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B00016	Articles to be enquired of, in the diocesse of Norwich. In the ordinarie visitation of visitation of the reuerend father in God, Francis, Lord Bishop of Norvvich. Anno Domini 1629.	Church of England. Diocese of Norwich. Bishop (1629-1631 : White); White, Francis, 1564?-1638.	1629 (1629)	STC 10295; ESTC S125656	12,054	16

or is there any in your Parish Ministers forsaking their calling who hauing beene admitted into holy Orders either Deacon or Minister doth relinquish or forsake his calling and liueth in che course of his life as a Lay man Ministers reuealing priuate confessions 21 Item Whether doth your Minister before the seuerall times of the administration of the Lords Supper admonish and exhort his Parishioners if they haue their consciences troubled and disquieted to resort vnto him or some other learned Minister and open his griefe that hee may receiue such ghostly counsell and comfort as his conscience may bee relieued and by the Minister hee may receiue the benefit of absolution to the quiet of his conscience and auoiding of the scruple And if any man confesse his secret and hidden sinnes being sicke or whole to the Minister for the vnburthening of his conscience and receiuing such spirituall consolation doth or hath the said Minister at any time reuealed and made knowen to any person whatsoeuer any crime or offence so committed to his trust and secrecie contrary to the 113. Canon Articles concerning Matrimony Titul 5 FIrst Marriage within Leuiticall degrees Whether there be any in your Parish that haue maried within the degrees of affinitie or consanguinitie by the Law of God forbidden if any what be they Priuate marriage and without consent of Parents 2 Item Whether haue any beene maried secretly in priuate houses or without their parents or gouernours consent signified being vnder the age of 21. yeeres Married person liuing apart 3 Item Whether doe any persons lawfully married liue asunder vnlawfully and in whom is the default Marriage without banes and licence 4 Item Whether any persons the Banes being not thrice published in the Church haue beene married without licence lawfully obtained who were present at such mariages and what Minister married them Persons married out of their parishes 5 Item Whether any persons by licence or without haue beene married in your Parish Church neither of them at that time dwelling in your Towne Recusants marriage 6 Item What Popish Recusants or their children haue been married in your Parish in what sort was that Matrimony solemnized when and by whom Bigamy 7 Item Is there any in your Parish that is voiced noted and credibly reported and accused to haue two wiues liuing or two husbands Articles concerning the Churchwardens Titul 6. Election of Churchwardens FIrst whether be the Churchwardens chosen by the Minister and Parishioners according to the 89. Canon and whether hath any taken vpon him to be Churchwarden being not so chosen Or hath any continued aboue one yeere in his office without a new choise Churchwardens due accompt 2 Item Whether haue any Churchwardens retained any of the Church goods and not made a iust account of what they haue receiued and expended Churchwardens diligent in the Church 3 Item Haue they beene and are they diligent in their office to see decencie kept in the Church and order in the time of Common prayer and administration of the Sacraments and that there be no disturbance A booke for ●range Preachers but sobernesse and quietnesse in the Church And doe the Church-wardens keepe a booke in your Parish wherein the name of euery strange Preacher in your Parish is set down haue the Church-wardens suffered any to Preach not shewing or hauing no licence Articles concerning the Parishioners FIrst Titul 7. Whether doe any in your Parish prophane the Sunday by vnlawfull games Prophaning the Lords day drinking or tippling in the time of Common Prayer or Sermon and by working and doing the ordinary workes of their vocation and trades impugning the rites and government of the Church 2 Item Is there any in your Parish that doe impugne or speake against the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England or the lawfull vse of them and the gouernement of this Church vnder his Maiestie by Archbishops Bishops and other Ecclesiasticall officers ●●●euerent behaviour at Divine seruice 3 Item Who in your Parish doe come to the Sermon onely and not to diuine Seruice and who doe not reuerently behaue themselues during the time of diuine Seruice deuoutly kneeling when the generall Confession of sinnes the Letany the ten Commandements and all Prayers and Collects are read and vsing all duly and lowly reuerence when the blessed name of the Lord Iesus is mentioned and standing vp when the Articles of the Beliefe and the Gospel are read or who doe couer their heads in the Church during the whole time of diuine Seruice vnlesse it bee in case of necessitie in which case they may weare a nightcap Or who doe giue themselues to babling talking or walking and are not attentiue to heare the Word read and preached Leauing their owne Churches to goe to others 4 Item Is there any of your Parish hauing a Preacher to their Minister that doe absent themselues from his Sermons and resort to other places to heare other Preachers or doe any in your Parish Communicate or Baptize their children in any other Parish Exception against the Minister 5 Item Is there any in your Parish that refuse to haue their children baptized or themselues to receiue the Communion of your Minister taking exception against him or haue any wiues that refuse to come to Church according to the Booke of Common Prayer Churching of women to giue thankes to God for their safe deliuerance in a decent habite as hath beene anciently accustomed Disgracing of Ministers 6 Item hath any in your Parish spoken slanderous and reprochfull words against your Minister to the scandall of his vocation or against their marriage or wiues or against his neighbour defaming them touching any crime of Ecclesiasticall cognizance Opening of shops vpon holydayes 7 Item Whether doe any in your Parish exercise any trade or labour buy or sell or keepe open shops or set out any wares to bee sold vpon Sundayes and Holy-dayes by themselues their seruants or apprentices or haue otherwise prophaned the said dayes Keeping holy of 27. March 5. Nouember 8 Item Whether is the 27. of March and the fifth of Nouember kept holy and thankesgiuing made to God according to the order set foorth in that behalfe Adultery fornication incest c. 9 Item Is there any in your Parish that bee or are commonly knowne or reputed to be blasphemers of Gods holy Name drunkards adulterers fornicators incestuous persons concealers or harbourers of fornicators or adulterers haue any beene detected of such notorious crimes and what penance haue they done for the same Commutation of Penance 10 Item what corporall punishment for any such offences haue beene commuted and changed into a pecuniary mulct or sum of money by any Ecclesiasticall Iudge exercising iurisdiction within this Diocesse by vertue of any Grant or Commission or what was the sum of money by them or any of them

ARTICLES TO BE ENQVIRED of in the Diocesse of Norwich In the ordinarie Visitation of the Reuerend Father in God FRANCIS Lord Bishop of NORVVICH Anno Domini 1629. ❧ Imprinted at LONDON by IOHN BILL 1629. The forme of the Oath to bee ministred vnto the Church-wardens and Side-men YOu shall sweare that you and euery of you shall duely consider and diligently enquire of all and euery of these Articles giuen you in charge and that all affection fauour hope of reward and gaine or feare of displeasure or malice set aside you shall present all and euery such person of or within your Parish as hath committed any offence or made any default mentioned in these or any of these Articles or which are vehemently suspected or defamed of any such offence or default wherein you shall deale vprightly and fully neither presenting nor sparing to present any contrary to trueth hauing in this action God before your eyes with an earnest zeale to maintaine trueth and vertue and to suppresse vice So helpe you God and the holy Contents of this Booke ARTICLES TO BE ENQVIRED OF IN the Diocesse of NORVVICH ANNO DOM. 1629. Articles concerning Religion and Doctrine Titul 1. Hereticall opinions 1WHether be there any abiding or resorting to your Parish that haue wilfully maintained and defended any heresies errours or false opinions contrary to the faith of Christ and holy Scripture Absence from Church 2 Item Whether doth any in your parish being 16. yeres of age or vpwards or others lodging or commonly resorting to any house in your Parish wilfully absent themselues from your Parish Church Chappell or Oratorie vpon Sundayes and Holy-dayes and other dayes appointed at Morning and Euening prayers Or who come late to Church and depart from Church before diuine Seruice and Sermon be ended Or whether be there any that perswade others to forbeare and abstaine comming to Church to heare diuine Seruice and receiue the holy Communion according to his Maiesties Lawes in that behalfe enacted Vnlawfull Conuenticles 3 Item Whether be there any in your Parish that hath beene or is vehemently suspected to haue beene present at any vnlawfull assemblies conuenticles or meetings vnder colour or pretence of any exercise of Religion or doeth any affirme and maintaine such meeting to be lawfull contrary to his Maiesties Statutes in that behalfe Impugners of the Kings Supremacie 4 Item Whether be there any within your Parish that deny or perswade any to deny withstand and impugne the Kings Maiesties authority and Supremacie in causes Ecclesiasticall within his Realme Popish Recu●●●●● 5. Item Whether be there any abiding or resorting to your Parish that be or are commonly reputed to bee ill affected in matters of Religion professed in our Church or taken to bee Recusant Papists refusing to repaire vnto the Church to heare diuine Seruice and receiue the holy Communion and being disobedient to his Highnesse Lawes in that behalfe prouided Or doe any publish sell or disperse any superstitious bookes or writings or other bookes libells or writings of any lectuaries touching the Religion State or Ecclesiasticall gouernement of this Kingdome of England Present their names qualities and conditions Doeth any Papist keepe a Schoolemaster in his house which commeth not to Church as is required What is his name and how long hath he taught there or else where Articles concerning publike Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments Titul 2. ●●●rauing the Booke of Common prayer and ●●●●●monies FIrst Whether hath any of your Parish spoken or declared any thing in the derogation or deprauing of the forme of Gods worship in the Church of England and Administration of the Sacraments Rites and Ceremonis set foorth and prescribed in the Booke of common Prayer by the Kings Maiestie authorised and confirmed Doe any preach speake or declare that it conteineth any thing which is not agreeable to the holy Scriptures ●●●●wading any ●ister to alter forme of ●●mon prayer 2. Item Whether hath any in your Parish caused procured or maintained any Minister to say any common or publike Prayer or to administer either of the Sacraments of Baptisme and the Lords Supper otherwise or in any other manner and forme then is mentioned in the said Booke of Common Prayer Or whether hath any interrupted hindred let or disturbed the Minister to reade diuine Seruice and administer the Sacraments in such manner and forme as is mentioned in the said Booke or interrupted him in his Preachings and Sermons ●●ruation of ●orme of ●●●●●sme and ●●●e 3. Item Whether is the Sacrament of Baptisme rightly and duely administred a cording to the prescript Forme expressed in the booke of Comon Prayer with due obseruation of all Rites and Ceremonies prescribed in the administration of the same without adding or altering any part or parcell of any prayers interrogatories or not vsing the signe of the Crosse in the administration of the same Deferring of Baptisme 4 Item Whether is the administration of the Sacrament of Baptisme deferred longer then the next Sunday or Holiday immediately following the birth of the Childe Children refused to be baptized or dying without Baptisme 5 Item Whether is the Sacrament of Baptisme refused to bee administred to any children borne in or out of wedlocke their birth being made knowen to the Minister of the parish and offered vnto him to be baptized or haue any such children died vnbaptized Parents of children admitted Godfathers 6 Item Whether bee the Parents of any child to bee baptized admitted to be godfathers and godmothers to the same Priuate Baptisme 7 Item Whether haue there any children beene baptized in priuate houses by any Lay person or midwife or Popish Priest or by any other Minister but vpon vrgent occasion when the child was in danger of death Baptizing of Papists children 8 Item Whether haue the children which haue beene borne to any Popish Recusants or begotten by them in your parish beene publikely baptized in your parish Church by your Parson Vicar or Curate or by whom were they baptized or where to your knowledge Receiuing of the Lords Supper thrice a yeere 9 Item Whether hath the blessed Sacrament of the Lords Supper beene duely and reuerently administred euery moneth or thrice euery yeere at least whereof once at Easter within your Parish Church to euery parishioner being of sixteene yeeres of age or vpwards Kneeling at the Communion 10 Item Whether is the said holy Sacrament deliuered vnto or receiued by any of the Communicants within your Parish that vnreuerently sit or stand or doe not deuoutly and humbly kneele vpon their knees Notorious offenders admitted to the Communion 11 Item Whether hath any of your parish which be openly knowen to liue in notorious sinne without repentance or excommunicate persons or Schismatikes common and notorious deprauers of the Religion and gouerment of this Realme without vnfained sorrow showen for their impiety and wickednesse beene