FIRST, whether Com­mon Prayer be said in your Church or Chappell vpon the Sondayes and Holye dayes at conuenient houres reuerently and distinctly in suche order, without anye kinde of alteration, as is ap­poynted by the Booke of Common Prayer, and the Lawes of this Realme? and whether your Minister so tourne himselfe, and stand in such place of your Church or Chauncell, as the people may best heare the same? Whether the Holy Sacramentes be likewise ministred reuerent­ly, in such manner as by the Lawes of this Realme is appoynted? And, whether vpon Wednisdayes and Fridayes, not being Holy dayes, the Letanye and other Prayers appointed for the daye, be sayde accordingly, and the Excommunication against sin­ners, read thrise yearely?

2 Whether you haue in your Church or Chap­pell all thinges necessary and requisite for common prayer and administration of the Sacramentes, spe­cially, the booke of Common Prayer with the new Kalender, two Psalters, the Englishe Bible in the largest volume, the two Tomes of the Homelies, the Paraphrasis of Erasmus translated into En­glish, the Table of the Tenne Commaundementes, the Table for the degrees of Matrimonie, a conue­nient Pulpit well placed: a comely and decent Ta­ble standing on a frame, for the Holy Communion, with a fayre linnen cloth to laye vpon the same, and some coueringe of Silke, Buckerame, or other such like, for the cleane keeping therof, a fayre and come­ly Communion Cup of Siluer and a couer of siluer for the same, a sure Cofer wyth two lockes for the keeping of the Register Booke, and a strong Chest or box for the Almes of the poore?

3 Whether any person or persons bee admitted to aunsweare as Godfathers or Godmothers at the Christening of any Childe, except he or she haue be­fore receiued the Holy Communion, and can geue accompte of their Faith, and will recite the same be­fore the Minister, if he or she be thereunto required?

4 Whether any person or persons, not beinge ordered at the least for a Deacon, do either say Com­mon Prayer openly in your church, solemnize Ma­trimony, or administer the Sacrament of Baptisme, or deliuer to the Communicantes the Lordes Cup, at the celebration of the Holye Communion, or doe burie the deade, or geue Thankes for Women after [Page] their Childbirth, and what he or they be that so doe?

5 Whether your Parson, Vicar, or Farmer of your Benefice, do cause any Curate to serue in your Church before hee be examined and admitted by the Ordinarie, or his Deputie in writing, and your Mi­nister haue his sufficient letter of Orders or no?

6 Whether your Minister or you haue suffred any Interludes to bee played in your Churche or Chappell, where Gods Word and Prayer are to be vsed, or there be any in your Parish that doth violate or breake the Lordes Day by any kinde of worke or pastime whatsoeuer, or any Minstrels that vse anye playinge vpon their Instrumentes in your Churche or Chappell, or your Churchyard, or other that hath made any fray, or vsed any brawlinge or vnseemely noyse there, or any that vse any Dauncinge or other kinde of vayne pastime in the foresaide places at any time, And whether ther be any Dauncing, Rifling, or gameplaying, or any bodily labour, as ploughing, carting, or any handie crafte vsed in your Parish vp­on the solemne Feastes, or Festiuall dayes?

7 Whether the people of your Parish, especially housholders hauing no lawfull excuse to bee absente, do faithfullye and diligentlye endeuor themselues to resort with their children and seruantes to their Pa­rishe Churche or Chappell on the Holy dayes, and chiefly vpon the Sondayes, to Morninge and Eue­ninge Prayer, and vpon reasonable let thereof, to some vsuall place where Common Prayer is vsed, and then and there abide orderlye, and soberlye, du­ring [Page] the time of Common Prayer, Homelies, Prea­chinges, and other Seruice of Gods word there v­sed, reuerently and deuoutly giuinge themselues to the hearing thereof, and who they be that either ne­gligentlye or willfully absente themselues, or come very late to Church vpon the Sondayes especiallye, or that walke, talke, or otherwise vnreuerentlye be­haue themselues in the Church, or vse any gaminge abroade or in anye house, or sitte in the streates or churchyarde, or in anie Tauerne, or Alehouse vpon the Sonday or other Holy day, in the time of Com­mon Prayer, Sermons or reading of the Homilies, either before noone or after noone, or els resorte to Faires, Playes, or games, in the same time?

8 Whether the forfaiture of twelue pence for e­uery suche offence appoynted by a Statute made in the first yeare of the Queenes Maiesties raigne be le­uied, and taken by the Church Wardens of euerye person that offendeth, and by them bee put to the vse of the poore of the Parish, and if it bee not, by whose default it is not leuied, and what particular sommes of mony haue bene forfayted that way, & by whome since the Annuntiatiō of our Lady in the year of our Lord 1581. vntill the day of geuing vp the present­ment concerninge these articles, and to whome such forfaitures haue beene deliuered?

9 Whether there bee anye Innekeepers, Ale­wiues, Vittaylers, or Tiplers that suffer or admit anye person or persons in their houses to eate or drinke, or play at Cards, Tables or such like games in time of Common Prayer or Sermon on Son­dayes [Page] or Holy dayes, and whether there bee anye shoppes open on Sondayes or Holy dayes, or anye Butchers or others that commonly vse to sell meate or other thinges in the tyme of Common Prayer, Preaching, or readinge of the Homilies. And whe­ther in any Faires or common markets falling vpon the Holy dayes, there be any shewing of any wares before the deuine seruice be done.

10 Whether for the putting of the Churchwar­dens and swornemen the better in remembrance of their duetie in obseruing and noting such as offende in not comming to diuine seruice, your Minister doe openly euerie Sonday, after he haue read the second Lesson at Morning and Euening Prayer, monishe and warne the Churchwardens and Swornemen to looke to their charge in this behalfe, and to obserue who contrarie to the saide Statute, offende in absen­ting themselues from their Parish Church, or vnre­uerently as is aforesaide vse themselues in the tyme of diuine seruice?

11 Whether your Minister do exercise himselfe in godlye studie of Holy Scriptures, and vertuous bringing vp of youth, as in teaching of the Catechi­sme lastlye setfoorth by authoritie, and other godlye exercises from time to time?

12 Whether your Minister do at the least euery Sonday and Holy day, openly in the Church cal for, heare and instruct, all the Children, Apprentises and seruantes of both the sexes, that be of conuenient age within your Parish, or at the least so many of them, [Page] as the time will serue, and as he may well heare and instruct, for halfe an houre at the least before, or at the Eueninge Prayer, in the X. Commaundementes, the Articles of the beleefe, and the Lordes Prayer, and diligently examine and teach them the saide Ca­techisme?

13 Whether all Fathers, Mothers, Maisters and Dames of your Parishe, cause their Children, Seruauntes, and Apprentises, both mankinde and womankinde, beinge aboue sixe yeares of age, to come to the Churche on the Sondayes and Holye dayes, at the time to them appoynted, or at the least such and so many of them as your Minister shall ap­point, and obediently to heare and be ordered by the Minister vntill suche tyme as they haue learned the same Catechisme? And what be the names of these that doe not cause their Children, Seruauntes and Apprentises so to come to the Churche to bee instru­cted and examined? And how many of the said Chil­dren, Seruants, and Apprentises be in your Parish, which being aboue seauen yeares olde, doe not aun­sweare to the sayde Catechisme, and what bee their names and age, and wyth whom they dwell? And whether do you which are the Church Wardens di­ligentlye obserue the offenders in the premisses, that you may quarterly make true presentment of them?

14 Whether your Minister, or any man or wo­man in your Parish doe willfully mainetaine or de­fende any Heresie, false opinions, Popishe errours, contrarye to the lawes of Almightie God, and true doctrine, by publike authoritie in thys Realme now [Page] setfoorth? And whether any keepe any [...] se­cret Conuenticles, contrarye to the Lawes, or anye within your Parish be suspected to bee Papistes, A­nabaptistes, Libertines, or of the detestable secte of the Familie of Loue, or of any other notable heresie, and what be their names?

15 Whether, doth your Parson, Vicar, Cu­rate, or Minister keepe any suspected woman in hys house, or bee an incontinent person, geuen to dron­kennes, idlenes, or be a haunter of Tauernes, Ale­houses, or suspected places, or be a Hunter, Hawker, Dicer, Carder, Tabler, Swearer, False dissembler, or otherwise suspected of any notorious crime, or giue any euill example of life?

16 Whether your Churche bee voide of an In­cumbent, how long it hath bene so voide, by whome, and at whose order the fruites are gathered, and be­stowed, by whome and at whose appointmente the cure is serued?

17 Whether your Minister vse to praye for the Quéenes moste excellente Maiestie (Quéene Eliza­beth) in your Church: and whether hee exhorte the people to obedience of her Highnes, and other Ma­gistrates béeing in authoritie vnder her, or no?

18 Whether your Parson or Vicar hath prea­ched or caused to bee preached in your Churche his quarterly or monethly Sermons, as by the Quéenes Iniunctions hee is bounde, and what bée the names of him or them, that so did preache, and whether hée [Page] admitted any to preach, not béeing lawfully licenced, or haue letted or inhibited those that were licenced, and whether if there be no Sermon, your Minister doe reade euery Sonday distinctly and plainely some part of the Homelies appointed by the Quéenes au­thoritie to be read? And whether doth he Quarterly read the Iniunctions?

19 Whether your Parson, Vicar, or Curate, haue publikely, or secreatly taught any doctrine ten­dinge to the discredite of the receiued order, for go­uernemente or publike Prayer, in the Churche, or make anye innouation? and whether they haue per­mitted any man so teaching or making any such in­nouation, who they bée and what bée their names, that so did teach?

20 Whether your Parson, Vicar, or Curate, after the Gospell, haue read openly in your Churche twise this yeare plainely without addition or change the declaration of certain principall Articles of Reli­gion setforth by both the Archbishops & the Bishops of this Realme, for vnitie of doctrine, being appoin­ted to bee read vpon some Sonday within one mo­neth next after Michaelmas and Easter yearely?

21 Whether your Minister hath admitted to the receiuing of the holy Communion any open and no­torious sinner or euill liuer, by whome the Congre­gation is offended, or anye malicious person that is out of charitie, or that hath done any open wrong to his neighbors, by woord or déede, without due pen­nance, first done, or reconciliation had, to the satis­faction [Page] of the congregation?

22 Whether your Minister hath admitted to the holy Communion any of his Parish either man­kinde or womankinde, that cannot say by hart the X. Commaundementes, the Articles of the Faith, and the Lordes Prayer, and that cannot say by hart the Catechisme authorized, or are not diligente to learne, to render a reason of their Faith, and whe­ther he marry any persons which were single before, that cannot say the sayde Cathechisme, and whether he vseth to examine hys Parishners at conueniente times, to the entent he may know whether they can say the same which is required, and whether there be any that do refuse so to be examined or no?

23 Whether there bee any in your Parish man or woman beinge of conueniente age, that hath not receiued, the holy Communion thrise at the least this last yeare, and namely at Easter last or there about, and what their names are? And whether yearelye before Easter or at such conueniente times as your Minister shall thinke méete, and require hys Pari­shioners to recite vnto hym the Catechisme by harte in Englishe, if any doe willfully and stubbernely re­fuse to recite the same, the Church Wardens and Swornemen or any of them doe assiste and aide the Minister therein, that suche stubberne persons maye bee rebuked and repelled, from the Communion at that time?

24 Whether there bee in your Parish any that are known or suspected to be malicious, contentious [Page] or vncharitable persons, anye swearer, or blasphe­mers of the name of God, anye fornicators, adulte­rers, incestuous persons, baudes, or anye that re­ceiue such incontinente persons, or anye that harbor women with child which be vnmaried, conueying or sufferinge them to goe awaye before they haue done anye pennance, or make satisfaction to the Congre­gation, or any persons that are vehemently suspected of any of these or suche like faultes, or that bee not of good name and fame touching such crimes, whether there bee in your Parish any dronkardes, common slaunderers of their neighbors, raylers, skoldes, or sowers of discorde betwene neighbors, either baudes or any other euill or suspected liuers of incontinente life, who they be?

25 Whether the Schoolemasters or Schoolemi­stresses that teach in your Parishe, either openly or priuately in anye gentlemans house or others bée of good and sincere Religion and conuersation, and bée diligent in the teachinge of youth in the Catechisme lastly setfoorth by authoritie, as also in other godlye and necessary documents of learning, whether they bee examined, allowed and licenced to teach by the Ordinary or his deputie, and what bee their names that be not licenced?

26 Whether there be any that be maried in de­grées forbidden, or that haue married two wiues or two husbandes both liuing, or that liue not together with their wiues, and what be their names?

27 Whether there bee anye man or woman in [Page] your Parish that vseth witchcraft, coniuring, south­saying, charmes, or vnlawfull Prayers or inuoca­tions in Latin or English for or vpon any Christian bodie, or beast, and what be their names, or any that do go or séeke for helpe at such sorcerers handes?

28 Whether you doe know, or haue heard say, that within your Parishe there is, or are any person or persons notoriouslye knowen or suspected, to of­fend contrary to the Statute made in the seauen and thirtie yeare of the raigne of King Henrye the eight for reformation of vsurie, and reuiued by an Acte made in the thirtéenth yeare of the raigne of the Quéenes Maiestie?

29 Whether your Minister do Church any vn­married women, after they haue béene deliuered of their children begottē vnlawfully, before they haue acknowledged their faultes openly, according to the order prescribed by the Ordinarie or his deputie?

30 Whether your Fontes or Baptisteries bee remooued from the place where they were wonte to stande, or any persons leauinge the vse of them, doe Christen or Baptize in Basons, or other prophane vessels, not accustomablie vsed in the Church before time? And whether any Christen without Godfa­thers and Godmothers, or after any other order then is prescribed, by the booke of Common Prayer?

31 Whether your Church, Chappel, or Chaun­cell, and euerie parte thereof be all in good and suffi­cient reparations, and cleanely kepte, and the man­sion [Page] house of your Parson and Vicar with the buil­dings thereunto belonginge, likewise repaired, and your Churchyarde well fenced and cleanely kepte, and if any of the same bee ruinous and in decay, tho­row whose default it is so? And whether the Church Wardens of the laste yeare were enioyned to haue repaired any part of the Church or fenced the Church yard and did neglect to do the same?

32 Whether the Church Wardens of the laste yeare haue geuen to the Parish a iust accompt of the Church goodes, that were committed to their charge, and what Church goods they haue sold, and whether to the profite of the Churche or no, or anye that doe withholde anye stocke or money belonginge to the Churche? And whether anye person suppresse the last will of the deade, and perfourme not Legacies bequeathed to the Churche or to Orphanes, poore maides marriages, high wayes, schooles, or any other godly vse?

33 Whether when any christian body is in pas­singe, the Bell be tolled, especially in great Townes where they be néere the Church or Chappell, so that the people maye bee moued thereby to praye for the sicke person, and whether there bee any other vaine ringing but one short peale before the buriall and an other after?

34 Whether your Minister doe kéepe well and orderly your Register booke of Weddinges, Christe­ninges, and Burialles within your Parish, and doe present a copie of them once euerie yeare, by Inden­ture [Page] to the Ordinarie or his Officers?

35 Whether there bee within your Parish any euill disposed persons whiche haue by anye meanes vnreuerently abused your Minister, either by worde or déede?

36 Whether there bée any within your Parish, that haue béene presented as offenders heretofore, which haue not done their pennance prescribed vnto them, or that stand willfullie excommunicated, and who they be?

37 Whether you know or haue heard that the Church Wardens and Sworne men of your Pa­rish the last yeare haue left any person or persons pu­nishable for any offence by the Lawes Ecclesiastical vnpresented, whereby they haue escaped vnrefor­med, and by whose default, and what are the parties names that haue so offended, and wherein haue they offended?

38 Finally, whether you know or vnderstand of any other matter or cause Ecclesiasticall woorthy of presentmente, herein not expressed, and you shall present the same?