ARTICLES
To
be
enquired
of
within
the
Dioces
of
London
,
in
the
Visitation
of
the
Reuerend
Father
in
God
,
Richard
Bishop
of
London
,
in
his
generall
Visitation
,
Holden
In
the
fortieth
yeere
of
the
raigne
of
our
most
gratious
soueraigne
Lady
Elizabeth
by
the
grace
of
God
Queene
of
England
,
Fraunce
and
Ireland
,
Defender
of
the
Faith
,
&c.
AT
LONDON
Printed
by
Valentine
Simmes
.
1598.
¶
A
Branch
of
the
Statute
made
in
the
first
yeere
of
the
raigne
of
our
Soueraigne
Ladie
Queene
Elizabeth
,
intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
vniformitie
of
Common
prayer
and
seruice
in
the
Church
.
THat
from
and
after
the
feast
of
the
Natiuitie
of
Saint
Iohn
Baptist
next
comming
,
all
and
euery
person
and
persons
inhabiting
within
this
Realme
,
or
any
other
the
Queenes
maiesties
dominions
,
shal
diligently
and
faithfully
(
hauing
no
lawfull
or
reasonable
excuse
to
be
absent
)
indeuour
themselues
to
resort
to
their
Parish
Church
or
Chappell
accustomed
,
or
vpon
reasonable
let
therof
to
some
vsuall
place
where
common
prayer
and
such
like
seruice
of
God
shall
be
vsed
in
such
time
of
let
,
vppon
euery
Sunday
and
other
dayes
,
ordained
and
vsed
to
be
kept
as
holidayes
:
and
then
and
there
to
abide
orderly
and
soberly
during
the
time
of
common
prayer
,
preaching
or
other
seruice
of
God
there
to
bee
vsed
and
ministred
,
vpon
paine
of
punishment
by
the
Censures
of
the
Church
.
And
also
vpon
paine
that
euerye
person
so
offending
shall
forfeit
for
euery
such
offence
twelue
pence
,
to
be
leuied
by
the
Churchwardens
of
the
Parish
where
such
offence
shal
be
done
,
to
the
vse
of
the
poore
of
the
same
parish
,
of
the
goods
,
lands
,
and
tenements
of
such
offender
by
way
of
distresse
.
And
for
due
execution
heereof
,
the
Queenes
most
excellent
Maiestie
,
the
Lords
temporal
,
and
al
the
commons
in
this
present
Parliament
assembled
,
doth
in
Gods
name
earnestly
require
and
charge
all
the
Archbishops
,
Bishops
,
and
other
Ordinaries
,
that
they
shall
indeuour
themselues
to
the
vttermost
of
their
knowledge
,
that
the
true
and
due
execution
heereof
may
be
had
throughout
their
Diocesse
and
Charges
,
as
they
will
answer
before
God
for
such
euills
and
plagues
,
wherewith
almighty
God
may
iustly
punish
his
people
for
neglecting
this
good
and
wholesome
Lawe
.
❧
The
Tenour
of
the
Othe
ministred
to
the
Churchwardens
and
Swornemen
.
YOu
shall
sweare
,
that
all
affection
,
fauour
,
hatred
,
hope
of
rewarde
and
gaine
,
or
feare
of
displeasure
,
or
malice
set
aside
,
you
shal
vpon
due
consideration
of
the
articles
giuen
you
in
charge
,
present
all
and
euery
such
person
of
or
within
your
parish
,
as
hath
committed
any
offence
or
fault
,
or
made
any
default
mentioned
in
these
,
or
any
of
these
Articles
,
or
which
are
vehemently
suspected
,
or
otherwise
defamed
of
any
such
offence
,
fault
,
or
default
:
wherein
you
shall
deale
vprightly
and
according
to
trueth
,
neither
of
malice
presenting
any
contrary
to
trueth
,
nor
of
corrupt
affection
sparing
to
present
any
,
and
so
conceale
the
trueth
,
hauing
in
this
action
God
before
your
eies
,
with
an
earnest
zeale
to
maintaine
trueth
,
and
to
suppresse
vice
.
So
help
you
God
and
the
contents
of
this
Booke
.
¶
The
charge
of
the
Churchwardens
and
Swornemen
,
set
downe
for
the
better
performance
of
their
dueties
,
and
discharge
of
their
Othes
.
THey
are
straitly
charged
to
heare
all
these
Articles
read
ouer
to
them
,
&
diligently
to
consider
and
inquire
therof
.
And
for
that
the
time
is
so
short
in
this
Visitation
,
that
they
shall
not
be
able
to
make
a
perfect
answer
vnto
all
of
them
,
and
that
notwithstanding
there
are
many
notorious
faults
presently
worthy
of
presentment
and
reformation
,
they
are
charged
to
make
their
answers
vnto
them
presently
,
so
farre
foorth
as
their
memorie
shall
now
serue
them
.
And
to
present
now
such
faults
in
their
parish
as
at
this
time
are
worthie
of
presentment
or
reformation
,
and
that
after
their
comming
home
betwixt
this
and
Saint
Martins
day
next
they
shall
againe
heare
all
the
Articles
read
ouer
vnto
them
,
and
diligently
consider
and
enquire
thereof
,
requiring
the
Minister
to
assist
them
for
the
better
performance
of
their
duetie
,
to
make
a
true
and
full
answer
in
writing
signed
with
their
hands
and
markes
,
wherein
they
shall
present
aswell
all
such
faults
or
offences
contrary
to
the
Articles
as
they
forgot
or
omitted
to
present
at
the
time
of
the
Visitation
,
as
also
all
such
faults
and
offences
contrarie
to
the
Articles
as
shall
happen
and
chaunce
betwixt
this
and
then
.
Articles
to
be
enquired
of
within
the
Diocs
of
London
in
this
visitation
holden
in
the
yeare
of
our
Lord
God
.
1598.
Articles
concerning
the
Clergie
.
1
WHether
is
common
prayer
read
by
your
minister
in
your
Church
or
Chappell
distinctly
and
reuerently
vppon
all
Sundayes
and
holy
daies
,
and
in
such
order
as
is
set
forth
by
the
laws
of
this
Realme
in
the
booke
of
Common
prayer
,
without
any
kind
of
alteration
,
omitting
or
adding
any
thing
,
and
at
due
and
conuenient
houres
.
2
Whether
doth
your
minister
vpon
Wednesdayes
and
Fridaies
,
not
being
holy
daies
,
reade
in
your
church
or
chappel
,
publikely
the
Letanie
and
other
prayers
appoynted
in
the
sayd
booke
for
those
dayes
,
and
whether
doth
he
reade
the
comination
against
sinners
in
such
order
and
forme
as
it
is
there
also
prescribed
.
3
Whether
doth
your
Parson
,
Vicar
,
or
Curate
in
the
administration
of
the
Lords
Supper
,
or
of
baptisme
,
when
he
solemnizeth
matrimonie
,
burieth
the
dead
,
churcheth
women
&c.
vse
the
formes
and
prayers
prescribed
in
the
Communion
booke
,
without
omitting
or
altering
any
part
of
them
,
and
without
any
of
his
owne
additions
.
4
Whether
doth
your
parson
or
Vicar
reade
publike
prayer
and
administer
the
Sacraments
ordinarily
himself
,
vsing
such
rites
and
ceremonies
as
are
prescribed
in
the
booke
of
common
prayer
:
as
namely
whether
doth
he
knéele
at
the
receiuing
of
the
holy
communion
:
make
the
signe
of
the
Crosse
vpon
the
childes
forehead
in
the
administration
of
baptisme
:
baptise
any
without
Godfathers
and
Godmothers
:
vse
the
ring
in
marriage
:
and
generally
whether
doth
he
in
the
discharging
of
all
these
duties
,
and
when
he
readeth
common
prayer
,
either
vpon
Sundaies
holidaies
,
Wednesdayes
and
Fridayes
weare
a
surplice
,
or
if
you
be
serued
with
a
curate
,
whether
doth
he
the
sayd
curate
obserue
all
the
sayd
particular
rites
and
ceremonies
mentioned
in
this
article
.
5
Whether
doth
your
minister
vppon
Sundayes
at
morning
prayer
declare
vnto
the
parishioners
what
holyedaies
and
fasting
dayes
are
appoynted
to
be
kept
the
weeke
following
:
wherby
they
may
be
put
in
mind
to
prepare
themselues
,
and
to
repaire
to
the
church
to
publike
prayer
according
to
the
lawes
of
the
Realme
.
6
Whether
doth
your
parson
,
vicar
,
or
curate
,
or
either
of
them
reiect
at
any
time
those
women
being
married
which
doo
come
to
church
to
giue
God
thankes
after
their
childbirth
,
or
refuse
to
visit
the
sicke
,
or
to
burie
the
dead
,
according
to
their
duties
prescribed
in
the
booke
of
common
prayer
.
7
Whether
doth
your
minister
in
the
Rogation
dayes
of
procession
vse
the
perambulation
of
the
circuite
of
your
parish
,
appoynted
by
her
maiesties
Iniunctions
:
and
whether
doth
he
in
the
sayd
perambulation
moue
the
people
to
giue
thankes
to
God
in
the
beholding
of
his
benefits
,
for
the
increase
and
aboundance
of
his
fruits
vpon
the
face
of
the
earth
:
and
sing
or
say
the
two
Psalmes
beginning
:
Prayse
the
Lord
O
my
soule
,
&c.
with
the
Letany
and
suffrages
therunto
belonging
:
and
at
certaine
conuenient
places
reade
the
homily
of
thanksgiuing
to
God
,
alreadie
deuised
,
and
diuided
into
foure
parts
,
without
addition
of
any
superstitions
ceremonie
heretofore
vsed
.
8
Whether
doth
any
man
,
being
neither
minister
nor
deacon
reade
common
prayer
openly
in
your
church
or
chappell
,
or
administer
the
sacrament
of
Baptisme
,
or
solemnize
matrimonie
,
or
take
vpon
him
to
practise
any
other
ministeriall
dutie
in
the
church
,
that
is
prescribed
to
be
executed
particularly
by
such
as
are
either
ministers
or
Deacons
:
and
what
is
his
name
that
so
doth
.
9
Whether
is
your
parson
or
vicar
apreacher
,
licensed
to
preach
by
lawfull
authoritie
according
to
her
maiesties
Iniunctions
:
if
he
be
,
how
many
sermons
doth
he
preach
yeerely
,
if
he
be
not
,
how
many
doth
he
procure
to
be
preached
by
others
:
who
hath
preached
them
,
and
whether
were
they
preachers
licensed
,
as
is
before
expressed
.
10
Whether
doth
your
parson
,
vicar
or
curate
euerie
sunday
when
there
is
no
sermon
,
reade
distinctly
&
plainly
some
part
of
the
Homilies
prescribed
and
sette
forth
by
her
maiesties
authoritie
.
11
Whether
doth
the
parson
,
vicar
or
farmour
of
the
benefice
in
your
parish
cause
or
suffer
any
curate
or
minister
,
either
to
reade
seruice
,
&c.
or
to
preach
,
before
he
the
said
curate
being
no
preacher
be
examined
&
admitted
by
the
ordinarie
in
writing
:
and
before
he
the
sayde
curate
being
a
preacher
be
therevnto
admitted
according
to
her
maiesties
Iniunctions
,
and
before
they
shewe
theyr
sayde
seuerall
licences
vnto
the
church-wardens
.
12
Whether
doth
your
Preacher
in
his
prayer
which
he
maketh
at
the
entrance
into
his
sermon
,
vse
at
al
times
the
prayer
for
her
maiestie
,
with
her
whole
title
prescribed
in
her
highnesse
Iniunctions
:
as
,
Queene
of
England
,
France
,
and
Ireland
,
defender
of
the
fayth
,
&c.
and
of
all
causes
,
and
ouer
all
persons
within
her
highnesse
dominions
,
as
well
ecclesiasticall
as
temporall
,
next
and
immediatly
vnder
God
,
supreme
gouernor
:
and
whether
doth
hee
in
like
manner
then
pray
for
the
Archbishops
and
Bishops
,
as
by
the
sayde
Iniunctions
it
is
also
appoynted
.
13
Whether
your
minister
doth
serue
two
cures
in
one
day
.
14
Whether
doth
your
parson
,
vicar
or
curate
euery
Sunday
and
holy-day
openly
in
the
Church
earnestly
call
for
,
heare
,
and
instruct
all
the
children
,
apprentises
,
and
seruants
of
both
sexes
,
that
bee
of
conuenient
age
within
your
parish
,
or
at
the
least
so
many
of
them
by
course
as
the
time
will
serue
,
and
as
he
may
well
heare
and
instruct
one
houre
at
the
least
,
before
or
after
euening
prayer
in
the
tenne
commandements
,
the
articles
of
the
beleefe
,
and
the
Lords
praier
,
and
diligently
examine
and
teach
them
the
Catechisme
,
as
it
is
now
allowed
,
and
set
forth
in
the
booke
of
common
prayer
.
15
Whether
is
there
any
man
in
your
parish
,
being
neither
your
parson
,
vicar
,
nor
curate
,
that
taketh
vpon
him
to
preach
or
reade
lectures
either
in
priuate
houses
,
or
publikely
in
your
church
or
chappell
,
who
is
not
licensed
so
to
preach
or
reade
according
to
her
maiesties
Iniunctions
,
or
who
doth
not
once
a
yeare
at
the
least
administer
the
sacraments
in
your
said
church
or
chappell
,
where
he
so
preacheth
or
readeth
.
16
Whether
your
minister
hath
or
doth
receiue
to
the
holy
communion
any
persons
which
he
not
of
his
owne
parish
,
without
testimonie
from
the
minister
of
the
place
where
they
dwell
,
what
they
be
,
that
it
may
appears
that
they
be
not
persons
excommunicate
or
otherwise
infamous
.
17
Whether
doth
your
parson
,
vicar
or
curate
administer
the
holy
communion
vnto
any
communicants
which
do
not
receiue
the
same
deuoutly
and
humbly
knéeling
vpon
their
knées
,
or
whether
doth
he
administer
it
confusedly
to
some
knéeling
,
and
to
some
,
either
sitting
or
standing
,
or
walking
.
18
Whether
hath
your
parson
,
vicar
,
or
curate
,
or
other
minister
in
your
church
or
chappell
,
contrary
to
the
order
set
downe
in
the
communion
book
,
and
contrarie
to
her
maiesties
Iniunctions
in
that
behalfe
,
admitted
to
the
holy
communion
any
open
or
notorious
fornicator
or
adulterer
,
or
other
wicked
liuer
,
by
whom
publike
offence
is
giuen
,
without
due
penance
inioyned
by
his
Ordinarie
first
done
,
to
the
satisfaction
of
the
congregation
,
and
without
such
further
submission
,
as
in
the
sayd
booke
and
Iniunction
is
required
.
19
Whether
doth
your
parson
,
vicar
or
curate
,
or
any
other
minister
or
preacher
,
baptise
in
your
parish
church
or
chappel
,
any
Infants
,
not
in
the
Fonte
according
to
the
ancient
custome
,
but
in
a
bason
,
and
vrge
the
parents
of
the
saide
infant
to
be
present
,
and
in
place
of
Godfathers
for
their
children
.
20
Whether
doth
your
parson
vicar
,
or
curate
once
euerie
quarter
of
the
yeare
reade
her
maiesties
Iniunctions
openly
and
deliberately
before
his
parishioners
at
one
time
or
at
two
seueral
times
in
one
day
,
according
as
in
the
sayd
Iniunctions
it
is
prescribed
.
21
Whether
hath
your
parson
vicar
,
or
curate
,
or
any
other
minister
preached
,
declared
,
or
spoken
any
thing
〈◊〉
your
parish
in
derogation
of
the
booke
of
common
prayer
▪
which
is
set
forth
by
the
lawes
of
this
Realme
,
dispraising
,
or
deprauing
the
same
,
or
any
thing
therein
contained
,
or
against
the
present
estate
of
the
ecclesiasticall
gouernment
,
established
by
the
same
authoritie
,
or
against
any
office
,
function
,
or
part
thereof
,
affirming
the
same
to
be
vnlawfull
.
22
Whether
hath
your
parson
or
vicar
more
benefices
then
one
,
if
hée
hath
not
,
whether
is
he
resident
vpon
that
one
:
if
he
be
not
resident
,
where
doth
he
remaine
,
and
by
what
authoritie
is
he
absent
,
and
whether
doth
he
leaue
a
sufficient
minister
and
preacher
to
supply
his
absence
,
allowing
something
yearely
towards
the
releefe
of
the
poore
:
and
what
doth
hee
so
allow
.
23
Whether
is
your
person
or
vicar
who
hath
two
benefices
within
this
Dioces
:
or
one
benefice
in
this
Dioces
,
and
another
forth
of
the
same
,
resident
one
half
of
the
yeare
〈◊〉
one
of
them
,
and
the
other
half
yeare
or
the
greater
part
thereof
vpon
his
other
benefice
,
and
whether
doth
he
leaue
the
benefice
in
your
parish
prouided
of
a
sufficient
preacher
to
serue
it
:
and
hath
an
especiall
care
of
some
conuenient
hospitallity
to
be
kept
in
his
absence
according
to
his
abilitie
,
and
the
proportion
of
that
liuing
.
24
Whether
doth
your
parson
,
vicar
,
or
curate
keepe
a
iust
and
perfect
note
of
al
such
as
do
communicate
in
your
parish
,
and
do
not
rather
,
regarding
their
priuate
gaine
,
receiue
their
offerings
at
Easter
,
deliuer
them
tokens
enter
them
into
their
booke
,
and
so
certefie
as
communicants
those
who
neuer
receiued
.
25
Whether
doth
your
parson
,
vicar
,
or
curate
keepe
any
man
or
woman
in
their
houses
,
that
are
suspected
to
be
,
either
of
euil
religion
,
or
of
badde
life
,
or
whether
be
they
or
any
of
them
incontinent
persons
themselues
,
or
giuen
to
drunkennesse
or
idlenesse
,
or
be
haunters
of
Tauerns
,
alehouses
,
or
suspected
places
,
hunters
,
hawkers
,
dicers
,
carders
,
common
table-players
,
swearers
,
dauncers
,
or
otherwise
suspected
persons
of
any
notorious
crime
,
or
light
and
vnseemely
behauiour
,
or
giue
euill
example
of
life
,
or
vse
disordered
or
vnseemely
apparrell
,
either
in
colours
,
guardes
or
light
fashion
.
27
Whether
there
be
any
ministers
or
priests
within
your
parish
,
which
liue
idlely
without
any
cure
,
neither
seruing
in
any
place
,
nor
hauing
any
place
of
reading
or
preaching
,
and
so
become
offensiue
to
their
calling
.
Articles
concerning
the
Church
.
1
Whether
haue
you
in
your
parish
Churches
and
Chappels
all
things
necessarie
and
requisite
for
common
prayer
and
administration
of
the
sacraments
,
especially
the
booke
of
common
prayer
with
the
new
Kalender
,
two
Psalters
,
the
English
Bible
in
the
largest
volume
of
the
edition
sette
forth
by
the
Bishops
,
and
lately
imprinted
by
the
Quénes
Printer
,
the
Table
of
the
ten
commandements
,
a
conuenient
pulpit
well
placed
,
a
comely
and
decent
Table
standing
vppon
a
frame
,
for
the
holy
Cmmunion
,
with
a
faire
linnen
cloth
to
lay
vppon
the
same
,
and
some
couering
of
silke
,
buckram
,
or
other
such
like
for
the
cleane
keeping
therof
,
a
faire
and
comely
communion
cup
of
siluer
,
and
a
couer
of
siluer
for
the
same
,
which
may
serue
also
for
the
ministration
of
the
communion
bread
,
a
decent
large
surples
with
sléeues
,
and
a
strong
chest
or
boxe
for
the
almes
of
the
poore
,
with
thrée
locks
and
keyes
to
the
same
,
and
all
other
things
necessarie
in
and
to
the
premisses
.
2
Whether
there
haue
growne
in
your
Church
since
the
last
visitation
in
the
yeare
1595.
any
contention
betwixt
any
of
the
parishioners
,
touching
the
placing
or
displacing
of
any
in
any
seate
or
pew
in
the
church
,
and
whether
there
haue
beene
any
pew
builded
since
the
foresayd
yeare
1595.
in
any
your
churches
,
without
the
expresse
leaue
and
consent
first
had
of
the
Ordinarie
of
the
Dioces
,
and
by
whom
haue
any
such
been
built
.
3
Whether
is
your
Church
or
Chappell
,
and
the
Chauncell
well
and
sufficiently
repaired
and
kept
without
abuse
of
any
thing
:
whether
doth
your
Parson
,
vicar
,
or
curate
,
or
the
proprietarie
or
farmour
of
your
parsonage
or
vicarage
in
your
parish
keep
the
parsonage
or
vicarage
house
with
al
other
the
edefices
therunto
appertaining
in
good
&
sufficient
reparations
:
and
whether
is
your
churchyard
well
fenced
and
cleanely
kept
without
any
laystall
or
other
annoyances
.
4
Whether
the
Church
of
your
parish
be
now
vacant
or
destitute
of
an
Incumbent
or
no
,
and
if
it
be
,
how
long
it
hath
beene
so
,
and
who
is
the
patron
,
&
whether
during
the
vacancie
of
the
benefice
,
he
occupieth
the
globe
land
,
and
taketh
the
tithes
and
other
fruites
to
him selfe
during
the
time
of
vacation
,
or
who
else
occupieth
&
taketh
the
same
,
and
by
what
authoritie
.
5
Whether
your
church
be
a
parsonage
or
a
vicarage
presentatiue
or
donatiue
,
or
otherwise
serued
by
a
curate
:
whether
did
they
euer
heeretofore
heare
or
know
that
it
was
a
parsonage
or
vicarage
,
and
how
came
it
to
bee
decayed
from
beeing
presentatiue
,
to
be
in
the
state
it
nowe
is
,
and
when
was
it
first
decayed
from
being
a
benefice
presentatiue
,
as
you
remember
.
6
Whether
your
fonts
or
baptisteries
be
remooued
from
the
place
where
they
were
wont
to
stand
:
or
whether
any
persons
,
leauing
the
vse
of
them
,
do
christen
or
baptize
in
basons
,
or
other
vesselles
,
not
accustomably
vsed
in
the
church
before
time
,
or
do
vse
any
kind
of
lauor
with
a
remouable
bason
,
or
haue
taken
downe
the
old
&
vsuall
font
heretofore
vsed
in
your
parish
.
7
Whether
is
there
in
your
parish
a
sufficient
Register
booke
of
parchment
,
of
marriages
,
christnings
,
and
burialls
,
prouided
at
the
charge
of
the
parish
:
whether
are
all
the
names
of
those
that
haue
bin
,
either
christned
,
maried
,
or
buried
since
the
beginning
of
hir
Maiesties
raigne
newly
written
into
the
saide
parchment
booke
:
whether
doth
the
Minister
euery
sunday
reade
the
names
publikely
of
those
,
that
were
eyther
christned
married
,
or
buried
the
weeke
before
:
whether
haue
you
a
publike
chest
with
3.
lockes
for
the
minister
,
and
the
two
churchwardens
to
kéepe
the
said
booke
in
:
and
whether
haue
you
brought
a
transcript
of
all
the
names
of
such
as
haue
been
christned
,
married
,
and
buried
this
last
yere
into
M.
Blackwel
my
Register
his
office
,
as
you
are
bound
to
do
euery
yere
hereafter
within
a
month
after
the
feast
of
Easter
by
the
constitutions
last
authorized
by
her
Maiestie
.
Articles
concerning
Ecclesiasticall
Officers
.
1
Whether
the
Chancelor
Archdeacon
,
Commissarie
Official
,
or
any
other
vsing
Ecclesiasticall
Iurisdiction
in
this
diocesse
,
their
Registers
or
Actuaries
,
Apparators
,
or
Summoners
,
haue
at
any
time
winked
at
and
suffered
any
adulterers
,
fornicators
,
incestes
,
or
other
faultes
or
offences
presented
vnto
them
,
to
passe
and
remaine
vnpunished
,
and
vncorrected
for
mony
,
rewards
,
bribes
,
pleasure
,
frindship
,
or
any
other
partial
respect
.
2
Whether
doth
the
Chancellor
,
Commissaries
,
Archdeacons
or
any
other
Officialles
heare
any
matters
of
office
,
or
correction
priuately
in
their
chambers
without
the
presence
of
the
sworne
Register
or
his
deputy
,
or
do
discharge
any
mans
penance
for
mony
,
without
the
consent
of
the
●
.
Bishop
,
according
to
the
last
constitutions
by
her
Maiestie
confirmed
,
or
doe
send
any
writing
vnder
their
owne
hands
to
your
church
,
without
the
Registers
presence
at
the
dooing
of
it
,
either
for
marriage
of
any
couples
,
or
for
ending
or
ordering
of
any
matter
of
office
,
correction
,
or
penance
.
Articles
concerning
Schoolemasters
.
1
Whether
the
Schoolemaster
or
schoolemasters
within
your
parish
openly
or
priuately
in
any
noble
or
gentlemans
house
,
or
in
any
other
place
be
of
good
and
sincere
religion
,
life
,
and
conuersation
,
and
be
diligent
in
teaching
and
bringing
vp
of
youth
,
and
whether
they
haue
béene
examined
,
allowed
,
and
licensed
for
schoolemasters
by
the
Ordinarie
or
his
officers
in
that
behalfe
.
2
Whether
your
Schoolemaister
or
Schoolemasters
do
themselues
receiue
the
holy
communion
as
often
as
they
ought
to
doo
,
and
whether
they
bring
with
them
so
many
of
their
schollers
as
bee
of
age
sufficient
,
and
of
capacity
by
instruction
to
receiue
the
Lords
supper
,
or
els
be
able
to
giue
testimonie
in
what
church
their
schollers
do
receiue
and
heare
publike
prayer
.
3
Whether
your
Schoolemaister
or
Schoolemaisters
do
orderly
on
sundayes
with
their
schollers
come
to
the
church
of
their
parish
where
they
teach
,
and
there
sée
their
schollers
placed
in
some
conuenient
place
,
so
as
they
do
not
disquiet
the
minister
or
parish
in
time
of
diuine
seruice
,
but
may
exercise
themselues
godly
in
reading
and
hearing
the
seruice
and
sermons
,
and
in
answering
with
the
congregation
in
reading
of
publike
prayer
.
4
Whether
the
schoolemaister
or
schoolemaisters
either
priuate
or
publike
do
teach
their
schollers
the
Catechisme
authorized
by
publike
authoritie
,
at
the
least
once
euerie
wéeke
,
and
do
instruct
and
examine
them
in
the
same
,
or
do
teach
any
other
catechisme
,
and
what
catechisme
it
is
that
they
so
do
teach
.
5
Whether
your
schoolemaister
or
schoolemaisters
or
any
of
them
bee
known
or
suspected
to
reade
vnto
their
schollers
priuately
any
vnlawful
books
,
or
priuately
to
instruct
them
in
their
yong
yeares
either
in
popery
,
superstition
,
or
disobedience
,
or
contempt
to
hir
Maiestie
and
hir
lawes
ecclesiasticall
by
publike
authoritie
allowed
.
6
Whether
your
schoolemaister
or
schoolemaisters
or
any
of
them
vnder
presence
of
Catechising
their
schollers
,
which
is
a
most
godly
order
,
carefully
by
them
to
be
obserued
,
do
keepe
lectures
,
readings
,
or
exposition
in
diuinitie
in
their
houses
,
hauing
continuall
repaire
vnto
them
of
people
not
being
of
their
owne
family
and
houshold
.
7
Whether
the
schoolemaister
or
schoolemaisters
within
your
parish
do
teach
his
or
their
schollers
any
other
grammer
then
that
which
is
commonly
called
the
kings
grammer
,
sette
forth
by
the
authoritie
of
King
Henry
the
eight
.
Articles
concerning
parishioners
and
others
of
the
Laitie
.
1
Whether
all
housholders
in
your
parish
cause
their
children
,
seruants
and
apprentises
,
both
mankind
and
womankind
being
aboue
seuen
yeares
of
age
,
and
vnder
twentie
,
which
haue
not
learned
the
catechisme
,
to
come
to
the
church
on
sundaies
and
holidayes
at
the
times
appointed
for
catechising
,
and
there
diligently
and
obediently
to
heare
,
and
what
bee
the
names
of
those
that
do
not
cause
their
children
,
seruants
,
and
apprentises
so
to
come
to
the
church
to
be
instructed
and
examined
.
2
Whether
the
church
wardens
do
quarterly
deliuer
to
the
Archdeacon
a
note
of
al
those
who
do
not
send
their
children
&
seruants
to
be
catechised
3
Whether
any
do
worke
or
keepe
any
shoppe
open
vpon
Saboth
daies
,
or
vpon
any
holidaies
appointed
by
the
lawes
of
this
realme
to
be
kept
holiday
,
or
vse
any
worke
or
labor
,
or
open
shew
of
their
wares
in
any
of
those
daies
.
4
Whether
you
your selues
or
the
Churchwardens
in
the
yeares
before
you
haue
suffered
any
vnmarried
women
being
begotten
with
child
,
to
go
out
of
your
parish
before
she
hath
done
penance
,
or
any
man
defamed
of
whoredome
to
depart
vnpunished
,
vppon
direction
appoynted
by
the
ordinarie
.
And
forth
of
whose
houses
haue
they
gone
away
with
child
vnpunished
,
and
how
many
vnmarried
women
which
haue
béene
deliuered
within
your
parish
these
thrée
years
last
past
,
haue
gone
away
without
doing
of
penance
.
5
Whether
the
parish
Clarke
be
appoynted
according
to
the
law
,
by
the
parson
or
vicar
of
the
parish
,
with
the
allowance
of
the
Ordinarie
,
and
whether
he
be
not
obedient
to
the
parson
,
vicar
,
or
curate
,
and
whether
hée
be
able
to
reade
,
and
whether
hée
kéepe
the
bookes
and
ornaments
of
the
Church
faire
and
cleane
,
and
cause
the
church
,
and
quire
,
the
communion
table
and
the
〈◊〉
to
bee
kept
cleane
and
decent
against
the
seruice
time
,
the
communion
,
sermon
,
and
baptisme
.
6
Whether
there
bee
any
person
or
persons
ecclesiasticall
or
temporall
within
your
parish
or
elsewhere
within
this
Dioces
,
that
haue
retained
and
kept
in
their
custodie
,
or
that
reade
,
sel
,
vtter
,
disperse
,
carrie
,
or
deliuer
to
others
any
English
bookes
or
libels
,
sette
forth
either
on
this
side
or
beyond
the
seas
,
by
papists
or
others
against
the
Quéens
supremacie
in
causes
ecclesiasticall
,
or
against
true
religion
and
catholike
doctrine
,
or
the
gouernment
or
discipline
of
the
church
of
England
,
now
within
this
realme
reuiued
and
established
by
common
authority
,
and
what
theyr
names
and
surnames
are
.
7
Whether
there
be
any
in
your
parish
who
are
noted
,
knowne
,
or
suspected
to
conceale
or
kéepe
hidden
in
their
houses
any
masse
bookes
portesses
,
breuiaries
,
or
other
bookes
of
poperie
&
superstition
or
any
Chalices
,
copes
,
vestments
albs
,
or
other
ornaments
of
superstition
,
vncancelled
or
vndefaced
,
which
it
is
to
be
coniectured
they
do
kéep
for
a
day
,
as
they
cal
it
.
8
Whether
there
be
in
your
parish
any
popish
or
sectarie
recusant
or
recusants
,
which
for
any
cause
whatsoeuer
forbeare
or
disswade
and
dehort
others
to
come
to
Church
to
common
prayer
or
to
heare
Gods
word
preached
,
pretending
it
vnlawfull
to
come
to
our
assemblies
,
as
the
church
of
England
now
standeth
,
established
by
her
maiesties
authoritie
,
and
what
their
seuerall
name
or
names
are
,
and
how
long
they
haue
béene
recusants
.
9
Whether
any
do
refuse
to
receiue
the
holy
communion
at
their
owne
ministers
hands
,
either
because
he
is
not
a
preacher
,
or
because
he
duly
obserueth
the
order
of
ministration
appoynted
by
the
booke
,
and
who
they
be
that
do
go
from
their
owne
parish
,
to
receiue
at
any
other
ministers
hands
.
10
Whether
any
of
your
parishioners
hauing
a
preacher
to
their
parson
,
vicar
,
or
curate
,
do
absent
themselues
from
his
sermons
,
and
resort
to
any
other
place
to
heare
other
preachers
.
11
Whether
all
the
people
of
your
parish
aboue
16.
yeares
of
age
,
and
especially
housholders
,
hauing
no
lawfull
excuse
to
be
absent
,
doo
resort
with
their
seruants
and
children
to
their
parish
Church
or
Chappel
on
the
holy
daies
,
and
on
the
Sundayes
to
morning
and
euening
prayer
,
and
who
they
be
that
either
negligently
or
wilfully
absent
themselues
,
or
come
very
late
to
the
church
vpon
the
Sundayes
or
holidaies
,
or
that
walke
,
talke
,
or
otherwise
vnreuerently
behaue
themselues
in
the
church
,
or
vse
anie
gaming
or
pastime
abroade
or
in
any
house
,
or
sitte
in
the
streete
or
churchyard
,
or
in
any
tauerne
or
alehouse
vpon
the
Sunday
or
holiday
in
the
time
of
common
prayer
,
sermon
,
or
reading
of
the
homilies
,
or
any
of
them
either
before
or
after
noone
.
12
Whether
the
forfeiture
of
xii
.
pence
for
euerie
time
of
absence
from
the
church
vpon
euerie
sunday
and
holiday
appoynted
by
a
statute
made
in
the
first
yeare
of
the
Queenes
maiesties
raigne
to
bee
leuied
and
taken
according
to
the
same
statute
(
the
tenor
whereof
is
sette
downe
in
the
beginning
of
this
booke
)
by
the
churchwardens
of
euerie
person
that
offendeth
,
and
by
them
be
put
to
the
vse
of
the
poore
of
the
parish
,
if
it
bee
not
so
leuied
,
by
whose
fault
it
is
?
13
Whether
there
be
in
your
parish
who
doo
receiue
into
their
houses
,
keepe
,
harbour
,
or
releeue
,
or
which
do
resort
to
any
popish
priest
,
or
which
be
noted
or
suspected
to
be
seducers
,
and
perswaders
of
others
by
their
example
or
doctrine
to
poperie
or
superstition
,
therby
to
alienate
the
Quéenes
subiects
from
their
due
obedience
and
christian
religion
,
now
by
law
established
in
England
.
14
Whether
there
be
any
Inkéepers
,
alewiues
,
victuallers
,
or
tiplers
,
that
suffer
or
do
admitte
any
person
or
persons
in
their
houses
,
to
eate
,
drinke
,
or
play
at
dice
,
cards
,
tables
,
bowles
,
or
such
like
games
,
in
the
time
of
common
prayer
or
sermon
on
the
sundayes
or
holidayes
,
or
any
Butchers
or
other
that
commonly
vse
to
sell
meate
or
other
things
in
the
time
of
Common
prayer
,
preaching
,
or
reading
of
homilies
:
and
whether
in
any
faires
or
common
markets
falling
vpon
the
Sundayes
,
there
be
shewing
of
any
wares
before
morning
prayer
be
done
:
and
whether
any
markets
&
selling
of
wares
be
vsed
or
suffered
in
any
churchyards
on
the
Sabboth
day
by
common
packmen
or
pedlers
going
about
,
or
anie
Butchers
.
15
Whether
the
Churchwardens
of
the
last
yeare
haue
giuen
to
the
parish
a
iust
account
of
the
church
goods
and
rents
that
were
committed
to
their
charge
,
according
to
the
custome
that
hath
béene
aforetime
vsed
:
and
what
church
goods
they
or
any
other
haue
sold
,
and
to
whom
,
and
whether
to
the
profite
of
your
church
or
no
:
and
what
hath
bin
done
with
the
mony
thereof
comming
?
16
Whether
the
churchwardens
and
sworne
men
,
since
the
fourth
day
of
August
,
1597.
haue
of
any
priuate
corrupt
affection
concealed
any
crime
or
other
disorder
in
their
time
done
in
your
parish
,
and
haue
not
presented
the
same
to
the
Bishop
,
Chauncelor
,
Archdeacon
,
Commissarie
,
or
such
other
as
had
authoritie
to
reforme
the
same
:
and
whether
they
or
any
of
them
at
any
such
time
as
they
should
haue
béene
at
diuine
seruice
on
sundayes
and
holidaies
,
and
should
there
haue
obserued
others
that
were
absent
,
haue
béene
away
themselues
at
home
,
or
in
some
tauerne
or
alehouse
,
or
else
about
some
worldly
businesse
,
or
at
bowles
,
cards
,
tables
,
dice
,
or
other
gaming
,
without
regarde
of
their
office
,
and
dutie
in
that
behalfe
.
17
Whether
your
minister
and
you
the
churchwardens
,
or
any
other
in
your
parish
haue
in
your
reuestries
made
any
orders
,
or
do
vse
to
call
anie
parties
before
you
for
any
cause
to
be
ordered
by
the
ecclesiastical
lawes
,
and
so
do
vse
a
kind
of
Presbiterie
or
censuring
ouer
your
neighbours
,
vnder
pretence
of
your
vestrie
méetings
.
18
Whether
any
of
your
parish
being
of
conuenient
age
,
haue
not
receiued
the
holy
communion
thrice
this
last
yeere
at
the
least
,
and
namely
,
at
Easter
last
or
thereabouts
for
once
,
and
what
their
names
are
,
or
which
at
their
receiuing
haue
not
signified
the
same
before
to
your
parson
,
vicar
,
or
curate
,
that
he
might
conueniently
examine
them
,
and
who
haue
refused
to
come
to
him
to
be
examined
.
19
Whether
there
be
any
in
your
parish
that
doth
administer
the
goods
of
those
that
be
dead
without
lawfull
authoritie
,
or
any
that
suppresse
the
last
wil
of
the
dead
,
or
any
Executors
that
haue
not
fulfilled
their
testators
last
will
,
especially
in
paying
of
legacies
giuen
to
the
church
,
or
to
other
good
and
godly
vses
,
as
to
the
reléefe
of
pouertie
,
to
orphants
,
poore
schollers
,
poore
maidens
marriages
,
hiewayes
,
schollers
,
and
such
like
,
and
by
whom
are
they
so
deteined
.
And
whether
any
such
legacies
or
goodes
,
of
what
kinde
soeuer
payde
or
deliuered
to
any
godly
or
publique
vses
since
the
beginning
of
her
Maiesties
raigne
,
be
otherwise
imployed
,
and
not
in
such
sort
,
and
to
that
end
for
the
which
they
were
giuen
.
20
Whether
there
be
any
in
your
parish
,
that
since
the
fourth
of
August
1597.
hath
or
doth
offend
contrary
to
the
statute
made
in
the
seauen
and
thirtieth
yeere
of
the
raigne
of
King
Henrie
the
eight
,
for
the
reformation
of
vsurie
,
and
reuiued
by
an
Act
made
in
the
thirtéenth
yeere
of
the
raigne
of
the
Quéenes
Maiestie
that
now
is
,
taking
aboue
the
rate
of
ten
pounds
for
the
lending
of
an
hundred
pounds
by
the
yeere
,
and
what
be
the
names
of
such
offendors
.
21
Whether
hath
your
minister
or
any
of
the
parish
,
without
the
consent
or
priuitie
of
the
Ordinarie
,
caused
any
to
do
penance
,
or
be
punished
either
openly
or
otherwise
for
any
crime
punishable
by
the
Ecclesiasticall
lawes
onely
,
and
what
be
the
names
of
the
parties
that
haue
beene
so
punished
,
and
in
what
manner
.
22
Whether
the
Iniunctions
sent
from
my
Lords
grace
of
Canterburie
and
the
high
Commissioners
in
Nouember
1587.
directed
to
your
minister
and
churchwardens
,
not
to
receiue
strange
Preachers
not
licensed
be
obserued
,
and
whether
the
saide
Iniunction
remaine
in
your
Church
or
no.
23
whether
there
be
any
amongst
you
that
do
vse
sorcerie
or
witchcraft
punishable
by
the
ecclesiasticall
lawes
,
or
that
be
suspected
of
the
same
:
and
whether
any
vse
any
charmes
or
vnlawfull
prayers
:
and
whether
any
do
resort
to
any
such
for
help
and
councell
,
and
what
bee
the
names
,
both
of
such
as
vse
it
,
and
of
such
as
resort
to
them
for
helpe
.
24
Whether
any
couples
that
be
married
in
priuate
houses
within
these
thrée
yeares
last
past
haue
bin
knowne
or
suspected
to
haue
bin
married
by
any
popish
priest
or
otherwise
,
after
any
other
order
then
is
appoynted
by
the
church
of
England
.
25
whether
there
be
among
you
any
blasphemers
of
the
name
of
God
,
great
or
often
swearers
,
adulterers
,
fornicators
,
harlots
or
whoremasters
incestuous
persons
,
bawdes
,
or
receiuers
of
naughtie
and
incontinent
persons
,
or
harborers
of
women
with
child
which
be
vnmaried
,
conueying
or
suffering
them
to
go
awaie
before
they
doe
anie
penance
,
or
make
satisfaction
to
the
congregation
,
or
any
that
be
vehemently
suspected
of
anie
such
faults
,
or
that
be
not
of
good
name
and
fame
touching
such
crimes
and
faults
of
drunkards
,
or
ribawds
,
or
any
that
be
malitious
,
contentious
,
or
vncharitable
persons
,
railers
,
scolders
,
or
sowers
of
discord
betwéen
neighbours
,
and
especially
railers
against
ministers
,
and
against
their
marriage
.
26
whether
there
be
any
in
these
partes
that
haue
béene
married
within
the
degrées
of
affinitie
or
consanguinitie
,
by
the
lawes
of
God
forbidden
,
or
anie
that
being
diuorced
or
separated
for
the
same
,
do
yet
notwithstanding
cohabite
and
kéepe
company
stil
together
,
or
anie
that
being
married
without
those
degrées
haue
vnlawfully
forsaken
their
wiues
or
husbands
,
and
married
others
,
anie
man
that
hath
two
wiues
,
or
anie
woman
that
hath
2.
husbands
,
any
that
being
diuorced
or
separated
asunder
,
haue
married
again
,
anie
that
haue
married
and
contracted
themselues
without
the
consent
of
their
parents
,
tutors
,
or
gouernors
,
any
that
haue
maried
without
banes
thrice
solemnely
asked
,
any
couples
married
that
liue
not
together
,
but
slaunderously
liue
apart
.
27
Whether
there
be
any
in
your
parish
who
wil
come
to
heare
the
sermon
,
but
will
not
come
to
the
publique
prayer
appoynted
by
the
Booke
of
common
prayer
,
making
a
schisme
or
diuision
,
as
it
were
,
betwéene
the
vse
of
publike
prayer
and
preaching
.
And
whether
there
be
any
,
who
being
present
at
publique
praier
,
do
not
deuoutly
and
humbly
knéele
vpon
their
knées
,
at
such
times
as
by
the
Booke
of
common
prayer
they
are
appoynted
:
to
wit
,
when
they
make
a
generall
confession
of
their
sinnes
:
when
all
prayers
and
Collects
are
read
:
in
the
time
of
the
Letanie
:
when
the
tenne
Commaundementes
are
read
,
&c.
And
what
are
theyr
names
that
haue
at
any
time
shewed
themselues
vnduetifull
and
vnreuerent
in
this
behalfe
.
28
Whether
the
minister
and
churchwardens
haue
suffered
anie
lord
of
mis-rule
,
or
summer
lord
or
ladies
,
or
any
disguised
persons
,
any
players
,
or
maie-games
,
or
any
moris
dauncers
,
at
any
time
to
come
vnreuerently
into
the
church
or
churchyard
,
and
there
to
daunce
or
play
,
or
shew
them selues
disguised
in
the
time
of
common
praier
,
and
what
they
be
that
commit
such
disorder
,
or
that
accompanied
or
maintained
them
,
or
any
playes
to
be
played
in
the
church
.
29
Whether
there
be
any
married
women
or
others
within
your
parish
,
which
after
childbirth
refuse
or
contemne
to
come
to
the
church
to
giue
God
thanks
for
their
deliuery
,
and
to
haue
the
praiers
publikely
appointed
in
that
behalfe
by
the
booke
of
common
prayer
.
30
Whether
anie
within
your
parish
do
resort
vnto
barns
,
fields
,
woods
,
priuate
houses
,
or
to
any
extraordinary
expositions
of
scriptures
,
or
conferences
together
,
and
doe
(
as
it
were
)
make
a
seuerall
church
or
sect
vnto
themselues
,
and
be
drawers
or
perswaders
of
others
to
any
such
schismaticall
or
damnable
sects
,
and
in
whose
houses
,
or
what
places
haue
you
heard
of
any
such
méeting
.
31
Whether
any
do
kéepe
their
children
vnbaptized
longer
than
is
conuenient
,
vnles
it
be
for
sickenes
of
the
child
,
or
other
vrgent
occasion
:
And
whether
anie
doe
carrie
their
children
from
the
parish
they
are
borne
in
,
to
other
parishes
to
be
baptized
,
and
so
refuse
their
owne
parish
,
or
doe
bring
strange
ministers
into
their
owne
houses
to
baptize
their
children
priuatly
according
to
their
owne
fantasies
.
32
Whether
anie
notorious
recusant
who
obstinately
refuseth
to
be
partaker
with
the
church
of
England
in
publique
prayer
,
and
hearing
of
the
word
of
God
preached
,
who
is
for
his
disobedience
and
contempt
excommunicated
,
and
so
dieth
excommunicate
,
be
buried
in
christian
burial
,
not
hauing
before
his
death
sought
to
be
absolued
,
and
testified
the
same
his
submission
to
some
honest
and
discréete
man
,
who
shal
vpon
his
othe
signifie
to
the
Bishop
of
the
Dioces
,
whereby
his
Lordship
may
giue
order
to
the
Ordinarie
,
before
whom
he
was
excommunicate
for
his
absolution
.
The
second
billes
,
and
in
them
the
names
are
to
be
set
downe
of
all
such
as
haue
beene
buried
at
any
time
since
the
seuenth
day
of
August
1598
,
and
likewise
of
such
as
haue
bin
married
by
any
license
,
with
the
names
of
those
who
graunted
the
license
euer
since
the
saide
seuenth
of
August
,
they
are
to
be
brought
into
Maister
Blackwells
office
in
Iuie
lane
,
being
the
principall
Register
to
the
Lord
Bishop
of
London
betwixt
the
26.
of
Nouember
next
,
and
the
4.
of
December
then
following
,
if
there
be
not
any
other
place
appointed
at
his
Lordships
sitting
in
Visitation
to
bring
them
vnto
.