Tit . I. Concerning Churches , Chappels , with the Ornaments and Furniture thereunto belonging .

1. IS your Parish Church or Chappel in good and sufficient repair , both for the Roof , Can . 85. Windows , Floor , and Seats ?

2. Hath any part of your Church , Chappel , or Steeple been demolished or pulled down ? what part , and how long since ? or any of the Lead , Timber or Bells thereunto formerly belonging , any way imbezelled or sold , and by whom ?

3. Is there a decent Font of stone with a cover ? and doth the same stand at or near the nether end of your Church , Can . 81. in such manner as anciently and usually Fonts have stood for the Baptizing of Children ? Doth the Minister Baptize publickly onely in the Font ? Is there a decent Communion-table in your Chancel , 82 with a decent Carpet , and another Covering of white Linen , to be spread thereon at the time of the Administration of the Lords Supper ? and have you a fair Chalice or Communion-cup , with a Cover , and one or more Flagons ? 20 have they been profaned by common use ?

4. 82 Have you a convenient Seat or Pew wherein to read Divine Service ; 83 a Pulpit with a decent Cloth or Cushion ; a large Bible of the last Translation , 80 and a Book of Common-prayer lately published , Stat. Anno 1662. the Book of Homilies set forth by Authority ; and a Printed Table of the degrees wherein Marriages are prohibited , 99 and a Book of Canons and Constitutions Ecclesiastical ; and a decent Surplice and Hood ? 58

5. 87 Have you a Register-book in Parchment of Christenings , Burials , 70 and Marriages ? and is the same kept in all points according to the ancient use ?

6. 52 Have you a Book of Paper , to Record the Names and Licenses of such Strangers as are admitted to Preach in your Church or Chappel ? and do such Strangers subscribe their Names ? As also a third Book for the Church-wardens accounts ? as also a Chest with Locks and Keys , 70 wherein to keep the said Books , and the aforementioned Furniture ?

Tit . II . Concerning the Church-yard , the Houses , Glebes and Tythes belonging to the Church .

1. IS your Church-yard sufficiently Fenced , and decently kept ? Hath any person encroached upon the same , or made any Door into it ? and how long since ?

2. Is the house of your Parson , Vicar , or Curate , and the Outhouses in good repair ? have any of them been defaced or pulled down without license ? have there been any Encroachments made upon the same , or any of the ancient marks or bounds removed or changed ? and by whom ?

3. Have you a true and perfect Terrier of all the Glebe-lands , Gardens , Orchards , Tenements or Cottages belonging to your Parsonage or Vicarage ? C. 87. As also a Note of such Pensions , Ratetythes , and portions of Tythes , or other yearly profits ( either within or without your Parish ) as belong thereunto ? Have any of the same been withheld from your Minister ? and by whom , as you know , or have heard ?

Tit . III . Concerning Ministers .

1. IS your Minister a Priest or Deacon , Episcopally Ordained , according to the Laws of the Church of England ?

2. Hath he been legally instituted and inducted into his Benefice ? And did he within two moneths after his induction , publickly in the Church upon some Sunday or Holiday , in the time of Divine Service , read the 39 Articles of the Church of England , established by Authority , and there publickly declare his assent thereunto ?

3. Is he resident among you ? how many weeks hath he been absent from you without urgent necessity ?

4. H●th your Minister a Curate ? Is he in holy Orders , and conformable to the Laws of the Church ? Can . 47. Is he allowed by the Ordinary ?

5. Doth your Parson , 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 established , and the Act of Uniformity published therewith ? 14 without either diminishing in regard of Preaching or in any other respect , or adding any thing in the matter or form .

6. Doth your Minister at the Reading Divine Service , 58 wear a Surplice and Hood ?

7. Doth he observe the Holy-days and Fasting-days , the Ember-weeks , and the yearly Preambulation in Rogation week , as is appointed by the Rubrick .

8. Is your Minister licensed to Preach ? if so , 45 , 56 , 47. doth he constantly ( not having a reasonable impediment ) Preach one Sermon in your Church or Chappel every Sunday ? or if he be not licensed , or be hindred , doth he procure one to supply his Office by Preaching or Reading one of the Homilies ?

9. Can . 59. Doth your Minister instruct the youth in your Parish in the Church Catechism , Rubr . before Confirm . and prepare and present them to be confirmed by the Bishop ?

10. 67 Doth he neglect or delay to visit the Sick , or to Baptize any Infant that is in danger of death ? 69 Doth he Baptize any without Godfathers and Godmothers , or admit either of the Parents to be Godfather or Godmother to their own Children ?

11. 62 Hath your Minister Married any persons without publishing the Banns on three Sundays or Holy-days , or hath he Married any in private houses , or not between the hours of Eight and Twelve in the morning , unless he had a License or Dispensation so to do ?

12. 72 Hath your Minister taken upon him to appoint any publick or private Fasts , Prophesyings or Exercises not appointed by Authority ? 73 Or doth he , or any other , either Minister or Lay-person hold any Conventicles or Meetings in private houses within your Parish , for people of several Families to resort unto , under the pretence of Preaching , Praying , Thanksgiving or Humiliation , contrary to the Laws and Canons in that case provided ?

13. 75 Is your Parson , Vicar , Curate or Lecturer , a man of a sober life and conversation ? or is his carriage in any kinde disorderly or scandalous , and unbeseeming a Minister ?

Tit . IV . Concerning the Parishioners .

1. IS there any in your Parish that make profession of any other Religion , then what is established in the Church of England ? And that refuse to come unto the publick Assemblies , Act for Uniformity 1 Q Eliz . C. 109. Prayers , or Service of the Church ? If there be any , what are their Names ?

2. Is there any person in your Parish , that lieth under a Common fame , or suspicion of Adultery , Fornication , or Incest ? Are there any common Drunkards within your Parish , or common Swearers , or Blasphemers of Gods Name , or any that are noted to be Railers , unclean or filthy Talkers , or sowers of Sedition , Faction and Discord amongst their Neighbours ?

3. Do any of your Parish upon Sundays or Holy-days follow their bodily and ordinary labour , or permit their Servants so to do ? Are any Shops kept open , or Wares sold ? or do any Vintners , Innkeepers , or other Victuallers and sellers of Beer or Ale , suffer any persons to Tipple or Game in their houses upon those days ?

4. Can . 13. Doth every person in your Parish duly resort to your Church or Chappel upon Sundays and Holy-days , and as well during Divine Service , as Preaching the Word of God , 18 Rubr . demean themselves reverently , uncovering their Heads , kneeling at Prayers , standing up when the Creed and Gospel are read ?

5. Rubr . of Bapt . Is there any in your Parish that refuse to send their Infant-children to be Baptized in the Church , unless in case of urgent danger ? or do they send them to be Baptized in other Parishes ? 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 persons as yet unbaptized ?

6. Is there any person in your Parish of 16 years of age who doth not receive the Sacrament three times in the year , 112 Rubr . after Commun . 27 , 28. of which Easter is always to be one ? Doth any refuse to receive it kneeling , or resort to other Parishes ? or do any Strangers come to your Parish-Church to receive it ?

7. 65 Are there any in your Parish that be denounced and declared Excommunicate for any crime committed ? How long have they been so Excommunicated ? and do any of your Parish keep society with them before they be reconciled to the Church , and absolved ?

8. Are there any living in your Parish , Exprest in a table set forth by Authority . Anno Dom . 1563. who have been unlawfully Married , contrary to the Laws of God ? or any that being lawfully Divorced have Married again ? or any that being lawfully Married , and not Separated or Divorced by course of Law , do not cohabit together ? 99 107

9. Are there any married women in your Parish , who after their delivery from the peril of Child-birth , refuse to make their publick thanksgiving to God in the Church ? And when they come so to do , do they come decently apparelled , and make their offerings according to custom ?

10. Rubr . Can . 85. Are there any that refuse to pay their duty for Easter offerings , or refuse to contribute to the Rates made for the repair of your Church or Chappel , or any thing thereunto belonging ?

11. Rubr . b . Do any refuse to bury their dead according to the Rites of the Church of England ? and are there any Wills or Testaments of persons dead in your Parish , that be yet unproved ? or any Goods administred without a due grant from the Ordinary ? did any dying in your Parish , or elsewhere , leave any Legacy to your Church or Chappel , or to the use of the Poor , or to any other pious and charitable purposes ? What were those Legacies , and how have they been bestowed ?

12. Is there any Strife and Contention among any of your Parish 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 ?

13. Can . 59. Do all , and every housholder of your Parish , Fathers , Masters , Mothers , and Mistresses , cause their children , servants and apprentices , which have not learn'd their Catechism , to come unto Church on Sundays and Holy-days in the afternoon , obediently to hear , and to be ordered by the Minister till they have learned the same ?

Tit . V. Concerning Parish-Clerks , and Sextons .

1. Can . 91. HAve you belonging to your Church or Chappel a Parish-Clerk , aged 21 years at the least ? Is he of honest life and conversation ? and sufficient or able to perform his duty in Reading , Writing and Singing ? Is he chosen by your Minister , and doth he duly attend him in all Divine Services at the Church ? are his wages duly paid unto him ? or who withholdeth the same from him ?

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 person is passing out of this life , doth he upon notice , toll a Bell , that the neighbours may thereby be warned to recommend the dying person to the grace and favour of God ?

Tit . VI . Concerning School-masters , Schools , Physicians , Chirurgeons and Midwives .

1. Can . 77.79 . DOth any man keep a publick or private School in your Parish , who is not allowed thereunto by his Ordinary ? doth he teach his Scholars the Catechism of Religion set forth by Authority ? doth he cause his Scholars upon Sundays and Holy-days orderly to repair to your Church or Chappel , and see that they behave themselves quietly and reverently during the time of Divine Service and Sermon ?

2. Doth any in your Parish practise Physick or Chirurgery ? or any woman take upon her to exercise the office of Midwife , without licence from the Ordinary ?

Tit . VII . Concerning Church-wardens and Side-men .

1. Can . 89. ARe the Church-wardens of your Parish yearly and duly chosen by the joynt consent of your Minister and Parishioners ? or one of them by your Minister , and the other by the Parishioners ?

2. Have the former and last Church-wardens given up their accounts to the Parish , and delivered up to the succeeding Churchwardens the moneys remaining in their hands , together with all other things belonging to your Church or Chappel ?

3. You are further to understand , That according to your Office , you are to provide against every Communion appointed in your Church or Chappel , a sufficient quantity of fine white Bread , and of good Wine , according to the number of Communicants .

YOu also are to exhibit a Bill of Presentments to this Court , Rubr . at Commun . of all and every the Offenders in any of the matters mentioned in the precedent Articles , and therein to take the assistance of your Minister .