47. Item, Whether they do not omit Prime and Hours, when they have any sermon or homily.

48. Item, Whether they have said or sung any mass, in any oratory, chapel, or any man's house, not being hallowed.

49. Item, Whether they have given open monition to their parishioners that they should not wear beads, nor pray upon them.

50. Item, Whether they have moved their parishioners, lying upon their death-beds, or at any other time, to bestow any part of their substance upon trentals, masses satisfactory, or any such blind devotions.

51. Item, Whether they take any trentals or other masses satisfactory to say or sing for the quick or the dead.

52. Item, Whether they have given open monition to their parishioners to detect and present to their ordinary all adulterers and fornicators, and such men as have two wives living, and such women as have two husbands living, within their parishes.

53. Item, Whether they have not monished their parishioners openly, that they should not sell, give, nor otherwise alienate any of their churches' goods.

54. Item, Whether they or any of them do keep more benefices, and other ecclesiastical promotions than they ought to do, not having sufficient license and dispensations thereunto, and how many they be, and their names.

55. Item, Whether they minister the communion any other ways than only after such form and manner as is set forth by the King's Majesty in the Book of the Communion.

56. Item, Whether they hallowed and delivered to the people any candles upon Candlemas-day, and ashes upon Ash-Wednesday, or any palms upon Palm-Sunday last past.

57. Item, Whether they had upon Good-Friday last past, the sepulchres with their lights, having the sacrament therein.

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58. Item, Whether they upon Easter-even last past lowed the font, fire, or Paschal, or had any Paschal set up, or burning in their churches.

59. Item, Whether your parsons and vicars have admitted any curates to serve their cures, which were not first examined and allowed either by my Lord of Canterbury, Master Archdeacon, or their officers.

60. Item, Whether you know any person within your parish or elsewhere, that is a letter of the word of God to be read in English or sincerely preached, or of the execution of the King's Majesty's Injunctions, or other his Majesty's proceedings in matters of religion.

61. Item, Whether every parish have provided a chest with two locks and keys for the book of wedding, christening, and burying.

62. Item, Whether in the time of the Litany or any other common prayer, in the time of the sermon or homily, and when the priest readeth the Scripture to the parishioners, any person have departed out of the church without a just and necessary cause.

63. Item, Whether any bells have been knolled or rung at the time of the premises.

64. Item, Whether any person hath abused the ceremonies, as in casting holy water upon his bed, or bearing about him holy bread, St. John's Gospel, ringing of holy bells, or keeping of private holy days, as tailors, bakers, brewers, smiths, shoemakers, and such other.

65. Item, Whether the money coming and rising of any cattle, or other moveable stocks of the Church, and money given or bequeathed to the finding of torches, lights, tapers, or lamps, (not paid out of any lands,) have not been employed to the poor men's chest.

66. Item, Who hath the said stocks and money in their hands, and what be their names.

67. Item, Whether any undiscreet persons do uncharitably contemn and abuse priests and ministers of the Church.

68. Item, Whether they that understand not the Latin do pray upon any Primer but the English Primer, set forth by the King's Majesty's authority; and whether they that understand Latin do use any other than the Latin Primer, set forth by like authority.

69. Item, Whether there be any other grammar taught in any other school within this diocese, than that which is set forth by the King's Majesty.

70. Item, Whether any person keep their church holyday and the dedication day, any otherwise, or at any other time, than is appointed by the King's Majesty.

71. Item, Whether the service in the church be done at due and convenient hours.

72. Item, Whether any have used to commune, jangle, and talk in the church, in the time of the common prayer, reading of the homily, preaching, reading or declaring of the Scripture.

73. Item, Whether any have wilfully maintained and defended any heresies, errors, or false opinions, contrary to the faith of Christ, and holy Scripture.

74. Item, Whether any be common drunkards, swearers, or blasphemers of the name of God.

75. Item, Whether any have committed adultery, fornication, or incest, or be common bawds, and receivers of such evil persons, or vehemently suspected of any of the premises.

76. Item, Whether any be brawlers, slanderers, chiders, scolders, and sowers of discord between one person and an

other.

77. Item, Whether you know any that use charms, sorcery, enchantments, witchcraft, soothsaying, or any like craft invented by the Devil.

78. Item, Whether the churches, pulpits, and other necessaries appertaining to the same, be sufficiently repaired. 79. Item, Whether you know any, that in contempt of their own parish church, do resort to any other church.

80. Item, Whether any inn-holders or alehouse-keepers do use commonly to sell meat and drink in the time of common prayer, preaching, or reading of the homilies or Scripture.

81. Item, Whether you know any to be married within the degrees prohibited by the laws of God, or that be separated or divorced without a just cause allowed by the law of God, and whether any such have married again.

82. Item, Whether you know any to have made privy contracts of matrimony, not calling two or more thereunto.

83. Item, Whether they have married solemnly, the banns not first lawfully asked.

84. Item, Whether you know any executors or administrators of dead men's goods which do not bestow such of the said goods as were given and bequeathed, or appointed to be distributed among the poor people, repairing of highways, finding of poor scholars, or marrying of poor maids, or such other like charitable deeds.

85. Item, Whether any do contemn married priests, and for that they be married, will not receive the communion or other sacraments at their hands.

86. Item, Whether you know any that keep in their houses undefaced any abused or feigned images, any tables, pictures, paintings, or other monuments of feigned miracles, pilgrimages, idolatry, or superstition.

[Articles of Inquiry at the Visitation of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury, 1550."]

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1550, 10 Septembris, Visitation in the Chapter-house by my Lord Archbishop, and Articles there ministered to be answered unto.

1. Whether any of this church is a privy or an apert 7044. page setter forth of the Bishop of Rome his authority, or is a 284. Copy by Baker maintainer of heresy, superstition, idolatry, or any thing refrom Bp. Gunning's pugnant or derogatory to the holy Scripture, or the King's Majesty's proceedings in matters of religion.

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2. Item, Whether any of this church do keep or observe, diligently and inviolably, without colour or fraud, the Book called the Common Prayer, according to the rules of the same, and the Statute of Parliament authorizing the same Book, and whether you use any other ceremonies at the communion or other divine service, than is mentioned or allowed in the same Book.

3. Item, Whether any inhabiter within my diocese of Canterbury have been admitted to the communion within this church, except such as be of the same churchb.

4. Item, Whether the sermons by foundation or statutes of this church or otherwise lawfully assigned, have been made by the Dean, Prebendaries, or Preachers of the same, at the times and places appointed therefore.

5. Item, Whether any Prebendary, Petty-canon, or Vicar of this church is beneficed beside the same, how many every

[These Articles and the Injunctions which follow, though found in different collections, manifestly belong to the same Visitation. The Articles were issued on the 10th of Sept. 1550. On the receipt of the answers to them, the Injunctions were given on the 29th of the ensuing October.

The chronological order has in this instance been departed from for the sake of keeping together documents of the same character. If it had been followed strictly, these two papers would have been placed after the work on the Lord's Supper.]

b [See the sixth Injunction below, p. 201.]