¶ These be to require and charge you, and every of you, in the queens majesties name and behalf by virtue and authority of her grace's commission to us directed, that you be and personally appear before us, her majesties commissioners at the next coming, bringing with you, then & there to deliver unto us, to her highness use, fair written in parchment under your signs and seals, a true and perfect certificate and answer, of all and every article and thing hereafter ensuing, so as you will verify the same to be true at your coming by your corporal other, and answer the contrary at all times hereafter at your perils.  
1 FIrst you shall inquire of all lands, tenements, meadows, pastors, woods, underwodes, reversions and hereditaments within your parish which heretofore did belong or appertain to any late monastery or priory, and were reputed and taken as par●●l or member of the same, which before this time ought to have come to the hands and possession, of the late kings of famous memory king Henry the viii. or king Edward the vi. Queen Mary, or to the queens Majesty that now is, by the dissolution of the same by force of 〈◊〉. several acts of parliament made at West minster in the xxvii. and xxxi. years of the reign of the said late king Henry the viii. which have been or be concealed and wrongfully detained from her Majesty, her said father, brother, and sister, of what yearly value the same is: and in whose tenure and occupation.  
2 Item, of all colleges, chantries, free chapels, chapels of ease, within your parish having bring within v. years next before the iiii▪ day of November. Anno primo Reg. Cvi. 〈◊〉 of all manors, lands, tenements, rents, tithes, pensions, portions, & other hereditaments to them or any of them then belonging, which ought to come to the hands of the queens Majesty by force of an act of parliament made for the dessolution of the same in the first year of the reign of the same late king Edward or which by any ways or means, were dissolved or extingguished, sith the four day of February in the xxvii year of king Henry the viii being yet concealed from her highness, and so have been from her graces said brother and sister.  
3. Item what lands, tenements and hereditaments, were appointed to the finding of a priest for ever, and wherewith any priest hath been maintained or found at any time within the said v. years, which were not in the real possession of the late king Edward the vi. nor Queen Mary: nor yet be come to the queens Majesty that now is.  
4. Item what annual rents, profets, or emoluments, at any time within the said v. years have been employed towards the finding of any stipendiary priest (en tended by any act or writing to have continuance for ever) yet concealed from her highness, and have been concealed from her graces said brother and sister.  
5. Item what lands, tenements, hereditaments, profits and other things have been by any conveyance appointed to the finding of a priest for years, and wherewith any priest hath been found within the said v. years, likewise concealed from her highness as afore is said.  
6. Item what lands, tenements, and hereditaments have been appointed wholly to the finding of any Aniversary, Obite, light, lamp, or other like intent or purpose for ever, which have been kept within the said v. years, yet concealed from her highness, and have been concealed from her grace's brother and sister.  
7. Item, whereas part of the issues of such lands were appointed to the intents aforesaid for ever, that then you do inquire what greatest some of money hath been employed about thintents aforesaid, in any one year within v. years above said, yet concealed from her highness & have been concealed from her graces said brother & sister.  
8. Item, you shall inquire what sums of money and profits by any manner of conveyances were appointed to have continuance for ever, and what was the greatest some of money, that in any one year of the said v. years were employed by any corporation, fraternity, company, or fellowship of mysteries or crafts towards the finding of any priest, anniversary, light, lamp, or other like thing: yet concealed from her highness and have been concealed from her graces said brother and sister.  
9 Item, how many brotherheds, guilds, and fratermittes not being fellowships of mysteries or crafts, be within your said parish, & what lands, tenements and be reditamentes are belonging to any of them, yet concealed from her highness, and have been concealed from her graces said brother and sister.  
10 Item, what goods, cattles, plate, jewels, ornaments, or other movables late belonging to any the said colleges, chantries, free chapel or stipendiary priest for the furniture of their several foundations are yet with holden from her majesty, by whom and of what value.  
11 Item of all lands, tenements, & hereditaments, goods and chattels, which ought to come to the queens majesty, by reason of any attainder or forfeiture of any person or persons by treason, felony or murder, or such like offence or offences, which are concealed from her majesty, or have been concealed etc.  
12 Item of all lands, tenements, and hereditaments which ought to come to the queens majesties hands by way of escheat, viz. if any parson or persons being borne without the queens dominions, inhabiting within the same have purchased any manner lands or tenements to them and their heirs for ever, with out the special licence of the prince, or if any parson or parsons holding any lands or tenements of the queens majesty have died thereof seized, without heir general or special, whereby the same lands ought to escheat to her highness, or her grace's progenitors, and are concealed and wrongfully detained from her majesty or her said progenitors.  
13 Item you shall inquire generally of all lands, tenements, and hereditaments given by any of the queens majesties most noble progenitors to any parson or parsons, for term of life or lives, or in tail, which ought to revert and come to her highness hands by any manner of means or ways, in reversion or remainder, and have been or be concealed and wrongfully detained from her highness, or from her graces most noble progenitors, and if any such you do find, then to inquire where the same do lie, and in whose possession the same is, and to what use the same was first given and appointed, together with the clear yearly value thereof, and who taketh the profits of the same.  
14 Item what sale and spoil of timber of any Castles, houses, or buildings have been made, by whom and to what value, and what hath been taken from any of the same, whereof the Queen nor her progenitors haveben answered any profit.  
15 Item how many of the said castles: manners and other edifices, be so decayed that they cannot be repaired again with any reasonable charges.  
16 Item to value what the stone, timber, glass, Iron and stuff, of such ruinouscastels, or manner places and other edifices, are worth to be sold.  
17 Item what lead and belinettel hath been taken from any the said castles, late monasteries, colleges and chantries, by whom & to what quantity and value.  
18 Item what quantity of lead and belinettell is remaining in any such place.  
19 Item if any park be so decayed of game, clousure, and would, that the same is not to be continued. Then to certify, by whom the same was made, and to what value the same amounteth.  
20 Item to certify the quantity and goodness of the ground of every such park, and for what yearly rend the same may be let.  
21 Item to certify the state of the queens houses, in boroughs and towns, and what willrepayre the same. And whether the rent of any of them be decayed and how the same may be revived.  
22 Item if any be disposed to take a lease of any the said houses for the term of years at the old rent and with reprations. Let them come to the commissioners.  
23 Item where any the said houses be so decayed that the same cannot be repeared without over much charge, neither can be let or de●●sed: Then tocertefie what the timber, tile, glass, iron, brick: and other stuff of the same is worth to be sold.  
24 Item what timber or woods have been spoiled by any wodward or other parson, by colour of reprations or otherwise.  
25 Item what fines, prophets, or sums of money have been received by any bailiff, collector, or any other for any tenement, house, land, woods, heri●tz, ●●●rey or any other casualty, for the which as yet the Queen is not answered.  
26 Item what fines will be given by any man, for any the queens majesties lands, tenements or fermes, lying within your said parish.