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master_n	child_n	duty_n	servant_n	6,964	5	6.9372	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00183	Articles to be enquired of, within the archdeaconry of Glocester, in the ge[ne]rall visitation of the right wor. M. Samuel Burton, Archdeacon of the dioces of Glocester holden in the yeere of our Lord God, 1618, in the 16. yeere of the raigne of our most gracious soueraigne Lord James, by the grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France & Ireland, defender of the faith, &c.	Church of England. Diocese of Gloucester.	1618 (1618)	STC 10213.3; ESTC S4279	11,476	15

the ●8 Constitution is prescribed and whether each one in the Church or Chappell do apply order himselfe there in time of diuine Seruice as by the latter part of the same Constitution is commendably enioyned 12 VVhether the Church-wardens and Questmen from time to time doe their diligence in not suffering any idlepersons or Loiterers to abide either in the Church-yard or Church-porch in Seruice or Sermon time but causing them either to come into Church to heare Diuine Seruice or to depart and not to disturbe such as are hearers there 13 VVhether the Church-wardens doe prouide against euery communion with the aduice of the minister a sufficient quantitie of fine white bread and of good and wholesome wine for the number of the Communicants that shall receiue and that to be brought in a cleane and sweet standing pot of Pewter or other pure metall 14 VVhether haue anie in your Parish béene Godfathers or Godmothers to their owne children or whether your Minister or anie Godfathers or Godmothers haue vsed or doe vse anie other forme answer or spéech in Baptisme then is in the booke of common prayer appointed Or whether anie which haue not communicated bee admitted to bee Godmothers contrary to the 29 canon 15 Whether is there any in your Parish that doe refuse to haue their children baptized or themselues to receiue the communion at the hands of your Minister because he is no Preacher you shall present their names And if your Minister sithence the publishing of the sayd Booke of Canons haue receiued any such persons being not of his owne cure to the communion or baptized any of their children you shall likewise present him 16 VVhether doe all Fathers Mothers Masters and Mistresses cause their children seruants and apprentises to come to the catechisme vpon the Sundaies and Holy-daies before Euening praier to heare and to bee enstructed and taught therein and those that doe not their duties heerein you shall present their names 17 Whether haue you or your predecessors Churchwardens there suffered since the last pardon any plaies banquets feasts church-ales drinkings or any other prophane vsages to be kept in your church chappell or church-yards or bels to be rung superstitiously vpon Holidayes or eues abrogated by the booke of common praier contrary to the 68 canon 18 How many inhabitants within your parish men or women aboue the age of xvi yéeres doe refuse to frequent diuine Seruice established by publike authority of this Realme or to receiue the holy Communion or are negligent therein what be their names and of what degrée state or trade of life are they you are to present them all of both sorts 19 Whether doe any of the inhabitants of your said parish entertaine within their house any soiourners lodgers or any common resorters and guests who refuse to frequent diuine Seruice or receiue the holy Communion as aforesayd what be their names of what quality or condition are they 20 Whether are any of the sayd popish Recusants of insolent behauiour not without publike offence or doe boldly busie themselues in seducing and withdrawing others either abroad or in their owne families by enstructing their children in popish religion or by refusing to entertaine any especially in place of greatest seruice or trust but such as concurre with them in opinion of Relgion and what be their names that so doe 21 How long the said Popish Recusants haue obstinately abstained either from diuine Seruice or from the Communion as is aforesayd whether of any long time or onely since his Maiesties raigne and how long 22 What persons aforesaid within your Parish either for the offence aforesayd or for any other contumacie or crime doe remaine excommunicated what be their names and for what cause and how long haue they stood excommunicate 23 Whether were you the Church-wardens Quest men chosen by the consent of the Minister and Parishioners in Easter wéeke according vnto the 89 and 90 Canons and whether haue the Churchwardens before you giuen vp a iust account for their time and deliuered to you their successors whatsoeuer money or other things of right belonging to the Church that was in their hands according to the 89 canon 24 Whether doe all persons aboue the age of sixtéene yéeres vsually resort to heare diuine Seruice vpon Sundayes and Holidayes approued and whether hath each one of your Parishioners being aboue the age of sixtéene yéeres as aforesaid receiued the holy Communion thrice this last yéere chiefly once at Easter in your parish Church knéeling if no then you shall present their names which haue not so done 25 Whether haue you a fit parish Clark aged twenty yéeres at least of honest conuersation and sufficient for reading and writing and whether hee bee payd his wages without fraud according to the most ancient custome of your parish if not then by whom is he so defrauded and denied and whether he be chosen by the Parson or Vicar or by whom according to the 91 canon is the Parish Clarke approued by the Ordinary and doth he kéep the church cleane and the doores lockt is he diligent and seruiceable to the minister 26 Whether haue any in your parish béene married within the prohibited degrées forbidden by the Law and expressed in a certaine Table published by authoritie in the yéere 1563. if yea then you shall present their names and whether haue you the sayd Table publikely set in your Church and fastned to some conuenient place there 27 Whether doth any heeretofore diuorced kéepe company with any other at bed and at boord as man and wife what bée their names when and where they were married and how long they so continued 29 Whether haue you any in your Parish to your knowledge or by common fame and report which haue committed adulterie fornication or incest or any Bawds harborers or receiuers of such persons or publikely suspected thereof which haue not béene publikely punished to your knowledge if yea then with whom And whether are there any which are by common fame report reputed taken to bee common drunkards blasphemers of Gods most holy name common vsuall swearers filthy speakers raylers sowers of discord among their neighbours or speakers against Ministers marriages Vsurers contrary to the statute made in the 37. yéere of Henry the eight Symoniacall persons fighters brawlers or quarreliers in Church or Church yard you shall not faile to present their names 29 Whether haue any in your parish receiued or harboured any woman begotten with childe out of wedlocke and suffered them againe to depart without penance first enflicted vpon them by the Ordinary You shall truly present as well the party harbouring as harboured and who is suspected to haue committed Incontinency with her 30 Whether any person or persons suspected or detected héeretofore of incontinency and therefore departing out of your Parish for a season is now returned againe or in what place else is hée or shee now abiding to your knowledge or as you