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<P>ARTICLES TO BE ENQUIRED OF, AND ANSWERED UNTO BY The Church-Wardens and Sworn-men in the Vi&s;itation of the Right Wor|&s;hipful the ARCH-DEACON of <ADD REND="onBlank">Bedford</ADD> <HI>An. Dom.</HI> 1667.</P>
<P><HI>CAMBRIDGE:</HI> Printed by <HI>John Field,</HI> Printer to the Univer&s;ity, 1667.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="summary of oath">
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<HEAD>The Tenor of the Oath of the Church-Wardens, and Sworn-men.</HEAD>
<P>YOU &s;hall Swear, that you, and every of you, &s;hall faithfully execute your &s;everal Offices of Church-wardens and Side-men, according to the Kings Ec|cle&s;ia&s;tical Laws. So help you God and the Contents of his Holy Go&s;pel.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="articles of visitation">
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<HEAD>Articles to be enquired of, and an&s;wered unto by the Church-wardens, Que&s;t|men, or Side-men in the Vi&s;itation of the Right Wor&s;hipful the Arch-Deacon of <ADD REND="onBlank">Bedford</ADD> <HI>Anno Domini</HI> 1667.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>TIT. I. <HI>Concerning Churches, Chappels, with the Ornaments and Furniture thereunto belonging.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. _IS your Pari&s;h Church or Chappel in good and &s;ufficient repair, both for the Roof,
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Can.</HI> 85.</NOTE> Windows, Floor, and Seats?</P>
<P N="2">2. Hath any part of your Church, Chap|pel, or Steeple been demoli&s;hed or pulled down? what part, and how long &s;ince? or any of the Lead, Timber or Bells thereunto for|merly belonging, any way imbezelled or &s;old, and by whom?</P>
<P N="3">3. Is there a decent Font of &s;tone with a cover? and doth the &s;ame &s;tand at or near the nether end of your Church,
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Can.</HI> 81.</NOTE> in &s;uch man|ner as anciently and u&s;ually Fonts have &s;tood for the Baptizing of Children? Doth the Mini&s;ter Baptize publickly onely in the Font? Is there a decent Communion-table in your Chancel,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">82</NOTE> with a decent Carpet, and another Covering of white Linen, to be &s;pread thereon at the time of the Admini&s;tration of the Lords Sup|per?
<PB N="2" REF="3">and have you a fair Chalice or Communion-cup, with a Cover, and one or more Flagons?
<NOTE PLACE="marg">20</NOTE> have they been profaned by common u&s;e?</P>
<P N="4">4.
<NOTE PLACE="marg">82</NOTE> Have you a convenient Seat or Pew wherein to read Divine Service;
<NOTE PLACE="marg">83</NOTE> a Pulpit with a decent Cloth or Cu&s;hion; a large Bible of the la&s;t Tran&s;lation,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">80</NOTE> and a Book of Common-prayer lately publi&s;h|ed,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">Stat.</NOTE> <HI>Anno</HI> 1662. the Book of Homilies &s;et forth by Authority; and a Printed Table of the degrees wherein Marriages are prohibited,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">99</NOTE> and a Book of Canons and Con&s;titutions Eccle&s;ia&s;tical; and a de|cent Surplice and Hood?
<NOTE PLACE="marg">58</NOTE></P>
<P N="5">5.
<NOTE PLACE="marg">87</NOTE> Have you a Regi&s;ter-book in Parchment of Chri&s;tenings, Burials,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">70</NOTE> and Marriages? and is the &s;ame kept in all points according to the ancient u&s;e?</P>
<P N="6">6.
<NOTE PLACE="marg">52</NOTE> Have you a Book of Paper, to Record the Names and Li|cen&s;es of &s;uch Strangers as are admitted to Preach in your Church or Chappel? and do &s;uch Strangers &s;ub&s;cribe their Names? As al&s;o a third Book for the Church-wardens accounts? as al&s;o a Che&s;t with Locks and Keys,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">70</NOTE> wherein to keep the &s;aid Books, and the aforementioned Furniture?</P>
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<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>TIT. II. <HI>Concerning the Church-yard, the Hou&s;es, Glebes and Tythes belonging to the Church.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. IS 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">2. 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 been defaced or pulled down without licen&s;e? have there been any Encroachments made upon the &s;ame, or any of the ancient marks or bounds removed or changed? and by whom?</P>
<P N="3">3. 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?
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>C.</HI> 87.</NOTE> As al&s;o a Note of &s;uch Pen&s;ions, Rate|tythes,
<PB N="3" REF="3">and portions of Tythes, or other yearly profits (either with|in or without your Pari&s;h) as belong thereunto? Have any of the &s;ame been withheld from your Mini&s;ter? and by whom, as you know, or have heard?</P>
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<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>TIT. III. <HI>Concerning Ministers.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. IS 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></P>
<P N="2">2. Hath he been legally in&s;tituted and inducted into his Bene|fice? And did he within two moneths after his induction, publickly in the Church upon &s;ome Sunday or Holiday, in the time of Di|vine Service, read the 39 Articles of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> e&s;ta|bli&s;hed by Authority, and there publickly declare his a&s;&s;ent there|unto?</P>
<P N="3">3. Is he re&s;ident among you? how many weeks hath he been ab&s;ent from you without urgent nece&s;&s;ity?</P>
<P N="4">4. H<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">th your Mini&s;ter a Curate? Is he in holy Orders, and conformable to the Laws of the Church?
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Can.</HI> 47.</NOTE> Is he allowed by the Ordinary?</P>
<P N="5">5. 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 Uniformity publi&s;hed therewith?
<NOTE PLACE="marg">14</NOTE> without either dimini&s;hing in re|gard of Preaching or in any other re&s;pect, or adding any thing in the matter or form.</P>
<P N="6">6. Doth your Mini&s;ter at the Reading Divine Service,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">58</NOTE> wear a Surplice and Hood?</P>
<P N="7">7. Doth he ob&s;erve the Holy-days and Fa&s;ting-days, the Em|ber-weeks, and the yearly Preambulation in Rogation week, as is appointed by the Rubrick.</P>
<P N="8">8. Is your Mini&s;ter licen&s;ed to Preach? if &s;o,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">45, 56, 47.</NOTE> doth he con&s;tantly (not having a rea&s;onable impediment) Preach one Sermon in your
<PB N="4" REF="4">Church or Chappel every Sunday? or if he be not licen&s;ed, or be hindred, doth he procure one to &s;upply his Office by Preaching or Reading one of the Homilies?</P>
<P N="9">9.
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Can.</HI> 59.</NOTE> Doth your Mini&s;ter in&s;truct the youth in your Pari&s;h in the Church Catechi&s;m,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rubr. be|fore Con|firm.</NOTE> and prepare and pre&s;ent them to be confirmed by the Bi&s;hop?</P>
<P N="10">10.
<NOTE PLACE="marg">67</NOTE> Doth he neglect or delay to vi&s;it the Sick, or to Baptize any Infant that is in danger of death?
<NOTE PLACE="marg">69</NOTE> 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="11">11.
<NOTE PLACE="marg">62</NOTE> Hath your Mini&s;ter Married any per&s;ons without publi&s;hing the Banns on three Sundays or Holy-days, or hath he Married any in private hou&s;es, or not between the hours of Eight and Twelve in the morning, unle&s;s he had a Licen&s;e or Di&s;pen&s;ation &s;o to do?</P>
<P N="12">12.
<NOTE PLACE="marg">72</NOTE> Hath your Mini&s;ter taken upon him to appoint any publick or private Fa&s;ts, Prophe&s;yings or Exerci&s;es not appointed by Au|thority?
<NOTE PLACE="marg">73</NOTE> Or doth he, or any other, either Mini&s;ter or Lay-per&s;on hold any Conventicles or Meetings in private hou&s;es within your Pari&s;h, for people of &s;everal Families to re&s;ort unto, under the pre|tence of Preaching, Praying, Thank&s;giving or Humiliation, contra|ry to the Laws and Canons in that ca&s;e provided?</P>
<P N="13">13.
<NOTE PLACE="marg">75</NOTE> 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 kinde di&s;orderly or &s;candalous, and unbe&s;eeming a Mini&s;ter?</P>
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<HEAD>TIT. IV. <HI>Concerning the Pari&s;hioners.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. IS there any in your Pari&s;h that make profe&s;&s;ion of any other Religion, then what is e&s;tabli&s;hed in the Church of <HI>England?</HI> And that refu&s;e to come unto the publick A&s;&s;emblies,
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Act for U|niformity</HI> 1 Q <HI>Eliz. C.</HI> 109.</NOTE> Prayers, or Service of the Church? If there be any, what are their Names?</P>
<P N="2">2. Is there any per&s;on in your Pari&s;h, that lieth under a Com|mon fame, or &s;u&s;picion of Adultery, Fornication, or Ince&s;t? Are
<PB N="5" REF="4">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 Railers, unclean or filthy Talkers, or &s;owers of Sedition, Faction and Di&s;cord among&s;t their Neighbours?</P>
<P N="3">3. Do any of your Pari&s;h upon Sundays or Holy-days follow their bodily and ordinary labour, or permit their Servants &s;o to do? Are any Shops kept open, or Wares &s;old? or do any Vintners, Inn|keepers, or other Victuallers and &s;ellers of Beer or Ale, &s;uffer any per&s;ons to Tipple or Game in their hou&s;es upon tho&s;e days?</P>
<P N="4">4.
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Can.</HI> 13.</NOTE> 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 as well during Di|vine Service, as Preaching the Word of God,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">18 <HI>Rubr.</HI></NOTE> demean them&s;elves reverently, uncovering their Heads, kneeling at Prayers, &s;tanding up when the Creed and Go&s;pel are read?</P>
<P N="5">5.
<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rubr. of Bapt.</NOTE> 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 then is appointed? or are they kept unbaptized longer then is allowed? or is there any Infants or more aged per&s;ons as yet unbaptized?</P>
<P N="6">6. Is there any per&s;on in your Pari&s;h of 16 years of age who doth not receive the Sacrament three times in the year,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">112 <HI>Rubr. after Commun.</HI> 27, 28.</NOTE> of which <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> is always to be one? Doth any refu&s;e to receive it kneeling, or re|&s;ort to other Pari&s;hes? or do any Strangers come to your Pari&s;h-Church to receive it?</P>
<P N="7">7.
<NOTE PLACE="marg">65</NOTE> Are there any in your Pari&s;h that be denounced and declared Excommunicate for any crime committed? How long have they been &s;o Excommunicated? and do any of your Pari&s;h keep &s;ociety with them before they be reconciled to the Church, and ab&s;olved?</P>
<P N="8">8. Are there any living in your Pari&s;h,
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Expre&s;t in a table &s;et forth by Authority. Anno Dom.</HI> 1563.</NOTE> who have been unlawful|ly Married, contrary to the Laws of God? or any that being law|fully Divorced have Married again? or any that being lawfully Married, and not Separated or Divorced by cour&s;e of Law, do not cohabit together?
<NOTE PLACE="marg">99 107</NOTE></P>
<P N="9">9. Are there any married women in your Pari&s;h, who after their delivery from the peril of Child-birth, refu&s;e to make their publick
<PB N="6" REF="5">thank&s;giving to God in the Church? And when they come &s;o to do, do they come decently apparelled, and make their offerings accord|ing to cu&s;tom?</P>
<P N="10">10.
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Rubr. Can.</HI> 85.</NOTE> Are there any that refu&s;e to pay their duty for <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> offer|ings, 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="11">11.
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Rubr.</HI> b.</NOTE> 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 or 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 been be&s;towed?</P>
<P N="12">12. Is there any Strife and Contention among any of your Pa|ri&s;h for their Pews or Seats in your Church? Have any new Pews been erected in your Chancel, or in the body of your Church or Chappel, without leave from the Ordinary?</P>
<P N="13">13.
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Can.</HI> 59.</NOTE> Do all, and every hou&s;holder of your Pari&s;h, Fathers, Ma&s;ters, Mothers, and Mi&s;tre&s;&s;es, cau&s;e their children, &s;ervants and apprenti|ces, which have not learn'd their Catechi&s;m, to come unto Church on Sundays and Holy-days in the afternoon, obediently to hear, and to be ordered by the Mini&s;ter till they have learned the &s;ame?</P>
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<HEAD>TIT. V. <HI>Concerning Pari&s;h-Clerks, and Sextons.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1.
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Can.</HI> 91.</NOTE> HAve you belonging to your Church or Chappel a Pari&s;h-Clerk, aged 21 years at the lea&s;t? Is he of hone&s;t life and conver&s;ation? and &s;ufficient or able to perform his duty in Reading, Writing and Singing? 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 wages duly paid unto him? or who withholdeth the &s;ame from him?</P>
<P N="2">2. Doth he diligently do his duty in keeping the Church clean and decent, in tolling 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,
<PB N="7" REF="5">toll a Bell, that the neighbours may thereby be warned to recom|mend the dying per&s;on to the grace and favour of God?</P>
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<HEAD>TIT. VI. <HI>Concerning School-ma&s;ters, Schools, Phy&s;icians, Chirur|geons and Midwives.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1.
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Can.</HI> 77.79.</NOTE> DOth any man keep a publick or private School in your Pa|ri&s;h, who is not allowed thereunto by his Ordinary? doth he teach his Scholars the Catechi&s;m of Religion &s;et forth by Au|thority? doth he cau&s;e his Scholars upon Sundays and Holy-days orderly to repair to your Church or Chappel, and &s;ee that they be|have them&s;elves quietly and reverently during the time of Divine Service and Sermon?</P>
<P N="2">2. Doth any in your Pari&s;h practi&s;e Phy&s;ick or Chirurgery? or any woman take upon her to exerci&s;e the office of Midwife, with|out licence from the Ordinary?</P>
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<HEAD>TIT. VII. <HI>Concerning Church-wardens and Side-men.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1.
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Can.</HI> 89.</NOTE> 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;hioners? or one of them by your Mini&s;ter, and the other by the Pari&s;hioners?</P>
<P N="2">2. 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 other things belonging to your Church or Chappel?</P>
<P N="3">3. 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 Wine, according to the number of Communicants.</P>
<P><HI>YOu al&s;o are to exhibit a Bill of Pre&s;entments to this Court,</HI>
<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rubr. at Commun.</NOTE> <HI>of all and every the Offenders in any of the matters mentioned in the precedent Articles, and therein to take the a&s;si&s;tance of your Mini&s;ter.</HI></P>
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