<!DOCTYPE ETS PUBLIC "-//UMDLPS//DTD EEBOPROOF 2.0//EN">
<ETS>
<TEMPHEAD>
<REVDESCR>
<CHANGE>
<DATE>2011-05-17</DATE>
<RESPSTMT>
<NAME>Louis Rosenberg</NAME>
<RESP>MURP</RESP>
</RESPSTMT>
<ITEM>Checklist:
xChange DATE, validate
xLook for lists, illustrations, tables, music, math, end-notes, quasi-tabular arrangments, and marginalia
xLook for unobtrusive numerations: Do they mark divs? milestones?
xExamine marginalia. Is it all best tagged as NOTE?
xAdd DIV TYPEs, validate
xReview structure, use FRONT,BODY, BACK or rarely GROUP
xCheck PB placement and completeness, ensure sequence of N=
xProof title page(s)
xAdd FIGDESCs to any and all likely illustrations.
xCheck HEAD TRAILER ARGUMENT EPIGRAPH
xCheck OPENER CLOSER SIGNED SALUTE BYLINE DATE
xCheck ^, oe, abq, italic I / J, _Initals, tb, space between &amp;c.
xCheck # @ -- UNCLEAR LB FIGURE
xCheck frac; eogon; deg; BLANK
xCheck GAP MISSING DUPLICATE
xCheck for E&s;q; by searching ABBR, Search q; to locate startq endq to remove them, look for Q that shouldn't be marked as such
xCheck for &punc;
x[[:alpha:]]&punc;[[:alpha;]] using regular expression, if several
xCorrect illegibles from proof sample
xCorrect errors from proof sample
xCheck illegible page, para, line, span, word, dollar signs
xSkint if need be
xRun Check afterwards
Look at html online view if need be
xNote that in Black Letter, every capital U must be changed to a V
If appropriate, check for yoghs
If appropriate, check for Latin problems, e.g. oe and ae digraphs
If appropriate, check for abbreviation and brevigraph problems (1500s)
If appropriate, check for units of measure, symbols (alchemical, astronomical, etc.) and the like
xFinal validate

Corrected [ ] illegible groups out of [ ].
Converted [94 ] illegible groups to GAP DESC="illegible".
DONE</ITEM>
</CHANGE>
</REVDESCR>
</TEMPHEAD>
<EEBO>
<IDG S="marc" R="UM" ID="B00008">
<STC T="S">10169.7</STC>
<BIBNO T="oclc">52633216</BIBNO>
<VID>174019</VID>
</IDG>
<TEXT LANG="eng">
<FRONT>
<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
<PB REF="1">
<P>ARTICLES <HI>TO BE</HI> INQVIRED OF IN THE FIRST TRIENNIALL <HI>VISITATION OF THE MOST</HI> REVEREND FATHER, VVILLIAM, By GODS Providence, Lord Arch-Bi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury, Primate of all England; and</HI> METROPOLITAN: In and for the Dioces of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> In the yeare of our LORD GOD 1637, And in the fourth yeere of his Graces Tran&s;lation.</P>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>printer's or publisher's device</FIGDESC>
<HEAD>EX IGNE RESVRGIT VIRTVS</HEAD>
</FIGURE></P>
<P>Printed at <HI>London,</HI> by <HI>Richard Badger.</HI></P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="text">
<PB REF="2">
<HEAD>The Tenour of the Oath, to be Mini&s;tred to the Church-wardens and Side-men.</HEAD>
<P>YOu &s;hall &s;weare, that you, and every of you, &s;hall duly con&s;ider and diligently enquire, of all and every of the&s;e Articles given you in charge; and that all affection, favour, hatred, hope of reward and gaine, or feare of di&s;plea&s;ure, or malice &s;et a&s;ide; you &s;hall pre&s;ent all and every &s;uch per&s;on, that now is, or of late was within your Pari&s;h, as hath committed any offence, or made any default mentioned in the&s;e, or any of the&s;e Articles; or which are vehemently &s;u&s;pected or defamed of any &s;uch offence or default: wherein you &s;hall deale uprightly and fully; neither pre&s;enting, nor &s;paring to pre&s;ent any, contrary to truth: having in this action God before your eyes, with an earne&s;t zeale to maintaine truth, and to &s;uppre&s;&s;e vice&punc; So helpe you God, and the holy Contents of this Book</P>
</DIV1>
</FRONT>
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="article">
<PB REF="2">
<HEAD>Concerning the Church, the Ornaments thereof, and the Churches po&s;&s;e&s;sions.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_IMprimis,</HI> Whether haue you in your &s;euerall Churches, and Chappels th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> whole Bible of the large&s;t volume, and the Booke of Common Prayer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> both fairly and &s;ub&s;tantially bound: A Font of &s;tone &s;et vp in the anc<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">+ent v&s;uall place: A conuenient and decent Communion Table, with a Carpet of &s;ilke, or &s;ome other decent &s;tuffe, continually laid vpon the &s;ame at time of Diuine Seruice, and a faire linnen cloth thereon, at the time of the receiuing of the holy Communion. And whether is the &s;ame Table placed in &s;uch conuenient &s;ort within the Chancell or Church, as that the Mini&s;ter may be be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> heard in his Prayer and Admini&s;tration, and that the greate&s;t number may communi+cate. And whether is it &s;o v&s;ed out of time of diuine &s;eruice, as is not agr&eacute;eable to the holy v&s;e of it; as by &s;itting on it, throwing hats on it, writing on it, or is it abu&s;ed to other prophaner v&s;es: and are the ten Commandements &s;et vpon the Ea&s;t end of your Church or Chappell, where the people may be&s;t &s;ee and reade them, and other &s;entences of holy Scripture, written on the wals likewi&s;e for that purpo&s;e?</P>
<P N="2">2 Whether are the afternoone Sermons, in your &s;euer all Pari&s;hes, turned into Catechizing by que&s;tion and an&s;wer; according to the forme pre&s;cribed in the Booke of Common Prayer? And whether doth euery Lecturer reade diuine Seruice, according to the Liturgie printed by authority, in his Surplice and Hood, before the Lecture? And whether are his Maie&s;ties In&s;tructions in all things duly ob&s;erued?</P>
<P N="3">3 Whether haue you in your &s;aid Church or Chappel, a conuenient &s;eat for your Mini|&s;ter to reade Seruice in, together with a comely Pulpit &s;et vp in a conuenient place, with a decent cloth or cu&s;hion for the &s;ame, a comely large Surplice, a faire Communi|on Cup, with a couer of &s;iluer, a Flagon of &s;iluer, tinne, or pewter, to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ut the Wine in, whereby it may be &s;et vpon the Communion Table, at the time of the ble&s;&s;ing there|of, with all other things and ornaments nece&s;&s;ary for the celebration of diuine Seruice, and admini&s;tration of the Sacraments? And whether haue you a &s;trong Che&s;t for Almes for the poore, with thr&eacute;e locks and keyes, and another Che&s;t for k&eacute;eping the Bookes, and Ornaments of the Church, and the Regi&s;ter Book? And whether haue you a Regi&s;ter Booke in Parchment, for Chri&s;tnings, Weddings, and Burials, and whe|ther the &s;ame be kept in all points, according to the Canons in that behalfe prouided? And is the Mothers Chri&s;tian name therein Regi&s;tred as well as the Fathers, and a tran&s;cript thereof brought in y&eacute;erely within one Moneth after the 25 of March into the Lord Archbi&s;hop or Bi&s;hop of the Dioce&s;&s;e his principall Regi&s;ter? And whether haue you in your &s;aid Church or Chappell, a Table &s;et, of the degrees wherein by law men are prohibited to marry?</P>
<P N="4">4 Whether are your Church and Chappels, with the Chancels thereof, and your par|&s;onage or vicarage hou&s;e, your pari&s;h Almes-hou&s;e and Church-hou&s;e, in good repara|tions: and are they imployed to godly, and their right holy v&s;es? Is your Church, Chan|cell, and Chappell decently and comely kept, as well within as without, and the &s;eats well maintained, according to the 85. Canon, in that behalfe prouided? Or haue any
<PB REF="3">
patrons or others decayed the Par&s;onage-hou&s;es, and k&eacute;ep a &s;tipendary Prie&s;t or Cu|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">te, in place where an incumbent &s;hould be po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed? Whether is your Church-yard <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ell fenced with wals, railes, or pales, and by whom: and if not, in who&s;e default the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">me is, and what the defect or fault is? And whether any per&s;on haue incroached vpon <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">he ground of the Church-yard, or whether any per&s;on or per&s;ons, haue v&s;ed any thing <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">r place con&s;ecrated to holy v&s;e, prophanely or wickedly?</P>
<P N="5">5 Is your Church or Chappell decently paued, and is your Church-yard well and or|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">erly kept without abu&s;e? Are the bones of the dead decently interred, or laid vp in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">me fit place as be &s;&eacute;emeth Chri&s;tians? And is the whole con&s;ecrated ground kept fr&eacute;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">rom Swine and all other na&s;tine&s;&s;e, as becommeth the place &s;o dedicated?</P>
<P N="6">6 Whether haue any ancient Monuments or Gla&s;&s;e-windowes b&eacute;ene defaced, or any <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ra&s;&s;e In&s;criptions, Lead, Stones, or any thing el&s;e belonging to your Church or Chap|pell, b&eacute;ene at any time purloined, and by whom?</P>
<P N="7">7 Whether haue you the Terrier of all the Glebe lands, Medowes, Gardens, Or|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">hards, Hou&s;es, Stocks, Implements, Tenements, and portions of Tithes (whether within your pari&s;h or without) belonging vnto your Par&s;onage or Vicarage, taken by <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">he view of hone&s;t men in your &s;aid pari&s;h? And whether the &s;ame Terrier be laid vp <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">n the Bi&s;hops Regi&s;try, and in who&s;e hands any of them are now? And if you haue no Terrier already made in Parchment, you the Church-wardens and Sidemen, together with your Par&s;on or Vicar, or in his ab&s;ence with your Mini&s;ter, are to make diligent inquiry and pre&s;entment of the &s;euerall particulars following, and make, &s;ub&s;cribe, and &s;igne the &s;aid Terrier, as afore&s;aid?</P>
<P N="1">1 How many &s;euerall parcels of Glebe-land, doe you know, or haue you credibly heard to belong vnto your Rectory, Church, Par&s;onage, Vicaridge, &amp;c. and by what Names are they (or any of them) commonly called and knowne; and what y&eacute;erely rent haue you knowne or heard to haue b&eacute;ene paid, vnto the Par&s;on, Vicar, or to his or their A&s;&s;ignes, for euery, or any of the &s;aid parcels?</P>
<P N="2">2 In who&s;e occupation are the &s;aid parcels at this pre&s;ent? How much doth each parcell containe by mea&s;ure of the 16 foot Poale? How is each parcell Butted, on eue|ry part? And who is to repaire the fences on each &s;ide thereof?</P>
<P N="3">3 What hedge, ditch, m&eacute;ere, tr&eacute;e, thorne, doole, or di&s;tinction, is there now, at this pre&s;ent, whereby the &s;aid parcels of Church-lands may be apparently knowne and di|&s;tingui&s;hed, from the lands of other men, vpon whom they doe abutt?</P>
<P N="4">4 What Cart-way, Hor&s;e-way, Foot-way, Gates or Stiles doe lead from your Par&s;onage or Vicarage-hou&s;e, vnto euery of the &s;aid parcels of Glebe land? Declare your knowledge therein.</P>
<P N="5">5 Whether doe you know, or haue you credibly heard, that &s;ome &s;tiles, gates, hed|ges, ditch, m&eacute;ere, tree, thorne, or other doole (formerly growing or being, betweene the &s;aid parcels of Gleabe (or &s;ome of them, and the Lands of other men) haue beene dig|ged vp, felled downe, de&s;troied, put by or defaced? And who had the &s;aid parcell (&s;o wron|ged) in occupation, when the &s;aid &s;tile, gate, hedge, ditch, meere, tree, thorne, or other ancient doole, was &s;o digged vp, felled downe, de&s;troied, put by or defaced?</P>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Concerning the Clergy.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1 WHether doth your Par&s;on, Vicar, or Curate, di&s;tinctly and reuerently &s;ay Di|uine Seruice vpon Sundayes and Holydayes, and other dayes appointed to bee ob&s;erued by the Booke of Common Prayer; as Wedne&s;dayes, and Fridayes, and the Eues of euery Sunday and Holyday, at fit and v&s;uall times? And doth hee duly ob|&s;erue the Orders, Rites, and Ceremonies, pre&s;cribed in the &s;aid booke of Common Prayer, as well in reading publike prayers and the Letany, as al&s;o in admini&s;tring the
<PB REF="3">
Sacraments, &s;olemnization of Matrimony, vi&s;iting the &s;ick, burying the dead, Chur<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">+ing of Women, and all other like Rites and Offices of the Church, in &s;uch manner a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> forme as in the &s;aid booke of Common Prayer he is inioyned, without any omi&s;&s;ion addition. And doth he reade the Booke of the la&s;t Canons yearely, and weare a Surpl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> according to the &s;aid Canons?</P>
<P N="2">2 Whether haue you any Lecturer in your pari&s;h, who hath preached in his Cloa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> and not in his Gowne, and whether haue you any Lecturer who will not profe&s;&s;e h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> willingne&s;&s;e and readine&s;&s;e to take vpon him a Liuing or Benefice, with cure of &s;oul<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> or who hath refu&s;ed a Benefice when it hath b&eacute;ene offered vnto him?</P>
<P N="3">3 Doth your Mini&s;ter bid Holy-dayes and Fa&s;ting-dayes, as by the Booke of Co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">+mon Prayer is appointed? And doth he giue warning beforehand to the pari&s;hioner<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> for the receiuing of the holy Communion, as the two and twentieth Canon requiret<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> and whether he doth admini&s;ter the holy Communion &s;o often, and at &s;uch times, that euery pari&s;hioner may receiue the &s;ame, at the lea&s;t thrice in euery y&eacute;ere; where once at Ea&s;ter, as by the Booke of Common prayer is appointed? And doth your A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">+ni&s;ter receiue the &s;ame him&s;elfe, on euery day that he admini&s;treth it to others, a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> v&s;e the words of in&s;titution according to the Booke, at euery time that the Bread a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> Wine is renewed, accordingly as by the proui&s;o of the 21. Canon is directed: A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> doth he deliuer the Bread and Wine to euery Communicant &s;euerally, and kn&eacute;eling Whether he hath admitted to the holy Communion, any notorious Offender or Sch<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">+maticke, contrary to the 26. and 27. con&s;titutions, or receiued any to the Communio<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> being not of his owne Cure, or put any from the Communion, who are not public<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">+ly infamous for any notorious crime? Doth he v&s;e the &s;igne of the Cro&s;&s;e in Ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">+ti&s;me, or bapti&s;e in any Ba&s;on, or other Ve&s;&s;ell, and not in the v&s;uall Font; or a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">+mit any Father to be Godfather to his owne childe, or &s;uch who haue not receiued <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> holy Communion, or baptize any children that were not borne in the pari&s;h, or willfu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> refu&s;e to baptize any infant in his pari&s;h, being in danger, hauing b&eacute;ene enformed <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;he weakne&s;&s;e of the &s;aid childe; and whether the childe dieth through his default wi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">+out bapti&s;me?</P>
<P N="4">4 Whether hath your Mini&s;ter married any without a King, or without Banes p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">+li&s;hed thre&eacute;e &s;euerall Sundayes or Holidayes in time of diuine Seruice, in the &s;euer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Churches or Chappels of their &s;euerall abode, according to the Book of Common pra<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">+er, or in times prohibited, albeit the Banes were thrice publi&s;hed, without a Licen&s;e di&s;pen&s;ation from the Archbi&s;hop, the Bi&s;hop of the Dioce&s;&s;e, or his Chancellor, fi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> obtained in that behalfe? Or not betwixt the houres of eight and twelue in the for noone, or haue married any in any priuate hou&s;e, or if the parties be vnder the age 21 y&eacute;eres, before their parents and gouernours haue &s;ignified their con&s;ent vnto hi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"></P>
<P N="5">5 Doth he refu&s;e to bury any, which ought to be interred in Chri&s;tian buriall, or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">+fer the &s;ame longer than he &s;hould, or bury any in Chri&s;tian buriall, which by the con<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">+tutions of the Church of England, or Lawes of the Land, ought not to be &s;o interr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"></P>
<P N="6">6 Is your Mini&s;ter a Preacher allowed, if yea, then by whom? If not, whether do<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> he procure &s;ome who are lawfully licen&s;ed, to preach monthly among&s;t you at the lea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"></P>
<P N="7">7 Doth your Mini&s;ter (being licen&s;ed,) preach v&s;ually according to the Cano<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> either in his owne Cure, or in &s;ome other Church or Chappell n&eacute;ere adioyning, wh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> no other Preacher is, and how often he hath beene negligent in that behalfe, &amp; doth preach &s;tanding, and with his hat off? Or whether doth he or his Curate vpon eue<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> Sunday, when there is no Sermon, reade an Homily, or &s;ome part thereof, accordi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> as he ought to doe; or in ca&s;e he be not licen&s;ed to preach, doth he take vpon him Preach or expound the Scriptures in his owne Cure, or el&s;ewhere? If &s;o, then you <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word">
<PB REF="4">
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<PB REF="4">
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<PB REF="5">
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> pre&s;ent the &s;ame, the time and place, when, and where he did it?</P>
<P N="8"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Doth your Mini&s;ter v&s;e to pray for the Kings Maie&s;ty, King <HI>Charles,</HI> and for the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">a&eacute;enes Maie&s;ty, Prince <HI>Charles,</HI> and all the royall Progeny, with addition of &s;uch <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">le and Titles as are due to his Highne&s;&s;e, and exhort the people to obedience to his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">aie&s;ty, and all Magi&s;trates in authority vnder him: And doth he al&s;o pray for all <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ch-bi&s;hops, Bi&s;hops, and other Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall per&s;ons?</P>
<P N="9">9 Is your Mini&s;ter continually re&s;ident vpon his Benefice, and how long time hath bin ab&s;ent, and in ca&s;e he be licen&s;ed to be ab&s;ent, whether doth he cau&s;e his Cure to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ufficiently &s;upplied, according to the Canons? Or in ca&s;e he hath another Benefice, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ether doth he &s;upply his ab&s;ence by a Curate &s;ufficiently licen&s;ed to preach in that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ure where he him&s;elfe is not re&s;ident? Or otherwi&s;e, in ca&s;e the &s;malne&s;&s;e of the li|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ng cannot finde a preaching Mini&s;ter, doth he preach at both his Benefices v&s;ually?</P>
<P N="10">10 Doth your Mini&s;ter or Curate, &s;erue any more Cures than one: If yea, then what <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">her Cure doth he &s;erue, and how far are they di&s;tant?</P>
<P N="11">11 Doth your Mini&s;ter or Curate euery Sunday and Holyday, before Euening <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ayer, for halfe an houre or more, examine and in&s;truct the youth and ignorant per&s;ons <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> his Pari&s;h, in the ten Commandements, Articles of the Beliefe, and in the Lords <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">rayer, and the Sacraments, according as it is pre&s;cribed in the Catechi&s;me, &s;et <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">th in the booke of Common Prayer only? And if he doe not, where is the fault, either <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> the Parents and Ma&s;ters of the children, or in the Curate neglecting his duty? And <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> he carefull to tender all &s;uch youth of his pari&s;h as haue b&eacute;ene well in&s;tructed in their <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">atechi&s;me, to be confirmed by the Bi&s;hop in his Vi&s;itation, or any other conuenient <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ne, as is appointed by the booke afore&s;aid.</P>
<P N="12">12 Doth your Mini&s;ter in the Rogation dayes, go in perambulation of the circuit of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">e pari&s;h, &s;aying, and v&s;ing the prayers, Suffrages, and Thank&s;giuing to God, ap|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">inted by Law, according to his duty, thanking GOD for his ble&s;&s;ings, if there plenty on the earth: Or otherwi&s;e, to pray for his grace and fauour, if there be a feare &s;carcity?</P>
<P N="13">13 Hath your Mini&s;ter admitted any Woman begotten with childe, in adultery or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">nication, to be churched without licen&s;e of the Ordinary?</P>
<P N="14">14 Hath your Mini&s;ter, or any other Preacher, baptized children, churched any wo|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">n, or mini&s;tred the holy Communion in any priuate hou&s;e, otherwi&s;e than by law is <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">owed?</P>
<P N="15"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">5 Doth your Mini&s;ter endeauour and labour diligently to reclaime the popi&s;h Recu|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">nts in his pari&s;h from their errours (if there be any &s;uch abiding in your pari&s;h.) Or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ether is your Par&s;on, Vicar, or Curate, ouerconuer&s;ant with, or a fauourer of Recu|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">nts, whereby he is &s;u&s;pected not to be &s;incere in Religion?</P>
<P N="16">16 Hath your Mini&s;ter taken vpon him, to appoint any publike or priuate Fa&s;ts, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ophe&s;ies, or Exerci&s;es, not approued by Law, or publike authority, or hath v&s;ed to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">et in any priuate hou&s;e or place, with any per&s;on or per&s;ons, there to con&s;ult how to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">peach or depraue the Booke of Common Prayer, or the doctrine or di&s;cipline of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">urch of England: If yea, then you &s;hall pre&s;ent them all?</P>
<P N="17">17 Hath your Mini&s;ter &s;taied the publication of any excommunications or &s;u&s;penti|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">s, or doth he euery halfe y&eacute;ere deuounce in his pari&s;h Church, all &s;uch of his Pari&s;h <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> are excommunicated, and per&s;euere therein without &s;&eacute;eking to be ab&s;olued, or doth he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ttingly and willingly k&eacute;epe company with &s;uch as are excommunicate: And hath he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">mitted into your Church any per&s;on excommunicate, without a certificate of his ab|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ution from the Ordinary, or other competent Iudge?</P>
<P N="18">18 Doth your Mini&s;ter carefully looke to the reliefe of the poore, and from time to
<PB REF="5">
time call vpon his pari&s;hioners to giue &s;omewhat, as they can &s;pare to godly and chari|table v&s;es, e&s;pecially when they make their Te&s;taments.</P>
<P N="19">19 Whether your Mini&s;ter or any, hauing taken holy Orders, being now &s;ilenced or &s;u&s;pended, or any other per&s;on of your knowledge, or as you haue heard, hold any con|uenticles, or doth preach in any place, or v&s;e any other forme of diuine Seruice than is appointed in the Booke of Common prayer: If yea, then you are to pre&s;ent their names, and with whom?</P>
<P N="20">20 Whether is your Curate licen&s;ed to &s;erue, by the Bi&s;hop of this Dioces, or by any other, and by whom?</P>
<P N="21">21 Doth your Mini&s;ter v&s;e &s;uch decency and comeline&s;&s;e in his apparell, as by the 47. Canon is enioyned: is he of &s;ober behauiour, and one that doth not v&s;e &s;uch bodily labour, as is not &s;eemely for his function and calling?</P>
<P N="22">22 Is your Mini&s;ter noted or defamed, to haue obtained his Benefice or his orders, by Symonie, or any other way defamed, to be a Symoniacall per&s;on, or any way noted to be a Schi&s;maticke, or &s;chi&s;matically affected, or reputed to be an incontinent per&s;on, or doth table or lodge any &s;uch in his hou&s;e: or is he a frequenter of Tauernes, Innes, or Ale-hou&s;es, or any place &s;u&s;pected for ill rule: Or is he a common Drunkard, a com|mon Game&s;ter, or player at Dice, a Swearer, or one that applieth him&s;elfe not at his &s;tudy, or is otherwi&s;e offen&s;iue and &s;candalous to his function or Mini&s;tery?</P>
<P N="23">23 Doth your Preacher or Lecturer reade Diuine Seruice, before his Sermon or Lecture, and Mini&s;ter the Sacraments twice a y&eacute;ere, at lea&s;t, in his owne per&s;on, accor|ding to the Canons?</P>
<P N="24">24 When any per&s;on hath b&eacute;ene dangerou&s;ly &s;ick in your Pari&s;h, hath he neglected to vi&s;it him, and when any haue b&eacute;ene parting out of this life, hath he omitted to do his la&s;t duty in that behalfe?</P>
<P N="25">25 Doth your Mini&s;ter, Curate, or Lecturer, in his or their Sermons deliuer &s;uch doctrine as tends to obedience and the edifying of their auditory in faith and religion, without intermedling with matters of State, not fit to be handled in the pulpit, but to be di&s;cu&s;&s;ed by the wi&s;dome of his Maie&s;ty and his Councell. And if you find any faulty herein, you &s;hall pre&s;ent them?</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Schoole-Ma&s;ters.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1 DOth any in your Pari&s;h openly or priuately take vpon him to teach Schoole, with|out licen&s;e of the Ordinary, and is be conformeable to the Religion now e&s;tabli|&s;hed? And doth he bring his Schollers to the Church, to heare diuine Seruice and Ser|mons? And doth he in&s;truct his Schollers in the grounds of the Religion now e&s;tabli|&s;hed in this Church of England, and is he carefull and diligent to benefit his &s;chollers in learning?</P>
<P N="2">2 Doth your Schoole-ma&s;ter teach and in&s;truct his youth in any other Catechi&s;me than is allowed by publike authority? And what Catechi&s;me it is that he &s;o teacheth?</P>
<P N="3">3 Is any Liuing or meanes giuen towards the erection or maintenance of any Schoole with-holden back or otherwi&s;e impolyed, and by whom?</P>
<P N="4">4 Doth any k&eacute;epe &s;choole in the Chancell or Church, by which meanes, that holy place, and the Communion Table are many wayes profaned, and the windowes broken?</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Pari&s;h Clarke and Sextons.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1 HAue you a fit Pari&s;h Clarke, aged twenty y&eacute;eres at lea&s;t, of hone&s;t conuer&s;ation, able to reade and write? Whether are his and the Sextons wages paid with|out fraud, according to the ancient cu&s;tome of your pari&s;h: if not, then by whom are they &s;o defrauded or denied? by whom are they cho&s;en? and whether the &s;aid Clarke be approued by the Ordinary? And hath he taken an Oath, as in &s;uch ca&s;es is fit and required: and is he diligent in his Office, and &s;eruiceable to the Mini&s;ter, and doth he
<PB REF="6">
take vpon him to meddle with any thing aboue his Office: as Churching of Women, burying the dead, or &s;uch like?</P>
<P N="2">2 Doth your Clarke or Sexton k&eacute;ep the Church cleane, the doores locked at fit times? is any thing lo&s;t or &s;poiled in the Church, through his default? Are the Communion Table, Font, Bookes, and other Ornaments of the Church kept faire and cleane? Doth he &s;uffer any vn&s;ea&s;onable ringing, or any prophane exerci&s;e in your Church? Or doth he (when any is pa&s;&s;ing out of this life) neglect to toll a bell, hauing notice thereof?</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Concerning the Pari&s;hioners.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1 WHether any of your Pari&s;hioners, being &s;ixt&eacute;ene y&eacute;eres of age or vpwards, or others lodging or commonly re&s;orting to any hou&s;e within your Pari&s;h, do wil|fully ab&s;ent them&s;elues from your pari&s;h Church vpon Sundayes and Holydayes at Morning and Euening prayers? Or who come late to Church, and depart from Church before &s;eruice be done vpon the &s;aid dayes? Or who doe not reuerently behaue them|&s;elues during the time of Diuine Seruice, deuoutly kn&eacute;eling, when the generall confe&s;|&s;ion of &s;ins, the Letany, the tenne Commandements, and all Prayers and Collects are read, and v&s;ing all due and lowly reuerence, when the ble&s;&s;ed name of the Lord Ie&s;us Chri&s;t is mentioned, and &s;tanding vp when the Articles of the Beliefe are read; or who doe couer their heads in the Church during the time of Diuine Seruice, vnle&s;&s;e it be in ca&s;e of nece&s;&s;ity, in which ca&s;e they may weare a Night cap or Coife? Or who do giue them&s;elues to babling, talking, or walking, and are not attentiue to heare the Word preached, or read? Whether any of your pari&s;h, being of &s;ixt&eacute;ene y&eacute;eres of age or vp|wards, doe not receiue the holy Communion in your Church thrice euery y&eacute;ere: whereof once at Ea&s;ter, and whether they doe not deuoutly kneele at the receiuing thereof? And whether any hauing diuer&s;e hou&s;es of remoue, doe &s;hift from place to place of purpo&s;e to defeat the performance of their Chri&s;tian duties in that behalfe?</P>
<P N="2">2 Whether any of your pari&s;hioners, being admoni&s;hed thereof, do not &s;end their chil|dren, &s;eruants, and apprentices, to the Mini&s;ter, to be catechized vpon &s;uch Sundayes and Holydayes as are appointed? Or whether any of them doe refu&s;e to come; or if they come, refu&s;e to learne tho&s;e in&s;tructions &s;et forth in the Booke of Common Prayer?</P>
<P N="3">3 Whether any of your Pari&s;h doe entertaine within their hou&s;e, any &s;oiourner, common gue&s;ts, or other per&s;ons, who refu&s;e to frequent Diuine Seruice, or receiue the holy Communion, as afore&s;aid? pre&s;ent their names, their qualities or conditions.</P>
<P N="4">4 What Recu&s;ant Papi&s;ts are there in your Pari&s;h, or other Sectaries? pre&s;ent their names, qualities, or conditions? whether they k&eacute;ep any Schoole-ma&s;ter in their hou&s;e, which commeth not to Church to heare diuine Seruice, and receiue the Commu|nion? What is his name, and how long hath he taught there, or el&s;ewhere?</P>
<P N="5">5 Whether any of the &s;aid popi&s;h Recu&s;ants, or other Schi&s;maticks, doe labour to &s;educe and withdraw others from the Religion now e&s;tabli&s;hed? Or in&s;truct their fami|lies or children in popi&s;h religion: or refu&s;e to entertaine any, e&s;pecially in place of greate&s;t &s;eruice, or tru&s;t, but &s;uch as concurre with them in their opinions?</P>
<P N="6">6 How long haue the &s;aid popi&s;h Recu&s;ants ab&s;tained from diuine Seruice, or from the Communion, as afore&s;aid?</P>
<P N="7">7 Is there any in your pari&s;h that retaine, &s;ell, vtter, or di&s;per&s;e, any popi&s;h bookes, or Writings, or other Bookes, Libraries, or writings of any Sectaries, touching the Religion, State, and Gouernement Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall of this Kingdome of England, or k&eacute;ep any Monuments of Super&s;tition vncancelled or defaced?</P>
<P N="8">8 Whether haue you any in your Pari&s;h, which heretofore being popi&s;h Recu&s;ants or Sectaries, haue &s;ince reformed them&s;elues, and come to Church to heare diuine Ser|uice, and receiue the Sacraments: if yea, then who are they? And how long &s;ince hau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> they &s;o reformed them&s;elues? And whether they &s;till remaine and abide in that confor|mity.</P>
<P N="9"><PB REF="6">9 Is there any in your pari&s;h that refu&s;e to haue their children baptized, or them+&s;elues to receiue the Communion at the hands of your Mini&s;ter, taking exception a+gain&s;t him, and what cau&s;es or exceptions doe they alleage; or haue any maried wiues refu&s;ed to come to Church, according to the Booke of Common Prayer, to giue God thankes after their childe-birth, for their &s;afe deliuerance? And whether doe any of, or in your Pari&s;h, refu&s;e to haue their children baptized in your pari&s;h-Church, according to the forme pre&s;cribed in the Booke of Common Prayer?</P>
<P N="10">10 Doe any of your Pari&s;h v&s;ually goe to other Pari&s;h Churches to heare Diuine Seruice or Sermons? Or doe they communicate, or baptize their children in any other Pari&s;h?</P>
<P N="11">11 Whether there be any in your Pari&s;h who will come to heare the Sermon, but will not come to publike prayers appointed by the Booke of Common Prayer, making a &s;chi&s;me or diui&s;ion (as it were) betweene the v&s;e of publike prayer and preaching?</P>
<P N="12">12 What per&s;ons within your pari&s;h, for any offence, contumacy, or crime, of Ec|cle&s;ia&s;ticall Conu&s;ance doe &s;tand excommunicate? pre&s;ent their names, and for what cau&s;e they are excommunicated, and how long haue they &s;o &s;tood, and what per&s;on or per&s;ons do wittingly and v&s;ually keepe them company?</P>
<P N="13">13 Whether any not being in Orders, doe execute any Prie&s;tly or Mini&s;teriall Of|fice, in your Church, Chappell, or Church-yard, and what be their names?</P>
<P N="14">14 Whether any in your pari&s;h, that hauing heretofore taken vpon him the order of Prie&s;t hood or Deacon, hath &s;ince relinqui&s;hed the &s;ame, and liues as a Lay-man neglecting his vocation?</P>
<P N="15">15 Hath any per&s;on in your Pari&s;h quarrelled, or &s;tricken, or v&s;ed any violence to your Mini&s;ter, or haue &s;tricken or quarrelled with any other per&s;on within your Church or Church-yard, or demeaned him&s;elfe di&s;orderly in the Church, by filthy or prophane talke, or any other ba&s;e or immode&s;t behauiour? Or hath di&s;turbed the Mini&s;ter in time of Diuine Seruice or Sermon, or hath libelled or &s;poken &s;landerous words again&s;t your Mini&s;ter, to the &s;candall of his vocation, or defamed any of his Neighbours, tou|ching any crime of Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Conu&s;ance?</P>
<P N="16">16 Whether any of, or in your Pari&s;h, without con&s;ent of the Ordinary, or other lawful authority, haue cau&s;ed any to do pennance, or to be cen&s;ured or puni&s;hed for any matter of Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Conu&s;ance, by any Ve&s;try-meetings, or otherwi&s;e by their own authority? Or haue taken any money or commutation for the &s;ame? Pre&s;ent their names that haue done it: And who haue beene &s;o puni&s;hed? In what manner, and vpon what cau&s;e?</P>
<P N="17">17 Whether any per&s;on in your Pari&s;h, doe exerci&s;e any Trade or labour, buy or &s;ell, or k&eacute;ep open Shops, or Ware-hou&s;es vpon any Sunday or Holiday by them&s;elues, their Seruants, or Apprentices, or haue otherwi&s;e prophaned the &s;aid dayes, contrary to the orders of the Church of England? And whether there be any Inne-k&eacute;epers, Ale-hou&s;e-k&eacute;epers, Victuallers or other per&s;ons, that permit any per&s;ons in their hou&s;es, to eate, drink, or play, during the time of Diuine Seruice or Sermon, or reading the Ho|milies, in the forenoone or afternoone, vpon tho&s;e dayes?</P>
<P N="18">18 Whether the fifth day of Nouember be kept holy, and thank&s;giuing made to God, for his Maie&s;ties and this States happy deliuerance, according to the ordinance in that behalfe?</P>
<P N="19">19 Whether any of your Pari&s;h hold or frequent any conuenticles or priuate Con|gregations, or make or maintaine any con&s;titutions, agreed vpon in any &s;uch a&s;&s;em|blies? Or any that doe write, or publikely or priuately &s;peake again&s;t the Booke of Common prayer, or any thing therein contained, or again&s;t any of the Articles of Re|ligion agreed vpon, in <HI>Anno</HI> 1562. or again&s;t the Kings Supremacy, in cau&s;es Eccle&s;i|a&s;ticall,
<PB REF="7">
or again&s;t the Oath of Supremacy, or of Allegiance, as pretending the &s;ame to be vnlawfull and not warrantable by the Word of God? Or again&s;t any of the Rites or Ceremonies of the Church of England, now e&s;tabli&s;hed? Or again&s;t the Go|uernment of the Church of England vnder the Kings mo&s;t excellent Maie&s;ty, by Arch|bi&s;hops, Deanes, Arch-Deacons, and other Officers of the &s;ame: affirming, that the &s;ame is repugnant to the Word of God, and that the &s;aid Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Offi|cers, are not lawfully ordained? Or whether there be any Authors, Maintainers or fa|uourers of Here&s;ie or Schi&s;me, or that be &s;u&s;pected to be Anabapti&s;ts, Libertines, Browni&s;ts, of the Family of Loue, or of any other here&s;ie or &s;chi&s;me? pre&s;ent their names?</P>
<P N="20">20 Whether any in your Pari&s;h haue maried within the degr&eacute;es by Law prohibited, and where, and by whom? And whether any couple in your pari&s;h being lawfully ma|ried, liue apart one from the other, without due &s;eparation by the law, or any that haue b&eacute;ene diuorced, which keep company with any other at bed or at boord?</P>
<P N="21">21 Whether do any per&s;ons admini&s;ter the goods of the dead without lawfull autho|rity, or &s;uppre&s;&s;e the la&s;t will of the dead? Or are there in your pari&s;h any wils not yet proued or goods of the dead (dying inte&s;tate) left vnadmini&s;tred? By authority in that behalfe you &s;hall not faile to pre&s;ent the Executors and all others faulty therein: and al&s;o how many per&s;ons being po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of any goods and chattels, haue died within your Pari&s;h, &s;ince the x. day of February? 163<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">.</P>
<P N="22">22 Whether any with-hold the Stocke of the Church, or any goods, or other things, giuen to good and charitable v&s;es?</P>
<P N="23">23 Whether your Ho&s;pitals and Almes-hou&s;es, and other &s;uch hou&s;es and corporati|ons, founded to good &amp; charitable v&s;es, and the lands, po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions, and goods of the &s;ame, be ordered and di&s;po&s;ed of as they &s;hould be? And doe the Ma&s;ters, Gouerners, Fel|lowes, and others of the &s;aid Hou&s;es and Corporations, behaue and demeane them&s;elues according to the godly ordinances and &s;tatutes of their &s;euerall Foundations?</P>
<P N="24">24 Whether haue you any in your Pari&s;h to your knowledge or by common fame or report, which haue committed adultery, fornication, or Ince&s;t: or any which haue im|pudently bragged or boa&s;ted, that he or they haue liued incontinently with any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer: or any that haue attempted the cha&s;tity of any Woman, or &s;olici|ted any Woman to haue the carnall knowledge of her body, or which are commonly reputed to bee common Drunkards, Bla&s;phemers of Gods holy Name; common Swearers, common Slanderers of their neighbours, and &s;owers of di&s;cord, filthy and la&s;ciuious Talkers, V&s;urers, Symoniacall per&s;ons, Bawdes, or harbourers of Wo|men with-childe, which be vnmaried, or conueying or &s;uffering them to goe away be|fore they haue made &s;atisfaction to the Church, or any that hauing heretofore b&eacute;ene pre|&s;ented, or &s;u&s;pected of any the afore&s;aid crimes, haue for that cau&s;e departed your Pa|ri&s;h, and are now returned againe? Or any which haue v&s;ed any inchantments, &s;orce|ries, incantations, or witchcrafts, which are not made felony by the Statutes of this Realme, or any which haue committed any periury in any Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Court, in an Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall cau&s;e, or which haue committed any forgerie, puni&s;hable by the Eccle&s;i|a&s;ticall Lawes, and the procurors and abettors of the &s;aid offences: you &s;hall truly pre|&s;ent the names of all, and &s;ingular the &s;aid offendors, and with whom they haue com|mitted the &s;aid offences, in ca&s;e they haue not b&eacute;ene publikely puni&s;hed to your know|ledge for the &s;ame crimes?</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Phy&s;itions, Chirurgions, and Midwives.</HEAD>
<P N="25">25 HOw many Phy&s;itions, Chirurgions, or Mid-wiues, haue you in your Pari&s;h? How long haue they v&s;ed their &s;euerall Sciences or Offices, and by what authori|ty? And how haue they demeaned them&s;elues therein, and of what skill are they accoun|ted to be in their profe&s;&s;ion?</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<PB REF="7">
<HEAD>Touching the Church-wardens and Side-men.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1 WHether you and the Church-wardens, Que&s;t-men, or Side-men, from time to time, do, and haue done their diligence, in not &s;uffering any idle per&s;on to abide either in the Church-yard or Church-porch, in Seruice or Sermon time, but cau&s;ing them either to come into the Church to heare diuine Seruice, or to depart, and not di|&s;turbe &s;uch as be hearers there? And whether they haue, and you doe diligently &s;&eacute;e the pari&s;hioners duely re&s;ort to the Church euery Sunday &amp; Holiday and there to remaine during diuine Seruice and Sermon? And whether you or your predece&s;&s;ors, Church-wardens there, &s;uffer any playes, Fea&s;ts, drinkings, or any other prophane v&s;ages, to be kept in your Church, Chappell, or Church-yards, or haue &s;uffered to your and their vttermo&s;t power and endeauour, any per&s;on or per&s;ons to be tipling or drinking in any Inne or Victualling hou&s;e in your pari&s;h, during the time of diuine Seruice or Ser|mon, on Sundayes and Holidayes?</P>
<P N="2">2 Whether, and how often haue you admitted any to preach within your Church or Chappell, which was not &s;ufficiently licen&s;ed? And whether you together with your Mini&s;ter, haue not taken diligent heed and care, that euery pari&s;hioner being of &s;ixt&eacute;ene y&eacute;eres of age or vpwards, haue receiued thrice euery y&eacute;ere, as afore&s;aid: and al&s;o that no &s;tranger haue v&s;ually come to your Church, from their owne pari&s;h Church?</P>
<P N="3">3 Whether haue there b&eacute;ene prouided again&s;t euery Communion, a &s;ufficient quan|tity of fine white bread, and good and whole&s;ome wine for the communicants that &s;hall receiue? And whether that wine be brought in a cleane and &s;w&eacute;et &s;tanding-pot of pew|ter, or other purer mettall?</P>
<P N="4">4 Whether were you cho&s;en by the con&s;ent of the Mini&s;ter and the Pari&s;hioners? And haue the late Church-wardens giuen vp a iu&s;t account for their time, and deliuere<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> to their &s;ucce&s;&s;ors by Bill indented the money, &amp; other things belonging to the Church which was in their hands? And are the Almes of the Church faithfully di&s;tributed to the v&s;e of the poore?</P>
<P N="5">5 Whether doe you &s;&eacute;e the names of all Preachers which are &s;trangers and preach in your pari&s;h Churches, to be noted in a Booke for that purpo&s;e, and whether euery Preacher doe &s;ub&s;cribe his name, and of whom he had his Licen&s;e?</P>
<P N="6">6 Whether any doe trouble or mole&s;t you for doing your duties?</P>
<P N="7">7 Whether there be any Legacies with-holden giuen to the Church or poore people, or to the mending of Highwayes, or otherwi&s;e by the Te&s;tators? In who&s;e hands it is, by whom it was giuen, and by whom it is with-holden?</P>
<P N="8">8 Do you know of any thing that hath b&eacute;en complained of, that is not yet redre&s;&s;ed?</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Concerning Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Magi&s;trates and Officers.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1 Whether doe you know or haue heard of any paiment, compo&s;ition or agr&eacute;ement, to, or with any Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Magi&s;trate, Iudge, or Officer, for winking at or &s;paring to puni&s;h any per&s;on for any offence of Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Conu&s;ance, or for &s;up|pre&s;&s;ing or concealing of any excommunication, or any other Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Cen&s;ure, of or again&s;t any Recu&s;ant, or any other offendor in the ca&s;es afore&s;aid? What &s;umme of money, or other con&s;ideration hath beene receiued or promi&s;ed, by, or to any of them in that re&s;pect, by whom, and with whom?</P>
<P N="2">2 Hath any per&s;on within your pari&s;h, paid, or promi&s;ed any &s;umme of money or o|ther reward, for commutation of pennance, for any crime of Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Conu&s;ance? If &s;o, then with whom? When, and for what, and how hath the &s;ame beene imployed?</P>
<P N="3">3 Are your Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Iudges and their &s;ub&s;titutes Ma&s;ters of Arts, or Batch|ellors of the Lawes at the lea&s;t, learned and practi&s;ed in the Ciuill and Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Lawes: Men of good life and fame, zealou&s;ly affected in Religion, and iu&s;t and vp|right in executing their Offices? Haue they heard any matter of Office priuately
<PB REF="8" MS="y">
in their Chambers, without their &s;worne Regi&s;ters, or their Deputies pre&s;ence?</P>
<P N="4">4 Doe you know, or haue you heard, that any Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Iudge, Officer, or Mi|ni&s;ter, hath receiued or taken any extraordinary fees, or other rewards or promi&s;es, by any wayes or meanes, directly or indirectly, of any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, either for the granting of the admini&s;tration of the goods and chattels of tho&s;e that haue died inte&s;tate, to one before another, or for allotting of larger portions of the goods and chat|tels of tho&s;e that haue died inte&s;tate, to one more than to another: or for allowing lar|ger and vnrea&s;onable accounts, made by Executors or Admini&s;trators: or for giuing them <HI>Quietus e&s;t,</HI> or di&s;charges, without Inuentory or account, to defraud Creditors, Legataries, or tho&s;e who are to haue portions. And what &s;ummes of money doe you know, or haue you heard, that any Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Iudge or Officer hath taken out of the &s;tate of any dying inte&s;tate, vpon pretence to be&s;tow the &s;ame in <HI>pios u&s;us:</HI> and how haue the &s;ame beene be&s;towed?</P>
<P N="5">5 Hath any Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Magi&s;trate, Iudge, Officer, or any other exerci&s;ing Ec|cle&s;ia&s;ticall Iuri&s;diction within this your Dioces: Or any Aduocate, Regi&s;ter, Procter, Clarkes, Apparitors, or other Mini&s;ter belonging to the &s;ame Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Courts, exacted or taken by any wayes or meanes, directly or indirectly, extraordinary or grea|ter Fees than are due and accu&s;tomed? And whether is there a Table for the rates of al Fees, &s;et vp in their &s;euerall Courts and Offices? And whether they haue &s;ent or &s;uffe|red any Proce&s;&s;e to goe out of the Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Courts otherwi&s;e than by law they ought? Or haue they taken vpon them the Offices of Informers or Promoters to the &s;aid Courts, or any other way abu&s;ed them&s;elues in their Offices, contrary to the Law and Canons in that behalfe prouided?</P>
<P N="6">6 What number of Apparators haue euery &s;euerall Iudge Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall? And wherein, and in what manner is the Countrey ouerburthened by them? And wherein haue they cau&s;ed or &s;ummoned any to appeare in the &s;aid Courts, without a pre&s;ent|ment or citation fir&s;t had? Or whether haue they threatned any to pro&s;ecute them in the &s;aid Courts if they would not giue them &s;ome rewards, and what bribes in that be|halfe haue they taken?</P>
<P N="7">7 What reward or fees hath any of the Apparators taken, to &s;aue the iourneyes to y^e Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Court of any per&s;ons, and what (after compo&s;ition &s;o made) haue they or any of them taken and receiued, and what acquittance or di&s;charge haue they giuen or promi&s;ed them, and whether haue they not cited &s;ome to appeare before the Arch-dea|con, or his Officiall, after they haue b&eacute;ene ordered by the Commi&s;&s;ary, and done their pennance accordingly, and whom haue they &s;o cited and troubled, and what hath it co&s;t them, as you know or haue heard, or by inquiry can finde.</P>
<P>If you know of any other default or crime of Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall Conu&s;ance, you are to pre&s;ent the &s;ame by vertue of your Oathes?</P>
<P>The Mini&s;ter of euery Pari&s;h, may and ought to ioyne in pre&s;entment with the Church-wardens and Sidemen, and if they will not pre&s;ent, the Mini&s;ter may and ought him&s;elfe to pre&s;ent the defaults and crimes afore&s;aid: and there mu&s;t be &s;euerall pre&s;entments made to euery &s;euerall Article: and the Mini&s;ter, Church-wardens, and Sworne-men, are to meet and conferre about the &s;aid pre&s;entments, and an&s;wering of euery of the afore&s;aid Articles?</P>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
</TEXT>
</EEBO>
</ETS>
