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A00206	Articles to be enquired of within the dioces of London, in the visitation of the reuerend father in God, Richard Bishop of London, in his first generall visitation, holden in the fortieth yeere of the raigne of our most gratious soueraigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God Queene of England, Fraunce and Ireland, Defender of the Faith,&c.; Visitation articles. 1598	Church of England. Diocese of London. Bishop (1597-1604 : Bancroft); Bancroft, Richard, 1544-1610.	1598 (1598)	STC 10253; ESTC S111851	12,656	18

ARTICLES To be enquired of within the Dioces of London in the Visitation of the Reuerend Father in God Richard Bishop of London in his generall Visitation Holden In the fortieth yeere of the raigne of our most gratious soueraigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God Queene of England Fraunce and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. AT LONDON Printed by Valentine Simmes 1598. ¶ A Branch of the Statute made in the first yeere of the raigne of our Soueraigne Ladie Queene Elizabeth intituled An Act for the vniformitie of Common prayer and seruice in the Church THat from and after the feast of the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn Baptist next comming all and euery person and persons inhabiting within this Realme or any other the Queenes maiesties dominions shal diligently and faithfully hauing no lawfull or reasonable excuse to be absent indeuour themselues to resort to their Parish Church or Chappell accustomed or vpon reasonable let therof to some vsuall place where common prayer and such like seruice of God shall be vsed in such time of let vppon euery Sunday and other dayes ordained and vsed to be kept as holidayes and then and there to abide orderly and soberly during the time of commō prayer preaching or other seruice of God there to bee vsed and ministred vpon paine of punishment by the Censures of the Church And also vpon paine that euerye person so offending shall forfeit for euery such offence twelue pence to be leuied by the Churchwardens of the Parish where such offence shal be done to the vse of the poore of the same parish of the goods lands and tenements of such offender by way of distresse And for due execution heereof the Queenes most excellent Maiestie the Lords temporal and al the commons in this present Parliament assembled doth in Gods name earnestly require and charge all the Archbishops Bishops and other Ordinaries that they shall indeuour themselues to the vttermost of their knowledge that the true and due execution heereof may be had throughout their Diocesse and Charges as they will answer before God for such euills and plagues wherewith almighty God may iustly punish his people for neglecting this good and wholesome Lawe ❧ The Tenour of the Othe ministred to the Churchwardens and Swornemen YOu shall sweare that all affection fauour hatred hope of rewarde and gaine or feare of displeasure or malice set aside you shal vpon due cōsideration of the articles giuen you in charge present all and euery such person of or within your parish as hath committed any offence or fault or made any default mentioned in these or any of these Articles or which are vehemently suspected or otherwise defamed of any such offence fault or default wherein you shall deale vprightly and according to trueth neither of malice presenting any contrary to trueth nor of corrupt affection sparing to present any and so conceale the trueth hauing in this action God before your eies with an earnest zeale to maintaine trueth and to suppresse vice So help you God and the contents of this Booke ¶ The charge of the Churchwardens and Swornemen set downe for the better performance of their dueties and discharge of their Othes THey are straitly charged to heare all these Articles read ouer to them diligently to consider and inquire therof And for that the time is so short in this Visitation that they shall not be able to make a perfect answer vnto all of them and that notwithstanding there are many notorious faults presently worthy of presentment and reformation they are charged to make their answers vnto them presently so farre foorth as their memorie shall now serue them And to present now such faults in their parish as at this time are worthie of presentment or reformation and that after their comming home betwixt this and Saint Martins day next they shall againe heare all the Articles read ouer vnto them and diligently consider and enquire thereof requiring the Minister to assist them for the better performance of their duetie to make a true and full answer in writing signed with their hands and markes wherein they shall present aswell all such faults or offences contrary to the Articles as they forgot or omitted to present at the time of the Visitation as also all such faults and offences contrarie to the Articles as shall happen and chaunce betwixt this and then Articles to be enquired of within the Diocs of London in this visitation holden in the yeare of our Lord God 1598. Articles concerning the Clergie 1 WHether is common prayer read by your minister in your Church or Chappell distinctly and reuerently vppon all Sundayes and holy daies and in such order as is set forth by the laws of this Realme in the booke of Common prayer without any kind of alteration omitting or adding any thing and at due and conuenient houres 2 Whether doth your minister vpon Wednesdayes and Fridaies not being holy daies reade in your church or chappel publikely the Letanie and other prayers appoynted in the sayd booke for those dayes and whether doth he reade the comination against sinners in such order and forme as it is there also prescribed 3 Whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curate in the administration of the Lords Supper or of baptisme when he solemnizeth matrimonie burieth the dead churcheth women c. vse the formes and prayers prescribed in the Communion booke without omitting or altering any part of them and without any of his owne additions 4 Whether doth your parson or Vicar reade publike prayer and administer the Sacraments ordinarily himself vsing such rites and ceremonies as are prescribed in the booke of common prayer as namely whether doth he knéele at the receiuing of the holy communion make the signe of the Crosse vpon the childes forehead in the administration of baptisme baptise any without Godfathers and Godmothers vse the ring in marriage and generally whether doth he in the discharging of all these duties and when he readeth common prayer either vpon Sundaies holidaies Wednesdayes and Fridayes weare a surplice or if you be serued with a curate whether doth he the sayd curate obserue all the sayd particular rites and ceremonies mentioned in this article 5 Whether doth your minister vppon Sundayes at morning prayer declare vnto the parishioners what holyedaies and fasting dayes are appoynted to be kept the weeke following wherby they may be put in mind to prepare themselues and to repaire to the church to publike prayer according to the lawes of the Realme 6 Whether doth your parson vicar or curate or either of them reiect at any time those women being married which doo come to church to giue God thankes after their childbirth or refuse to visit the sicke or to burie the dead according to their duties prescribed in the booke of common prayer 7 Whether doth your minister in the Rogation dayes of procession vse the perambulation of the circuite of your parish appoynted by her maiesties Iniunctions and whether

doth he in the sayd perambulation moue the people to giue thankes to God in the beholding of his benefits for the increase and aboundance of his fruits vpon the face of the earth and sing or say the two Psalmes beginning Prayse the Lord O my soule c. with the Letany and suffrages therunto belonging and at certaine conuenient places reade the homily of thanksgiuing to God alreadie deuised and diuided into foure parts without addition of any superstitions ceremonie heretofore vsed 8 Whether doth any man being neither minister nor deacon reade common prayer openly in your church or chappell or administer the sacrament of Baptisme or solemnize matrimonie or take vpon him to practise any other ministeriall dutie in the church that is prescribed to be executed particularly by such as are either ministers or Deacons and what is his name that so doth 9 Whether is your parson or vicar apreacher licensed to preach by lawfull authoritie according to her maiesties Iniunctions if he be how many sermons doth he preach yeerely if he be not how many doth he procure to be preached by others who hath preached them and whether were they preachers licensed as is before expressed 10 Whether doth your parson vicar or curate euerie sunday when there is no sermon reade distinctly plainly some part of the Homilies prescribed and sette forth by her maiesties authoritie 11 Whether doth the parson vicar or farmour of the benefice in your parish cause or suffer any curate or minister either to reade seruice c. or to preach before he the said curate being no preacher be examined admitted by the ordinarie in writing and before he the sayde curate being a preacher be therevnto admitted according to her maiesties Iniunctions and before they shewe theyr sayde seuerall licences vnto the church-wardens 12 Whether doth your Preacher in his prayer which he maketh at the entrance into his sermon vse at al times the prayer for her maiestie with her whole title prescribed in her highnesse Iniunctions as Queene of England France and Ireland defender of the fayth c. and of all causes and ouer all persons within her highnesse dominions as well ecclesiasticall as temporall next and immediatly vnder God supreme gouernor and whether doth hee in like manner then pray for the Archbishops and Bishops as by the sayde Iniunctions it is also appoynted 13 Whether your minister doth serue two cures in one day 14 Whether doth your parson vicar or curate euery Sunday and holy-day openly in the Church earnestly call for heare and instruct all the children apprentises and seruants of both sexes that bee of conuenient age within your parish or at the least so many of them by course as the time will serue and as he may well heare and instruct one houre at the least before or after euening prayer in the tenne commandements the articles of the beleefe and the Lords praier and diligently examine and teach them the Catechisme as it is now allowed and set forth in the booke of common prayer 15 Whether is there any man in your parish being neither your parson vicar nor curate that taketh vpon him to preach or reade lectures either in priuate houses or publikely in your church or chappell who is not licensed so to preach or reade according to her maiesties Iniunctions or who doth not once a yeare at the least administer the sacraments in your said church or chappell where he so preacheth or readeth 16 Whether your minister hath or doth receiue to the holy communion any persons which he not of his owne parish without testimonie from the minister of the place where they dwell what they be that it may appears that they be not persons excommunicate or otherwise infamous 17 Whether doth your parson vicar or curate administer the holy communion vnto any communicants which do not receiue the same deuoutly and humbly knéeling vpon their knées or whether doth he administer it confusedly to some knéeling and to some either sitting or standing or walking 18 Whether hath your parson vicar or curate or other minister in your church or chappell contrary to the order set downe in the communion book and contrarie to her maiesties Iniunctions in that behalfe admitted to the holy communion any open or notorious fornicator or adulterer or other wicked liuer by whom publike offence is giuen without due penance inioyned by his Ordinarie first done to the satisfaction of the congregation and without such further submission as in the sayd booke and Iniunction is required 19 Whether doth your parson vicar or curate or any other minister or preacher baptise in your parish church or chappel any Infants not in the Fonte according to the ancient custome but in a bason and vrge the parents of the saide infant to be present and in place of Godfathers for their children 20 Whether doth your parson vicar or curate once euerie quarter of the yeare reade her maiesties Iniunctions openly and deliberately before his parishioners at one time or at two seueral times in one day according as in the sayd Iniunctions it is prescribed 21 Whether hath your parson vicar or curate or any other minister preached declared or spoken any thing 〈◊〉 your parish in derogation of the booke of common prayer which is set forth by the lawes of this Realme dispraising or deprauing the same or any thing therein contained or against the present estate of the ecclesiasticall gouernment established by the same authoritie or against any office function or part thereof affirming the same to be vnlawfull 22 Whether hath your parson or vicar more benefices then one if hée hath not whether is he resident vpon that one if he be not resident where doth he remaine and by what authoritie is he absent and whether doth he leaue a sufficient minister and preacher to supply his absence allowing something yearely towards the releefe of the poore and what doth hee so allow 23 Whether is your person or vicar who hath two benefices within this Dioces or one benefice in this Dioces and another forth of the same resident one half of the yeare 〈◊〉 one of them and the other half yeare or the greater part thereof vpon his other benefice and whether doth he leaue the benefice in your parish prouided of a sufficient preacher to serue it and hath an especiall care of some conuenient hospitallity to be kept in his absence according to his abilitie and the proportion of that liuing 24 Whether doth your parson vicar or curate keepe a iust and perfect note of al such as do communicate in your parish and do not rather regarding their priuate gaine receiue their offerings at Easter deliuer them tokens enter them into their booke and so certefie as communicants those who neuer receiued 25 Whether doth your parson vicar or curate keepe any man or woman in their houses that are suspected to be either of euil religion or of badde life or whether be they or any of them