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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2»* S. IX. Feb. 23. 'CO. 



is very god in forme of brede, be in a honeste and clene 

 pixe and lokkyd according to the law and if it be not ye 

 shall p'se.nt it. 



"Also ye shall inqwyre whether yo r Christmatory be 

 under lokke and key and if it lie not ys shall p'snte it. 



" Also ye shall inqwyre whether ye have sufhciente 

 Anter clothis, vestimpnts, corporalis, and if ye soo have 

 whether they he brokyn or dene or houeste, and if there 

 be any fawte there ye shall p'sente it. 



"Also whether ye have a Chalis of sylver whiche is 

 whole and not brokyn and if ye have nott soo ye shall 

 p'sent it. 



" Also whether yo u have sufficient boks yn yo r Churchis, 

 that is to say a portuows, a legende. a antiphonar. a sawter, 

 a masse book, a manuall,and a pie, whyche ye ar bownde 

 to have, and if ye have those bokis whether they be 

 brokyn or torne, and if ye lakke any of them or be in any 

 fawte in them, ye shall p'sent it. 



"Also ye shall inquyre whether ye have sufficient 

 tuellis, surplisses a cope crosses, waxe, candilstikks, 

 bann'rs for the Rogation weke, and also all other orna- 

 ments of the Churche that is accustomyd to be had in 

 piche Churchis, and necessary for divyne svice, And if 

 ye lakk any of thos or be any fawte therin, ye shall 

 p'sent it. 



" Also whether yo T Imagies in the Churche and your 

 setts (?) be nott brokyn, and if their be any fawte therein, 

 ye shall p'sent it. 



"Also whether y r body and stepill of the Church is 

 sufficiently repairyd yn tyling tymb' werk wallyng and 

 all other repScions, if ther be an}- fawte therin ye shall 

 p'sent it. 



" Also whether yo r fonte be under lokke and key, And 

 if it be not ye shall p'sente it. 



" Also whether ye hare sufficient bellis, belle-roppes, 

 and whether they be whole or well framyd or hangid, 

 and if ther be any fawte therin ye shall p'sent it. 



"Also whether yo r Churche littyn be sufficiently en- 

 closed or kept clene or honest and if their be any fawte 

 therin ye shall p'sente it. 



"Also whether be any goods or stokks of yo r churchis, 

 geven to the mayntanyng of any lighte of yo r Churchis 

 or any other yowse, be decaid or lost or w' olde' and by 

 whose negligence ye shall p'sent it. 



" Also whether any p'sons w'holdith any Churche 

 stokks or goods belongyng or bequest to the Churche 

 and p'sent them. 



" Also whether the churchmen oons A yere gyve ac- 

 comptts of the Churche goods to the pochians or noo. 



" Also whether ther be a trew Inventary made of the 

 churche goodis and ornaments and Jewells or not). Of this 

 and all other things that concernyth the state of yo r 

 Churchis that is necessary to he reformyd, ye shall in- 

 quyre therof, and p'sent it, by the vertue of y r othis. 



" The seconde p'tie of yo r charge shalbe to inquyre whe- 

 ther yo r psones or vicars be resident uppon their benefices, 

 And they be nott ye shall p'sent it. 



" Also whether yo r Channcellia psonage or vicarage 

 and all other bowses belongyng to them be sufficiently re- 

 paired or noo and if their be any fawte therin ye shall 

 p'sente it. 



"Also whether they do say there devyne s'vice at due 

 owris and due tymis and mynistre sacraments and sacra- 

 mentals to there pochians when they be callid or re- 

 quired and if they doo not ye shall p'sente them. 



"Also whether yo r p'sons or vicars or their curetts do 

 fowre tymes yn the yere declare and publishe the gen'all 

 sentence of exconation the Articles of the faith the 

 tenn comanndements the vii dedlv syns the vii werkks 

 of mersy bodely and goostly the iiii cardinall verlues and 

 the viii beatitudes as he is bounde to doc, aud if he doo 

 i, l ye jhall pnte hj m. 



"Also whether your p'sons or vicars makith anvdila- 

 pidacion or alienation of the goods of his churche, and if 

 he doo ye shall p'sente it. 



" Also whether yo r p'sons or vicars be lawfully pos- 

 sessed of their busnis or not that is to say whether they 

 come by it by vests or rewards or granntyng of flees or 

 annuyties or any other wise by symony, and if they have 

 doon soo j'e shall p'sente them. 



" Also whether yo r p'sons or vicars or p'stys holdith or 

 kepeth any suspecte women in their housis or chambers 

 or have any resortyng to them suspiciously, or if they 

 resorte to any, or whether they be notyd or infarayd of 

 incontynency or lechery, if ye knowe ye shall p'sente it. 



" AI30 whether they useth playing at the cards or dise 

 or hauntith any opvn taverns or ale howsesor be di-tem- 

 bred or dronkyn, yf ye knowe any suche ye shall p'sente 

 them. 



" Also whether any of their p'ochians hath decessed by 

 their negligence w'oute the Sacraments of the Church 

 And if ye knowe any suche ye shall pnte it. 



"Also whether yo r p'sons vicars or preests doo opynly 

 were and bere wepons or use any apparell contrary to 

 the habit of p'sts if ye know any suche ye shall p'sente 

 hym. 



" Also whether they doo use any convicious or ri- 

 bawde speche, or slannder any p'sone, or if the use brallyng 

 quarrellyng or fightyng if ye knowe any suche ye shall 

 pnte them. 



"Also whether yo T p'sons vicars and curatts doo denye 

 any sacrament of the Churche to any pson, or buryall, for 

 any duties or demaunde, if ye knowe any suche ye shall 

 p'sent them. 



"Also whether any of )-o r p'sons vicars or p'ests use 

 any negociation or byj-ng or sellyng or marchauntise, if 

 ye knowe any suche ye shall p'sent hym. 



Also whether they doo instructe the myddewifes howe 

 the shulde ordere them self yn mynystrvng the sacra- 

 ment of baptymeyn tyme yn the tyme of p'ill and neces- 

 site and showe to them the wordis of the Sacrament, and 

 if there be any faute therin ye shall p'sente hym. 



"Also whether they doo mynystre any sacrament or 

 sacramentals to the pochians of another piche w'oute 

 licence, if ye know any suche ye shall pnte them. 



"Also whether they doo solemnyse any matrymony 

 betwixte any p'sons havyng any opyn Impediment or be 

 not lawfully axid If ye doo knowe any suche ye shall 

 pnte them. 



" Also whether ye know any p'son vicar or curatt that 

 doth admitte any opyn suspendid or cursid p'sone by the 

 lawe (or may lawfully) to devyne s'vice, or mynystre any 

 Sacrament to them or co'mitte any poynte of irregu- 

 larite, if ye know any suche ye sha'l pine it. 



" Also whether they usithe to resorte to any opyn spec- 

 tacles, as bere baytyngs bull baytings or frays or placis of 

 execution of dethe, if ye knowe any suche ye shall p'nte 

 them. 



" Also whether they fynde and mayntayne suche lightts 

 in the chauncell as they ar bownde or suffre their hoggs 

 or swyne to digge and deforme the Churche yarde, if ye 

 knowe any suche ye shall p'nte them. 



" Also whether the p'sons vicars or Curatts do lie w'in 

 there piches or noo, if they doo not ye shall p'nt them. 



"Also whether they suffer their Churchis to take damage 

 for not axyng of their tythes and duties that they owght 

 to have of right, for fere of any p'sone or for affection of 

 any p'sone or for fere of spending of money. 



"Also whether f* p'sons vicars or Curatts injoyne 

 any p'sone in penance in tyme of confession to have 

 masses or trentals to thyntent they myght have avaun- 

 tage by it, Aud if ye know anv suche ye shall p'sente 

 them. " 



