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A00183	Articles to be enquired of, within the archdeaconry of Glocester, in the ge[ne]rall visitation of the right wor. M. Samuel Burton, Archdeacon of the dioces of Glocester holden in the yeere of our Lord God, 1618, in the 16. yeere of the raigne of our most gracious soueraigne Lord James, by the grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France & Ireland, defender of the faith, &c.	Church of England. Diocese of Gloucester.	1618 (1618)	STC 10213.3; ESTC S4279	11,476	15

his Surplice during the times aforesaid such a hood as by the order of his Vniuersitie is agréeable to his degrée according to the 58 canon 17 Whether doth your Minister on euery Sunday and Holiday before Euening prayer for halfe an houre or more examine instruct the youth and ignorant persons of his parish in the ten Commandements the Articles of Beléefe the Lords Prayer as also the Catechisme last set foorth in the Booke of Common Prayer whereby the children of the Parish may be prepared for confirmation according to the 90 canon 18 Whether hath your minister without licence from the Archbishop the Bishop of the Dioces or his Chancellor solemnized marriage betwixt any parties the Banes not being three seuerall Sandayes or Holidayes first published in time of Diuine seruice in the seuerall churches or chappels of 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 vnto the 102 canon 19 Whether hath your minister since the last canons published solemnized any mariage betwixt any persons being vnder the age of 21 yéeres although the Banes be thrice asked before such time as the Parents haue made knowen vnto him their consent therunto contrary to the 99 and 100 canons and whether hath he married any of another Diocesse and who are they and by what authority and when 20 Whether doth your Minister vpon Sundaies at morning praier declare vnto the Parishioners what Holidaies and fasting daies are appointed to bée kept the wéeke following according to the 64. Canon wherby they may be put in minde to prepare themselues accordingly and to repaire to Church to publike praier as by law they are bound 21 Whether doth anie Minister in the Rogation daies vse the perambulation of the circuit of the Parish appointed by law and in the same perambulation mooue the people to giue thankes to God for his benefits vsing such Psalmes Praiers Homilies as are to that end set forth 22 Whether doth anie man being neither minister nor Deacon read Common praier openly in your Church or Chappell or administer the Sacrament of Baptisme or solemnize matrimonie or take vpon him to practize anie other ministeriall dutie in the Church that is prescribed to be executed particularlie by such as are either ministers or Deacons and what is his name that so doth 23 Whether doth your minister euerie six months denounce in his Parish all such of his Parish as doe perseuere in the sentence of excommunication not séeking to be absolued and whether hath hee admitted anie 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 endeauour labor diligently with mildnes and temperance to conferre with thereby to reclaime the popish recusants in his Parish from their errors if there be any such there being and whether is he painefull in visiting the sicke according to the Booke of common prayer 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 of Recusants whereby he may be suspected not to be sincere in Religion 26 Whether hath your minister or anie other taken vpon him the place of a minister preached baptized children vnlesse in case of necessitie solemnized marriage churched anie woman or ministred the holie communion in anie priuate house or houses If yea then where whom and how often hath he so offended in anie of the Premises 27 Whether hath your Minister taken vpon him to appoint anie publike or priuate fasts or prophesies not approoued and established by law or publike authoritie or hath he attempted vpon anie pretence either of possession by fasting praier to cast out diuels contrarie vnto the 72. canon 28 Whether hath your Minister or anie other person or persons within your Parish vsed to méete in anie priuate house or other place and to holde priuate conuenticles contrarie to the 73. Canon if yea then you shall present them all and euerie one of them 29 Whether doth your Minister vse such decencie and comelinesse in his apparell as by the 74. Constitution is enioyned as be all at home as when he goeth abroad 30 Whether doe you know in your parish any that hauing heertofore taken vpon him or them the order of Preisthood or of a Deacon hath since relinquished the same and betaken himselfe in the course of his life as 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 symonie or reputed to be an incontinent person or doth kéepe anie man or woman in his house that are suspected either to bee of euill Religion or bad life himselfe to be a common drunkard or to be a common hunter of Tauernes Ale houses 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 the Ecclesiasticall censures whereby he is offensiue and scandalous to his function or ministery 32 Whether doth your Minister vse the forme of Thankesgiuing to to women after 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 Book of Common Praier to giue God thanks after childbirth if any bee faulty héerein you shall present their names 33 Whether doth your Minister baptize anie children in anie Bason or other vessell then in the ordinarie Font being placed in the Church according to the 81. canon or doth vse to put anie Bason into it Articles concerning the Church WHether haue you in your seuerall churches and chappels the booke of constitutions or canons Ecclesiasticall ready to bée read by your minister according to his Maiesties pleasure published by his Highnesse authoritie vnder the great seale of England 2 Whether is there in your church or chappell one parchment Register Booke prouided for Christnings Mariages and Burials and whether is the same duely and exactly kept according to the Constitutions in that behalfe prouided and a transcript thereof brought in yéerely within one moneth after Easter into my Lord Bishops principall Registers Office And whether doth your minister vpon euerie Sundaie read the names of all such as haue béene married christned or buried in the wéeke before 3 Whether haue you prouided a faire great Bible of the last Translation the book of Common prayer lately commanded by his Maiesties authoritie 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 ancient vsuall place a conuenient

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 i● 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 Commandements set vpon the Cast end of your Church or Chappell where the people may best sée and reade them and other sentences of holy Scriptures written on the wals likewise for the same purpose 4 Whether haue you a conuenient seat for your Minister to read 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 Surplice a faire Communion Cup of siluer and a couer agréeable 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 three locks 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 Bell-frée of your Parish church And how many haue there béene héeretofore 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 said church 6 Whether are your Churches or Chappels with the chancels therof your Parsonage or Vicarage house and all other housing thereto belonging in good reparations and decent and comely kept as well within as without the seats well maintained your church yards 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 7 Whether haue you since the last Metropoliticall Visitation of the most Reuerend Father the now Lord Arch bishop of Canterbury taken a true Terriar of all the Glebe land Houses Tenements Orchyards Gardens and portions of Tithes whether within your Parish or without belonging to your Parsonage or Vicarage and deliuered the same into the office of the Register of this Diocesse Articles concerning Schoole-masters WHether the Schoole-master or Schoole-masters 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 and be diligent in teaching and bringing vp of youth and whether they haue béene examined allowed and licenced 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 do themselues receiue the holy Communion as often as they ought to doe and whether do all your Schollers which be of age sufficient and of capacity by instruction to receiue the Lords Supper come to the Communion either in your Church or where their Parents dwell once euerie yeere and bee diligent to heare common praier 3 Whether the Schoolemaster or Schoolemasters either priuate or publike doe teach their Schollers the Catechisme authorized by publike Authoritie at the least once euerie weeke and doe enstruct and examine them in the same and do teach any other catechisme and what catechisme is it that they doe so teach 4 Whether your Schoolemaster or Schoolemasters or anie of them be known or suspected to read vnto their Schollers priuately any vnlawfull books or priuately to enstruct them in their young yéeres either in popery superstition or disobedience or contempt to his Maiestie and his Lawes Ecclesiasticall by publique authoritie allowed 5 What Recusant Papists are there in your Parish and whether doe they or any of them kéep any Schoolmaster 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 Schoolemaster or Schoolemasters within your Parish doe teach his or their Schollers any other Grammar then that which is called the Kings Grammar set foorth by the authoritie of King Henry the eight teaching the prescript forme thereof whereby the Schollers may perfectly vnderstand their Grammar rules and constructions Articles concerning Parishioners and ●●hers of the Laytie WHether is there any within your Parish that hath or do●● impugne the Kings Maiesties Supremacie and authority in causes Ecclesiasticall or doe anie waie or in anie part impeach the same being restored to the Crowne by the Lawes of this Realme established in that behalfe 2 Whether is there anie in your Parish that denieth the Church of England by Law established vnder the Kings most excellent Maiestie to be a true and Apostolicall Church teaching and maintaining the doctrine of the Apostles 3 Whether is there any in your Parish that doe impugne any of the Articles of Religion agréed vpon in Anno 1562. and established in the Church of England 4 Whether is there any in your Parish that doth 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 Arch-bishops Bishops Archdeacons the rest that beare office in the same affirming that the same is Antichristiā or repugnāt to the word of God 6 VVhether is there any in your Parish that impugne the forme of consecrating ordaining 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 that same forme are not lawfully made 7 VVhether is there any in your parish that doth hold or frequent any conuenticles or priuate méetings and there doe confer to agree vpon anie priuate orders other then such as are by the canons set foorth by publique authoritie to be by them or any others in Church gouernment obserued 8 VVhether any persons haue lurked or tippled in Tauernes or Ale-houses on Sundayes or other Holidayes or vsed his or their manuall craft or trade to keepe their shops open vpon the said dayes or any of them and especially in the time of diuine Seruice 9 VVhether are there any in your Parish that doe or haue prophaned since his Maiesties last generall pardon the Lords day called Sunday or other Holidaies contrarie to the orders of the Church of England prescribed in that behalfe 10 VVhether 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 filthy and prophane talke or any other rude and immodest behauiour 11 VVhether is that due reuerence humble submission vsed in your Church or Chappell in the time of diuine Seruice as by