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A00167	Articles to be enquired of in the diocesse of Carlile, in the visitation of the reuerend father in God, Francis, Lord Bishop of Carlile	Church of England. Diocese of Carlisle. Bishop (1626-1629 : White); White, Francis, 1564?-1638.	1627 (1627)	STC 10172.5; ESTC S2634	11,300	16

to the booke without alteration at euery time that the bread and wine is renewed Doth he vse and neuer omit the signe of the Crosse in baptisme or doth he euer baptize in any Bason or other thing but the vsuall Font Doth he marry without a Ring or in times prohibited or without the banes thrice published without a speciall Licence from the Arch-bishop or Bishop of the Diocesse or his Chancellor first had and obtained ●reachers ●ithout ●cence 5 Item Whether is your Minister a Preacher licensed or no If no whether doth he take vpon him in his own Cure or else-where to expound any Scripture or matter of doctrine and doth not keepe himselfe to the reading of Homilies published by Authoritie And if he be licensed doth he preach vsually according to the 45. Canon in his owne cure or some other neighbour Church where no Preacher is doth he preach standing and with his hat off Or whether doth hee or his Curate Reading Homilies when ●here is no ●ermon vpon euery Sunday when there is no Sermon reade an Homily or some part thereof according as hee ought to doe Preaching of false doctrine new opinions 6 Jtem Whether doth your Minister publish in his Sermon any doctrine which is new and strange and disagreeing from the Word of God and from the Articles of Christian faith and religion agreed on and published Ann. Dom. 1562. or whether doe they teach any thing which they would haue the people rel●giously to obserue and beleeue but that which is agreeable to the Scriptures and that which the Catholike Fathers and ancient Bishops haue gathered out of that doctrine according to the Canon Names of ●trangers to be taken 7 Item Whether are any Ministers admitted to preach in your Church who doe not before the Churchwardens subscribe their names in your booke for that purpose the day when hee preached and the name of the Bishop of whom he had licence to preach And is any one admitted to preach before he sheweth his licence 8 Item Opposition of Preachers in their Sermons Doth any Preacher in your Pulpit particularly impugne and confute any doctrine deliuered by others his fellow Preachers before he hath acquainted the Bishop of the Diocesse therewith and receiued order from him what to doe in that case 9 Jtem Praying for his Maiestie c. Doth your Minister vse alwayes to pray for the Kings Maiestie the Queene Clergie Councell c. giuing them their full titles as in the Canon is required 10 Item Whether is your Minister resident vpon his Benefice Non residence of the Minister or absent if absent by whom is the Cure serued the fruits receiued Doth your Minister or Curate serue any more Cures then one If yea then what other Cure doth he serue and how farre are they distant 11 Jtem Whether doth he catechize the youth of his parish vpon Sundaies and holidaies before Euening prayer for halfe an houre Catechizing or more in the Catechisme set forth in the booke of common prayer and whether doe all the parishioners diligently attend his catechizing and who refuse to send their children and seruants to be catechized by him 12 Item Ministers to call for reliefe of the poore and almes-deeds Symonie Doth your Minister carefully looke to the reliefe of the poore and from time to time call vpon his parishioners to giue somewhat according to their ability to godly and charitable vses especially when they make their wills 13 Jtem whether is your Minister suspected or knowne to haue obtained his Benefice or spirituall promotion by any symoniacall compact directly or indirectly 14 Item Demising of Benefices Whether doth your Minister demise the profits of his Benefice to any Lay-man aboue one yeere and is not resident there keepeth no hospitality vpon his Benefice being of sufficient value 15 Item Doth your Minister in the Rogation dayes Obseruing of Rogation weeke goe in perambulation of the circuit of the parish saying and vsing the prayers suffrages and thanksgiuing to God appointed by law according to his dutie thanking God for his blessings and praying for his grace and fauour 16 Jtem What Curates or Preachers doe reade prayers Curates not licensed and Lay-men doing offices of Minister or administer the Sacraments in your parish without lawfull licence from the Bishop of the Diocesse vnder his hand and seale according to the Canon or doth any Lay-man not hauing holy orders presume to reade publike prayers in the Church Lectures and Preachers to read Seruice 17 Jtem Whether haue you any Preacher or Lecturer in your parish and whether if any such be he doth twice at the least euery yere reade himselfe diuine Seruice both morning and euening two seueral Sundaies publikely in his Surplice and also twice in the yeere administer both the Sacraments with such rites and ceremonies as are prescribed in the book of commom prayer according to the 56. Canon Conuersation of the Minister 18 Jtem Whether is your Minister studious in the holy Scriptures and abstaineth from mechanicall trades or labour not be fitting his function and from apparell vnseemely for his calling and from gaming Ministers forsaking their calling swearing and drunkennes or such notorious crimes or is there any in your parish who hauing beene admitted into holy orders either Deacon or Minister doth relinquish and forsake his calling and liueth in the course of his life as a Lay-man Ministers reuealing priuate confessions 19 Jtem Whether doth your Minister before the seuerall times of the administration of the Lords Supper admonish and exhort his parishioners if they haue their consciences troubled and disquieted to resort vnto him or some other learned Minister and open his griefe that he may receiue such ghostly counsell and comfort as his conscience may be relieued and by the Minister he may receiue the benefit of absolution to the quiet of his conscience and auoyding of the scruple And if any man confesse his secret hidden sinnes being sick or whole to the Minister for the vnburthening of his conscience and receiuing such spirituall consolation doth or hath the said Minister at any time reuealed and made knowne to any person whatsoeuer any crime or offence so committed to his trust and secrecie contrary to the 113. Canon Articles concerning Matrimony FIrst Marriage within Leuiticall degrees Whether be there any in your parish that haue married within the degrees of affinity or consanguinity by the Law of God forbidden If any what be they 2 Item Whether haue any beene married secretly in priuate houses Priuate marriage and without consent of parents or without their parents or gouernours consent signified being vnder the age of 21. yeeres 3 Item Whether doe any persons lawfully married Married persons liuing ●part liue asunder vnlawfully and in whom is the default 4 Item Marriage without banes and licence Whether any persons the banes beeing not thrice published

in the Church haue beene married without licence who were present at such marriages and what Minister married them 5 Jtem Whether any persons by licence or without Persons married out of their Parishes haue bin married in your parish Church neither of them at that time dwelling in your said parish 6 Item Recusants marriage What Popish Recusants or their children haue beene married in your Parish in what sort was that matrimonie solemnized when and by whom 7 Item Is there any in your Parish that is voyced noted Bigamy and credibly reported and accused to haue two wiues liuing or two husbands Articles concerning the Churchwardens FIrst Whether be the Churchwardens chosen by the Minister and Parishioners according to the 89. Canon Election of Churchwardens and whether hath any taken vpon him to be Church-warden being not so chosen or hath any continued aboue one yeere in his office without a new choice 2 Jtem Churchwardens due account Whether haue any Churchwardens deteined any of the Church goods and not made a iust account of what they haue receiued and expended 3 Item Haue they beene and are they diligent in their office Churchwardens diligent in the Church to see decencie kept in the Church and order in the time of Common Prayer and administration of the Sacraments and that there bee no disturbance but sobernesse and quietnesse in the Church Articles concerning the Parishioners FIrst Whether doe any in your Parish prophane the Sunday by vnlawfull games drinking or tippling Prophaning the Lords day especially in the time of common prayer or Sermon or by working and doing the ordinary workes of their vocations and trades 2 Item Is there any in your Parish Impugne the Rites and gouernment of the Church that do impugne or speake against the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England or the lawfull vse of them and the gouernment of this Church vnder his Maiestie by Archbishops Bishops and other Ecclesiasticall Officers 3 Item Reuerent behauiour at diuine Seruice Who in your parish doe come to the Sermon only and not to diuine Seruice and who do not reuerently behaue themselues during the time of diuine Seruice deuoutly kneeling when the generall Confession of sinnes the Letany the tenne Commandements and all Prayers and Collects are read and vsing all duly and lowly reuerence when the blessed Name of the Lord Iesus is mentioned and standing vp when the Articles of the Beliefe the Magnificat Nunc dimittis the Te Deum Benedictus and Gloria Patri c. are read or who doe couer their heads in the Church during the whole time of diuine Seruice vnlesse it be in case of necessity in which case they may weare a nightcap Or who do giue themselues to babbling talking or walking and are not attentiue to heare the Word read and preached ●eauing their ●wn Churches ●o goe to o●hers 4 Item Is there any of your Parish hauing a Preacher to their Minister that doe absent themselues from his Sermons and resort to other places to heare other Preachers or doe any in your Parish communicate or baptize their children in any other Parish Exception against the Minister Churching of Women 5 Item Is there any in your parish that refuse to haue their children baptized or themselues to receiue the Communion of your Minister taking exception against him or haue any wiues refused to come to Church according to the Booke of Common Prayer to giue thanks to God for their safe deliuerance in a decent habit as hath beene anciently accustomed Disgracing of Ministers 6 Item Hath any in your parish spoken slanderous and reproachfull words against your Minister to the scandall of his vocation or against their marriage or wiues against his neighbour defaming them touching any crime of Ecclesiasticall cognizance Opening of ●hops vpon ●olidaies 7 Jtem Whether doe any in your Parish exercise any trade or labour buy or sell or keepe open shops or set out any wares to be sold vpon Sundaies and Holidayes by themselues their seruants or apprentices or haue otherwise prophaned the said dayes Keeping holy of the 5. of August and the 5. of Nouember 8 Item Whether is the 5. of August and the 5. of Nouember kept holy and thanksgiuing made to God according to the order set forth in that behalfe 9 Jtem Is there any in your Parish that bee ●dultery for●ication in●est c. or are commonly knowne or reputed to bee blasphemers of Gods holy Name drunkards adulterers fornicators incestuous persons concealers or harbourers of fornicators or adulterers haue any beene detected of such notorious crimes and what penance haue they done for the same Commutation ●f penance 10 Jtem What corporall punishments for any such offences haue beene commuted and changed into a pecuniary mulct or summe of money by any Ecclesiasticall Iudge exercising iurisdiction within this Diocesse by vertue of any graunt or Commission or what was the summe of money by them or any of them so receiued and taken and to what vses was the same bestowed or whether vpon some commutations was the vnfaigned repentance of the delinquent published in the Church Persons dying ●nce the 2. of ●ebr 1626. 11 Item What person or persons haue died departed this mortall life since the 2. day of February last past and whether did they make any last wills or Testaments and who were their executors or whether died they intestate and who hath the administration of their goods and what be the names of such deceased and executors and administrators 12 Item Administring of goods without authoritie Whether haue any in your parish administred the goods of any person deceased without lawfull authoritie and before he or they haue proued the wil or Testament of the party deceased or haue obtained Cōmission from the Ordinary to dispose the said mouable goods or are there any wills vnproued or goods not administred 13 Item What persons be excommunicate within your Parish Excommunicate persons and for what cause to your knowledge and whether do any of them repaire to the Church in time of Prayer vnabsolued Articles concerning Schoolemasters Physicians and Chyrurgions and Parish Clarks FIrst Schoolemasters not licenced is there any Schoolemaster in your Parish that teacheth publikely or priuately not licensed by the Ordinarie or the Bishop of the Diocesse Doth hee teach any Papists or Sectaries children that come not to Church Duty of all Schoolemasters And doth he instruct all his schollers to learne the shorter Catechisme by the lawe estabished contained in the booke of common Prayer Is he a graduate sufficient to teach 2 Item What Physician or Chyrurgion is in your parish vnlicensed Physicians no● licenced and beeing not a Doctor of Physicke in either of the Vniuersities doth practise physike And what ignorant persons haue left their trade and taken vpon them to professe Physicke or Chyrurgery and who be they that so abuse the people 3 Item Haue you a fit parish-Clarke aged 20. yeeres at least Parish Clarks of honest life able to reade and write Are his and the Sextons wages paid without fraud if not then whose default is it by whom is hee chosen is he diligent in his office and seruiceable to the Minister doth he meddle with any thing aboue his Office doth he keepe the Church cleane the doores locked Is any thing lost and spoiled by his default and doth he execute his office dulie Articles concerning Ecclesiasticall offices FIrst Excessiue fees Whether be there any ecclesiasticall officers that exercise ecclesiastical iurisdiction within this Diocesse that take and receiue or exact any extraordinary and excessiue fees for any cause Whether haue your Churchwardens and Questmen concealed any abuses or offences punishable in the Ecclesiasticall Court and whether such offences being presented are suppressed and vnpunished 2 Item Table of fees in Courts Whether is there not a Table of Fees in euery Court of the Consistorie Archdeacons and Commissaries allowed and subscribed by the Iudge and Register of the Court of Consistory Ann. Dom. 1597. and the same euery Court day hung vp in some publike place of the Court and Registry ●eeding of ●cts without Notarie 3 Item Doth any Ecclesiasticall Iudge speed any act in any cause priuately of himselfe and not in presence of some publike Notarie or Actuarie ●buses in Ap●aritors and ●umners 4 Item Whether is there any excessiue number of Apparitors and Sumners in this Diocesse or haue any of them vnder pretence of authoritie cited and summoned any person vnlawfully or hath taken any reward for the concealing of any offence or sinne or the auoyding of punishment of the offenders and who be they that haue done so or do they take any fees not accustomable haue they threatned any to prosecute them if they had no reward and do they summon any without a Citation first had Abuses in Ecclesiasticall offices 5 Jtem Hath any Ecclesiasticall Iudge or Officer Aduocate Register Procter Clarks or other such ministers any way abused themselues in their offices contrary to the Law and Canons in that behalfe prouided Sincerity and ●mpartiality ●n the Inquisitors 6 Item Lastly Whether haue you and euery of you sincerely vprightly and without any impartiall affection and concealing presented and made knowne all and euery the offenders in any of the matters mentioned in the precedent Articles exhibited vnto you either as they are taken in truth to be or by common fame reported If you know of any other default or crime of Ecclesiasticall cognizance you are to present the same The Ministers of euery parish may ioyne in presentment with the Churchwardens and Side-men and if they will not present then the Ministers themselues being the persons that should haue the chiefe care for the suppressing of sinne and impiety in their parishes may present the crimes aforesaid and such things as shall be thought to require due reformation Can. 113. There must be seuerall presentments made to euery seuerall Article FINIS Hos Articulos sub hisce Titulis in hac visitatione proponit inquirendos FRANCIS CARLIL