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A32933	Articles of visitation and enquiry concerning matters ecclesiastical, exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens and side-men of every parish within the diocess of Bath and VVells, at the triennial visitation of the Right Reverend Falther in God, Peter, Lord bishop of the said diocess	Church of England. Diocese of Bath and Wells. Bishop (1672-1684 : Mews); Mews, Peter, 1619-1706.	1676 (1676)	Wing C4015; ESTC R40815	8,857	16

ARTICLES OF VISITATION and ENQUIRY Concerning Matters ECCLESIASTICAL EXHIBITED To the Ministers Church-Wardens and Side-men of every Parish within the Diocess of BATH and VVELLS At the Triennial Visitation Of the Right Reverend Father in God PETER LOrd Bishop of the said DIOCESS OXFORD Printed by LEONARD LICHFIELD Printer to the University Anno Dom. 1676. YOV shall Swear that you shall well and truly execute the Office of a Church-Warden And that upon due consideration had of these Articles given you in charge you shall diligently Enquire make true Presentment so far as by Law you ought of every person inhabiting or resident within your Parish who hath commited any offence or omitted any duty therein mentioned enquirable into or punishable by the Ecclesiastical Laws of this Kingdom And this you shall do as in the sight of God uprightly and truly without favour or malice hope of reward or fear of displeasure So help you God ARTICLES OF VISITATION and ENQUIRY within the Diocess of BATH and VVELLS TIT. I. Concerning Churches and Chappels with the Ornaments and furniture thereunto belonging Canon 85 IS your Parish Church or Chappel kept in good and Sufficient Repair Are the Roofs thereof well covered with Lead Tile or Slat the Windows well glazed the Floors well paved the Seats well fastened and conveniently placed and all things so decently ordered as becometh the house of God II. Hath the Steeple or Tower of your Church or Chappel or any part thereof been pulled down or any of the Lead or Bells formerly belonging thereunto been imbezelled sold or made away In whose hands or custody doth the same or any part thereof remain Declare what you know or have heard herein Injunct Eliz. III. Is there a Font of Stone with a good Cover thereunto standing in a convenient place towards the lower part of your Church for the Administration of Baptism Can. 81 And is there in your Chancel a decent Communion-Table for the Administration of the Lords Supper Can. 82 with a Carpet of Silk Stuff or fine Woollen Cloth And an other covering of white and pure Linnen to spread thereupon Rub. Com. Can. 20 And have you a fair Communion Cup or Chalice with a cover of Silver and one or more Flagons of Silver or Pewter thereunto belonging Can. 82 IV. Have you in your Church or Chappel a convenient Seat or Pew for your Minister to read divine Service in a Pulpit with a comely Cloth or Cushion for the same Can. 83 a Bible of the last Translation in a large Volume two Books of Common Prayer established by Act of Parliament Anno 1662. well and substantially bound Can. 80 Have you likewise the Book of Homilyes set forth by Authority a Book of Canons and Constitutions Ecclesiasticall and a Printed Table of such Degrees wherein Marriage is prohibited Can. 58 V. Have you a comely large Surplice for the Minister to wear at all times of his publike Ministration in the Church provided and to be duly washed at the charge of the Parish Can. 70 VI. Have you a Register Book of Parchment wherein to Register the Names Sirnames of all such Persons as are Married Christned or Buried within your Parish together with the Names Sirnames of both the Parents of the Children that are Christned expressing the Day Month and Year of all such Christnings Marriages and Burials And is the transcript thereof yearly within one month next after the 25. of March brought into the Bishops Registry Can. 52 VII Have you likewise another Book of Paper wherein to record the Names Licences of all such Strangers as are at any time admitted to Preach in your Church or Chappel Can. 85 As also a third Book wherein to write down the Church-Wardens Accounts together with a strong Chest with Locks and Keys wherein to keep the aforesaid Books and all other the aforementioned Furniture in safe custody Can. 89 And lastly have you a Bier with a black Herse-Cloth for the burial of the dead TIT. II. Concerning the Church-yard the Houses Glebe and Tythes belonging to the Church Can. 83 I. IS your Church-yard sufficiently fenced with Walls Railes or Pales and decently kept from the annoyance of Swine Horses and other Cattle or any other abuse whatsoever Hath any Person incroached upon the same or made any door into it out of his own ground or habitation without allowance from the Ordinarie Have any Trees there growing been cut down how long since by whom to whose use and benefit II. Is the house of your Parson Vicar or Curate with all the Out-houses thereunto belonging kept in good and Sufficient repair or have any of the said houses or Out-houses been defaced or pulled down without Licence from the Ordinary and by whom Hath any Person incroached upon any Garden Yard or Close belonging to your Parsonage or Vicarage house or cut up any Trees growing thereon or changed or removed the ancient Marks and bounds of the same declare what you know or have credibly heard thereof Can. 87 III. Have you a true and perfect Terrier of all the Glebe-lands Gardens Orchards Tenements or Cottages belonging to your Parsonage or Vicarage as also a note of such Pensions Rate-tithes or portions of tithes or other yearly profits either within or without your Parishes as belong thereunto Hath any of the same been with-held from your Minister and by whom as you know or have heard IV. Have any of the Ancient Glebe-lands belonging to your Parsonage or Vicarage been taken away or exchanged for other without the free consent of the Incumbent and Patron and Licence from the Ordinary TIT. III. Concerning Ministers Act Unifor Injunct I. IS your Minister a Priest or a Deacon Episcopally ordained according to the Laws of the Church of England Eliz. 26 II. Is he defamed or suspected to have obtained either his Benefice or Orders by any Simoniacal compact 13. Eliz. cap. 12 III. Hath he been legally instituted and inducted into his Benefice and did he within two Months after his Induction publickly in the Church upon some Sunday or Holyday in the time of divine Service read the 39. Articles of the Church of England established by Authority and there Publickly declare his assent thereunto Act Unifor And hath he likewise read the Declaration enjoin'd by the Act of Uniformity 14. Caroli 2 IV. Hath he any other Ecclesiastical Benefice Prebend or Dignity Is he constantly resident upon his Benefice amongst you How many weeks in one year hath he been absent from you without urgent necessity V. Hath your Minister a Curate to assist him Is the said Curate in Holy Orders an able and discreet Person and conformable to the Laws and Orders of the Church of England Is he allowed by the Bishop to serve in your Church or Chappel And doth he serve in any other Church besides And what yearly Stipend doth your Minister allow

him Can. 14. 21. 68. VI. Doth your Parson Vicar or Curate in reading the Morning and evening Service Administration of the holy Sacraments Celebration of Marriage Churching of Women after Child-birth Visitation of the Sick Burial of the Dead Rub. Matr. Visitat Burial Comminat and Pronouncing Gods Commination against Impenitent Sinners use the Form and words prescribed in the Book of Common-prayer without any addition omission or alteration of the same And doth he use all such rites and ceremonies in all parts of Divine Service as are appointed in the said book so far as you haue observed Can. 58. Rub. VII Doth your Minister at the reading or celebrating any divine office wear the Surplice together with such other Scholastical habit as is suitable to his Degree Can. 64 VIII Doth he observe the Holy-daies and Fasting-daies as also the Ember Weeks Rub. Com. and the yearly Perambulation in Rogation week as in the Common-prayer-book or by the Ecclesiastical Canons is appointed Pr. Injunct Eliz. 19 giving notice to the Parishioners of every of the same in the Church in the time of divine Service upon the Sunday next before Can. 48 49. IX Hath your Minister been Licenced to Preach by the Bishop or either of the two Universities Rub. Com. If so doth he then constantly unless in case of Sickness necessary absence or other reasonable impediment Can. 45 46. himself Preach in your Church or Chappel one Sermon every Sunday Or if he be not a licenced Preacher or being so licenced be hindred by Sicknes or otherwise as aforesaid doth he procure a Sermon to be Preached by some other Minister a Licensed Preacher or is one of the Homilies set forth by Authority there read by a Priest or Deacon lawfully ordained Can. 59.61 X. Doth your Minister diligently instruct the Youth of your Parish in the Church-Carechism Can. 66 Injunct Eliz 44 doth he prepare and present them being so instructed to be confirmed by the Bishop And doth he endeavour to reclaim all Popish Recusants and other Sectaries if any such be inhabiting within your Parish to the true Religion established in the Church of England and to their bounden Duty in obeying the Laws and submitting to the Covernment thereof Can. 67 68 69. XI Doth he neglect to visit the Sick or delay the Baptism of any Infant that is in danger of death Is there any Child in your Parish past Infancy or other Person of more years through your Ministers default yet remaining unbaptized Rub. Com. Pra. Doth he baptize any without Godfathers and Godmothers Can. 29 or admit either of the Parents to be God-father or God-mother to their own Children 13. Eliz. 12. Injunct XII Doth he in his Sermons at any time as you know or have heard Preach any false Heretical Eliz. 31 Seditious or Schismatical Doctrine thereby to seduce the People into parties and factions to the disturbance of the publick Peace and Unity of the Church or State Can. 16 XIII Hath he presumed to Marry any Persons in private Houses or such as being under age Rub. Mat. have not the consent of their Parents or without the Banes first published on three Sundaies or Holy-daies in the Church unless he had Licence or Dispensation so to do or at any other hours then between Eight and Twelve in the Morning who are the Persons so Married and when were they so married Act Vniform XIV Doth any person preach in your Parish as a Lecturer Hath he allowance from the Bishop for so doing Doth he before his Lecture read Divine Service according to the Book of Common Prayer and is he in all respects conformable to the Laws and Orders of the Church of England Can. 72 75. XV. Hath your Minister taken upon him to appoint any publick or private Fasts Prophecyings or Exercises not appointed by Authority or doth he or any other either Minister or Lay person hold any Conventicles or Meetings in private Houses within your Parish for people of several Families to resort unto under the pretence of preaching praying thanksgiving or humiliation contrary to the Laws and Canons in that case provided Can. 75 XVI Is your Parson Vicar Curate or Lecturer a man of sober unblamable and exemplary life Doth he familiarly converse with ungodly vicious excommunicate persons otherwise then to instruct or reform them Is he a frequenter of Taverns or Ale-houses a common Gamester a prophane or obscene Iester a swearer a Railer Scoffer or Quareller Doth he set Neighbours at variance one with another or encourage them to suits and contention Is he noted to be an intemperate Drinker or vehemently suspected of Incontinence with any person either within your Parish or without Is his Apparel grave and decent both for fashion and colour as the Canons of the church require Or is his carriage and conversation in any kind whatsoever disorderly or scandalous and unbeseeming a Minister of Jesus Christ Act. Vnifor XVII Hath any person presumed to execute the office of a Priest or a Deacon in your Parish Church and to say read or celebrate Divine Service there or to serve the Cure of your Parish not being a Deacon or to do any other Ministerial Office in your Church belonging to a Priest or Deacon If so you are to present what his name is where he dwelleth and how oft he hath offended therein Can. 55 XVIII Doth your Minister use before his Sermon to Pray for the King's Majesty King Charles his Royal Consort Queen Catharine James Duke of York and the Royal Progeny giving unto his Majesty such stile and title of Supream Governour in all Causes and over all Persons as well Ecclesiastical as Temporal as are due unto his Majesty Hath your Parson Vicar Curate Act Vniform or Lecturer a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the Archbishop Bishop or Ordinary of his Subscription to the Declaration appointed by the Act of Uniformity and hath he publickly and openly read the same together with the Declaration upon some Lords-day within three moneths after the date of the said Certificate in your Parish Church in the presence of the Congregation in time of Divine Service TIT. IV. Concerning the Parishioners Can. 110 I. IS there in your Parish any person reputed Heretick or Schismatick any Papist Familist Anabaptist Quaker or other Sectary that refuse to come into the publick Assemblies Prayers Services of the Church or that make profession of any other Religion then that is established in the Church of England And if there be any such what are their Names Can. 109 II. Is there any person in your Parish on whom there is a common fame or vehement suspicion of Adultery Fornication or Incest committed by him or her Are there any common Drunkards within your Parish or common Swearers or Blasphemers of Gods name or any that are noted to be unclean lewd or

obscene Talkers or such who are Sowers of Sedition Faction and Discord amongst their Neighbours Injunct Eliz 34 III. Do any of your Parish upon Sundaies or Holy-daies follow their bodily and ordinary labour or permit their servants so to do Are any Shops kept open or wares sold Or do any Vintners Inn-keepers or other Victuallers and sellers of Beer Ale or Sider suffer any person to tipple or game in their Houses on those daies Injunct Eliz 33 IV. Doth every person inhabiting or sojourning within your Parish duly resort unto your Church or Chappel 1. Eliz. 2 upon every Sunday and Holy-day to Divine Service Injunct Eliz 46 Do they then and there abide quietly with reverence order and decency during all the whole time of Common Prayer or Preaching Injunct Eliz 52 And are there any among you that come only to the Sermon and not to the Common Prayers of the Church Rub. Bapt. V. Are there any in your Parish that refuse to send their Infant-Children to be baptized publickly in the Church unless in case of urgent danger in which case the Child may be baptized at home by a lawful Minister after the form and rites appointed in the Liturgy Or do they send them to be baptized in any other Parishes or after other form then is appointed Or do they keep them unbaptized any longer time then the Church alloweth And are there any Infants or more aged persons in your Parish as yet unbaptized or any that have been privately baptized that are not afterward brought to the Church as is appointed Can. 59 VI. Do all Housholders in your Parish cause their Children and Servants to learn their Catechism and to give an account thereof unto your Minister as he shall require it of them openly in Church upon Sundaies and Holy-daies as in the Book of Common Prayer is appointed that when they are well instructed in the same they may be confirred by the Bishop Can. 114. 21. VII Is there any person in your Parish who being sixteen years of age and well instructed in Religion doth not receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper at least three times in the year Rub. Com. of which Easter is alwaies to be one Can. 57 Doth any in your Parish refuse to receive the same kneeling or from the hands of your own Minister Rub. Com. Pra. repairing for it to other Parishes and Ministers abroad Or are there any Strangers not of your Parish that Forsake their own Churches and usually repair to yours for it Can. 65 VIII Have you any among you that be denounced and declared excommunicated for any crime committed How long have they been so excommunicated And do any of your Parish keep society with them before they be reconciled to the Church and absolved Can. 99 IX Are there any living in your Parish as man and wife who are within the degrees prohibited Or any that being lawfully divorced have married again Or any that being lawfully married and not separated or divorced by course of Law do not cohabit together Rub. X. Are there any Married Women in your Parish who after their Delivery from the peril of Child-birth refuse to make their publick Thanksgiving to God in the Church in such manner as by the Law and Book of Common-Prayer is requited Rub. Com. Act Vnifor XI Are there any belonging to your Parish who refuse to pay their duty for Easter Offerings to your Minister or any that refuse to pay the Rate Assessed upon them for the Repair of your Church or Chappel and for the providing of Bread and Wine for the Communion and such Books Furniture and Ornaments as be requisite for the performance of all Divine Offices there And what is each persons particular Rate who refuseth so to pay Rub. Com. XII Do any refuse to Bury their Dead according to the Rites of the Church of England And are there any Wills or Testaments of Persons dead in your Parish that be yet Unproved or any Goods Administred without a due Grant from the Ordinary Did any Dying in your Parish or elsewhere leave any Legacy to your Church or Chappel Can. 62 or to the use of the Poor or to any other Pious and Charitable purposes what were those Legacyes and how have they been bestowed XIII Is there any Strife and Contention among any of your Parish for their Pews or Seats in your Church Have any new Pews been erected in your Chancel or in the body of your Church or Chappel without leave from the Ordinary XIV Is the Fifth day of November observed and kept in your Parish and also the Thirtieth of January and the Nine and Twentieth day of May every of them yearly according to the several Acts of Parliament and in such form as by publick Authority is appointed for the same Can. 4. 6. XV. Are there any in your Parish who have Depraved Vilified or Spoken against the Book of Common-prayer now established in the Church of England or any part thereof or against the Government of the Church under his Majesty by arch-Arch-Bishops Bishops and other Ecclesiastical Officers or have spoken Disgracefully of the Courts Ecclesiastical XVI Do you know of any that have abused the Church-Wardens of your Parish or given them evil words for executing their Office or to dis-hearten and deterr them from executing it as by Oath and Duty they are bound TIT. V. Concerning Parish-Clerks and Sextons Can. 67 1. HAve you belonging to your Church or Chappel a Parish Clerk aged one and twenty years at the least Is he of honest Life and Conversation and sufficient and able to perform his duty in reading writing and singing Is he chosen by your Minister and doth he duly attend him in all Divine Offices Are his due wages justly paid unto him Or who withholdeth the same from him Can. 91 II. Doth he or your Sexton if there be any such appointed in your Parish diligently look to the doors of your Church that they be locked and opened at due time And doth he keep your Church or Chappel clean from dust cobwebs and other annoyance Doth he toll or ring the Bells at the due accustomed hours before the beginning of Divine Service Morning and Evening that the People may be warned to come unto the Church And when any person is passing out of this life doth he upon notice given him thereof toll a Bell as hath been accustomed that the Neighbours may thereby be warned to recommend the dying person to the grace and favour of God TIT. VI. Concerning Hospitals Schools School-Masters Physitians Chyrurgions and Mid-wifes I. Is there in your Parish any Hospital Almes-house or Free-School not of the Kings Foundation or Patronage Who was the Founder or is now the Patron thereof And what is the yearly Revenue or Stipend belonging to the Governours or Masters of the same Is the same ordered and governed in every respect as it