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A00267 Iniunctions giuen by the most reuerende father in Christ, Edmonde by the prouidence of God, Archbishop of Yorke primate of England, and Metropolitane, in his Metropoliticall visitation of the prouince of Yorke, aswell to the clergie, as to the laytie of the same prouince. Anno do. 1571.; Visitation articles. 1571 Church of England. Province of York. Archbishop (1570-1576 : Grindal); Grindal, Edmund, 1519?-1583. 1571 (1571) STC 10375; ESTC S111863 27,196 46

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Parishioners to contribute and giue towardes the reliefe of the Poore as they may well spare and specially when ye visite them that be sicke and make their Testamentes and for your owne partes also ye shall charitably relieue the Poore to your habilitie 22 Item ye shall daily reade at the least one chapter of the Old Testament and an other of the Newe with good aduisement and such of you as be vnder the degrée of a maister of Arte shall prouide and haue of your owne according to the Quéenes Maiesties Iniunctions at the least the New Testament both in Latine and English conferring the one with the other euery daie one Chapter thereof at the least so that vpon the examination of the Archedeacon Commissary or their Officers in Synodes and Uisitations or at other appointed times it may appeare how ye profite in the studie of holy Scripture 23 Item ye shall not kéepe or suffer to be kept in your personage or Uicaridge houses any Alehouses Tipling Houses or Tauerns nor shal sell Ale Béere or Wine nor any of you shal kéepe any suspected woman in your house or be an incontinent liuer giuen to Drunkennesse or Idlenesse nor any of you beyng vnmaried shall kéepe in your house any woman vnder the age of thréescore yéeres excepte shée be your Daughter by former Mariage or be your Mother Aunte Sister or Niece and such an one as ye shall kéepe shal be of good name and fame nor any of you shal be a haunter of Tauernes Alehouses or suspected places or a Hunter Hawker Dicer Carder Tabler Swearer or otherwise giue any euill example of life but contrarywise at all times when ye shall haue leysure ye shal heare or reade some parte of holy Scripture or some other good Authours or shall occupie your selues with some other honest studie or exercise oftentimes giue your selues to earnest praier and shal be diligent in visiting the sicke comforting of them 24 Item you shall exhorte your Parishioners to obedience towardes their Prince and all other that be in authoritie and to charitie and mutuall loue amongst themselues helping to reconcile thē which shall happen to be at variance at any time and if ye can not Preache ye shall teache children to reade to write to know their dueties towards God their Prince Parentes and all others and by all meanes ye can ye shall endeuour your selues to profite the Common Wealth hauing alwaies in minde that ye ought to excell all other in puritie of life and should be examples to the people to liue well and Christianly not giuing any way iuste cause of offence 25 Item all Proprietaries Parsons Uicars and Clerkes hauing Churches or Chappels within this prouince shall cause the Chauncels or Quéeres of their Churches or Chappels to be from time to time accordinge to the Quéenes Maiesties Iniunctions in that behalfe sufficiently repaired and mainteined in good estate and all Parsons Uicars and other Clerkes hauing Mansion houses belonging to their promocions shall likewise repaire and kéepe the same in good estate and vpon the same Chauncels or Quéeres and Mansion houses with buildinges therevnto belonging being in decaye shall yéerely bestowe according to the same Iniunctions the fift parte of that their benefice till they be fully repayred and being repaired shall mainteine the same in good estate and order ▪ ¶ For the Laytie FIrst wée doe enioyne and straitly commaunde that from hencefoorth no parish Clerke nor any other parson not being ordered at the least for a Deacon shall presume to solemnize Matrimonie or to Minister the Sacrament of Baptisme or to deliuer to the Communicantes the Lordes Cuppe at the celebration of the holy Communion And that no person not being a Minister Deacon or at the least tollerated by the Ordinarie in writing doe attempt to supplie thoffice of the Minister in saying of Diuine seruice openly in any Church or Chappell 2 Item to thintent that the people may the better heare the Morninge and Eueninge Prayer when the same by the Minister is saide be the more edified thereby we doe enioyne that the Churchwardens of euery parishe in places aswell exempt as not exempt at the charges of the Parishe shall procure a decent low Pulpit to be erected and made in the body of the Church out of hande wherein the Minister shall stande with his face towardes the people when he readeth Morninge and Euening prayer Prouided alwaies that where the Churches are very small it shall suffise that the Minister stande in his accustomed stall in the Quéere So that a conuenient deske or lecterne with a rowme to turne his face towardes the people be there prouided by the saide Churchwardens at the charges of the parishe The iudgement and order whereof and also the forme and order of the Pulpit or seate aforesaide in greater Churches wée doe referre vnto the Archdeacon of the place or to his Officiall Prouided also that the prayers and other seruice appointed for the Ministration of the holy Communion be saide and done at the Commūion table except the Epistle and Gospell which shal be read in the saide pulpit or stall and also the tenne commaundementes when there is no Communion 3 Item that the Churchwardens according to the custome of euery parishe shal be chosen by the consent aswell of the Parson Uicare or Curate as of the Parishioners otherwise they shall not be Churchwardens neyther shall they continue anye lenger than one yeare in that office except perhappes they shal be chosen againe They shall not sell or alienate any Belles or other church goodes without consent of the Ordinarie in writing first had nor shal put the money that shall come of any such sale to any other vse than to the reparations of their Churches or Chappelles or for prouiding of necessaries for the same Churches or Chappels And all Churchwardens at the ende of euery yeare shall give vp to the Parson Uicare or Curate and their Parishioners a iuste accompte written in a booke to be prouided at the charges of the Parishe for that purpose of al suche money ornamentes stocke rentes or other Churche goodes as they haue receiued during the time they were in office and also shall particulerly shewe what coste they haue bestowed in reparations other thinges for the vse of the Church And going out of their offices they shall truely deliuer vp in the sight of the Parishioners to the next Churchwardens and note in the saide Churche booke whatsoeuer money ornamentes stocke or other Church goodes shall remaine and be in their handes at the time of giuing vp of their accomptes 4 Item that the Churchwardens in euery Parishe shall at the costes and charges of the Parishe prouide if the same be not already prouided all thinges necessary requisite for common Prayer and Administration of the holy Sacramentes on this side the .xx. day of next ensuyng specially the booke of Common prayer with the newe Kalender and a Psalter to the