Articles to be inquired of in the general visitation of Edmonde bishop of London, exercised by him the pear of our Lord. 1. 5. 5. 4. in the city and Diocese of London, and set forth by the same for his own discharge towards God and the world, to the honour of God, and his catholic church, and to the commodity and profit of all those, that either are good, (which he would were all), or delighteth in goodness, (which he wisheth to be many), without any particular grudge or displeasure, to any one good or bad within this Realm, which articles he desireth all men of their charity, especially those that are of his Diocese, to take with as good intent and mind, as he the said bishop wisheth and desireth, which is to the best. And the said bishop withal desireth all people to understand, that whatsoever opinion, good or bad, have conceived of him, or whatsoever usage or custom hath been heretofore his only intent and purpose is to do his duty charitably, and with that love, favour, and respect, both towards God, and every Christian person, which any bishop should show to his flock in any wise.   

The first Articles are concerning the Clergy, because they should of duty give good example, and that their fault is more in deed, and more worthy punishment, than the faults of the laity.  
1 first whether the Clergy, to give example to the laity, have in their living, in their teaching, and in their doing so behaved themselves, that they (in the judgement of indifferent persons) have declared themselves, to search principally the honour of God, & his church, the health of the souls of such, as are committed to their cure and charge, the quietness of their parishioners, and the wealth and honour of the King and Queen of this Realm.  
2 ITem whether your person, vicar, or any other ministering as priest within your parish, have been, or is married, or taken for married, not yet separated from his concubine or woman, taken for wife, or whether the same woman be dead or yet living, and being living, whether the one resorteth to the other openly, secretly, or sclaunderouslye, maintaining, supporting, or finding the same in any wise to the offence of the people.  
3 ITem whether there be any person, of what estate, condition, or degree he be, that doth in open talk, or privily defend, maintain, or uphold the marriage of priests, encouraging or bolding any person to the defence thereof.  
4 ITem whether ye have your person or vicar resident continually with you upon his benefice, doing his duty in the serving of the cure, and whether being able he do keep hospitality upon the same, feeding his unocke with his good living with his teaching, and his releaving of them to his power.  
5 ITem whether your person or vicar, being absent, have a sufficient dispensation and licence therein, & whether in his absence he do appoint an honest, able, and sufficient learned curate to supply his room and absence to serve his cure.  
6 ITem whether your person or vicar, by himself or his good and sufficient deputy, for him do relieve his poor parishioners, repair, & maintain his house or mansion, and things thereunto appertaining, and otherwise do his duty, as by the order of the law, and custom of this realm he ought to do.  
7 ITem whether the said curate so appointed in the absence of your person or vicar do in all points the best he can to minister the sacraments & sa cramentals, & other his duty in serving the same cure, specially in celebrating divine service at convenient hours chief upon sundays and holy days, and procession days, & ministering the said sacraments and sacramentalles, as of duty and reason he ought, moving and exhorting earnestly his patishioners to come unto, and devoutly to hear the same. And whether he himself do reverently celebrate, practise minister, and use the same as appertaineth.  
8 ITem whether he the said curate, person, or vi care, have been, or is of suspect doctrine, erroneous opinion, misbelief, or evil judgement, or do set forth, preach, favour, aid, or maintain the same contrary to the catholic faith, and order of this realm.  
9 ITem whether they or any of them doth haunt, or resort to ale houses or taverns, otherwise then for his or their honest necessity and relief, or repair to any disinge houses, common bo wlinge allies, suspect houses or places, or do haunt and use common games or plays, or behave themselves otherwise unpriestly and unseemly.  
10 ITem whether they or any of them be familiar, or keep company, and be conversant with any suspect person of evil conversation and living, or erroneous opinion or doctrine, or be noted, to aid, favour, and assist the same in any wise, contrary to the good order of this realm, and the usage of the catholic church.  
11 ITem whether there be dwelling within any your parishes any priest, foreigner, stranger, or other, who not presented to the Bishop of this diocese, or his officers, examined & admitted by some one of them, doth take upon him to serve any cute, or to minister any sacraments or sacrameutalles within the said parish.  
12 ITem whether there be dwelling within any your parishes, or repairing thither any priest, or other naming himself minister, which doth not come diligently to the church to hear the divine service or sermons there, but absenteth himself, or discourageth other by his example or words to come unto the same, expressing their name and surename with sufficient knowledge of them.  
13 ITem whether there be any married priests, or naming themselves ministers, that do keep any assembles or conventicles with such like, as they are in office or sect to set forth any doctrine or usage not allowed by the laws & laudable customs of this realm, or whether there be any resort of any of them to any place for any privy lectures, sermons, plays, games, or other devices not expressly in this realm by laws allowable.  
14 ITem whether there be any of them, which is a common brawler, scoulder, a sour of discord among his parishioners, a hawker, a hunter, or spending his time idly and unthriftily, or being afornicatoure, an adulterer, a drunkard, a common swearer, or blasphemer of God or his saints, or an unruly or evil disposed person, or that bath come to his benefice or promotion by simony, unlawful suit, or ungodly means in any wise.  
15 ITem whether they and everich of them to the best of their powers at all times have exhorted & stirred the people to quietness and concord, and to the obedience of the King and Queen's majesties and their officers, rebuking all sedition & tumult with all unlawful assembles, moving the people to charity and good order, and charging the fathers and mothers, masters & governors of youth to keep good rule, & to instruct them in virtue and goodness, to the honour of God, and of this realm, and to have them occupied in some honest art and occupation to get their living thereby.  
16 ITem whether they or any of them do admit any person to receive the blessed sacrament of the aultare, who are openly known, or suspected to be adversaries and speakers against the said sacrament, or any other article of the catholic faith, or to be a no torious evil person in his conversation or doctrine, an open oppresser, or evil doer to his neighbour, or being in hatred and malice with his said neighbour, not being confessed, reconciled, and having made satisfaction in that behalf.  
17 ITem whether they or any of them have of their own authority admitted and licensed any to preach in their cure, not being authorized & admitted thereunto, or have denied or refused such to preach, as have been lawfully licenced. And whether they or any of them having authority to preach with in their cures, doth use to preach, or at the least doth procure other lawful and sufficient persons to do the same, according to the order of this realm.  
18 ITem whether they or any of them since the queens majesties proclamation hath or doth use, to say or sing divine service, minister the sacraments or sacramentals, or other things in English contrary to the order of this realm.  
19 ITem whether they and every of them in their suffrages, collects, and prayers doth use to pray for the King and Queen's majesties, by the names of King Philippe and Queen mary, according to a letter and commandment therein lawfully given now of late unto them by their ordinary.  
20 ITem whether they and everich of them have diligently moved & exhorted their parishioners, how and in what manner children should be baptized in time of necessity, and they the said parishioners reverently and denoutly to prepare themselves to receive and use the sacraments, especially of the sacrament of the aultare. And whether any person have refused or contemned to receive the said Sacrament of the aultare, or to be confessed, and receive at the priests hand the benefit of absolution, according to the laudable custom of this realm.  
21 ITem whether they and everich of them hath diligently visited his and their parishioners in the time of sickness and need, and ministered sacraments and sacramentals to them accordingly, and whether they have exhorted & monished them to have due respect to their soul health, and also to set an order in their temporal lands and goods, declaring their debts perfitly, and what is owing bnto them and they so to make their Testaments and last wills, that as much as may be, all trouble and business may be excluded, their wives and children with their friends may be helped and succoured, and themselves decently buried and prayed for, and to have an honest memory and commendations for their so doing.  
22 ITem whether they and everich of them have solemnized matrimony between any his parishioners, or any other persons, (the banes not before asked, iii. several sundays or holy days) or without certificate of the said banes, from the curate of any other parish, if any of them be of another parish, and whether (touching the solempnization and use of this Sacrament of matrimony, and also of all other the sacraments of the Church) they have kept and observed the old and laudable custom of the Church without any innovation or alteration in any of the same.  
23 ITem whether they and everich of them upon the sunday at the service time doth use to set forth and declare unto the people all such holy days and fasting days, as of godly usage and custom hath heretofore laudably been accustomed to be kept and observed in the week following and ensuing, and whether they and everich of them doth observe and keep themselves the said holy days and fasting days.  
24 ITem whether the person or vicar doth repair and maintain his chancel and mansion house in sufficient reparation, and (the same being in decay) whether he doth bestow yearly the sift part of his benefice, till such time, the same be sufficiently repaired, doing also further his duty therein, and otherwise, as by the law he is charged and bound in that behalf, distrybutinge and doing, as he is bound by the law.  
25 ITem whether there be any person, that doth serve any Cure, or minister any Sacraments, not being priest, or if any do take upon them to use the room and office of the person, or vicar, or Curate, of any benefice, or spiritual promotion, receiving the fruits thereof, not being admitted thereunto by the ordinary.  
26 ITem whether they and everich of them doth go in priestly apparel and habit, having their beards and Crowns shaven, or whether any of them doth go in lay men's habits & apparel, or otherwise disguise themselves, that they can not easelies be discerned or known from lay men.  
27 ITem whether they or any of them have many promotions, and benefices ecclesiastical, Cures, secular services, yearly pensions, Annuyties, fermes, or other revenues, now in title or possession, and what the names of them be, and where they lie, giving all good instruction, and perfect Information therein.  
28 ITem whether such as have churches or Chapels appropried, and mansions, or houses thereto appertaining, do keep their chancels and houses in good and sufficient reparations, and whether they do all things in distributions and almose or otherwise, as by law and good order they ought to do.  
29 ITem whether any such, as were ordered scismatically and contrary to the old order & custom of the catholic church, or being unlawfully and scismaticallye married after the late innovation and manner, being not yet reconciled nor admitted by the ordinary, have celebrated or said either Mass or other divine service within any cure or place of this city or diocese.  
30 ITem whether any person or vicar, or other ha' ve ecclesiastical promotion, do let out the same to farm without consent, knowledge, & lscence of his ordinary, especially for an unreasonable number of years, or with such conditions, qualities, or manners, that the same is to the great prejudice of the church, and the incumbente of the same, and especially of him, that shall succeed therein.  
31 ITem whether there be any person, vicar, curate, or priest, that occupieth buying and selling as a merchant, or occupieth usury, or layeth out his money for filthy lucre's sake, and gain, to the slander of priesthood.  
32 ITem whether they or any of them do wear sword, daggers, or other weapon in times and places not convenient or seemly.  
33 ITem whether any priest or ecclesiastical person have reiterated or renewed baptism, which was lawfully done before, or invented and followed any new fashion or form, contrary to the order of the catholic church.  
34 ITem whether the person, vicar, or curate do (ac 'cording to the law) every quarter in the year, upon one solemn day or more, it is to wite, upon the sunday or solemn feast (when the parishioners by the order of the Church do come together) expound and declare by himself, or some other sufficient person unto the people in the vulgar or common tongue, plainly, truly, and fruitfully the articles of the catholic faith, the ten commandments, expressed in the old law, the two command dementes of the Gospel or new law, that is, of earnest love to God, and to our neighbour, the seven works of mercy, the seven deadly sins with their offspring, progeny, and issue, the seven principal virtues, and the seven sacraments of the church.  
35 ITem whether that every priest having cure, do admonish the women (that are with child) within his cure to come to confession, and to receive the sacrament (especially when their time draweth nigh) and to have water in readiness to christian the child with, if necessity so require it.  
36 ITem whether stipendary priests do behave themselves discretely and honestly in all points to war destheir person or vicar, giving an oath, and doing according to the law and ecclesiastical constitutions, ordinances, and laudable customs in that behalf.  
37 ITem whether any person, vicar, or other having any ecclesiastical promotion, have made any alienation of any thing, pertaining to their church, benefice, or promotion, what it is, and what warrant they had so to do.   

¶ Articles concerning archdeacon's their officials and ministers.  
1 FIrst whether they and everich of them hath executed and done his office in all points, according to the order of the law, and the ecclesiastical constitutions and laudable customs of the church.  
2 ITem whether the said archdeacon's have faithfully and profitably visited all the churches within their Archedeaconries, enquiring diligently, how divine service in all points hath been celebrated and said, the sacraments and sacramentals ministered, and how the ornaments of the church have been kept, and what lack hath been there of them or what sault hath been in them, and generally of all things spiritual and temporal, appertaining to the good order of their Archedeaconries and the said churches, correcting and punyshyngdiligently and faithfully all such offences, transgressions, & crimes, as appertaineth to the worthy punishment and reformation.  
10 ITem whether the said archdeacon's do sorsee and provide, that the blessed Sacrament of the aultare be reverently reserved & kept in a pyx, and hanged upon the aultare, or otherwise decently and safely kept and placed. And that the host so reserved in the pyx, be once in the week taken and received of the priest, or sick person, for whom the same is reserved, and another consecrate host to be put in the place thereof, and the same not to be suffered there long to continue, but changed & renewed according to the old custom, and usage of the Church.  
11 ITem whether they and every of them have admonished the persons, vicars, curates, and all other priests, being called, or coming to any sick person, making his Testament and last will to put the sick person in remembrance of the great spoil and robbery, that of late hath been made of the goods, ornaments, and things of the church, exhorting charitably the same, not only to relieve and help the needy persons being abroad, but also according to the old and laudable custom used in times past, effectually to remember both his parish church, and the need thereof, and also the cathedral and mother church of this city and diocese of London, reliening the same with some what, according to his devotion and power, and whether the said persons, vicars, curates, and other the said priests have done accordingly.   

¶ Articles concerning the thing of the Church, and ornaments of the same.  
1 FIrst whether there be at the entry of the church or within the door of the same an holy water stock or pot, having in it holy water to sprinkle upon the enterer to put him in remembrance both of his promiss made at the time of his baptism, and of the shedding & sprynckeling of Christ's blood upon the Cross for his redemption, and also to put him in remembrance, that as he washeth his body, so he should not forget to wash and cleanse his soul, and make it fair with virtuous and godly good living, and finally to put him in remembrance, that as water passeth and slideth away, so he shall not tarry and abide in this world, but pass and slide away, as the water doth.  
2 ITem whether there be every sunday holy water and holy bread made, and distributed amongst the parishioners, th'one done for considerations, afore rehearsed, tother practised aswell to put men in remembrance of unity & concord, expressed by the several grains, which being many, are ground and brought to one loaf made of them all, as also to bring to memory the usage of the primative Church, which was to have often, and especially on the sunday a communion between the multitude, for lack of which Communion this holy bread is now given men to understand, that they should have done the other, and for lack of the same do now receive this for a memory thereof.  
3 ITem whether there be a pax in the church, not only to put people in remembrance of the peace that Christ bequeathed to his disciples, but of that peace that Christ by his death purchased for the people, and also of that peace, which Christ would have between god and man, man and man, and man to himself. And the said pax in the Church to be kissed of the priest, and to be carried to the parishioners at Mass time in especial remembrance of the premises.  
4 ITem whether there be any, that refuseth to receive the said holy water or holy bread, or refu seth to take the pax, or to kiss the priest at the solempnisation of matrimony, or use any such like ceremonies, heretofore used & observed in the church.  
5 ITem whether there be in the church a high aultare of stone, consecrated & dedicated specially to say or sing Mass upon, and it is not meant any grave stone taken from the burial, or other vusemely place, and put up for an aultare, but a meet and conventent stone, as hath been accustomed in times passed in the Church for Mass decently and comely to be said or song there upon.  
6 ITem whether the things underwritten (which are to be found on the cost of the parishioners) be in the church, it is to wite, a legend, an Antiphonar, a grail, a Psalter, a Drdinall to say or solempnise divine office, a Missale, a Manuale, a Processional, a Chalice, two cruets, a principal vestiment, with Chisable, a vestiment for the Deacon and Subdeacon, a Cope with the appertenances, it is to wite, an Amiss, Albe, Girdle, Stole and Fannon, the high aultare with apparel in the front, and other parts thereof, three Towels, three Surplices, a Rochette, a Cross for Procession with candlesticks, a Cross for the dead, an Jucenser, a Ship or vessel for frankincense, a little sauctes bell, a Pyxe with an honest and decent cover, and a veil for the lente, Banners for the rogation week, Bells and Coops, a Bear for the dead, a nessel to carry holy water about, a candlestick for the paschal taper, a font to Christian children with covering and lock, and key, and generally all other things which after the custom of the country or place, the parishioners are bound to find, maintain, and keep.  
7 ITem in case such things be in the Church, when they were provided and used, if they be not, by whose fault and negligence the same proceedeth.  
8 ITem whether there be a churchyard, and if it be, whether the same be well and honestly repaired and kept, so that no cattle, specially hogs and filthy beasts be suffered to come in, and defile it.  
9 ITem whether there be a Crucisixe, a rood lost as in times past hath been accustomed, and if not, where the crucisixe or rood lost is become, and by whose negligence the thing doth want.  
10 ITem whether the water consecrated, being in the font, be once in a month at the least duly changed and renewed, according to the old custom of the Church.  
11 ITem whether in the said Church there be a Chrysmatorye for holy oil and Chrism, decently and well kept after the old custom, and whether the said oil and Chrism be also therein, & frequented and used, as they ought to be.  
12 ITem whether in the said Church there be seetes and pews for the parishioners to sit in, honestly prepared, and kept after the old usage and custom, and the doors, windows, and all other places of the Church duly repaired and kept.  
13 ITem whether there hath been, or be any plate, ornaments, or Jewels, bells, candlesticks, orleade, or other goods, of, and in the said Church, what they were or be, and in whose hands they were or are, or whether they be alienated or pledged, declaring the value thereof.  
14 ITem whether there hath been made any inventary or inventories of the same church goods, and where the said inventories are, and whether there be wanting the said plate, Jewels, or ornaments specified in the said inventories, and being such want, by what occasion & mean the same is, and by whose commandment and doing.  
15 ITem whether there be Church wardens in the said Church chosen every year, & whether the same do yearly make a faithful & true account to the parishioners accordingly, bringing in with them the said inventories, and doing all such things, as on their behalf are to be done.  
16 ITem whether the said Albes, vestiments, and all other ornaments be kept clean and well, and sufficiently repaired and maintained.   

¶ Articles concerning the laity.  
1 first whether there be any lay person, man or woman, that is a notable and open transgressor and breaker of any of the ten commandments of god, or an open offendor in any of the. seven. deadly sins, or of the laudable customs and ordinances of the catholic church.  
2 ITem whether there be any lay person, man or woman, that hath laid violent hands upon any Ecclesiastical person, especially being in holy orders.  
3 ITem whether there be any lay person, man, woe man, or child, being of sufficient age and discretion, that can not say the Pater noster, the ave Maria, and the Crede.  
4 ITem whether there be any of them that bathe contracted matrimony with any one, being of Consanguynytie or affinity prohibited, or hath privily contracted and made any matrimony with any person.  
5 ITem whether there be any man, that besides his wife hath kept, or doth keep a Concubine, or carnally hath had to do with any other man's wife or other person.  
6 ITem whether there be any woman, that besides her husband hath taken any other manue, and carnally hath had to do with him.  
7 ITem whether any man hath had, or now hath now ij. wives living at one's, or any woman ij. husbands living at one tyvie especially no iawefull divorce being made between them.  
8 ITem whether there hath been or be any, that doth not faithfully, duly, and truly pay his tithes, oblations, Crysomes, Clerckes, wages, the holy loof, and all other ecclesiastical duties, as of reason and laudable custom they ought to do.  
9 ITem whether in the city of London or diocese of the same there be any person, that is an notorious or comen usurer, which dareth his money for unlawful and excessive gain and lucre, contrary to the manifest words of the scripture, to the evil example of other christian people, to the danger ofhies own soul, and to the utter undoing and hindrance of many, especially of poor and young beginner's, borrowing for their necessity.  
10 ITem whether there be any bawds, men or women, that doth keep within his or their houses, or else where any strumpets or harlots, to have the more resort to their houses, and utter there by their chaffer and wares, to their moor wordelye advantage, and whether there be any vehemently suspected thereof, or of conveying or keeping young wenches for such unlawful and ungodly purposes.  
11 ITem whether there have been any men, women or children of the age of. xiv. years and above. who upon sundays and holy days have gone a huntynge or hawking, bear baiting, games, and other plays, disport, and passetymes, or who hath upon the said sundays or holy days which yllyngly absented themselves from their parish church in the time of divine service, and who upon feigned occasions, either upon the even before, or the same day in the morning doth use to go for the abroad out of their parishes into the fields or country, or other where, or doth secretly keep themselves in their houses, and do not come to their service, as they ought to do.  
12 ITem whether there hath been any, that hath murmured, grudged, or spoken against directly or indyrectly the mass, or other deupne service, admynystratyon of sacraments and sacramentals, as holy bread, holy water, Palms, Ashes, Creeping of the Cross, holy oil and Chrysine, bearing of Palms and Candles, burying of the dead, praying for them, specially in saying of Diriges and commendations, or in using any laudable or godly ceremony of the Church, heretofore used and accustomed, or that hath made noise, jangled, talked, or played the fool in the Church in the time of divine service or preaching, to let or disturb the same in any wise.  
13 ITem whether there be any, that hath maintained and holden the opinion or belief, that a man hath no free will, and that all things do come and chance by a precise and absolute necessity, so that whatsoever any one doth, he doth it not of free will, but of mere necessity, and can not choose, but so to do, and that therefore whosoever is dampened, is dampened through God's default. & not of his own free will and choice. And whether any hath maintained or holden opinion, that faith alone without charity, hope, and good works in time doth justify. or think the same a wholesome and profitable doctrine to be taught and preached abroad.  
14 ITem whether there be any, that is a Sacramentary, an Anabaptiste, or Lybertyne, either in reiterating baptism again, or in holding any of the opinions of the anabaptists, especially that a Christian man or woman ought not to swear before adjudge, nor one to sue another in the law for his right, and that all things would be common.  
15 ITem whether there hath been any, that hath holden, maintained, or defended any opinion or doctrine, contrary to the catholic faith & unity of the catholic Church, & hath favoured and maintained such, as hath holden the same, or like erronisufe opinion or doctrine, or hath kept or used any books or writings, containing the same evil doctrine, or hath used to read, or resort to any private or secret lectures.  
16 ITem whether there hath been any, that hath not in Lent last passed been confessed of his own curate, or by his licence of some other honest priest, and received the blessed Sacrament of the aultare, according to the order of the catholic church.  
17 ITem whether there hath been any, that hath, or doth wilfully interrupt, let, or disturb any preacher in the time of his sermon, or disturb, discourage, or let any curate or priest to sing or say Mass, evensong, or other divine service, or to minister the Sacraments or sacramentals in Latin, according to the old laudable custom of the Church, or that doth mock, Jeste at, threaten, or beat any priest for saying Mass, or such divine service, or so ministering, and who they be.  
18 ITem whether there be any, that will not have his child Christened, but in the english tongue, nor have any service in the Church, except it be done in the said english tongue.  
19 ITem whether there be any, that will not suffer the priest to dip the child three times in the font, being yet strong, and able to abide and suffer it in the judgement and opinion of discrete and txperte persons, but will needs have the child in the clothes, and only to be sprinkled with a few drops of water.  
20 ITem whether there hath been any of the laity, that hath willingly and wilfully doubted in any article of the catholic faith, or that hath openly disputed, or unreverently talked in any open places of the same, not submitting himself in all points to the catholic Church, but wilfully defending his own erroneous opinion and belief, contrary to scripture, encouraging other to the maintenance of their folly, and to induce other to the same.  
21 ITem whether there hath been, or now is any no table evil rule, and manifest disorder in breaking the laws of GOD, and the ordinances and laudable customs of the catholic Church, and many things worthy reformation and correction in the late Minores, or at Bedlam, or at saint Martensle grand, the late black friars, the white friars, the grey friars, augustine friars, cruched friars, saint Katherine's, or other places in, or about the city of London.  
22 ITem whether there hath been any, that denieth or refuseth to go in procession upon sundays or other days, when it is used, or that departeth out of the Church, before that service be done, without a just and reasonable cause so to do.  
23 ITem whether there hath been any, that upon the sundays or holy days hath worked or laboured servile work, or hath kept open their shops, or otherwise occupied and exercised their handy crafts and occupations on the same days, to the slander of other, and contrary to the laudable custom and usage of the catholic Church.  
24 ITem whether there hath been any vytlers, taverners, or ale house keepers, that on the sundays and holy days have commonly used to sell and utter their vittals, meat, and drink, and chaffer, & to keep their doors open in the time of divine service against the godly order & usage of the church.  
25 ITem whether there hath been any, that being able to sing at the least his plain song (and who in the time of the english service did commonly use to sing in the quere) doth now since the setting forth, and renewing of the old service in the Latin tongue, absent and withdraw himself from the quere, declaring and expressing the names, surenames, and dwelling places of all such persons.  
26 ITem whether there hath been any contention, discord, debate, or strife between any parishioners of any parish, especially in the time of divine service, for sitting in pews or seats in the Church, or for any other cause or matter, to the slander of the rest of the people, declaring what it is, and between whom.  
27 ITem whether there hath been any, that by open fact, deed, or threatening hath compelled, caused, or otherwise procured, or induced any curate or priest to sing or say any common prayer or seruyre, or to minister any sacrament privily or openly contrary to the order of the catholic church.  
28 ITem whether there hath been, or is any registre book in the church, safely kept under lock and key, in the which there are written every sunday the weddings, christenynges, and buryings, that were had the week before, and whether the same have been accordingly done.  
29 ITem whether there hath been any person, man or woman, lawfully before precontracted, or married to other, which afterward hath broken the contract, and married to another person, especially the banes not lawfully asked.  
30 ITem whether every parishioner upon the sunday, as it cometh to his course and turn, hath paid and given the holy loof with other accustomed duties and offerings, as of old custom it hath been laudably used.  
31 ITem whether there be any, that hath eaten flesh upon any fish day, and hath broken the fasting days, (such as of old ancient custom hath been laudably kept and observed) giving offence and slander to other in their doings.  
32 ITem whether there be any, that at the sacring time, which do hang down their heads, hide themselves behind pillars, turn away their faces, or do departed out of the church at that time.  
33 ITem whether parish clerks or sextens be obedient to their persons, vicars, and curates in things that be lawful and honest.  
34 ITem whether there be any, that do use charms witchcraft, sorcery, enchantments, false soothsay, or any such like thing, invented by the craft of the devil.  
35 ITem whether such legacies (as were bequeathed for the repairing of high ways, finding of poor scholars, marrying of poor maidens, & other such like deeds of charity) be faithfully and truly paid and performed.  
36 ITem whether there be any Printer or seller of Books, that hath since the beginning of the queens majesty's Reign Printed or sold the books of the schismatical and slanderous communion, the like homilies, and such other books, having in the heretical and damnable opinions, declaring and specifying their name, sir name, & dwelling place.  
37 ITem whether there be any, that hath printed or sold slanderous Books, Ballads, or plays, contrary to christian religion, declaring and specyfying their names, surenames, & dwelling places.  
38 ITem whether any lay person of his own authority have expounded and declared any portyon or part of scripture in any church, or else where, or put the same to prynting or writing, affirming and maintaining, that every private and lay person may so do without approbatyon of any ordinary,  
39 ITem whether there hath been any lay person, that hath refused, contemned, or denied to bring his child, being christened, unto the bishop to be confirmed, or that hath dissuaded or discouraged any other so to do.  
40 ITem whether the churchewardeynes & other being monished in the archdeacon's visitation to provide for necesiarye things, that did want in the church, have (according to the monition and commandment to them given) sufficiently and well provided for the same.  
41 ITem whether there be any scriptures or pictures painted or set forth upon the walls of the church, or otherwise within the church, & yet remaining, which chief and principally do tend to the maintenance of carnal liberty, especially in eating and drinking upon all days, fasting, or other all manner meats & drinks, or for the defence of the marriage of priests, and incontinente life with defacing of virtuous and godly living, or to the express derogation and slander of the blessed Sacrament of the aultare.   

¶ Articles concerning schoolmasters, and teachers of children, men or women.  
1 FIrst whether they, that take upon them to teach chyldreu, whether it be English, or Latin, to sing, or play, or such like, be themselves sober, and discrete, of honest and virtuous living, conversation, and behaufour, with other good & commendable qualities, so that they may edify and profit the scholars, as well by their living, conversation, and good manners, as by their teaching.  
2 ITem whether the same schoolmasters & teachers do well and diligently apply their scholars, teaching and hearing them often, and discreetly using them.  
3 ITem whether the said schoolmasters and teachers do cause their scholars to fast, to pray, to serve god, and to fear him, to come often to the church, to hear mass, and all other divine service, and to honour and reverence every person, according to his vocation and degree.  
4 ITem whether there be any other grammar taught and learned within the city and diocese of London, than that grammar, which was set forth in the time of our late Sovereign Lord, King Henry the eight.  
5 ITem whether that any printer dwelling in Paul's churchyard, within the parish of saint faiths in London, in the time of King Edward the sixth, and the year of our lord M. D. Lij. heretycally, maliciously, & naughtily did imprint a grammar in Englshe and Latin, putting in the Latin, grammar but only two sacraments, it is to wit, baptism and the supper of our lord, infecting thereby the youth, and other, to think & believe, that there be no moor sacraments in Christ's church, but those two.  
6 ITem whether any teachers or schoolmasters do teach and instruct any his scholars in any point of heresy, either in the Articles of our faith, or the ten commandments, either in the sacraments of the church, or other things, received and believed in the catholic church.  
7 ITem whether any teacher or schoolmaster do teach or read to any his scholars any evil or naughty corrupt book, ballad, or writing, or do interpretate and set for the unto any of them the new testament in English or Latin, or any other books English or Latin, concerning scripture, not expedient for young children to medie with all.  
8 ITem whether any teacher or schoolmaster do teach any his scholars to hold, maintain, the send, or believe any heresy, error, false doctrine, or opinions, contrary to the catholic faith, and deter mynatyon of the same.   

¶ Articles concerning middewives and such, as come to the travail of women being with child.  
1 FIrst whether there be any woman, the doth occupy or exercise the office and room of a middewife, before she be examined and admitted by the bishop, or ordinary of this diocese, or his chancellor, or commissary, having sufficient authority (except in time of extreme necessity) where the presence of the middewife can not be had.  
2 ITem whether such as heretofore hath been allowed & admitted to the said room & office of a middewife, be catholic & faithful, discrete and sober, diligent, and ready to help every woman travailing of child, as well the poor as the rich.  
3 ITem whether any middewife, or other woman coming to the travail of any woman with child, do use or exercise any witchcraft, charms, sorcery, invocations or prayers, other than such, as be allowable, and may stand with the laws and ordinances of the catholic church.  
4 ITem whether any middewife, or any other woman denieth or letteth, so much as lieth in her, that the child being new borne, shall not be brought to the Church there to be decently, reverently and orderly baptized, & the mother thereof after a convenient time likewise purified, according to the old ancient & godly ceremonies, & custom of the catholic church, heretofore used in that behalf, & whether the said middewife, or any other such woman do attempt, use, or do any thing in this matter, contrary to the said custom, or otherwise indecently and unseemly.  
5 ITem whether any woman within this city or diocese by themselves, or by sinister counsel have purified themselves after their own devi ses, and fantasies, not coming to the church, according to the laudable custom heretofore used in the same, where the priest would have been ready to do it, and some of the multitude to have been witnesses accordingly.  
6 ITem whether there be any other disorder or evil behaviour, concerning the said middewyves', or the woman brought a bed, or lying in chyldebedde, or any other woman, coming to the labour, or visiting the woman, that so lieth in childebedde, and whether the nurse attempt, or do any thing unlawfully.   

¶ Articles concerning the original patrons of benefices, and other, that have advowsons of the said benefices.  
1 FIrst whether the said patrons & other having advowsons of the same, do diligently and faithfully present a sufficient & able clerk to be admitted to the benefice vacant within dew time, or else do suffer the benefice to remain and abide long vacant, or do present an unmeet and unable person to the same, offending god and his own conscience in so doing.  
2 ITem whether the said Patrons, or other having such Aduousons, do practise or covenant in any manner of wise with any priest directly or indirectly, (before, or after he hath promised or given his presentatyon) to have the benefice in farm himself or his friends, or to have the mansion house, the glebe lands, the fruits & commodities thereof, or some good fleece or part thereof, paying little or nothing for the same, or to have his own tithes free, being & remaining within the said benefice, or some yearly pension, portion, or annuity, or some commoditie moditie to him, his child, kinsman, servant, or friend, or use any other colour, deceit; or falsehood, and the priest presented to serve for a yearly stipend, far under the value of the benefice.  
3 ITem whether the said patrons, or other, having such advowsons of any church or chapel with cure or without cure, have pulled down the said church or chapel, or taken away the lead, the bells, the ornaments, or other goods of the same, or in any wise spoiled it, converting the tithes, profits, commodities, revenues, & possessions thereof to his own use & commodity, & putting the same church or chapel to profane and ungodly uses, declaring who, and how many there be, that so doth.  
4 ITem how many benefices be now vacant within this city of London, or in other places of the diocese of London, who be the patrons thereof, how long they have been valiant, & who doth receive the tithes, oblations, profits, and commodities of the same, during the time of the vacation thereof.  
5 ITem whether in such patronages or advowsons there be any other disorder, or unlawful doing, & finally to inquire & search faithfully, truly, and diligently, whether in this city or diocese of London there be any other things amiss, worthy correction and reformatyon.   

¶ The tenor, form, and effect of the oath, given by the said bishop of London, to the inquisitors & searchers for knowledge of things amiss, especially concerning the articles before rehearsed.  
YE shall set aside all worldly love and favour, all hatred and displeasure, all hoop of reward & meed, all carnal affection & corruption, all worldly respects & considerations, that might stir and move you to decline from the truth, or to add unto the truth, or to pull any thing away from it, ye shall have the fear of god before your face, the terrible Judgement of god at the day of doom, the danger and peril of your conscience in hiding or altering the truth, ye shall consider the honesty of yourselves and your good name, the honesty and profit of your parish, that you come for, and finally the honour of the King and Queen of this Realm, and the Realm itself, with all other honest consideratyons and motives, that may stir and move you godly, & these things considered, ye shall faithfully, truly, plainly, uprightly, charitably, discreetly and indifferently search & inquire for all things, which in your conscience, and in the opinion and Judgement of good men, are to be searched and inquired for, especially such things, as are mentioned in certain Articles, delivered unto you by your ordinary, and you shall bring in your certificate and report fully & perfectly in writing, sealed with your seals, or subscribed with your hands to your said ordinary, or his officer, having sufficient authority therein on this side the next coming without failing in any thing hereof, as God shall help you, & the holidome, and the contents of this book.  
FINIS.   

EXCUSUM  
Londini in aedibus johannis Cawodi Typographi Regiae Maiestatis. Anno. M. D. L 1111.  
Mense Septembri.  
Cum privilegio Regiae Maiestatis.