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B00014	Articles to be enquired of within the dioces of Norwiche, in the metropoliticall visitation of the moste reuerend father in God, Matthew, by the prouidence of God, archebyshop of Canterbury, primate of all Englande, and metropolitane, in the yeare of our lord God, M.D.LXVII.	Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Archbishop (1559-1575 : Parker); Parker, Matthew, 1504-1575.; Church of England. Diocese of Norwich.	1567 (1567)	STC 10288; ESTC S92399	5,147	16

ARTICLES to be enquired of within the Dioces of Norwiche in the Metropoliticall visitation of the moste Reuerend father in God MATTHEW by the prouidence of God Archebyshop of Canterbury Primate of all Englande and Metropolitane In the yeare of our Lorde GOD M.D.LXVII ❀ M. C. Imprinted at London by Reginalde Wolfe Anno Domini M.D.LXVII Instructions to the Commssioners for the dioces of Norwiche FIrste that you doe with all diligence trauell to reduce the state of the clergye vnto one vniforme order in their ministration and preaching and that with out any parciall respect you will put in dew execution the Queenes maiesties Ecclesiasticall lawes Statutes Iniunctions and her highnes other commandements gyuen and published in that behalf Item that in all places in your cyrcuite you giue in charge not only vnto the curates and ministers but also vnto the Churchwardens of euery church chappell that they do not admitte and suffer anye person to preache or minister in their seuerall church or chappell before they shall first see their seuerall licences vnder seale in due forme vnder the payne that may follow thereof Item you shall take diligent heede that no fees but due of old accustomed be exacted or taken of any of the people by any registrer clerke somner or anye other youre ministers or attendantes Item for the better certainty knowledge of all duties and fees vnto suche as shuld pay the same you shall note the certaine some thereof with one of your handes at the leaste in some parte of euery Instrument or writinge that shall passe your seale or graunt Item that you foresee that no greater price be taken for the Articles which you shall inquire of together bound with the Aduertisements then iiij d for the table of the degrees ij d Item when you haue fynished your visitation cyrcuite the charges of your vyage being borne and discharged if any part of the dew procurations by you receaued of the clergy do remaine vnspent all the same you shal distribute to the moste poore and needye of the clergye that bee residents and keepe hospitalitye vpon theire benefices in the sayde dioces God saue the Queene Articles to be inquired of IN primis whether Diuine seruice be sayde or songe by youre Minister or Ministers in your seuerall Churches duelye and reuerently as it is set forth by the lawes of this realme with out any kinde of variation And whether the holy Sacramentes be likewise ministred reuerently in such manner as by the lawes of this Realme and by the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions and by thaduertisments set forthe by publike authority is appointed and prescribed Item whether you haue in youre paryshe churches all things necessary requisite for Common prayer and administration of the Sacraments specially the booke of Common prayer the Bible in the largest volume the Homilyes with the Paraphrases of Erasmus A conuenient Pulpit wel placed A comly and decent table for the holy Communion couered decently set in place prescribed by the Quenes maiesties Iniunctions The Chest or boxe for the poore men and al other things necessary in and to the premisses And whether your Aulters bee taken downe accordinge to the commaundemente in that behalfe geuen Item whether youre Prestes Curates or ministers do vse in the time of the celebracion of diuine seruice to weare a surples prescribed by the Quenes maiesties Iniunctions and the boke of Common prayer And whether they do celebrate the same diuine seruice in the chauncell or in the Churche and do vse all Rites and orders prescribed in the boke of Common prayer c. and none other Item whether your Curates or ministers do publiquely in theire open Churches reade in māner appoynted the Queenes Maiesties Iniunctions and Homelies The aduertisementes latelye sette forthe by publique authoritie And whether the same in all poyntes be duely obserued Item whether youre Curates or ministers or any of them doe vse to minister the Sacramente of Baptisme in basons or els in the Fonte standing in the place accustomed And whether the same fonte be decently kepte ¶ And whether they do vse to minister the holye Communion in wafer bread according to the Queenes Maiesties Iniunctions or els in common bread ¶ And also whether they do minister in any prophane Cuppes Bowles disshes or Chalices heretofore vsed at Masse or els in a decent Communion Cuppe prouided and kept for the same purpose only And whether the communicants do vse to receyue the holy Communion standinge sittinge or els knealinge Item whether ymages and al other monuments of ydolatry and superstition be destroyed and abolyshed in your seuerall parishes And whether your Churches and Chauncels be well adorned and conueniently kept without waste destruction or abuse of anye thinge Whether the roode loste bee pulled downe according to the order prescribed and of the partition betweene the Chauncell and the Churche be kepte Whether youre Churchyardes be well fensed and cleanly kepte Whether anye sale haue bene made of youre Churche goods by whome and to whome and what hathe been don with the monye thereof comming Whether youre Chauncels and Parsonages be well and sufficiently repaired Whether any man haue pulled downe or discouered any Church Chauncel Chappel Almes house or suche like or haue plucked downe the bells or haue felled or spoyled any wood or timber in any Church yarde Item whether there be any Parsons that intrude them selfe and presume to exercise any kinde of mynistery in the churche of God without imposition of handes ordinary aucthoritie Whether theire Churche or Chappell be serued with any readers Or whether any Minister do remoue from any other diocese to serue in this without letters testimoniall of thordinary from whome he came to testify the cause of his departinge thence and of hys behauiour Or any beinge once preist or Minister that dothe not minister or frequente and resorte to the Common prayer now vsed and at tymes appoynted communicate And whether anye suche do goe and boaste himselfe lyke a lay man Item whether youre Parsons and Vicars be residente continually vpon their benefices Whether they giue themselues to deuoute prayer discreate reding of the Scripture and godly contemplacion releaue the poore charitably to their hability accordinge to the Queenes Iniunctions Whether they pray for the prosperous estate of the Quenes Maiestye as is prescribed in her graces Iniunctions Item whether anye of youre ministers dothe or hathe admitted any notoriouse sinner or malicious person out of Charitie without iuste penance done and reconciliatiō had to receaue the holy Communion or any that hath not receaued the same accordinge as to a Christian appertayneth and by the lawes it is appointed And whether you do heare or knowe any that doth vse to say or heare the priuat Masse or doe vse any other seruice then is prescribed by the lawes of this Realme Item whether your ministers doe call vppon fathers mothers and maisters of youthe to bringe them vp in the

feare of almighty God in obediēce and in conuenient occupations Whether they bee peacemakers and exhorte the people to obediēce to their Prince to all other that be in authoritie to charity and mutual loue among themselues Whether they geue themselues to superstition and bee maintainers of the vnlearned people in ignoraūce Item whether your Persons Vicars Curates be cōmon gameners hunters haunters of tauerns or alehouses Suspected of anye notable crime Fauters of forrein poures letters of good religion preachers of corrupt doctrine stubborne or disobedient to lawes and orders Whether they be geuē to filthy lucre Whether they be light either in exaumple of life or in vnwont and vnsemely apparrell Item whether anye of your benefices be vacant how longe they haue ben vacant who is Patrone Whether there be any laye or temporall men not beinge within orders or children or anye other within age that hathe or enioyeth ani benefice or spiritual promotion any Patron that suffereth any benefice to be vacante and taketh the tithes and other fructes to himselfe Item whether your Ministers keepe their registers well and do present the copy of them once euery yeare by Indenture to the Ordinary or his officers And teache the Articles of the fayth and the Tenne commaundementes and the Lordes prayer as is prescribed them in the Catechisme Item whether youre Parsons and Vicars haue any other or mo benefices where in what Country they bee Whether they came by them by Symony or other vnlawful meanes Whether they do let their benefice to farme or els kepe them in their owne handes Whether they keepe hospitalitye or not Whether in their absēce they leaue their cures to honest learned or expert Curates Whether they make their ordinarye Sermons accordinge to the Queenes maiestes Iniunctions Whether they admitte any to preache vnlicensed or put by any that hath license Whether they reade the Queenes maiesties Iniunctions as they oughte to do and saye theire Seruice sensibly and distinctly Item whether the laye people be diligent in comminge to the Churche on the holy dayes and with all humblenes reuerently and deuoutelye doe geue themselues to the hearinge of Commune prayer in the time thereof and otherwise occupy themselues in priuate praiers readinge of Scriptures or other vertuouse exercise Yf anye be negligente or wilfull Whether the forfaiture be leued on their goods to the vse of the poore according to the lawes of this Realm in the behalfe prouided And what mony hath ben gathered by the Churchewardēs of the forfets Item whether there be in your quarters any that openly or priuily vse or frequēt any kinde of diuine seruice or common prayer other then is set forth by the lawes of this Realme and disturbers of cōmon prayers or letters of the worde of God to be reade preached or hearde Any that by couerte or craftye meanes depraue or contemne the same or that speake to the derogatiō of the Queenes maiesties aucthority power or of the lawes set out by publike aucthority Item whether there be amonge you any blasphemers of the name of almighty God adulterers for nicators baudes or receauers of such persons Any suspected of incest or any other notoriouse fault sin or crime And dronkardes ribaldes common slaunderers of their neighboures raylers or scolders sowers of discorde betweene neighboures by playes rimes famouse libels or otherwise Item whether there be in your parishes any Inkeepers or Alewiues that admit any resort to their houses in tyme of Commone prayer Anye that commonlye absente them selues from they re owne Churche or otherwise idely or lewdlye prophaneth the Sabbath day Any that keepe any secret cōuenticles preachings lectures or readings contrary to the lawes Any suspected of heresy or that maintain any erronious opinions cōtrary to the lawes of almighty God and good religion by publique authoritie in this Realme set forth Item whether there be in these parties which minister the goodes of those whiche be deade without authoritie any executors that haue not fulfilled their testators will specially in paying of legacies geuen to good and godly vses as to the releife of pouerte to poore schollers orphanes highe waies mariage of poore maidens and suche like Whether youre Hospitals Almes houses be iustly vsed accordinge to the foundaciō and auncient ordinaūces of the same Whether ther be any other placed in thē then poore impotent needy persons that hath not other wise where with or whereby to liue Item whether there be any which of late haue bequeathed in their testaments or other waies ther be appointed by ordinaries any sūmes of mony Iewelles Plate Ornamēts or annuities for the erectiō of any obites diriges trentals or any such like vse now by the lawes of this Realm not permitted and if there be that you present the names of such executors the quantity and quality of the guifte that ordre may be taken therein accordingly Item whether there be any mony or stoke appertaininge to anye perishe churche in anye mannes handes that refuse or differreth to paye the same or that vseth fraude deceite or delaye to make anye accompte in the presence of the Honestye in the parishe for the same Whether youre Churche wardens others afore tyme haue gyuen the yearely accompte accordinge vnto the custome as it hath been aforetime vsed Whether the store of the poore mennes boxe be openlie and indifferentlie giuen where neede is without parciall affection Whether any stocke of cattel or graine appertaining to your churches be decaied by whose negligence and in whose haddes Item whether youre schoolemaisters be of a sincere religion and be diligent in teaching and bringing vp of youth Whether they teache any other Grāmar then suche as is appointed by the Queenes Maiesties Iniunction annexed to the same or not Item whether there be any amonge you that vse sorcerie or inchauntment magike incantations or nigromancie or that be suspected of the same Item whether there bee anye in these partes that haue maried within degrees of affinitie or consanguinitie by the lawes of God forbidden so set oute in a table for an Admonition Any man that hath two wiues or anie woman that hath two husbandes Anie that beinge diuorced or seperated aside hath maried againe Anye maried that haue made precontractes Any that haue made priuye or secrete contractes Anye that haue maried without banes thrise solemnelye asked Anye couples maried that liue not together but slaūderouslie liue a part Any that haue maried out of the parishe churche wher thei ought to haue the same solemnised Item whether any your Ordinaries within this dioces theire Chauncellor Officialls Cōmissaries Registrers all singuler others that haue or doe exercise any visitation or Iurisdiction ecclesiasticall wtin any part of this dioces haue vprightly faythfully and vnfaynedly to the vttermoste of their powers obserued in theyr owne persons and towards all other put in due execution the Queenes maiestis ecclesiasticall lawes Statutes Iniunctions and al her highnes other Commandements published for vniformity of doctrine and due order of the publik ministration of Gods holy word and sacraments and haue cōmended and fauored all such as sought the same condignely punished all suche as sought the contrary Item whether haue any of them at any time wittingly suffered faultes transgressions to remaine vnpunished for mony gayne pleasure frendshippe or any other affectionate respecte or yf any of them be or haue beene burdensome to the Subiectes of theire seueral Iurisdictions by exacting or takinge excessiue fees procurations any rewardes or Commodities by the way of promotion gift contribution helpe loane redemption of pennance omission of quarter Sermons obtaining of any benefice or office or any other like wayes or meanes Generally whether there be anie euell liuers or offenders of the lawes of almightie God Anie suspected of any notorious sinne fault or crime to the offence of Christian people committed Anie that stubburnlie refuse to cōforme them selfe to vnitie good religion Anie that bruteth abroad rumors of the alteration of the same or otherwise that disturbeth good orders and the quietnesse of Christes Churche and Christian congregation Imprinted at London by Reginald Wolfe Anno Domini M.D.LXVII