¶ Articles to be inquired in th'ordinary visitation of the most reverend father in GOD, the Lord Cardinal Pools grace Archcbyshop of Caunterbury within his Diocese of Cantorbury. In the year of our Lord God. m v. c.l ot ✚  

¶ Touching the clergy.  
FIrst, whether the divine service in the church at times, days, and hours, be observed, and kept duly or no.  
Item, whether the parson's vicar's and curates, do comely, and decently in their manners and doings, behave themselves or no.  
Item, whether they do reverently and dwely ministes the sacraments and sacramentals or no.  
Item, whether any of their paryshoners do die without ministration of the sacraments, through the negligence of their curates or no.  
Item, whether the said parsons, vicar's, or Curates, do haunt taverns or ale houses, increasing thereby infamy and slander or no.  
Item, whether they be diligent in teaching the mydwyffes how to christian children in time of necessity, according to the Canons of the church or no  
Item, whether they see that the font be comely kept, and have holy water always ready for children to be christened.  
Item, if they do keep a book of all the names of them that be reconciled to the duty of the church.  
Item, whether there be any priests that late unlawfully had women under pretenced marriage, And he thereto are not reconciled, and to declare their names and dwelling places.  
Item, whether they do diligently teach their parishioners the articles of the faith, and the ten commandments.  
Item, whether they do decently observe those things that do concern the service of the Church and all thoose things thattende too a good and a Christian life, according to the Cannons of the Church.  
lie to them that fall sick, with light, and with a little sacring bell.  
Item, whether the comen schools be well kept, and that the school masters be diligent in teaching, and be also catholic, and men of good and upright judgement, and that they be examined and approved by the ordinary.  
Item, whether any do take upon them to minister the goods of those that be dead without authority from th'ordinary.  
Item, whether the poor people in every parish be charitably provided for  
Item, whether there do burn a lamp, or a candle before the sacrament. And if there do not that than it be provided for with expedition.  
Item, whether infants and children be brought to be confirmed in convenient time.  
Item, whether any do keep or have in their custody any herenious or unlawful books.  
Item, whether any do withhold any money or goods bequeathed to the amending of the high ways, or any other charitable deed.  
Item, whether any have put away their wives or any wives to withdraw themselves from their husbands, being not leefully divorced.  
Item, whether any do violate or break the sundays and holidays, doing their daily labours and exercises upon the same.  
Item, whether the taverns or alehouses, upon the Sundays and hol●dayes in the time of Mass matins and evensong, do keep open their doors and do receive people into their houses to drink and eat, and thereby neglect their duties in coming to the church.  
Item, whether any have or do deprave or contemn the authority or jurisdiction of the Pope's holiness or the Sea o● Rome.  
Item, whether any minstrels, or any other people do use to sing any songs against the holy Sacraments, or any other the rites and Ceremonies of the church.  
Iten, whether there be any hospitals within your parishes, & whether the foundations of them be duly & truly observed & kept. And whether the charitable contributions of the same be done accordingly.  
Item, whether any goods plate, jewels or possessions be taken away, or withholden from the said hospitals and by whom.   
¶ God save the King and Queen.   

printed at Cantorbury By John Michael.