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A00191	Articles to be inquired of the clergie set foorth by the reuerend father in God, Thomas Bishop of Lincoln, in his first visitation for his diocesse, anno Domini 1571.	Church of England. Diocese of Lincoln. Bishop (1570-1584 : Cooper); Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594.	1571 (1571)	STC 10228.5; ESTC S2637	4,728	12

Articles to be inquired of the Clergie Set foorth by the Reuerend Father in God Thomas Bishop of Lincoln̄ in his first visitation for his Diocesse Anno Domini 1571. ¶ Imprinted at London in Fleetstreete by Rafe Newbery Articles FIrst whether your Persons Vicars and Curates do say their diuine seruice in their Churches at due howres and conuenient times and also doo reuerently minister the Sacraments to their Parishoners according to the booke of Common Praier set out by common aucthoritie of the Parliament of this Realme 2. Item whether they do exercise themselues in godly studie of the holy Scriptures and in vertuous bringing vp of youth as in teaching of them the Cathechisme and other Godly exercises from time to time or no. 3. Item whether they do decently and orderly go in their apparel according to the booke of Aduertisements lately set fourth in that behalfe 4. Item whether they or any of them do frequent or vse any Tauerne Alehouse or any other suspected house or do vse vnlawfull Huntinge and Hawkinge contrary to the Ecclesiasticall law and their order 5. Item whether they be residente vppon their benefices and mainteine Hospitality to their hability and whether they haue moe benefices then one and whether their houses and Chauncels be in sufficient reparacion 6. Item whether such as be absente from their benefices do leaue sufficient Curates in their places and whither any of them do serue two Cures without speciall licence of the Ordinary 7. Item whether any of them do discourage any person from the reading of any part of the Bible either in Latin or English and do not rather comfort and exhorte euery person to the reading of the same at conuenient times as the eternall worde of God the true foode of Mans soule 8. Item whether they haue admitted any man to Preache in their Cures not being lawfully licenced or haue refused and denied such to preache as haue ben licenced accordingly 9. Item whether they do vse to pray for the Quéenes Maiesty in their Churches and exhorte the people to obedience of her grace and other Magistrates being in aucthority vnder her 10. Item whether they exhorte their Parishioners to receaue the holy Communion at the least fowre times in the yeare and whether they presume to minister the same to any person that is out of Charitie or infamed with any notorious Crime 11. Item whether they haue theyr foure quarter Sermons by such as be licenced to preache and whether they do reade once in the yeare vpon some solemne day in their Church openly when the most resorte of people shal be present the Confession and articles agréed vpon by the Reuerende Father in God the Archbishop of Canterbury and Yorke and other Bishoppes of this Realme 12. Item whether your Parsons and Vicars be married or no and if they be not whether they kepe in their houses any suspected Wemen vnder the name and colour of their Butlers Kinswomen or otherwaies 13. Item whether they or any of them haue any sedicious bookes priuily or openly lately set forth by Doctor Harding other his complices enimies of Gods true Religion and to their Natiue Countrey or if any of them do supporte maiteyne or succoure the saide Doctor Hardinge or any of his Complices with money or otherwaies whereas they be in the partes beyond the Seas 14. Item whether they do distinctly and sincerely reade the homilies set forthe by the Quéenes Maiesties aucthority vppon the Sondayes and Holidayes when there is no Sermon and whether they do visite the sicke in exhortinge them to consider the poore and other Charitable deedes 15. Item that no Minister in the Ministration of the holy Sacramentes shall vse any Popishe or supersticious Garment sauing that kinde of Garmente as shall be appointed by common aucthority or by the Bishoppe of the Dioces and whether they receaue any to be Godfathers or Godmothers that haue not receiued the Communion or no. 16. Item whether your Parsons Vicars or Curates do vse to tole any Bell in the time of Lent as to confession in the Popishe time whether their tables be hanged like Aultars or no whether they baptise any Children on the workenday or no and bid and keepe any other holy dayes and fasting dayes then which are appoynted by the Booke 17. Item whether any of them do go in their Surplesses in the Rogation wéeke and whether they do read the Quéenes Maiesties Iniunctions quarterly or no. 18. Item whether they deliuer the holy Sacramente of the Lordes supper to their people rather into their mouthes then into their handes and whether they or any of them do whisper or breathe ouer the Breade in the time of consecration or no. 19. Item whether they do kepe the order for the bringing of the Coarse to the Buriall according to the Booke c. 20. Item whether they do visit the sicke and impotent persons to comforte them in the time of their sicknesse with necessary Doctrine out of the holy Scriptures necessary for that purpose Articles to be inquired of the Laytie FIRST whether you haue the Bible of the greatest volume the booke of common Prayer set forth by aucthority of Parliament the Paraphrase both partes of the homilies the Psalter and other bookes necessary accordinge to the Queenes Maiesties Iniunctions 2. Item whether there be a comly desent framed Communion table with a Carpet to the same according to the order of a boke set forth in that behalfe and also a conuenient Pulpit set vp in such place of the Churche as Gods word may be best heard out of it 3. Item whether any in your Parish do depraue or dispraise the booke of Common Praier set forth by aucthority of Parliament or speake against the homilies or do maintaine or holde any eronious opinions contrary to the worde of God and the lawes of the Realme 4. Item whether any man do stubbernly contemne or dispise the order of Administration of the holy Sacraments set forth in the English tongue and do obstinately refuse to receaue the holie Communion at the least foure times in the yeare 5. Item whether any man doth absent him selfe from diuine Seruice in the holy daies without lawfull● and iust cause and if such do whether the Churchewardens do leuie by the way of distresse the penalty according to the statute and put the same in the poore mans Boxe 6. Item whether there be any within your Parishe that doth not reuerently vse the ministers or whether there be any common swearers seditious slaunderers of their neighbours or haūters of any Alehouses in the time of diuine seruice or any walkers Ianglers or Talkers that disturbeth the minister in the time of diuine seruice 7. Item whether there be any whoremongers adulterers or any that do vse any sorcery inchauntmentes or witchcraftes or vehemently suspected of naughty liuinge within your Parish or no. 8. Item whether all monumentes of Superstition be defaced and taken downe within your churches or whether

any do vse to pray vpon Beades the Latin Primmer or other supersticious bookes or kepe any superstitious Reliques as Vestimentes Albes Banner clothes and such like in their houses or other places or no. 9. Item whether your Chalices being mere monuments of the Popishe Masse and Popishe Religion be translated and conuerted into decent and comely Communion Cuppes and the same to be siluer at the least accordinge to the value of theyr Chalices or no. 10. Item whether your Churches be in sufficient repaire and the Churche yardes well fensed and kepte from Swine and other filthy beastes 11. Item whether there hath bene any Fraye made in your Churches or Churche yardes to the disturbance of Gods seruice and to the euill example of the rest of the Parish you shall present by whom when and after what sort 12. Item whether there be any Scholemaisters within your Parishes that do teache any Grammer schole either priuately or openly how long they haue taught and what their names be 13. Item whether there be any Legacies withholden giuen to the Churche or otherwaies by the Testatours in whose hands it is by whom it is geuen and by whom it is withholden 14. Item whether Collection be made for the poore according to the Statute and the same distributed and accompted for accordyng to the same Statute and whether any man refuseth to geue to the poore accordingly 15. Item whether any do stubbornely refuse to brynge theyr Children to the Minister on the holydayes to learne the Cathechisme or no. 16. Item whether your Churchwardens do truly administer the goodes of the Churche and make a true accompte of their office and chose new at the least once euery yere 17. Item whether any man hath put away his wife or any wife absent her selfe from her husband without iust cause or any that hath married within the degrees Leuiticall and other orders within this Realme set forth in that behalfe 18. Item whether any do violate or breake the Saboth day and holly daies with their manuall laboure and do keepe open their shops alehouses and other tiplinge houses in the time of diuine seruice 19. Item whether ther be a conuenient chest for the poore mans boxe and whither there be a Register booke kept of all those that be Christened maried and buried 20. Item whether any within your Parish haue any sedicious bookes lately set forth from beyonde the seas or that secretly do hide Monumentes of Popishe Reliques as Images and suche like 21. Item whether the Churchewardens haue prouided the Postels of M. Becon as it was geuen them in a charge at the visitacion or no. ¶ Iniunctions of the Reuerende Father in God Thomas by the sufferaunce of God byshop of Lincoln̄ giuen in his first visitation Anno Domini 1571. to be obserued within the Dioces of Lincoln̄ FIRST that the common praier be sayd or songe decently and distinctly in such place of the Churche accordinge to the largenesse and straightnesse of the Church and Quire so that the people may be most edefied 2. Item that your ministers shall go in decent and comely apparell as also shall say the Diuine seruice appointed and minister the holy Sacraments within their Churches in decente apparell and to vse no Copes vnlesse it be in Cathedrall and Collegiate churches accordinge as it is set forthe by a booke called the aduertisements 3. Item the parish shall prouide a decent communion table vppon a Frame with a comely Carpette to the same at their costes and charges as they will answere to the contrarie for theyr doynges 4. Item the churchwardens shall searche the Tauernes Ale-houses and other tipling houses to se whether any person be ther drinking or playing at any vnlawfull game in the time of diuine seruice and they to present their names and the names of them that kepe the said houses 5. Item the churchwardens shall make their accompte yearely of their offices in the presence of the Ministre and the other of the Parish and immediatly vpon the same accompt finished to chuse new from yeare to yeare 6. Item none shal be admitted to be Godfathers or Godmothers vnlesse they haue receiued the blessed Communion 7. Item that on the Sundayes and Holydaies ther be no shops open nor Artificers commonly goinge aboute their worldly affayres and that in all Fayres and common Markets falling vppon the Sonday or Holidaies there be no shewing of wares before the seruice be don 8. Item that the Ministers shall suffer none to preache within their cures vnlesse he be able to shew som sufficient licence from the Bishoppe of the Diocesse or other that haue aucthoritie to licence the same 9. Item no Prieste nor Lay man shal be admitted or suffered to kepe any Grammer schole openly or priuately within this Diocesse except he be alowed and licenced by the Bishop or his Officers 10. Item the Ministers shall call vpon their Parishoners to receaue the blessed communion at the least foure times in the yere and also shall call vpon their Parishioners to send their children to the church to learne the Cathechisme vpon the Sondaies and other conuenient times 11. Item your Parsons and Vicars shall not suffer nor admitte any straunge Curate comminge out of any other Diocesse to serue within their cures without he be first licenced by the Bishoppe or his Officers 12. Item that no man shall enterprise nor presume to ring nor Iangle any Belles vppon all Halowen daie or in the night of the same day superstitiously or Popishly as they haue bene accustomed to do otherwaies then to call the people to Diuine Seruice 13. Item that none of your Parsons Vicars nor Curates shall minister the holly communion to any Forener or straunger cōming out of any other Diocesse or from any other Parish with in this Diocesse without the speciall licence of my Lorde or his officers or the Minister of that place from whence the said forener or straunger shall come 14. Item that no Parson Vicar nor Curate shall minister to any person or persons the holy Sacraments in any other church or churches at any time or times but in their owne without the speciall request of the Parson or Vicar of the sayde Parish 15. Item no man shal kepe any supersticious or erroneous boke of late come from beyonde the Seas and set forthe by Doctor Harding and other his complices but the same shall bringe forth and reueale before the Bishop and other his officers according to the Queenes Maiesties proclamacion set forth in that behalfe 16. Item that euery weeke or euery fortnight at the least they shall reade openly in their churches the proclamation sette out of late by the Queene her Maiesty for the callinge in of bookes of sedicion to be deliuered to the ordinarie accordinge to the Tenor and meaning of the said proclamacion God saue the Queene