For the Clergie .

INprimis , Whether your Parson , Vicar , Curate , or Minister be a Preacher of Gods Word , and a maintainer and furtherer of Religion now established by publike authority within this Realme of England , or no ?

Item 2 Whether hee doe in his Sermons , Lectures , & other exercises , moue the people to ioyne with him in Prayer for the Kings Maiestie , the Noble Prince Charles , Fredericke the Prince Elector Palatine , the Lady Elizabeth his wife , and their Royall issue ; with addition of such stile and title as of right doth appertaine to his Maiestie , and whether any , since the 25. of September 1605. haue refused , or willingly omitted , or neglected so to doe ?

Item 3 Whether he be a Preacher lawfully admitted , and by what authority ? And whether your Minister or Church-wardens haue , since the time aforesaid , suffered any man to preach in your Church , but such as haue first shewed their licenses to preach , either from the Lord Archbishop of Yorke , or Bishop of the Diocesse , where hee dwelleth , or one of the Vniuersities , vnder their Seale ?

Jtem 4 Whether he be painfull & diligent in preaching , as also in Catechizing the youth of your Parish , vpon Sundayes & Holydaies , according to his Maiesties late directions in that behalfe signified and registred in the Consistory office at Yorke ? And how many Sermons hath your Parson , Vicar , or Minister preached in his owne Church within this yeere last past ? And if he be not a Preacher , how many Sermons by his procurement or otherwise haue there been preached this last yeere , and by whom ? And whether were they that preached the same , licenced or no , and by whome ?

Jtem 5 Whether any lectures bee read , or Exercises vsed within your Parish , either publikely in the Church , or priuatly in any house by any not licensed as aforesaid : or being licenced , doe refuse to conforme themselues to the Lawes , Ordinances , and Rites Ecclesiasticall of the Church of England ? And whether any such so reading or exercising , doe teach or professe any doctrine of Innouation , inclyning to Papistry , Brownism , or any other Heresie or Schismaticall error , whereby themselues or others may be drawne from their true obedience in causes Ecclesiasticall ?

Item 6 Whether your Minister not being a Preacher , doe euery Sunday , when there is no Sermon , reade some part of the Homilies set forth and appointed by publike authority ?

Item 7 Whether your Common Prayer and Sacraments be by your Minister in your Church or Chappell , distinctly and reuerently administred and read , as is prescribed in or by the booke of Common Prayer , without any innouation or omission , and at due and conuenient houres ? And whether doth your Minister so celebrating the same , vsually weare the Surplesse whilest hee is saying the publike Prayers , and ministring the Sacraments ? And if he be a graduate , whether doth he also vpon his Surplesse weare such a Hood , as is agreeable to his degree , and such decent apparell , as by the late Constitutions are appointed ?

Item 8 Whether doth your Minister in the administration of the Sacrament of Baptisme , vse the signe of the Crosse , according to the Booke of Common Prayer ? And whether hath hee deferred or refused to baptize any Infant being in danger of death , hauing notice of the weaknesse thereof ? And whether in his default hath any dyed without Baptisme ?

Item 9 Whether hath your Parson , Vicar or Curate admitted any to the holy Communion , or to be God-father or God-mother at Baptisme , being a person excommunicate , any known or notorious offenders , any not instructed in the principles of Religion , or any to the Communion which then were not of your Parish ? And whether hath he so often and at such times administred the same , as euery Parishioner may receiue the same at the least euery yeere thrice , wherof once at Easter , as by the Booke of Common Prayer is appointed ?

Jtem 10 Whether hath he admitted any excommunicate person to be God-father or God-mother , or any which hath not receiued the holy Communion ?

Item 11 Whether hath he churched any woman after the birth of her child begotten in Incest , Adultery , Fornication , or married any woman so begotten with child , without publike confession of their faults at their churching or marriages in the presence of the Congregation , vpon some Sabbath or Festiuall day at morning Prayer time , leauing their further punishment to the Ordinary , or other competent Iudge ?

Jtem 12 Whether hath your Parson , Vicar , or Curate , since the 25. of Sept. 1605. celebrated Matrimony without licence granted by such as haue Episcopal authority , except the banes of Matrimony were formerly published three Sundaies or holydayes in the time of diuine seruice , in the Parish Church or Chappell where the said parties dwelt and at any other time then betweene the houres of eight and twelue of the clocke in the fore-noon , or in any other place , then in the Church or Chappell , where one of the parties dwelt ? And whether without consent of Parents , or other Gouernours ?

Item 13 Whether hath your Parson , Vicar or Curate , moe Benefices or Ecclesiasticall promotions then one , and what be their names , and where is he most resiant ? And if hee haue more , how is hee qualified and dispensed withall to hold the same ? And how doth he supply his absence , whether by a Curate or Minister licenced to preach , or not ? And if he bee , then by whom is hee licenced ? And what distribution doth he make thereby to the poore , where he is not resident ?

Item 14 Whether doth your Minister or Curate serue any more Cures then one ; and if so , then what other Cure doth he serue ?

Item 15 Whether doth your Parson , Vicar or Curate , according to an act of Parliament in that behalfe made , call vpon and require the people of his Parish to solemnize and keepe holy the Fift day of Nouember , and that day to come to the Church to ioyne in Prayers and thanksgiuing for the happy deliuerance of his Maiesty , the Queene , Prince , and States of Parliament from the most traiterous and bloudy intended massare by Gunpowder ? and whether doe the people of your parish accordingly repaire to the Church , or doe any refuse or neglect so to do ? present their names & Sur-names .

Item 16 Whether doth he carefully visit the sicke of his Parish , by exhorting and ministring vnto them , as by the Booke of Common Prayer is appointed . And whether doth he attend the buriall of the dead , by meeting the Corpes at the Church-stile , and so accompany the same to the Church or Graue , saying or singing such places of Scripture as are appointed by the sayd Booke ?

Jtem 17 Whether is your Minister suspected or defamed to haue obtained his Benefice by Symonie , or reputed to bee an incontinent person , or keepeth any woman in his house suspected of incontinency , or giuen to excessiue drinking ; or a common gamester or player at Dice , or doth keepe or suffer to be kept any Ale-house in his parsonage , or Vicarage-house , or faulty in any other crime punishable by the Ecclesiasticall censures , whereby he is offensiue to his Ministerie and calling ?

Item 18 Whether your Minister , Church-wardens and others , for the retaining of the circuit of your Parish by perambulations , as hath been prescribed , doe vse the same without superstition , or popish Ceremonie ?

Item 19 Whether doth your Parson or Vicar maintaine and keepe in due reparations the mansion-houses and other Edifices belonging to their Ecclesiasticall liuings , without suffering them to fall into ruine and decay ?

Jtem 20 Whether doth your Minister euery Sunday , according to the Booke of Common Prayer , make knowne to the people what Holydayes and fasting dayes are in the week following ?

Item 21 Whether doth your Minister being a Preacher , offer quiet and temperate conference to Popish Recusants : and endeuour diligently to reclaime them from their errors ? And whether they or any of them refuse such conference offered vnto them by your said Minister , or other Preacher , and what be their names and surnames ?

Jtem 22 Whether any Bishop , Chancellor , Arch-deacon , Commissary , Officiall , or other Iudge or Officer Ecclesiasticall , for any composition , agreement or payment of any sum of money , haue suppressed and concealed the excommunication or other Ecclesiasticall censure , of or against any Popish recusant or other offender ? And what summe of money or other consideration hath beene promised or receiued in that behalfe to your knowledge , or as you haue heard reported ?

Jtem 23 Whether doth your Minister euery halfe yeere once denounce in your Parish , all such Parishioners as doe remaine excommunicate and seeke not to bee absolued ? And how long hath any excommunicate person continued vnder the censure thereof , and admitted into the Church without a Certificate of his absolution from the Ordinary ?

Item 24 Whether hath your Minister publikely in your Parish Church or Chappell once euery yeere read ouer the Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiasticall , agreed vpon by the Clergie of both Prouinces , Anno Domini 1603. according to his Maiesties commandement ?

For the Laity .

ITem 25 Whether you haue in your Parish Church or Chappell all things necessary and requisite for Common Prayer , and administration of the Sacraments : As the Booke of Common Prayer with the new Kalender : The English Bible of the new Translation in the largest volume : Two Psalters : Two bookes of Homilies : A decent Baptistery or Font : A Table of the 10. Commandements : A conuenient seat for the Minister to read seruice in : A comely and decent Pulpit with Cloth and Cushion for the same : A comely Communion Table , with a faire linnen cloth to lay vpon the same , and some couering of silke , or other decent stuffe for the cleane keeping thereof : A fayre and comely Communion cup of siluer , with a siluer couer , such as may serue for ministration of the holy Communion : A decent large Surplesse with sleeues : A Chest or box for the poore : And the sayd booke of Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiasticall ?

Item 26 Whether the body of your Church and Chappell , with the Chancell be well and sufficiently repaired , and kept without prophanation or abuse any way ? And if decayed or prophaned , through whose default ? And whether your bels and stals in the same be well maintained , your Church-yard wel walled or fenced , and decently kept ? and if the same in any part be decayed , through whose default ?

Jtem 27 Whether any Almes-house , Hospitall , Schoole or Spittell within your Parish be well and godly vsed , according to the foundation and true intent of the Founders thereof ? And whether any pension or stipend due to any of them be detained , and by whome ?

Item 28 Whether the Baptistery or Font bee remoued from the vsuall place ; or whether any persons leauing the vse thereof , doe baptize children in basons or other vessels not vsed in the Church , or whether any children be baptized or christened in priuate houses , otherwise then in cases of necessity , and by a lawfull Minister : and if yea , then whose children were they , and by whom were they baptized ? And whether such so baptized , were afterwards brought to the Church for further manifestation and approbation thereof , according to the Booke of Common Prayer ?

Item 29 Whether are there any person or persons inhabiting or soiourning within your Parish or Chappelrie , that be notorious Recusants , or which negligently or seldome come to your Church or Chappell , vpon Sabbaths or Festiual daies , and who be they , and what be their names and surnames , and with whom haue they soiourned , & how long haue they so continued , & of what estate , age , condition or degree they are of , & whether there be any within your said parish or chappelry , aboue the age of 16. yeeres which doe not yeerely communicate thrise at the least , wherof once at Easter , & who be they ?

Item 30 Whether are there any resiant within our parish , who haue beene conuicted of Recusancie , which haue conformed themselues , & not receiued the Sacrament of the Lords Supper within one whole yeere after the conformitie , and for how many yeeres haue they not receiued the same , and what be their names and surnames ?

Jtem 31 Whether are there within your parish any Popish Recusants , of bold , insolent , & offensiue behauiour , which presume to seduce and withdraw others , either in or of their owne families or elsewhere , from the true Religion now established , or from due obedience to his Maiestie ; or which make speciall choise of Recusants to be their seruants ?

Jtem 32 Whether doe your Minister , Church-wardens , Quest-men and Assistants yeerely within fortie daies after Easter exhibite to the Bishop or his Chancellour , according to the 112. Canon , the names and surnames of all the Parishioners as well men as women , which being of the age of 16. yeeres , receiued not the Communion at Easter before .

Item 33 Whether the youth of your parish do diligently repaire to your Church or Chappell vpon Sabbaths , and Holy-daies to be Catechized . And if not in whose default , Canon 59.

Item 34 Whether any doe go out of the Church or Chappell , or doe vse talking , walking , or sleeping , or any other vnseemely offence , or other vnreuerend behauiour in the time of publike Prayer , Preaching , celebration of the Sacrament , or catechizing ? and who are they ?

Item 35 Whether there bee any which priuately or publikely by speech , or otherwise depraue any part of the true Religion established within this Realme , or the Ministers or Professors thereof : or whether any Lectures , conuenticles , or priuate exercises be read or vsed within your Parish either in the Church , or in any house ? And whether any such Reader doe teach any doctrine of Innouation , to with-draw the people from their due obedience to the ordinances of the Church set forth by publike authoritie , or to cause them to forbeare to participate in Prayers , or Sacraments with our Church ?

Jtem 36 Whether haue you any Schoole-master , who teacheth either publikely or priuately within your said Parish or Chappelrie , not being lawfully licensed thereunto by writing vnder seale , and how long hath he there taught ? And whether doth he teach the Booke intituled , God and the King , according to his Maiesties Proclamation ?

Jtem 37 Whether any within your Parish or Chappelry doe suffer to eat , drinke , play , iangle , or talke in their house or yard ? Or any Butcher or Trades-man their shop-windowes to be kept open to sell meate , drinke , or wares on Sundaies in time of morning and euening Prayers , Sermons , Lectures , or Catechizing : or any that labour or worke on the Sabbaths , or other commanded Festiuall daies , to the hinderance of Prayers , Sermons , or other godly exercises ?

Item 38 Whether any within your Parish doe chide , brawle , quarrell , or fight within your Church or Church-yard , what are their names and surnames , and who bee the same ? And whether any of them haue drawne any weapon there , with purpose to strike with the same ?

Jtem 39 Whether are there within your said parish or chappelrie , any Rush-bearing , Bull-baitings , Beare-baitings , May-games , Morice-dances Ailes , or any such like prophane pastimes or assemblies on the Sabbath , to the hinderance of Prayers , Sermons , or other go●ly exercises ?

Item 40 Whether there be any within your parish of turbulent conuersation behauing themselues rudely or disorderly in your Church or Chappell , or which by vntimely ringing of Bells , by walking , talking , or otherwise haue hindered the Minister or Preacher ?

Item 41 Whether bee there any within your parish or chappelrie , that vse to ring the Bells superstitiously vpon any abrogated Holy-daies , or the Eauens thereof ? And whether is the Passing Bell tolled when any Christian bodie is sicke and like to die , as it ought to be ? And after the death of any , whether there be any superstitious ringing , superstitious burning of candles ouer the corse in the day time , after it bee light : Or praying for the dead at crosses , or places where crosses haue beene , in the way to the Church , or any other superstitious vse of crosses , with towels , palmes metwands , or other memories of Idolatries at burialls , or superstitiously doe goe on Pilgrimages , or any places dedicated to our Lady , or any Saints , or otherwise ?

Item 42 Whether are you prouided of a Parchment Booke , in which haue beene and are written the names of all children , men , and women baptized , married , or buried within your parish contained in your former Register Booke , and since the beginning of the Reigne of the late Queene Elizabeth ? And whether the day and yeere of euery christning , wedding , and buriall , which haue beene in your parish , hath beene duely written in the booke ? And whether you haue a sure coffer , with three lockes and keyes for the safe custodie thereof ? And whether are the names of all such so christned , married , or buried , transmitted yeerely within this Diocesse , to the Lord Arch-bishop or his Chancellor , to be preserued in the Registrie of the said Lord Arch-bishop , according to the seuentieth Canon and Constitution Ecclesiasticall ?

Item 43 Whether is there placed by your Register , two tables , containing the seuerall rates and sums of all fees due to the Iudge and other Officers of your Court , one in the vsual place or Consistorie where the Court is kept , and the other in his Regestrie in such sort , as euery man may come to view the same without difficultie ? And whether your Chancellour , Arch-deacon , or any other Officer or Minister , doe exact or extort any greater fees or sums of money , then in the said Tables are contained and if so , let the same be expressed ?

Item 44 Whether are there , or haue beene since his Maiesties most happy reigne ouer this Kingdome , within your Parish or Chappelrie any incestuous persons , adulterers or fornicators ? Or since the 25. of September 1605. any Vsurers , Drunkards , Swearers , or any other who are vehemently suspected or defamed of any such crime , and who be they ?

Jtem 45 Whether within your Parish or Chappelrie are there , or haue beene since his Maiesties so happie reigne , any persons hauing two wiues , or any women two husbands , or any married within the degrees forbidden , or without Banes three seuerall Sundayes or Holidaies first published , without lawfull licence thereunto by such as haue Episcopall authoritie , or any who haue had carnall knowledge together before their marriage , or that are vehemently suspected thereof , and who they be ?

Jtem , 46 Whether any within your Parish or Chappelry , not being licenced or dispenced withall , as aforesaid , haue beene married within the time by law prohibited , that is to say , betweene Aduent Sunday , and the 13. day of Ianuary , being Hillarie day , or betweene Septuagesima Sunday , and the Sunday next after Easter , or betweene the Sunday next before the Ascension day , and Trinitie Sunday next ensuing ? let their names be expressed , as well of the Minister so marrying any , as of the parties so married .

Jtem 47 Whether haue any beene priuately married together within your Parish , by any vnknowne Priest or Minister , or any who haue not procured their children to bee publikely baptized in your said Church or Chappel , according to Booke of Common Prayer , and who they be ?

Jtem 48 Whether any within your Parish or Chappelry haue harboured any women begotten with child forth of lawfull Matrimony , & haue suffered them to depart away vnpunished ? Or any who do harbor or relieue any obstinate Recusants or excommunicated persons , and what , and how many Recusants or persons excommunicate bee there within your said Parish or Chappelrie , and how long haue they so remained , and for what causes they were so excommunicate ?

Item 49 Whether any of your Parish doe refuse to contribute towards the reparations of your Church or Chappel , or towards the prouision of any necessary ornaments therein , or that refuse to pay your Curate or Parish Clerke his wages , or other vsuall duties , and who they be ?

Item 50 Whether the Church-wardens and Side-men be chosen according to the 89. and 90. Canons ; and during their time , haue faithfully and dutifully discharged their office , and at or before their going out of the same , made a iust account of their receits and proceedings to the vse of the Church ? And whether any part of your Church stocke , or any other thing giuen to any godly publike vse be deliuered to any , or otherwise imployed , then appertaineth ?

Item 51 Whether your Parish Clerke be dutifull and diligent in attending the Minister , and of sufficiency to discharge his place or not ?

Item 52 Whether any within your Parish or Chappelrie , doe occupy or intermeddle with the goods or cattels of any deceased person whatsoeuer , whose wil , if any such be not lawfully approued , or dying Intestate , the Administration thereof not lawfully granted , and who they be ?

Jtem 53 Whether your Arch-deacon , his Officiall or Depie , or any other exercising Ecclesiasticall Iurisdiction , within this Diocesse in places exempt or not exempt , other then the Chancellor of the said Diocesse , especially since the 25. of September 1605. haue taken vpon them to grant any licence for marriages within your parish ? And how many licenses haue beene so granted , and what be the names of them that haue beene married by vertue of any such licence , and by what Minister haue the same beene celebrated ?

Item 54 Whether the said Arch-deacon or others , as aforesaid , haue since the 25. day of September 1605. censured , or absolued any person or persons , which haue by law incurred the sentence of Excommunication ipso facto , either for solemnizing or being present at any marriages , the banes not asked , nor any lawfull licence obtained , or for fighting , quarrelling , or brawling , or drawing any weapon with purpose to strike in any Church or Church-yard ?

Item 55 Whether the said Arch-deacon or others , as aforesaid , haue since the said 25. day of September 1605. granted any admissions for Curates , licences for Schoole-masters or Parish Clerkes , sequestrations of vacant Benefices , by their supposed authoritie , and how many , and to whom , and what be their names ?

Jtem 56 Whether haue they , or any of them , commuted any corporall punishment for any sum of money , and what be their names whose punishment haue beene commuted , for what offence , by whom , and for what summe of money , and how hath the said money beene imployed ?

And lastly , Whether is there within your said Parish or Chappelrie , any offendour or offendours in any other crime against the said Canons and Constitutions , and other Lawes Ecclesiasticall , not expresly contained in any of these Articles , whose reformation may bee had by Ecclesiasticall authoritie , and who , and what the same are ?