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<P>ARTICLES COLLECTED Out of the Rubrick of the BOOK of Common-Prayer, and other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Laws now in force.</P>
<P>For the help and a&s;&s;i&s;tance of the Church-Wardens and Side-men (with the A&s;&s;i&s;tance of their Mini&s;ters) of every Pari&s;h within the <HI>ARCH-DEACONRY OF NORFOLK.</HI> IN The VISITATION of the Reverend <HI>Edward Reynolds</HI> M. A. Arch-Deacon of the Arch-Deaconry of <HI>Norfolk.</HI></P>
<P>In the Year of our Lord God, 167</P>
<P>Sir JUSTINIAN LEWYN Knight. and Dr. of Laws, OFFICIAL.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>William Crook</HI> at the Green-Dragon without <HI>Temple-Barr,</HI> 1671.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="instructions for oath-takers">
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<HEAD>The Form of the Oath.</HEAD>
<P>YOu &s;hall &s;wear, that you will well and truly execute the Office of Church-warden, to which you are lawfully Elected within your Pari&s;h for this pre&s;ent year, in all things agreeable to a good Con&s;cience, and as far as by Law you are bound.<LB> <HI>So help you God, by the contents of his Holy Go&s;pel.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>The Side-mens Oath.</HEAD>
<P>YOu &s;hall &s;wear that you will well and truly execute the Office of Side-man or Que&s;t|man within your Pari&s;h, that is to &s;ay, you &s;hall a&s;&s;i&s;t the Church-Wardens for this year in In|quiry and Pre&s;entment of all Offenders and Of|fences again&s;t His Maje&s;ties Laws Eccle&s;ia&s;tical, in all things agreeable to a good Con&s;cience, and as far as by Law you are bound.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="articles of visitation">
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<HEAD>ARTICLES OF VISITATION and ENQUIRY within the Arch-Deaconry of NORFOLK.</HEAD>
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<HEAD><HI>TIT. I.</HI> Concerning Churches, Chappels, with the Ornaments and Furniture thereunto belonging.</HEAD>
<P>IS your Pari&s;h Church or Chappel in good and &s;ufficient repair, both for the Roof, Windows, Floor, and Seats?</P>
<P N="2"><HI>2.</HI> Hath any part of your Church, Chappel or Steeple b&eacute;en demoli&s;hed, or pulled down? what part, and how long &s;ince? or any of the Lead, Timber or Bells thereunto formerly belong|ing, any way imbezelled or &s;old, and by whom?</P>
<P N="3"><HI>3.</HI> Is there a decent Font of Stone with a cover, and doth the &s;ame &s;tand at or near the neather end of your Church, in &s;uch man|ner
<PB N="4" REF="4" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 10 -->as anciently &amp; u&s;ually Fonts have &s;tood for the baptizing of chil|dren? Is there a decent Communion-table in your Chancel, with a decent Carpet, and another covering of white linnen, to be &s;pread thereon at the time of the Admini&s;tration of the Lords Supper? and have you a &s;&eacute;emly Chalice or Communion cup, with a cover, and one or more Flagons?</P>
<P N="4"><HI>4.</HI> Have you a convenient Seat or Pew wherein to read Divine Service, a Pulpit with a decent cloth or cu&s;hion, a large Bible of the la&s;t tran&s;lation, and a book of Common-prayer lately publi&s;hed, <HI>Anno 1662.</HI> the book of Homilies &s;et forth by authority, and a print|ed table of the degrees within which marriages are prohibited, and a book of Canons and Con&s;titutions Eccle&s;ia&s;tical, and a decent Surplice and Hood for the Mini&s;ter to Officiate in, and are the ten Commandements &s;et up on the Ca&s;t end of your Church or Chap|pel, and are the Kings Arms &s;et up in &s;ome fitting place of your Church or Chancel.</P>
<P N="5"><HI>5,</HI> Have you a Regi&s;ter-book in parchment of Chri&s;tnings, Buri|als and Marriages? and is the &s;ame kept in all points according to the ancient u&s;e?</P>
<P N="6"><HI>6.</HI> Have you a book for the Church-wardens accounts? as al&s;o a che&s;t with <HI>3</HI> locks and keys, wherein to k&eacute;ep the &s;aid Book? together with the other books and ve&s;tments and uten&s;ils of your Church.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>TIT. II.</HI> Concerning the Church-yard, the Hou&s;es, Glebes and Tythes belonging to the Church.</HEAD>
<P N="1"><HI>1. IS</HI> your Church-yard &s;ufficiently fenced, and decently kept? Hath any per&s;on encroached upon the &s;ame, or made any door into it, and how long &s;ince?</P>
<P N="2"><HI>2.</HI> Is the Hou&s;e of your Par&s;on, Vicar, or Curate, and the Out|hou&s;es in good repair? have any of them b&eacute;en defaced or pulled down without licen&s;e? have there b&eacute;en any encroachments made upon the
<PB N="5" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 10 -->&s;ame, or any of the ancient marks or bounds removed or changed? and by whom?</P>
<P N="3"><HI>3.</HI> Have you a true and perfect Terrier of all the Glebe-lands, Gardens, Orchards, Tenements or Cottages belonging to your Par&s;onage or Vicarage? As al&s;o a note of &s;uch Pen<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ions, Rate|tythes, and Portions of Tyches, or other yearly profits (either with|in or without your Pari&s;h) as belong thereunto? Have any of the &s;ame been with-held from your M<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ni&s;ter? and by whom, as you know, or have heard.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>TIT. III.</HI> Concerning Mini&s;ters.</HEAD>
<P N="1"><HI>1. IS</HI> your Mini&s;ter a Prie&s;t or Deacon, Epi&s;copally ordained, ac|cording to the Laws of the Church of <HI>England?</HI> and hath he b&eacute;en legally in&s;tituted and inducted into his Benefice?</P>
<P N="2"><HI>2.</HI> Is he re&s;ident among you? how many w&eacute;eks hath he b&eacute;n ab|&s;ent from you without urgent nece&s;&s;ity?</P>
<P N="3"><HI>3.</HI> Doth your Par&s;on, Vicar, Curate or Lecturer, if you have any, perform his Office in all things according to the Rubrick of the book of Common-prayer lately e&s;tabli&s;hed, and the Act of Vnifor|mity publi&s;hed therewith?</P>
<P N="4"><HI>4.</HI> Doth he ob&s;erve the Holy-daies and Fa&s;ting-days, the Ember|w&eacute;eks, and the yearly Perambulation in Rogation w&eacute;ek, as is ap|pointed by the Rubrick? particularly the <HI>5.</HI> of Novemb. the <HI>30.</HI> of Jan. and <HI>29.</HI> of May.</P>
<P N="5"><HI>5.</HI> Doth he neglect or delay to vi&s;it the &s;ick, or to Baptize any Infant that is in danger of death? Doth he baptize any without Godfathers and Godmothers, or admit either of the Parents to be Godfather or Godmother to their own Children?</P>
<P N="6"><HI>6.</HI> Hath your Mini&s;ter married any per&s;on without publi&s;hing the Banes on thr&eacute;e Sundays or Holydays without licen&s;e fir&s;t obtain|ed, or ha&s;h he married any in private Hou&s;es, or not betw&eacute;en the hours of Eight and Twelve in the morning?</P>
<P N="7"><HI>7.</HI> Doth your Mini&s;ter Catechi&s;e the Youth and ignorant Per|&s;ons
<PB N="6" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 11 -->of his Pari&s;h, according to the Canon in that behalf? and if not by who&s;e default is the &s;ame not done?</P>
<P N="8"><HI>8.</HI> Is your Par&s;on, Vicar, Curate or Lecturer, a man of a &s;ober life and conver&s;ation? or is his carriage in any kind di&s;orderly or &s;candalous, and unbe&s;&eacute;eming a Mini&s;ter, and wherein doth he &s;o mi&s;demean him&s;elf?</P>
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<HEAD><HI>TIT. IV.</HI> Concerning the Pari&s;hioners.</HEAD>
<P N="1"><HI>1. IS</HI> there any in your Pari&s;h that refu&s;e to come unto the pub|lick A&s;&s;emblies, Prayers or Service of the Church? If there be any, what are their names?</P>
<P N="2"><HI>2.</HI> Is there any per&s;on in your Pari&s;h, that lyeth under a com|mon fame, or &s;u&s;picion of Adultery, Fornication, or Ince&s;t? Are there any common Drunkards within your Pari&s;h, or common Swearers, or Bla&s;phemers of Gods name, or any that are noted to be Raylers, unclean or filthy talkers or &s;owers of &s;edition, facti|on and di&s;cord among&s;t their neighbours?</P>
<P N="3"><HI>3.</HI> Doth every per&s;on in your Pari&s;h duly re&s;ort to your Church or Chappel upon Sundays and holy-days, and there decently and or|derly, as well during Divine Service, as Preaching the Word of God, demean them&s;elves reverently, uncovering their heads, kn&eacute;el|ing at Prayers, &s;tanding up when the Cr&eacute;ed and Go&s;pel are read?</P>
<P N="4"><HI>4.</HI> Is there any in your Pari&s;h that refu&s;e to &s;end their Infant-children to be baptized in the Church, unle&s;s in ca&s;e of urgent dan|ger? or do they &s;end them to be baptized in other Pari&s;hes? or are they baptized after other form than is appointed? or are they kept unbaptized longer than is allowed? or is there any Infants or more aged per&s;ons as yet unbaptized?</P>
<P N="5"><HI>5.</HI> Is there any per&s;on in your Pari&s;h of <HI>16</HI> years of age who doth not receive the Sacrament thr&eacute;e times in the year, of which <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> is always to be one? Doth any refu&s;e to receive it kneeling?</P>
<P N="6"><HI>6.</HI> Are there any in your Yari&s;h that be denounced and declared
<PB N="7" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 11 -->excommunicate for any crime committed, How long have they b&eacute;en &s;o excommunicated?</P>
<P N="7"><HI>7.</HI> Are there any living in your Pari&s;h who have been u<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">lawfully married, <HI>viz.</HI> without publication of Banes, or Licen&s;e fir&s;t obtain|ed, or within the degrees prohibited.</P>
<P N="8"><HI>8.</HI> Are there any married women in your Pari&s;h who after their delivery from the peril of Child birth, refu&s;e or neglect to make their publick thank&s;giving to God in the Church at times conveni|ent for the &s;ame, and who by name?</P>
<P N="9"><HI>9.</HI> Are there any that refu&s;e to pay their duty for <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> offerings, or refu&s;e to contribute to the Rates made for the repair of your Church or Chappel, or any thing thereunto belonging?</P>
<P N="10"><HI>10.</HI> Do any refu&s;e to bury their dead according to the Rites of the Church of <HI>England?</HI> and are there any Wills and Te&s;taments of per&s;ons dead in your Pari&s;h, that be yet unproved? or any Goods ad|mini&s;tred without a due grant from the Ordinary? did any dying in your Pari&s;h, or el&s;ewhere, leave any Legacy to your Church or Chappel, or to the u&s;e of the Poor, or to any other pious and cha|ritable purpo&s;es? What were tho&s;e Legacies, and how have they b&eacute;en be&s;towed?</P>
<P N="11"><HI>11.</HI> Are there any in your Pari&s;h guilty of Ante-nuptial Forni|cation? that is, which have u&s;ed carnal copulation together before lawful marriage, and who they are?</P>
<P N="12"><HI>12.</HI> Is there any &s;trife and contention among any of your Pa|ri&s;h for their Pews or Seats in your Church? have any new Pews b&eacute;en erected in your Chancel, or in the body of your Church or Chappel, without leave from the Ordinary.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>TIT. V.</HI> Concerning Pari&s;h-Clerks, and Sextons.</HEAD>
<P N="1"><HI>1.</HI> HAve you belonging to your Church or Chappel a Pari&s;h-clark, aged <HI>21</HI> years at the lea&s;t? is he of hone&s;t life and con|ver&s;ation?
<PB N="8" REF="6"><!-- PDF PAGE 12 -->and &s;ufficient or able to perform his duty in reading, writing and &s;inging? Is he cho&s;en by your Mini&s;ter, and doth he duly attend him in all Divine Services at the Church? Are his wa|ges duly paid unto him? or who with-holdeth the &s;ame from him?</P>
<P N="2"><HI>2.</HI> Doth he diligently do his duty in k&eacute;eping the Church clean and decent, in toking and ringing the Bells before Divine Service, and when any per&s;on is pa&s;&s;ing out of this life, doth he upon notice toll a Bell, that the neighbours may thereby be warned to recommend the dying per&s;on to the grace and favour of God?</P>
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<HEAD><HI>TIT. VI.</HI> Concerning Church-Wardens and Side-men.</HEAD>
<P N="1"><HI>1.</HI> ARe the Church-wardens of your Pari&s;h yearly and duly cho&s;en by the joynt con&s;ent of your Mini&s;ter and Pari&s;hio|ners, or one of them by your Mini&s;ter, and the other by the Pa|ri&s;hioners?</P>
<P N="2"><HI>2.</HI> Have the former and la&s;t Church-wardens given up their ac|counts to the Pari&s;h, and delivered up to the &s;ucceeding Church|wardens the moneys remaining in their hands, together with all <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">|ther things belonging to your Church or Chappel?</P>
<P N="3"><HI>3.</HI> You are further to under&s;tand, That according to your Office, you are to provide again&s;t every Communion appointed in your Church or Chappel, a &s;ufficient quantity of fine white Bread, and of good Wiue, according to the number of Communicants.</P>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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