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A79618 Articles to be enquired of and answered unto by the churchwardens and sworn men in the primary visitation of the right reverend Father in God John, Lord Bishop of Norwich, 1692 Church of England. Diocese of Norwich. Bishop (1691-1707 : Moore) 1692 (1692) Wing C4072G; ESTC R173895 3,785 10

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been left by the last Will of Testament of any Persons to your Church or Chappel or to the Poor or any other pious and charitable use Which hath been mis-spent or embezzolled and by whom V. Are there any in your Parish who under pretence of Liberty of Conscience wholly neglect all publick Worship of God neither going to Church nor to any Assembly that meet together according to the late Act for exempting their Majestie 's Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws VI. Have you any such Assembly of Dissenters in your Parish Act for exempting c. Have they certified the place of their Meeting to the Bishop or such others as that Act appoints Do they meet with their Doors lock'd barr'd or bolted during the time of their Meeting Have their Preachers subscribed the Articles of our Religion except those excepted in the Act and taken the Oaths and subscribed the Declaration therein required VII Are there any who profess to live in the Communion of the Church of England Can. 112. who neglect to come to the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper being of Age fit to receive it VIII Are there any living within your Parish Can. 99. as Man and Wife who are within the Degrees prohibited IX Do you know or have you heard of any in your Parish who having the Presentation of an Ecclesiastical Living hath made any Simonaical compact or gain thereby either in Money or by reserve of any part of the Tithes or Glebe belonging to the Benefice X. Have any Pews or Seats been erected in your Church or Chappel without leave from the Ordinary Is there any strife or contention about Seats in the Church Have any occasioned Riot Clamor or Disturbance in the Church at any time TIT. V. Concerning Parish-Clerks and Sextons 1. HAve you a Parish-Clerk Aged Twenty Can. 91. one years at least Is he of an honest Life and Conversation Able to perform his duty in Reading Writing and Singing Is he chosen by your Minister Doth he duty attend him in all Divine Services in the Church Are his Wages duly paid him Or who withholds the same from him II. Doth your Sexton perform his Duty diligently in keeping the Church clean and decent in tolling and ringing the Bells before Divine Service TIT. VI. Concerning Schoolmasters Schools and Hospitals I. WHat Schoolmaster Can. 77 78 79. private or publick is there in your Parish Is he licensed by the Bishop Doth he teach his Scholars the Church Catechism Doth he cause them to repair orderly to the Church or Chappel on Sundays and Holy-days and there see that they behave themselves quietly and reverently during the time of Divine Servine and Sermon II. What Hospital Alms-house or Free-School hath been founded in your Parish Are they so ordered in their Revenue and Use as the Founders appointed and the Law of the Land allows III. Do any in your Parish practise Physick Chirurgery Midwifery without licence from the Ordinary TIT. VII Concerning Churchwardens and Sidemen I. ARe the Churchwardens of your Parish yearly and duly chosen by the joint consent of your Minister and Parishioners Can. 89. Or one of them by your Minister and the other by the Parishoners II. Have the former and last Churchwardens given up a just account of the Money they have received and laid out for the use of the Church Ibid. And have they delivered up the Money remaining in their hands to the succeeding Churchwardens together with all other things belonging to your Church or Chappel III. Do they provide against every Communion appointed in your Church or Chappel Rubrick after Commun a sufficient quantity of fine white Bread and good Wine according to the number of Communicants at the Charges of the Parish FINIS