ARTICLES to be inquired of, within the Province of Canterbury, in the Metropolitical visitation of the most reverend Father in God, Edmonde Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan.  
In the xviij. year of the reign of our most gracious sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God, Queen of England, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, etc.  
¶ Imprinted at London by William Seres.  
Anno. 1577.   

Articles to be inquired of, within the Province of Canterbury. etc.  
whether Common prayer be song or said, by your Person, vicar, or Curate in your several church or chapels distinctly and reverently, and in such order as it is set forth by the laws of this Realm, without any kind of alteration, and at due and convenient hours? and whether your Minister so turn himself, & stand in such place of your Church or Chancel, as the people may best hear the same? And whether the holy Sacraments be likewise ministered reverently in such manner, as by the laws of the Realm is appointed? and whether upon Wednesdays, and Fridays, not being holidays, the Litany and other prayers appointed for the day, be said accordingly?  
2 Whether you have in your parish Churches and Chapels, all things necessary and requisite for common prayer, and administration of the Sacraments, specially the Book of common prayer with the new Calendar, a Psalter, the English Bible in the largest volume, the two Tomes of the Homilies, the Paraphrases of Erasmus transllated into English, the table of the ten commandments, a convenient Pulpit well placed, a comely and decent table, standing on a frame, for the holy Communion, with a fair linen cloth to lay upon the same, and some covering of Silk, Buckram, or other such like, for the clean keeping thereof, a fair and comely Communion cup of silver, and a cover of silver for the same, which may serve also for the ministration of the communion bread, a decent large surplice with sleeves, a sure coffer with two locks and keys for the keeping of the Register book, & a strong chest or box for the almose of the poor, with three locks and keys to the same, and all other things necessary in and to the premises?  
3 Whether the form of commination against sinners, with certain prayers following the same, set forth in the latter end of the book of common prayer, to be used at divers times in the year, be by your Minister plainly and distinctly read in your Church or Chapel unto the people, between the Litany, and the commemoration or ministration of the holy communion, three times at the lest in the year, that is to say for order sake, yearly upon one of the three sundays next before Easter for the first time, upon one of the two Sundays next before the feast of Pentecost for the second time. And for the third time, upon one of the two sundays next before the feast of the birth of our Lord, over and beside the accustomed reading thereof upon the first day of Lent?  
4 Whether in your churches and chapels, all Altars be utterly taken down and clean removed, even unto the foundation, and the place where they stood, paved, and the wall whereunto they joined, whited over, and made uniform with the rest, so as no breach or rapture appear? And whether your Roodloftes be taken down, and altered so, that the upper parts thereof with the cellar or fit be quite taken down unto the cross beam, and that the said beam have some convenient crest put upon the same?  
5 Whether your Churches and Chapels with the Chancels thereof be well and sufficiently repaired, and kept without abuse of any thing? And whether your churchyards be well fenced and cleanly kept? And if any part thereof be in decay, through whose default it is so?  
6 Whether all and every Antiphoners, Mass books, Grailes, Portesses, Processionals, Manuals, Legendaries, and all other books of late belonging to your Church or Chapel, which served for the superstitious Latin service, be utterly defaced, rend, and abolished, and if they be not, through whose default that is, and in whose keeping they remain? And whither all Uestments, Albes, Tunicles, Stoles, Phanons, Pixes, Paxes, Handbelles, Sacringbelles, Censers, Crizmatories, Crosses, Candlesticks, Holy water stocks, Images, and such other relics and monuments of superstition and Idolatry be utterly defaced, broken, and destroyed? And if not, where, and in whose custody they remain?  
7 Whether your person, vicar, curate, or minister, do wear any cope in your Parish church or chapel, or minister the holy Communion in any Chalice heretofore used at Mass, or in any profane Cup or glass, or use at the ministration thereof any gestures, rites, or ceremonies, not appointed by the book of Common prayer, as crossing or breathing over the sacramental bread, and wine, or showing the same to the people to be worshipped and adored, or any such like, or use any Oil and Chrizme, Tapers, spittle, or any other Popish ceremony in the ministration of the Sacrament of Baptism?  
8 Whither any holidays or fasting days heretofore abrogated, or not appointed to be used as holy days, or fasting days by the new Calendar of the book of Common prayer, be either proclaimed and bidden by your Person, vicar, or Curate, or be superstitiously observed by any of your parish, and what be their names that so do observe the same? and whether there be any ringing or tolling of Bells to call the people together used in any of those days, more or otherwise, than commonly is used upon other days that be kept as workedayes?  
9 Whether, when any man or woman is in passing out of this life, the Bell be tolled, to move the people to pray for the sick person, especially in all places, where the sick person dwelleth near unto the Church? and whether after the time of his or her passing out of this world, there be any more ringing but one short peal before the burial, and another short peal after the burial, without any other superfluous or superstitious ringing? and whether on all Saint's day after Evening prayer, there be any ringing at all, or any other superstitious ceremony used, tending to the maintenance of Popish purgatory, or of prayer for the dead, and who they be that use the same? And whether there be any ringing or knolling of bells on Sunday or holidays, between morning prayer and the Litany, or in any time of the common prayer, reading of the Homilies, or of preaching, except one bell in convenient time to be rung or tolled before the Sermon, or any other ringing used upon Saints eves or festival days, saving to common prayer, and that without excess, and who doth ring or knoll otherwise?  
10 Whether your Person, or vicar, have preached, or cause to be duly preached in your Church, his quarterly or monthly Sermons, as by the Queen's Injunctions he is bound, and what be the names of such as have preached for him? and whether he hath admitted any man to preach, not having sufficient licence, or hath inhibited or letted any from preaching, having sufficient licence?  
11 Whether any person or persons, not being ordered at the lest for a Deacon, or licensed by the Ordinary, do say common prayer openly in your Church or Chapel, or any not being at the jest a Deacon, do solemnize matrimony, or administer the Sacrament of Baptism, or deliver unto the Communicants the Lords Cup, at the celebration of the holy Communion, and what he or they be, that so do? And whether the Person, vicar, or Fermer of your benefice, do cause, or suffer any Curate or Minister to serve your Church, before he be examined and admitted, by the Ordinary, or his Deputy in writing, and do show his licence to the Churchwardens? and whether any Curate do serve two Cures at one time, without the special licence of the Ordinary, or his Deputy in that behalf, in writing first had?  
12 Whether your Person, vicar, or Curate, do every sunday when there is no sermon, read distinctly and plainly some part of the Homilies prescribed and set forth by the Queen's authority to be read, and every holiday, when there is no sermon, immediately after the Gospel, openly, plainly, and distinctly recite to his parishioners, the lords prayer, the Articles of the faith and the ten Commandments in English? and whether any Minister not admitted by the Ordinary, or by other lawful authority, do expound any scripture, or matter of doctrine, by the way of exhortation, or otherwise, and thereby omit and leave of the reading of the Homilies?  
Whether your Person vicar, or Curate do every Sunday and holiday openly in the Church, call for, hear and instruct all the Children, Aprentises, and servants of both sexes, that be of convenient age within your parish, or at the lest so many of them by course, as the time will serve, and as he may well hear and instruct for half an hour at the lest, before or at the evening prayer, in the ten Commandments, the Articles of the belief, and the lords prayer, and diligently examine and teach them the Catechism, as it is now allowed, and set forth? And whether for that purpose, he doth take the names of them all, and by course call certain of them by name every sunday and holiday, to come to the teaching of the same Catechism?  
14 Whether all fathers and mothers, masters, and dames of your parish, cause their children, servants, and apprentices, both mankind and womankind being above seven years of age, and under twenty, which have not learned the Catechism, to come to the Church on Sundays and holidays, at the times appointed, or at the lest such and so many of them, as your Minister shall appoint, and there diligently and obediently to hear and to be ordered by the Minister, until such time as they have learned the same Catechism, and what be the names of those that do not 'cause their children, servants, and apprentices, so to come to the Church, to be instructed and examined, and how many of the said children, servants, and apprentices be in your parish, which being above seven years old, and under twenty years of age, can not say by heart the said Catechism, and what be their names and age, and with whom they devil?  
15 Whether your Person, vicar, Curate, or other Minister in your Church or Chapel, hath admitted to the receiving of the holy Communion, any open and notorious fornicator, adulterer, or evil liver, by whom the congregation is offended, without due penance first done, to the satisfaction of the congregation, or any malicious person that is notoriously known to be out of charity, or that hath done any open wrong to his neighbour by word or deed, without due reconciliation first made to the party that is wronged?  
16 Whether your Person, vicar, Curate, or Minister, hath admitted to the holy Communion any of his Parish being above twenty years of age, either mankind or womankind, that can not say by heart the ten Commandments, the Articles of the faith, and the lords prayer in English, and what be the names of such as cannot say the same, or being above fourteen years, and under twenty years of age, that cannot say the Catechism, allowed and set forth in the said book of Common prayer? And whether he marry any persons which were single before that cannot say the Catechism? And whether he useth to examine his parishioners at convenient times before he administer unto them, & namely before Easter yearly, to the intent he may know, whether they can say by heart the same, which is required in this behalf, or no?  
17 Whether your Priests and Ministers be peacemakers, and no brawlers, or fowers of discord, and exhort their parishioners to obedience towards their Prince, and all other, that be authority, and to charity and mutual love among themselves? whether they be diligent in visiting the sick, and comforting them, and do move them earnestly, especially when they make their Testaments, to consider the necessity of the poor, and to give to their box or chest their charitable devotion and almose.  
18 Whether they neglect the study of the holy Scriptures and of the word of God? and whether such of them as be under the degree of a master of Art, have of their own, at the lest the new Testament both in English and Latin? and whether they do every day with good advisement confer one Chapter of the Latin and English together at the lest? And whether they have given due account thereof, and to whom?  
19 Whether any of your persons, vicar's, curates, or ministers be favourers of the romish or foreign power, letters of true religion, preachers of corrupt and Popish doctrine, or maintainers of sectaries, or do set forth and extol vain and superstitious religion, or be maintainers of the unlearned people, in ignorance and error, encouraging or moving them rather to pray in an unknown tongue, than in English, or to put their trust in a certain number of prayers, as in saying over a number of beads, Lady Psalcers, or other like?  
20 Whether any do preach, declare, or speak any thing in derogation of the book of common prayer, which is set forth by the laws of this Realm, dispraising the same, or any thing therein contained?  
21 Whether your Person, vicar, or Curate, hath or doth maintain any doctrine contrary or repugnant to any of the Articles agreed upon by the Clergy in the Convocation holden at London Anno. domini .1562. for the avoiding of diversities of opinions, & for establishment of consent touching true religion, set forth by the Queen's authority? & whether any having been admitted to his benefice since the thirteenth year of the Queen's reign, hath no within two months after his induction, publicly red the said Articles in your Church in the time of Common prayer there with a declaration of his unfeigned assent thereunto?  
22 Whether your person, vicar, curate, minister, or reader, do church any unmarried woman, which hath been gotten with child out of lawful marriage, & say for her the form of thanksgiving of woman after childbirth, except such an unmarried woman have either before her childbirth, done due penance for her fault to the satisfaction of the congregation, or at her coming to give thanks do openly acknowledge her fault before the congregation at the appointment of the minister, according to the order prescribed to the said Minister, by the Ordinary or his Deputy, the same churching to be had always on some Sunday or holiday, and upon none other day?  
23 Whether any of your persons, Vicars, Curates, or Ministers, or any other Priest, or any lay man or woman, do wilfully maintain, or defend any heresies, false opinions, or popish errors, contrary to the laws of almighty God, and true doctrine, by public authority in this realm now set forth, and what be their names? And whether any keep any secret conventicles, preachings, lectures, or readings contrary to the law? and what be their names?  
24 Whether there be any in your parish that openly or privately say Mass, or hear Mass, or any other kind of service or prayer, than is set forth by the laws of this Realm?  
25 Whether any popish Priests, either going as Priests, or disguised in other apparel, or altering their names for any cause, or any other, or rumiagate persons, mislikers, or depravers of true religion, that do not minister or frequent common prayer now used, nor communicate at times appointed by the law, do resort secretly or openly into your parish, and to whom, and of whom be they received, harboured, and relieved, and what be their names and surnames, or by what names are they called?  
26 Whether your Persons and vicars, be resident and devil continually upon their benefices, doing their duties in preaching, reading, and ministering the Sacraments? and whether they keep Hospitality, according as their livings will extend? And whether their houses and chancels be well repaired and upholden?  
27 Whether they or any of them have more benefices than one, how many, and in what countries they be, and what be the names thereof?  
28 Whether they, when they be absent from their benefices, do leave their cures to a rude and unlearned person, and not to an honest, and well learned expert Curate, which can and will teach the people wholesome doctrine? and whether in their absence they do procure learned men to preach in their churches and cures, at lest one sermon every quarter of a year?  
29 Whether such persons and vicar's as be not resident, neither keep hospitality, do relieve their poor parishioners, and what give they yearly to them, and if they be not resident, and may dispend yearly twenty pounds or above, either in this diocese, or elsewhere? whether do they distribute every year among their poor parishioners, at the lest the fortieth part of the fruits of their benefices, where they be not resident?  
30 Whether your persons, vicar's, curates, & Ministers, keep well their registers of all Weddings, Buryings, and christenings within your parish, and do present a copy of them once every year, by Indenture to the Ordinary, or his officers▪ and whether they read the Queen's majesties Injunctions every quarter of the year once, or no?  
31 Whether they▪ or any of them, keep any suspected women in their houses, or be incontinent persons, given to drunkenness, idleness, or be haunters of Taverns, Alehouses, or suspected places: or be hunters, haukers, dicers, carders, tablers, swearers or otherwise suspected of any notorious crime, or give any evil example of life? and whether they (as they aught to do) occupy themselves in the reading, or hearing of some part of the holy scripture, or other good Author, or in some other godly or laudable exercise, meet for their vocation?  
32 Whether they, or any of them, do keep or suffer to be kept in their parsonage or vicarage houses, any Alehouses, Tippling houses, or taverns, or do cell Ale, Bear, Wine, or any victual?  
33 Whether your persons or vicar's have bought▪ their benefices, or come to them by Simony; fraud, or deceit, or by any colourable pact, or other unlawful mean whatsoever, or be vehemently suspected or defamed thereof? And whether they keep in their own hands, or have demised, and let to farm their personages, and Uicarages, or their Glebe land, or Tithes, or any part thereof? and whether any such lease be made for the performance of any simonical part, made directly or indirectly, between the Incumbent and the Patron, or between the Incumbent and any other person, for the presenting of the same Incumbent to that benefice?  
34 Whether any minister or priest presented to any benefice in this Diocese hath covenanted, promised, or practised to or with the Patron thereof or any other person or persons that had the advousion or gift of the same benefice, or with any other person or persons on his or their behalf, to give to him or his friend, any sum of ready money, for presenting him to the same, or have offered by promise or bond any lease, either of the whole benefice, limiting the rent far under the just value, or of the mansion house, Glebe lands, or any portion of the tithes, and fruits of the same benefice, receiving little or nothing therefore, or suffering the patron or any other person that presented him, to have his own tithes within the benefice free unto himself, or else have granted some yearly pension or other yearly commodity, to him, his child, servant or friend for preferring him to the same benefice, or otherwise have suffered him to make a gain by any colour, deceit, or Simoniacal part in bestowing the said benefice?  
35 Whether the Church of your parish be now vacant or destitute of an Incumbent, or not, and if it be, how long it hath been so, and who is the Patron? and whether he suffereth the benefice to lie vacant, and occupieth the glebe land, and taketh the tithes and other fruits to himself, during the time of the vacation: or who also occupieth and taketh the same?  
36 Whether there be any lay or temporal man, not being with in orders, or any child that hath, or enjoyeth any benefice or spiritual promotion?  
37 Whether any priest or minister be come into this Diocese, out of any other Diocese, to serve any cure here, without letters testimonial of the Ordinary, from whence he came, under his authentic seal and hand, to testify the cause of his departing from thence and of his behaviour there  
38 Whether for the retaining of the perambulation of the circuit of your parish, the person, vicar, or curate, churchwardens and certain of the substantial men of the parish, in the days of the Rogations, commonly called the gang days, walk the accustomed bounds of your parish, and whether in the same perambulation and going about, the curate do use any other rite or ceremony, than to say or sing in English, the two Psalms beginning Benedic anima mea domino, that is to say, the Ciii. psalm, and the Ciiii psalm, and such sentences of Scripture, as be appointed by the Queen's majesties Injunctions, with the Litany and suffrages following the same, and reading one Homely already devised and set forth for that purpose, without wearing any surplice, carrying of banners, or handbelles, or staying at Crosses or any such like popish ceremonies.  
39 Whether the parish clerk be appointed according to the ancient custom of the parish? and whether he be not obedient to to the person, vicar, or curate, specially in the time of celebration of divine service, or of the sacraments, or in any preparation thereunto? And whether he be able and ready to read the first lesson, the Epistle, and the Psalms, with answer to the suffrages as is used? and whether he keep not the books, and ornaments of the Church fair and clean, and 'cause the Church and Queer, the Communion Table, the Pulpit and the font to be made decent and clean, against service time, the communion sermon, and baptism?  
40 Whether there be any man or woman in your parish that resorteth to any popish Priest for shrift or auricular confession, or any that within three years now last passed, hath been reconciled unto the Pope, or to the Church of Rome, or any that is reputed or suspected so to be? and whether there be any that refuse to come to the Church to hear divine service, or to communicate according to the order now established by public authority, and what be their names?  
41 Whether there be any person, or persons, ecclesiastical or temporal within your Parish, or elsewhere, within the Diocese, that of Late have retained, or kept in their custody, or that read, cell, utter, disperse, carry, or deliver to others any english books, set forth of late years at Louvain, or in any other place beyond the seas, by Harding, Dorman, Allen, Saunders, Stapleton, Martial, Brystowe, or any of them, or by any other English papist, either against the Queen's majesties supremacy in matters ecclesiastical, or against true religion, and catholic doctrine now received, and established by common authority within this Realm, and what their names and their surnames are?  
42 Whether there be any in your parish, that useth to pray in English, or in Latin upon Beads, or other such like thing, or upon any superstitious popish primer, or other like book, and what be their names?  
43 Whether the people of your parish, especially householders, having no lawful excuse to be absent, do faithfully and diligently endeavour themselves, to resort with their children, and servants, to their parish church or chapel, on the holy days, and chief upon the Sundays to Morning and Evening prayer and upon reasonable let thereof to some usual place, where common prayer is used, and then and there abide orderly and soberly, during the time of common prayer, Homilies, Sermons, and other service of God there used, reverently and devoutly giving themselves to the hearing thereof, and occupying themselves at times convenient in private prayer? and who they be that either negligently or wilfully absent themselves, or come very late to the Church upon the Sundays especial, or that walk, talk, or otherwise unreverently behave themselves in the Church, or use any gaming or pastime abroad, or in any house, or sit in the Streets, or Churchyard, or in any Tavern or Alehouse, upon the Sunday, or other holiday, in the time of common prayer, Sermons or reading of the Homilies, either before noon, or after noon?  
44 Whether the forfeiture of twelve pence, for every such offence, appointed by a statute made in the first year of the Queen's majesties reign, be levied and taken according to the same Statute by the Churchwardens, of every person that so offendeth, and by them be put to the use of the poor of the parish, and if it be not, by whose default it is not levied. And what particular sums of money have been forefayted that way, and by whom since the feast of Easter in the year of our Lord .1575. until the day of giving up the presentment concerning these Articles. And so from time to time, as the said Churchwardens and sworn-men shall be appointed to present in this behalf, and how much of such forfeitures have been delivered to the use of the poor of the parish, and to whom the same hath been delivered?  
45 Whether ye know any, that in the time of the reading of the Litany, or of any other part of the common prayer, or in the time of the Sermon, or reading of the Homilies, or any part of the Scriptures to the parishioners, any person have departed out of the Church without just & necessary cause, or that disturbeth the Minister or preacher, any manner of ways in the time of divine service or sermon? and whether any in contempt of their parish church or minister, do resort to any other church or no?  
46 Whether there be any innkeepers, Alewives, Uittaylers or tipplers, that suffer or do admit any person or persons, in their houses, to eat, drink, or play at Cards, Tables, or such like games in the time of common prayer or sermon, on the sundays or holidays? and whether there be any shops set open on sundays or holidays, or any Butchers or others, that commonly use to sell meat, or other things, in the time of common prayer, preaching, or reading of the Homilies? and whether in any Fayrs or common markets falling upon the sunday, there be any showing of any wares before the morning prayer be done? and whether any Markets or selling of any wares be used or suffered in any churchyards?  
47 Whether for the putting of the Churchwardens and sworn-men the better in remembrance of their duty in observing and noting such as offend, in not coming to divine service, your minister or reader do openly every Sunday, after he have read the second Lesson at morning and evening prayer, monish and warn the Churchwardens and sworn-men to look to their charge in this behalf, and to observe who contrary to the said Statute offend in absenting themselves negligently, or wilfully from their parish Church or chapel, or unreverently (as is afore said) use themselves in the time of divine service?  
48 Whether the Churchwardens of the last year have given to the parish a just account of the Church goods and rents that were committed to their charge, according unto the custom that hath been afore time used, and what Church goods they or any other have sold, and to whom? and whether to the profit of your Church or no? and what hath been done with the money thereof coming?  
49 Whether the Churchwardens and sworn-men of the last year, have of any private corrupt affection concealed any crime, or other disorder in their time done in your parish, and have not presented the same to the Bishop, chancellor, Archdeacon, Commissarie, or such other as had authority to reform the same? and whether they or any of them, at any such time as they should have been at divine service on Sundays or holidays, and should there have observed others that were absent, have been away themselves at home, or in some tavern, or Alehouse, or else about some worldly business, or at Bowls, Cards, Tables, or other gaming, without regard of their office and duty in that behalf?  
50 Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church, chancel, or chapel, or any part of any of them, any church porch, Uestrie, or Steeple, almosehouse, or such like, or have plucked down the bells, or have felled or spoiled any wood or timber in any churchyard?  
51 Whether your Hospitals, Spitals, and Almosehouses be well and godly used according to the foundation and ancient ordinances of the same? whether there be any other placed in them, then poor impotent and needy persons, that have not wherewith, or whereby to live?  
52 Whether any of your parish being of convenient age, have not received the holy communion thrice this last year at the least▪ and namely at Easter last or thereabouts for once, and what their names are? or receiving, have not signified the same before to your person, vicar, or curate, that he might conveniently examine them, or that have refused to come to him to be examined?  
53 Whether there be any in your parish that hath or doth offend contrary to the statute made in the xxxvii. year of the reign of King Henry the eight for reformation of usury, & revived by an Act made in the xiii. year of the reign of the Queen's Majesty, what be the names of such offenders, & what is the manner of their usury?  
54 Whether there be any in your parish, that minister the goods of those that be dead, without lawful authority, or any that suppress the last will of the deed, or any executors, that have not fulfilled their testators will, specially in paying of Legacies given to the Church, or to other good and godly uses, as to the relief of poverty, to Orphans, poor scholars, poor maids marriages, high ways, schools, and such like?  
55 Whether there be any, which of late have bequeathed in their testaments, any jewels, Plate, ornaments, cattles, or grain, or other movable stocks, Annuities, or sums of money for the erection or finding of any obites, diriges, trentales, torches, lights tapers, lamps, or any such like use now by law forbidden, which are not paid out of any lands, and whereunto the Queen's Majesty is not entitled by any Act of Parliament, and if there be any such Legacy or appointment, what is the names of such testators, and of the executors of their testaments, what is the quantity and quality of the gift, and to what godly and lawful use is the same converted and employed?  
56 Whether there be any money or stock appertaining to your parish church or chapel, or to the poor of your parish, in any man's hands that refuseth or deferreth to pay the same, or that useth fraud, deceit, or delay to make any account in the presence of the honest of the parish for the same? and whether any such stock be decayed, by whose negligence, and in whose hands? and whether the store of the poor men's box be openly & indifferently given where need is, without partial affection?  
57 Whether the school masters which teach within your parish, either openly, or privately in any Noble or Gentleman's house, or in any other place there, be of good and sincere religion and conversation, and be diligent in teaching and bringing up of youth? whether they be examined, allowed, and licensed by the ordinary or his officer in that behalf? whether they teach the Grammar set forth by King Henry the eight of Noble memory, and none other? whether they teach any thing contrary to the order of religion now established by public authority? and whether they teach not their scholars the Catechism in Latin lately set forth, and such sentences of scripture as shall be most expedient and meet to move them to the love and due reverence of God's true religion, now truly set forth by the Queen's majesties authority, and to induce them to all godliness and honest conversation, and what be the names and surnames of all such schoolmasters and teachers of youth within your parish, aswell of such as teach publicly, as those that teach in the houses of Noble men, Gentlemen, or other private men?  
58 Whether there be any among you that use Sorcery or Witchcraft, or that be suspected of the same, and whether any use any charms or unlawful prayers, or invocations in Latin, or otherwise, and namely Midwyves' in the time of women's travail of child? and whether any do resort to any such for help or counsel, and what be their names?  
59 Whether there be among you any blasphemers of the names of God, great or often swearers, adulterers, for nicators, incestuous persons, Bawds or receivers of naughty and incontinent persons▪ or harbourers of women with child which be unmarried, conveying or suffering them to go away before they do any penance, or make satisfaction to the congregation, or any that be vehemently suspected of such faults, or that be not of good name and fame touching such crimes and faults, any drunkards or ribalds, or any that be malicious, contentions, or uncharitable persons, 〈…〉 slanderers of their neighbours, railers, scolders, or 〈…〉 between neighbours?  
60 Whether be any in these parts, that have married with in the degrees of affinity or consanguinity, by the laws of God forbidden, so set out for an admonition, in a table now appointed to be affayred in every parish church within the Diocese, or any that being divorced or separated for the same▪ do yet notwithstanding cohabit and keep company still together, or any that being married without those degrees, have unlawfully forsaken their wives or hosbands, and married others. Any man that hath two wives, or any woman that hath two husbands, any that being divorced or separated a sunder, have married again. Any married, that have made precontracts. Any that have made privy of secret contracts. Any that have married or contracted themselves without the consent of their parents, tutors, or governors. Any that have married without banes thrice solemnly asked. Any cupples married, that live not together, but slanderously live apart. Any that have married out of the parish church where they aught to have solemnized their marriage?  
61 Whether the Minister & Churchwardens have suffered any Lords of Misrule, or summer Lords, or Ladies, or any disguised persons, or others in Christmas, or at May-games, or any Morris dancers, or at any other times, to come unreverently into the church or churchyard & there to dance, or play any unseemly parts, with scoffs, jests, wanton gestures, or ribald talk, namely in the time of common prayer. And what they be that commit such disorder, or accompany or maintain them.  
62 Whether the Archdeacon, chancellor, Commissarie, Official, or any other using Ecclesiastical jurisdiction in this Diocese, their Registrares, or Arctuaries, Apparitors or Summoners, have at any time winked at and suffered any adulteries, fornications, incests, or other faults and offences, to pass and remain unpunished, and uncorrected, for money, rewards, bribes, pleasure, friendship, or any other partial or affectionate respect, or any of them have been burdensome▪ to any in this Diocese, by exacting or taking excessive fees, excessive procurations, any rewards, or commodities, by the way of promotion, gift, contribution help, redemption of penance, omission of quarter Sermons, obtaining of any benefices, or office, or any other like ways or means?  
63 How many Adulteries, Incests, and Fornications, are notoriously known to have been committed in your parish, since Easter .1575. How many offenders in any such faults have been put to open penance, and openly corrected, and how many have been winked at, and borne withal, or have fined and paid money to the Archdeacon, chancellor, Commissarie, Official or their deputies, or to the Deans, Registrares, or Summoners, or any of them, for to escape open punishment, and correction: and what their names and surnames be?  
64 Whether the Deans, Rurals, and Summoners, or any of them do pay any annual rent, fee, or pension for their offices, and what they pay, and to whom?  
65 Generally whether there be among you, any notorious evil livers, or any suspected of any notorious sin, fault, or crime, to the offence of Christian people committed, any that stubbornly refuse to conform themselves to unity and godly religion, now established by public authority, or any that bruiteth abroad rumours of the alteration of the same, or otherwise that disturbeth good orders, and the quietness of Christ's Church, and the christian congregation?  

The tenor of the oath, ministered to the Churchwardens and sworn-men.  
YOU shall swear by all mighty God, that ye shall diligently consider all and every the Articles given to you in charge, and make a true answer unto the same in writing, presenting all and every-such person & persons, dwelling within your parish, as have committed any offence or fault, or make any default, mentioned in any of the said articles or which are vehemently suspected or defamed of any such offence, fault or default, wherein ye shall not present any person or persons, of any evil will, malice, or hatred, contrary to the truth, nor shall for love, favour, meed, dread, or any corrupt affection, spare to present any that be offenders, suspected or defamed in any of these cases but shall do uprightly, as men having the fear of God before your eyes, and desirous to maintain virtue, and suppress vice. So God help you.