woman then with the person that he or she was married vnto and what be their names If the parties now so liuing together say that they be marryed when and where were they marryed and how long haue they so continued together 28 Whether haue you in your Parish to your knowledge or by common fame and report any which haue committed Adultery Fornication or Incest or any Bawdes harborers or receiuers of such persons or publikely suspected thereof which haue not béene publikely punished to your knowledge if yea then with whome And whether are there any which are by common fame and report reputed and taken to be common Drunkards Blasphemers of Gods holy Name common and vsuall swearers filthy speakers raylers sowers of discord among their Neighbours or speakers against Ministers marriages Vsurers contrarie to the Statute made in the seauen and thirtieth yéere of King Henry the eight Symonicall persons fighters brawlers or quarrellers in Church or Church-yard you shall not faile to present their names 29 Whether haue any in your Parish receiued or harboured any woman gotten with childe out of wedlock and suffered them againe
Articles to be inquired of by the Minister Church-wardens Sworne-men of euery Parish within the Archdeaconrie of Midlesex according to the speciall direction of certaine letters heretofore sent to the Lord Bishop of London from the right Honourable the Lords of the Priuie Counsell IN primis Whether there be any in your Parish either Parishioners Soiourners or such as be late come out of other Countries into your Parish which do refuse to come to diuine Seruice to the Parish Church or elsewhere and what be their names and sir-names and how long they haue refused so to doe 2 Item How many of their wiues and children aboue the age of sixetéene yéeres seruants and other soiourners abiding in their houses doe likewise refuse so to doe and what be their names and sir-names and how long they haue refused so to doe 3 Item Whether there be any in your Parish which be suspected to haue béene reconciled to the Popish Religion or to haue béene absolued or any that procured or councelled any thereunto and what be their names and sir-names 4 Item Whether there be any in your Parish which be suspected to be Massing Priests Reconcilers Iesuits Seminaries or other persons which haue receiued any orders or authoritie from the Romish Church to vse the like and what be their names and sir-names 5 Item Whether there be any Schoole-masters within your Parish which doe not bring vp their youth in the Religion now professed or be not themselues diligent in repayring to diuine Seruice or bringing their Scholers to it Articles concerning Parishioners IN euery Parish where any manner of person dwelleth or soiourneth which refuseth to goe to some Church to heare diuine Seruice the Minister and Church-wardens of that Parish are commanded euery Moneth from henceforth to goe to euery such person with two or thrée honest witnesses and before those witnesses to require euery such person to repayre to the Church to heare Diuine Seruice And the saide Minister and Church-wardens are commanded to send a Certificat in writing signed with the hands marks and seales of the sayde Minister Church-wardens and witnesses to their Archdeacon alwaies on the tenth day before Midsummer day on the tenth day before Michaelmas day on the tenth day before Christmas day and on the tenth day before our Lady day in Lent So as returne of such certificat may be made in time to the Custos rotulorum at euery Sessions next ensuing those Feasts testifying as well the manner and time of their admonishments of such Recusants whatsoeuer they be as their answers And when and whither they went to Church euery Moneth after such admonition giuen to them as aforesaid Or whether any such person hath wilfully withdrawn himselfe from taking or vnderstanding such admonition and also declaring the names sirnames and abiding places of euery one that shall offend in any part or clause of the aboue written Articles This euery Minister and Church-warden is straitlie charged to shew his diligence in and effectually to doe as they and euery of them shall and will answere to the contrarie at their perils You shall bring your Presentment into the Registrie of the Arcdeaconrie of Midlesex ten dayes before euery quarter specifying the proper surname title and addition of euery person presented and how many moneths they haue refused to come to diuine Seruice to their Parish Church or elsewhere before the day of making your Presentment And at the deliuerie of your said Presentment you shal likewise set downe in the latter end thereof the names of such as haue beene buryed within your sayde Parish for the space of a quarter of a yeere last past before the date of your said Bill being Men Maides or Widdowes FINIS