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A32971	Articles of visitation & enquiry concerning matters ecclesiastical exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens, and side-men of every parish within the diocese of Winchester, in the primary episcopal visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God, George, by divine providence Lord Bishop of Winchester.	Church Of England. Diocese of Winchester. Bishop (1662-1684 : Morley); Morley, George, 1597-1684.	1662 (1662)	Wing C4087; ESTC R2951	7,762	13

ARTICLES OF VISITATION ENQUIRY Concerning MATTERS Ecclesiastical EXHIBITED To the Ministers Church-Wardens and Side-men of every Parish within the DIOCESE of WINCHESTER In the Primary EPISCOPAL VISITATION OF THE Right Reverend Father in God GEORGE By Divine Providence Lord Bishop of WINCHESTER LONDON Printed for T. Garthwait at the Kings-Head in S. Pauls Church-yard M.DC.LXII The Tenor of the Oath to be Administred to the Church-wardens and Sidemen of every Parish YOu shall Swear to enquire with your best diligence and to make a true answer unto every Article in this Book now given you in Charge and to Present every Person that now is or of late was inhabiting within your Parish that hath done any Offence or omitted any Duty therein mentioned 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 DIOCESE of WINCHESTER TITUL. I. Concerning Churches and Chappels with the Ornaments and Furniture thereunto belonging I. IS your Parish Church or Chappel kept in good and sufficient repair Are the Roofs thereof well covered with Lead Tile or Slate the Windows well glazed the Floors well paved the Seats well fastned 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 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 And is there in your Chancel a decent Communion Table for the Administration of the Lords Supper with a Carpet of Silk Stuff or fine Woollen cloath and another Covering of white and pure Linnen to spread thereupon 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 IV. HAVE you in your said Church or Chappel a convenient Seat or Pew for your Minister to read Divine Service in A Pulpit with a comely Cloath or Cushion for the same A Bible of the last Translation in a large Volume and the Book of Common-Prayer both well and substantially bound Have you likewise the Book of Homilies set forth by Authority A Book of Canons and Constitutions Ecclesiastical And a Printed Table of the Degrées wherein Marriage is prohibited V. HAVE you a comely large Surplice for the Minister to wear at all times of his Publick Ministration in the Church provided and to be duely washed at the Charge of the Parish VI. HAVE you a Register Book of Parchment wherein to Register the Names and Sirnames of all such persons as are married Christned or Buried within your Parish together with the Names and Sirna●es of both the Parents of the Children so Christened expressing the day month and year of all such Christenings Marriages and Burials And is the transcript thereof yearly within one Month next after the 25 of March brought into the Bishops Registry VII HAVE you likewise another Book of Paper wherein to record the Names and Licences of all such Strangers as are admitted at any time to Preach in your Church or Chappel As also a third Book wherein to write down the Churchwardens Accompts together with a strong Chest with Locks and Keys wherein to kéep the aforesaid Books and all other the aforementioned Furniture in safe Custody And lastly have you a Bier with a black Hears-cloath for the Burial of the Dead TIT. II. Concerning the Church-yard the Houses Glebes and Tithes belonging to the Church I. JS your Church-yard sufficiently senced with Walls Rails or Pales and decently kept from the annoyance of Swine Horses and other Caltel Hath any person encroached upon the same or made any door into it out of his own ground or habitation without allowance from the Ordinar● Have any Trées there growing béen cut down how long since by whom and 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 Housee or Out houses béen defaced or pulled down without licence from the Ordinary and by whom Hath any person encroached 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 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-tythes and Portions of Tythes or other yearly Profits either within or without your Parish as belong thereunto Have any of the same béen withheld from your Minister or by whom as you know or have heard IV. HAVE any of the Ancient Gleb-lands belonging to your Parsosonage or Vicarage béen taken away or exchanged for other without the frée consent of the Incumbent and licence from the Ordinary Have any Inclosures béen made in your Parish to the detriment of the Church by the decay of Tillage and converting Arable-land into Pasture by whom hath the same béen made and how many years since and how much is your Parsonage or Vicarage damnisied thereby in the pearly value thereof as you know believe or have heard TIT. III. Concerning Ministers I. IS your Minister a Priest or Deacon Episcopally Ordained according to the Laws of the Church of England II. IS he defamed or suspected to have obtained either his Benefice or Orders by any Simonaical compact III. HATH he béen legally Instituted and Inducted into his Benefice and did he within two months after his Induction publickly in the Church upon some Sunday or Holy-day 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 IV. HATH he any other Ecclesiastical Benefice Prebend or Dignity Is he constantly resident upon his Benefice amongst you How many week in any one year hath he been absent from it 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 beside and what yearly Stipend doth your Minister allow him VI. DOTH your Parson Vicar or Curate in reading the daily 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 and pronouncing Gods

Commination against impenitent Sinners use the form and words prescribed in the Book of Common-Praier 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 VII DOTH your Minister at the Reading or Celebrating any Divine Office in your Church or Chappel wear the Surplice together with such other Scholastical Habit as is suitable to his Degree VIII DOTH he observe the Holy-daies and Fasting-daies as also the Ember-weeks and the yearly Perambulation in Rogation-week as in the Common-Praier-book or by the Ecclestastical Canons is appointed giving notice to the Parishioners of every of the same in the Church in the time of Divine Service upon the Sunday next before IX HATH your Minister been licenced to preach by the Bishop or either of the two Vniversities If so Doth he then constantly unless in case of sickness necessary absence or other reasonable impediment himself preach in your Church or Chappel one Sermon everie Sunday Or if he be not a Licensed preacher or being so Licensed be hindred by sickness or otherwise as aforesaid doth he procure a Sermon to be so preached by some other Minister a Licensed Preacher or one of the Homilies set forth by Authority to be there read by a Priest or Deacon lawfully Ordained X. DOTH your Minister diligently instruct the youth of your Parish in the Church Catechism and 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 Government thereof 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 past Infancy or other person of more years through your Ministers default yet remaining unbaptized in your Parish Doth he baptize any without Godfathers and Godmothers or admit either of the Parents to be Godfather or Godmother to their own Children XII DOTH he in his Sermons preach sound Doctrine tending to the edification of the people in the knowledg and faith of Iesus Christ and obedience to Gods holy Commandments or hath he at any time as you know or have heard preached any False Heretical Seditious or Schismatical Doctrine thereby to seduce the people into parties and factions to the disturbance of the publick peace and unity either of Church or State XIII HATH he presumed to Marry any persons in private houses or such as being under age have not the consent of their Parents or without the Banes first published on three Sundaies or Holy-daies in the Church or at any other hours then between Eight and Twelve in the Morning unless he had License or Dispensation so to do XV. 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 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 XVI IS your Parson Vicar Curate or Lecturer a man of sober unblameable and exemplary Life Doth he familiarly converse with ungodly vicious and excommunicate persons Is he a frequenter of Tavern or Ale-houses a common Gamester a prophane or obscene Iester a Swearer Rayler Scoffer or Quarreller Doth be 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 Incontinency with any person either within your Parish or without Doth he wear his hair of an immoderate or uncomely length 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 unbeséeming a Minister of Iesus Christ TIT. IV. Concerning the Parishioners I. JS there in your Parish any person a known or reputed Heretick or Schismatick any Papist Familist Anabaptist Quaker or other Sectary that refuse to come unto the publick Assemblies Prayers or Services of the Church or that make profession of any other Religion then what is established in the Church of England and if there be any such what are their Names II. IS there any person in your Parish that lieth under a common fame or vehement suspition of Adultery Fornication or Incest Are there any common drunkards within your Parish or common swearers or blasphemers of Gods Name or any that are noted to be railers unclean or filthy talkers or sowers of sedition faction and discord amongst their neighbours III DO any of your Parish upon the Sundayes or Holy dayes 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-kéepers or other Victuallers and sellers of Bear or Ale suffer any persons to tipple or game in their houses upon those dayes IV. DOTH every person inhabiting or sojourning within your Parish duely resort unto your Church Chappel or Chappels upon every Sunday and Holiday appointed for Divine Service Do they then and there abide quietly with reverence order and decency during all the whole time of Common-Prayer Preaching or other service of God there rised and are there any among you that come onely to the Preaching and not to the Common-Prayers of the Church V. DOTH every person reverently uncover his head and so continue all the time of Divine Service and Sermon in the Church Do they all reverently knéel at the Prayers and stand up when the Creed and Gospel are read making due reverence when the Name of our Lord Iesus is mentioned VI. ARE there anie 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 lawfull 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 than is appointed Or do they kéep them unbaptized any longer time then the Church alloweth And are there any Infants or more aged persons in your Parish as yet unbaptized VII DOTH every Houshoulder 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 the Church upon Sundaies and Holy-daies as in the Book of Common-Praier is appointed that when they are well instructed in the same they may be confirmed by the Bishop VIII IS there anie person in your Parish who being 16. years of age and well instructed in Religion doth not receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper at least three times in the year of which Easter is alwaies to be one Doth anie in your Parish refuse to receive the same kneeling or from the hands of your own Minister repairing for it to other Parishes and Ministers abroad Or are there anie strangers not of your Parish that forsake their own Churches and usually repair to yours for it IX HAVE you anie among you that be denounced and declared excommunicate for anie crime committed How long have they béen so excommunicated And do anie of your Parish kéep society with them before they be reconciled to the Church and absolved X. ARE there any living in your Parish who have been unlawfully married contrary to the laws of God Or anie that being lawfully divorced have married again Or anie that being lawfully married and not separated or divorced by course of Law do not cohabit together XI ARE there anie 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 And when they come so to do do they come decently apparelled and make their offerings according to custom XII ARE there anie belonging to your Parish who refuse to pay their duty for Easter offerings to your Minister Or anie that refuse to contribute and pay the rate assessed upon them for the repair of your Church or Chappel and for the providing of such books furniture and ornaments as be requisite for the performance of all Divine offices there XIII 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 else where leave any Legacy to your Church or Chappel or to the use of the poor or to any other pious and charitable purposes What were those Legacies and how have they béen bestowed XIV DO you know or have you heard of any Patron or other person in your Parish having the presentation or gift of any Ecclesiastical Benefice who hath made gain thereof by presenting a Clerk or Minster to it upon any bargain either for money or pension or lease reserve of Tithes or Glebe or any part thereof or upon other Simoniacal compact whatsoever XV. IS there any strife and contention among any of your Parish for their Pews or Seats in your Church Have any new Pews béen erected in your Chancel or in the Body of your Church or Chappel without leave from the Ordinary TIT. V. Concerning Parish-Clerks and Sextons I. HAVE you belonging to your Church or Chappelry a Parish-Clark aged 21 years at the least Is he of honest life and conversation and sufficient or 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 Services at the Church Are his wages only paid unto him or who withholdeth the same from him 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 kéep 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 béen 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 Chirurgeons and Midwives I. JS there any Hospital Almes-house or Frée-School founded in your Parish Who was the Founder or is now the Patron thereof And what is the yearly Revenue or Stipend belonging to the Governors or Masters of the same Is the same ordered and governed in every respect as it ought to be and are the Revenues thereof rightly employed according to the intention of the Founder and of such Grants and Ordinances as have béen made concerning the same II. DOTH any man kéep a publick or private School in your Parish who is not allowed thereunto by the Bishop or his Chancellor Doth your School-master teach his Scholars the Catechism of Religion set forth by Authority Doth he cause them upon Sundaies and Holy-daies orderly to repair to your Church or Chappel and see that they behave themselves there quietly and reverently during the time of Divine Service and Sermon III. DOTH any man in your Parish practise Physick or Chirurgery or any Woman take upon her to exercise the Office of a Midwife without approbation and licence from the Ordinary TIT. VII Concerning Church-wardens and Side-men I. ARE the Churchwardens of your Parish yearly and duly chosen by the joynt consent of your Minister and Parishioners or one of them by your Minister and the other by the Parishioners II. HAVE the former and last Churchwardens given up their due Accompts to the Parish and delivered up to the succeeding Church-wardens the moneys remaining in their hands together with all other things belonging to your Church or Chappel III. DO you the Churchwardens and Side-men take diligent care and see who of your Parishioners be absent from the Divine Service and Sermon in your Church or Chappel upon Sundays and Holy-days And if you find any to have absented themselves without a sufficient cause do you by Warrant from some of the Iustices of Peace levie of them by way of distress upon their goods the sum of 12 pence for everie such day of their absence according the Act of Parliament in that case provided And do you distribute the several sums so levied among the Poor of your Parish according to the Law IV. DO you note them that come late to Church after Divine Service is begun or depart before it be ended Do you suffer none to stand idle or talk together in the Church-porch or to walk in the Church or Church-yard during the time of Praiers Preaching or other Sacred Offices V. DO you suffer no mis-behaviour or disorder to be done by men women or servants or children in your Church or Chappel Are you carefull that none of them sit lean or lay their Hats upon the Communion-Table Do you permit no Minstrels no Morris-dancers no Dogs Hawks or Hounds to be brought or come into your Church to the disturbance of the Congregation VI. DO you against every Communion appointed in your Church or Chappel provide a sufficient quantity of fine white Bread and of good Wine according to the number of Communicants VII DO you cause all Strangers that preach in your Church or Chappel to subscribe their names the same day in a Book provided for that purpose together with the name of the Bishop that licensed them to preach in this Diocese and do you permit no other to preach VIII HAVE you the Churchwardens and Side-men now sworn to give in a true answer unto all these Articles of Inquiry in all their several Titles taken sufficient time to draw up your Presentments and therein consulted with your Minister for his faithfull assistance FOR know you assuredly That as the true discharging of your Office is the chief means whereby publick Disorders Sins and Offences in your Parish may be reformed and punished So if you wilfully refuse to present such crimes and faults as either you know to have been committed or otherwise have heard of by publick fame That in such cases the Bishop and his Officers are to proceed against you in their Ecclesiastical Courts as in Cases of wilful Omission and Perjury GEO. WINTON THE Ministers of every Parish are desired to give in the Names of such of the younger sort in their several Parishes as they judge fit to receive Confirmation from the Bishop and to present them to be confirmed especially such as having competently learned their Catechism have not yet received the Holy Communion