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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79597	Articles of visitation and enquiry, exhibited to the ministers, churchwardens and sidemen of every parish in the diocess of Gloucester; in the second triennial visitation of the right reverend father in God, Edward Lord Bishop of Gloucester, An. Dom. MDCXCVIII.	Church of England. Diocese of Gloucester. Bishop (1691-1714 : Fowler); Fowler, Edward, 1632-1714.	1698 (1698)	Wing C4047C; ESTC R175788	4,062	9

ARTICLES OF Visitation and Enquiry EXHIBITED To the Ministers Churchwardens and Sidemen of every Parish in the DIOCESS OF GLOUCESTER In the Second Triennial VISITATION of the Right Reverend Father in GOD EDWARD LORD BISHOP of GLOUCESTER An. Dom. MDCXCVIII OXFORD Printed by Leonard Lichfield An. Dom. 1698. The Oath of the Churchwardens YOU shall Swear truly and faithfully to execute the Office of a Churchwarden within your Parish according to the best of your Skill and Knowledge and present such Things and Persons as you know to be Presentable by the Ecclesiastical Laws of this Realm So help you God The Sidemens Oath YOU shall Swear that you will be assistant to your Churchwardens in the execution of their Office so far as by Law you are bound So help you God ARTICLES of ENQUIRY for the Visitation of the DIOCESS of GLOUCESTER 1698. TIT. I. Concerning Churches and Chapels 1. IS your Church or Chapel in good and sufficient Repair in the Roof Walls Windows Floor Seats and Dores And also the Chancel to whomsoever it belongeth 2. Is there a stone Font with a Cover standing in the usual place Is there a decent Communion-Table standing in your Chancel covered with a Carpet in time of Divine Service and with a fair linnen Cloth when the Communion is administred And have you a silver Communion-Cup with a Cover and one or more Flagons and these only kept for that Use 3. Have you a large Bible of the last Translation two Books of Common-Prayer as Revised 1662 a Book of Homilies a Printed Table of Degrees of Marriage a Book of Canons made 1603 and a decent Surplice with other Necessaries for your Church provided at the Charge of your Parish 4. Have you a Parchment Book for Registering all Christnings Weddings and Burials and are they duly Registered and the Book kept according to the Direction of the Canon And is there a Transcript thereof sent Yearly to the Chancellor's Office as the Law directs 5. Have you a Book for entering Parish Accounts and are they yearly audited Have you an Inventory of the Plate Books and other Utensils belonging to your Church And is this duly transferred from one Churchwarden to another TIT. II. Concerning the Churchyard Houses Glebe and Tythes belonging to your Church 1. IS your Churchyard well fenced with a Wall or Rayles decently kept free from Anoyance Have there any Incroachments been made or new Dores opened into it And when 2. Is your Minister's House and the Out-houses belonging thereto in good and sufficient Repair Have any of them been demolished or damaged or the Bounds of them changed or removed without Authority from the Bishop 3. Have you an exact Terrier kept in your Parish-Chest of all the Houses Out-houses Glebe-lands and other Dues belonging to your Minister according to the Rules sent you by the Chancellor And is there a true Copy thereof in Parchment sent into the Bishop's Registry attested under the Hands of the Minister and Parishioners TIT. III. Concerning Ministers 1. IS your Minister Resident among you If not doth he keep a sufficient Curate And what Salary doth he allow him 2. Doth your Minister serve more than one Church in a Day If so how far distant is each from the other And are the Incombes of each Church so small as not to afford a Competency for two distinct Ministers Express the Value of each Church 3. Is your Minister a Person of sober and godly Life 4. Doth your Minister reverently read Divine Service on Sundays and Holy days and doth he Preach at least once every Sunday 5. Doth your Minister administer the Lord's Supper so often that every Parishioner may receive it at least three times every Year giving Notice of it the Lord's Day before Doth he keep wicked Livers and such as appear not to be in Charity with their Neighbours from the Sacrament giving an Account thereof to the Ordinary 6. Doth he diligently instruct the Youth of your Parish in the Church-Catechism and endeavour to prepare them for Confirmation Is he careful to visit the Sick baptize Children bury the Dead And doth he use the Form and Words the Rites and Habit prescrib'd in the Common-Prayer in the Administration of the Holy Sacrament 7. Hath your Minister knowingly Married any under Age without the consent of Parents or without Publication of Banes or Licence legally obtain'd from the Chancellor of the Diocess 8. Doth your Minister duly read in time of Divine Service the late Act against profane Swearing and Cursing on the 4 Lord's Days appointed by the Act of Parliament and hath he openly read the KING' 's late Proclamation against Debauchery and Profaneness TIT. IV. Concerning Parishioners 1. DO your Parishioners reverently demean themselves in the Church during the time of Divine Service and Preaching God's Word 2. Do any of your Parish lie under a notorious Fame or common Suspicion of Adultery Fornication or Incest Are there any common Drunkards Swearers Cursers or Blasphemers of God's Holy Name any filthy Talkers Revilers sowers of Sedition among their Neighbours 3. Are there any that profane the Lord's Day by following their Callings by using of Sports going to Ale-houses or lying idly at home in the time of Divine Service or that under pretence of Liberty of Conscience totally neglect the Worship of God 4. Are there any that refuse to pay their Easter-Offerings or Church-Rates made by the Churchwardens after due Notice given 5. Hath any Legacy left to pious Uses been mispent conceal'd or embezel'd by whom 6. Do you know or have heard of any in your Parish that having the Presentation of any Ecclesiastical Living have made any Contract for Money or for any part of the Tythes or Glebe belonging thereunto 7. Are any Wills conceal'd lost or neglected to be proved 8. Have you an Account of pious and charitable Gifts belonging to your Parish kept in the Church Chest according to the Instructions sent you by the Chancellor of the Diocess And have any been lately given that are not yet Register'd TIT. V. Concerning Parish Clerks and Sextons 1. IS your Parish Clerk of sober Life and honest Conversation Able to discharge his Duty in reading or singing the Psalms Doth he duly attend the Minister at Church and are his Wages justly paid him according to the Custom of your Parish 2. Is your Sexton if any careful to keep the Church clean and decent doth he lock up the Church Dores in due time and toll or ring the Bells as occasion requires TIT. VI. Concerning Schools and Hospitals 1. WHat School-master publick or private is in your Parish Is he Licensed thereunto Doth he teach his Scholars the Church-Catechism Doth he bring them to Church on Sundays and Holy days to be Catechized by the Minister in the publick Congregation 2. What Hospitals Alms-Houses or Free-Schools have been founded in your Parish Are they manag'd according to the Founder's Gift Are their Rents and Salaries duly paid and do you know of any Abuses