ARTICLES
OF
ENQUIRY
About
the
CHVRCHES
and
CHAPPELS
:
And
all
things
thereto
pertaining
.
IS
your
Parish
Church
or
Chappel
kept
in
good
and
sufficient
Repair
?
Are
the
Roofs
,
Walls
,
Pavements
,
and
Windows
well
Repaired
?
And
is
the
Church
decently
kept
,
as
befitteth
the
House
of
God
?
Is
your
Church-Yard
sufficiently
fenced
and
maintained
with
Walls
,
Rails
,
or
Pales
,
as
hath
béen
accustomed
?
Or
by
whose
fault
are
they
decayed
?
Hath
any
thing
belonging
to
your
Church
been
aliened
,
embezelled
,
or
sold
?
2.
Is
there
a
Font
of
Stone
for
the
Administration
of
Baptism
,
in
the
usual
place
appointed
for
it
?
And
doth
your
Minister
publickly
Baptize
in
the
same
Font
only
?
Is
there
a
convenient
Table
,
for
the
use
of
the
Lords
Supper
?
Is
there
a
Carpet
of
Silk
,
or
decent
Stuff
to
lay
upon
the
Table
in
time
of
Divine
Service
;
and
a
fair
Linen
Cloth
to
lay
upon
the
same
in
the
time
of
the
Communion
,
according
to
the
eighty
second
Canon
:
Have
you
a
Communion
Cup
,
with
a
Paten
for
the
Bread
:
and
is
the
Wine
brought
to
the
Communion
Table
in
a
clear
standing
Pot
or
Flagon
of
Pewter
,
or
of
purer
Metal
?
3.
Have
you
a
Reading
Desk
and
Pulpit
conveniently
set
up
,
and
placed
,
for
the
use
of
publick
Prayer
,
and
Sermons
?
4.
Is
there
in
your
Church
or
Chappel
the
Common
Prayer
Book
,
of
the
largest
Volume
,
according
to
the
Act
of
Vniformity
,
1662.
The
Bible
in
Folio
,
of
the
last
Translation
;
the
Book
of
Homilies
;
[
the
Book
of
Canons
,
and
Constitutions
Ecclesiastical
,
made
in
the
Synod
,
1603.
]
And
a
Table
of
Degrees
,
wherein
Marriage
is
prohibited
,
publickly
set
up
in
your
Church
?
And
is
there
a
decent
Surplice
for
the
Minister
to
wear
at
all
times
of
his
publick
Ministration
in
the
Church
?
5.
Have
you
a
Register
Book
in
Parchment
,
wherein
to
Register
the
Christenings
,
Marriages
,
and
Burials
in
your
Parish
?
Is
there
a
Book
;
wherein
to
write
down
the
Church-Wardens
Accompts
,
and
a
strong
Chest
,
with
Locks
and
Keys
,
wherein
to
preserve
your
Church
Furniture
;
and
also
for
the
Parishioners
to
put
in
their
Alms
for
the
relief
of
the
Poor
?
6.
Is
the
House
and
Out-houses
of
your
Minister
in
good
and
sufficient
Repair
?
Doth
he
preserve
the
Gardens
,
Orchards
,
and
Glebe
belonging
to
him
,
without
embezelling
,
changing
,
or
any
way
damnifying
the
same
?
Inquiries
about
the
Clergy
.
1.
IS
your
Parson
or
Vicar
Ordained
Priest
,
according
to
the
Order
of
the
Church
of
England
?
Or
doth
your
Minister
,
or
his
Curate
not
being
so
Ordained
Priest
,
consecrate
the
Holy
Sacrament
of
the
Lords
Supper
?
2.
Is
your
Minister
legally
Instituted
,
and
Inducted
into
his
Benefice
?
Did
he
within
two
Months
after
his
Induction
,
publickly
in
the
Church
upon
some
Sunday
or
Holy-day
,
read
the
thirty
nine
Articles
of
the
Church
of
England
,
and
declare
his
assent
thereunto
?
And
also
on
some
Lords-day
read
both
Morning
and
Evening
Prayer
,
and
after
his
reading
publickly
declare
his
unfeigned
Assent
and
Consent
to
the
use
of
the
things
contained
in
the
Book
of
Common-Prayer
?
And
within
three
Months
after
his
Induction
,
on
some
Lords-day
in
your
Parish
Church
read
a
Certificate
under
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
the
Arch-Bishop
,
or
Bishop
of
the
Diocess
,
of
his
Subscription
to
the
Declaration
required
in
the
Act
of
Vniformity
?
3.
Doth
your
Minister
read
the
full
Service
,
according
to
the
direction
of
the
Common-Prayer
Book
on
Sundays
,
and
Holy-days
,
at
Morning
and
Evening
Prayer
;
and
in
ministring
the
Sacraments
,
solemnizing
Matrimony
,
burying
the
Dead
,
and
Churching
of
Women
,
use
all
the
Rites
and
the
whole
Forms
of
Prayers
,
according
as
they
are
prescribed
in
the
Common
Prayer
Book
without
omission
,
alteration
,
or
addition
?
Or
doth
he
negligently
,
or
in
contempt
of
the
Order
of
the
Church
,
omit
or
add
to
the
same
?
4.
Doth
he
usually
read
the
Book
of
Cannos
once
every
Year
,
and
wear
a
Surplice
in
the
time
of
his
Ministration
?
5.
Doth
he
Preach
a
Sermon
on
every
Sunday
,
or
procure
a
Sermon
then
to
be
preached
?
Or
else
sometime
read
one
of
the
Homilies
which
the
Church
hath
appointed
?
And
doth
he
diligently
instruct
the
Youth
of
your
Parish
in
the
Church
Catechism
?
And
doth
he
endeavour
to
prepare
them
to
be
Confirmed
by
the
Bishop
?
6.
Is
your
Minister
constantly
resident
upon
his
Benefice
?
Or
how
long
hath
he
been
absent
?
And
in
case
he
be
licensed
to
be
absent
,
whether
doth
he
cause
his
Cure
to
be
supplied
by
a
sufficient
and
licensed
Preacher
?
And
is
your
Curate
conformable
to
the
Ecclesiastical
Laws
?
7.
Doth
your
Minister
or
Curate
read
the
Service
appointed
for
the
Fifth
of
November
,
the
Thirtieth
of
January
,
and
the
Twenty
ninth
of
May
?
And
doth
he
give
notice
upon
the
Sunday
of
the
Holy-days
,
and
Fasting-days
,
which
will
be
the
Week
following
,
and
observe
the
yearly
perambulation
in
Rogation
Week
?
8.
Doth
your
Minister
or
Curate
,
celebrate
the
Lords
Supper
in
the
Church
so
often
,
that
every
Parishioner
may
receive
the
same
at
least
thrice
in
the
year
?
Doth
he
give
warning
of
it
,
and
read
the
Exhortation
the
Sunday
before
,
that
thereby
the
Parishioners
may
be
stirr'd
up
to
the
worthy
Receiving
thereof
?
Doth
he
deliver
severally
the
Bread
and
Wine
to
every
Communicant
kneeling
?
Doth
he
admit
them
to
the
Communion
,
which
be
openly
known
to
live
in
sin
notorious
,
without
repentance
,
or
to
have
maliciously
and
openly
contended
with
their
Neighbours
,
before
they
be
reconciled
?
And
if
he
hath
repelled
any
person
from
the
Communion
,
doth
he
give
account
to
the
Ordinary
within
fourtéen
days
after
?
9.
Doth
he
Baptise
such
Infants
of
his
Parish
,
according
to
the
Order
of
the
Common
Prayer
,
as
upon
warning
given
before
,
are
brought
upon
Sundays
or
Holy-days
to
the
Church
?
And
upon
lawful
summons
doth
he
Baptize
Infants
at
home
,
in
case
of
danger
and
necessity
?
Or
through
his
fault
doth
the
Infant
die
unbaptized
?
10.
Doth
he
neglect
to
visit
the
Sick
at
their
Houses
when
he
is
required
?
Doth
he
pray
with
them
,
and
exhort
them
to
Faith
and
Repentance
;
forgiveness
of
Injuries
,
and
liberality
to
the
Poor
,
and
comfort
them
in
their
distress
?
And
doth
he
give
them
that
profess
sorrow
for
their
sins
,
the
Holy
Communion
if
they
desire
it
?
11.
Doth
he
marry
any
within
the
Degrées
prohibited
?
Or
without
Licence
,
or
Banes
published
thrée
several
Sundays
,
or
Holy-days
,
in
the
Parishes
where
the
Parties
dwell
?
Doth
he
Marry
in
any
other
place
than
in
the
Church
?
Or
not
betwixt
the
lawful
Hours
of
eight
and
twelve
?
And
doth
he
,
if
the
Banes
have
béen
thrice
asked
,
Marry
any
under
the
age
of
twenty
one
years
,
without
their
Parents
or
Guardians
consent
?
12.
Hath
he
taken
upon
him
to
appoint
any
publick
or
private
Fasts
,
Prophesyings
,
or
Exercises
,
not
appointed
by
Authority
,
without
Licence
from
the
Bishop
under
his
Hand
and
Seal
first
obtained
:
Or
doth
he
,
or
any
other
person
,
hold
any
Conventicles
,
or
Méetings
in
private
Houses
,
or
elsewhere
within
your
Parish
,
for
people
of
several
Families
to
resort
unto
,
under
pretence
of
Preaching
,
or
Praying
?
13.
Doth
your
Minister
write
and
record
in
your
Register
Book
,
the
Names
of
all
persons
Christned
,
Married
,
and
Buried
within
your
Parish
;
with
the
day
and
year
of
such
Christning
,
Marringe
,
and
Burial
?
And
doth
he
with
the
Church-Wardens
,
take
care
duly
to
send
in
a
Transcript
of
the
Register
every
year
to
be
kept
in
the
Bishops
Registry
?
14.
Is
your
Parson
,
Vicar
,
Curate
,
or
Lecturer
a
man
of
a
sober
,
unblameable
,
and
exemplary
life
:
and
spares
not
to
present
him
or
them
that
are
not
every
way
examples
of
godliness
?
If
you
have
a
Curate
,
is
he
allowed
by
the
Bishop
under
his
Hand
and
Seal
:
If
you
have
a
Lecturer
,
is
he
licensed
by
the
Bishop
according
to
the
Act
of
Vniformity
?
And
doth
he
read
the
full
Divine
Service
of
Common-Prayer
once
a
month
at
the
least
?
And
doth
your
Parson
,
Vicar
,
Curate
,
and
Lecturer
,
(
to
your
best
understanding
)
preach
sound
Doctrine
,
tending
to
the
Edification
of
the
people
,
in
knowledg
and
faith
of
Iesus
Christ
,
and
obedience
to
Gods
Command
?
Or
doth
be
Preach
any
heretical
,
seditious
,
or
schismatical
Doctrine
,
derogating
from
the
Glory
of
God
,
and
prejudicial
to
a
pious
life
,
or
tending
to
the
disturbance
of
the
publick
peace
and
unity
of
Church
or
State
?
If
there
be
any
such
,
present
them
.
Inquiries
concerning
the
Parishioners
.
1.
IF
there
be
any
Persons
that
have
offended
by
Fornication
,
Adultery
,
Incest
,
Drunkenness
,
or
by
common
Swearing
,
Ribaldry
,
filthy
Speaking
,
or
any
other
uncleanness
,
and
wickedness
of
life
,
Sorcerers
,
or
resorters
to
Sorcerers
,
you
shall
present
all
and
every
such
Offenders
.
2.
If
there
be
any
known
to
be
hinderers
of
the
Word
of
God
to
be
read
and
sincerely
Preached
,
or
of
the
Exeution
of
the
Ecclesiastical
Canons
in
force
,
any
Fautors
of
any
Vsurped
and
Forein
Power-taken
away
by
the
Laws
of
this
Realm
,
any
Defenders
of
Popish
Doctrine
,
they
are
to
be
presented
.
3.
Are
there
any
Disturbers
of
Divine
Service
or
Sermon
,
by
walking
,
talking
,
or
otherwise
?
Are
there
any
that
have
stricken
and
quarrelled
with
any
person
in
your
Church
or
Church-Yard
?
Do
you
Parishioners
,
in
time
of
Divine
Service
and
Sermon
,
behave
themselves
reverently
,
Men
and
Youth
uncovering
their
Heads
?
do
all
kneel
,
stand
up
,
make
Answers
in
time
of
Divine
Service
,
as
is
appointed
in
the
Rubricks
of
the
Common
Prayer
Book
?
Or
are
they
publick
Depravers
of
the
Common
Prayer
,
and
the
Orders
and
Rites
of
the
Church
of
England
?
4.
Do
all
your
Parishioners
resort
diligently
to
Service
and
Sermons
in
the
Church
on
Sundays
?
and
other
days
appointed
to
be
kept
or
Holy-days
?
Do
any
commonly
come
but
to
some
part
,
or
near
,
or
at
the
latter
end
of
Divine
Service
,
or
to
the
Sermon
only
?
Do
they
continue
tipling
and
drinking
during
the
Service
and
Sermon
,
prophanely
neglecting
,
or
despising
the
Duties
of
Religion
?
Or
do
any
separate
from
the
publick
Worship
of
God
in
their
Parish
Church
,
and
frequent
unlawful
Conventicles
?
5.
Do
any
occupy
themselves
in
their
ordinary
labour
,
or
permit
their
Servants
so
to
do
?
do
they
keep
open
their
Shops
,
and
sell
Wares
on
Sundays
,
or
otherwise
prophane
the
said
dayes
,
contrary
to
the
Orders
of
the
Church
of
England
?
Or
do
any
Victuallers
,
Inn-keepers
,
Ale-house-keepers
,
or
others
permit
any
to
lie
tipling
in
their
Houses
on
those
days
?
6.
Are
there
any
in
your
Parish
being
above
sixteen
years
of
Age
,
and
well
instructed
in
Religion
,
who
do
not
receive
the
Sacrament
of
the
Lords
Supper
at
least
thrée
times
in
the
Year
,
of
which
Easter
or
thereabouts
to
be
one
?
Or
is
there
any
who
refuse
it
Knéeling
,
and
from
the
Hand
of
their
own
Minister
,
repairing
for
it
to
other
Parishes
,
and
Ministers
abroad
?
7.
Are
there
any
in
your
Parish
who
keep
their
Children
unbaptized
?
Are
there
any
who
cause
them
to
be
Baptized
privately
,
by
any
whom
your
Minister
doth
not
allow
,
or
after
any
other
Form
and
Manner
than
is
prescribed
by
the
L●turgy
?
Or
any
that
procure
themselves
to
be
Married
privately
,
or
after
any
other
manner
than
the
Church
prescribes
?
Or
any
who
being
admonished
refuse
to
send
their
Children
and
Servants
to
be
Catechised
?
or
any
who
refuse
to
be
Catechised
?
8.
Are
there
any
Women
in
your
Parish
,
who
after
their
delivery
from
Child-birth
,
have
refused
to
make
publick
Thanksgiving
to
God
,
according
as
is
prescribed
in
the
Common
Prayer
Book
?
9.
Do
your
Parishioners
bring
their
Dead
to
be
buried
according
to
the
Order
of
the
Church
?
Or
have
any
been
carried
away
to
some
other
place
to
be
buried
,
without
the
Ministers
leave
?
10.
Are
there
any
who
refuse
to
pay
their
Easter
Offerings
,
and
Ecclesiastical
Duties
accustomed
then
to
be
paid
?
Or
that
refuse
to
pay
the
Rates
assessed
on
them
for
the
repair
of
Your
Church
or
Chappel
,
or
for
the
providing
of
Books
,
Vtensils
,
or
necessary
Ornaments
,
or
defraying
such
Charges
as
are
by
Law
or
Custom
required
?
11.
Are
there
any
in
Your
Parish
Married
within
the
Degrées
prohibited
by
the
Laws
of
God
?
Or
any
that
being
lawfully
Married
and
not
separated
by
course
of
Law
,
do
not
co-habit
together
?
And
do
any
with-hold
the
Stock
of
the
Church
,
or
any
Goods
,
or
Things
given
to
Charitable
Vses
?
Inquiries
concerning
Church
Officers
,
and
other
Persons
.
1.
DOth
any
kéep
a
publick
or
private
School
in
Your
Parish
who
is
not
licensed
by
the
Bishop
of
the
Diocess
?
And
doth
he
breed
his
Scholars
religiously
,
and
teach
them
the
Church
Catechism
?
2.
Have
You
a
Parish
Clerk
of
twenty
Years
of
Age
at
the
least
?
Is
he
of
honest
life
and
conversation
?
Is
he
chosen
by
Your
Minister
:
and
sufficient
for
Reading
and
Singing
?
Is
he
allowed
by
the
Ordinary
?
Are
his
and
the
Sextons
Wages
paid
without
fraud
,
according
to
the
Custom
of
your
Parish
?
or
who
with-holds
them
?
3.
Have
you
any
Physician
,
Chirurgion
,
or
Midwife
that
practise
without
Licence
?
4.
Are
the
Church-Wardens
of
your
Parish
Yearly
chosen
,
according
to
the
Canon
or
Custom
of
the
Parish
?
Have
the
late
Church-Wardens
given
up
a
just
Account
,
delivering
up
to
the
Parishioners
the
Money
remaining
in
their
hands
,
and
other
things
of
right
belonging
to
your
Church
or
Chappel
?
Are
the
Alms
of
the
Church
faithfully
distributed
to
the
use
of
the
Poor
?
If
any
be
faulty
,
present
them
.
5.
If
any
Stranger
come
to
preach
in
Your
Church
on
any
occasion
,
you
must
demand
to
see
his
Licence
to
Preach
,
and
if
he
have
none
,
you
must
inhibit
him
from
Preaching
;
and
if
he
has
a
Licence
,
cause
him
to
subscribe
his
Name
in
Your
Book
,
with
the
Name
of
the
Bishop
who
licensed
him
.
6.
Is
there
provided
against
every
Communion
a
sufficient
quantity
of
fine
white
Bread
,
and
wholesome
Wine
,
according
to
the
number
of
the
Communicants
,
by
the
Advice
of
your
Minister
?
And
is
the
Wine
brought
to
the
Communion
Table
in
a
swéet
standing
Pot
or
Flaggon
?
7.
Do
you
know
,
or
have
you
heard
that
the
Church-Wardens
,
or
Side-men
,
which
were
your
immediate
Predecessors
,
have
refused
or
neglected
to
do
the
duty
of
their
Office
during
their
time
;
and
wherein
are
they
faulty
?
8.
Do
any
persons
trouble
you
for
presenting
any
that
offend
in
the
Premises
,
and
who
they
are
?
FINIS
.