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  • 6 - Archbishop Samuel Harsnett's orders for York diocese, 1629

  • Edited by Kenneth Fincham, University of Kent, Canterbury
  • Book:
    Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church: II. 1625–1642
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  • Summary

    Orders set downe by the most reverend father in God, Samuel, by the providence of God Archbishop of Yorke his grace, Metropolitane of England, to bee presently published and affixed in all the parish churches within his said graces iurisdiction, for the better reforming of certaine abuses within the same.

    The ancient and laudable use of visitations, have beene to reforme such abuses, as by tract of time have crept into the Church; the discovery of which abuses, as by a booke of articles is offered unto you, and you bound by a sacred oath to present the same; so for the refreshing of your memories, and discharge of mine owne conscience towards God, I thought fit to denote some in particular unto you.

    First, I understand of a great irreverence, openly shewed in your churches and chappels during the time of divine service; which is, that yong men mis-led by the example of their elders, doe sit covered with their hats on their heads, neither regarding the holinesse of the house of God, nor the greatnesse of the divine Maiestie, which is to bee worshipped with feare and reverence: for a present remedie of this abuse, I require the churchwardens and side-men, at the beginning of divine service, to looke carefully upon the congregation, and if any of the elder sort offend in this kinde, I require them to goe personally unto them, and to desire them in gentle termes to remember themselves, and to sit uncovered: and if after gentle admonition they doe not forbeare, then I require that they bee presented at my next court day, holden in Yorke: and for the yonger sort, I require the churchwardens to goe personally unto them, in case they offend, and to rebuke them sharpely for their contempt, and if they persist, and will not obey by uncovering their heads, I will the churchwardens to pull off their hats, and I require the masters of such profane servants, and fathers of children, to give them such private chastisement, as the qualitie of their fact requireth.

  • 5 - Royal declaration for the peace of the Church, 1628-9

  • Edited by Kenneth Fincham, University of Kent, Canterbury
  • Book:
    Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church: II. 1625–1642
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  • Summary

    His maiesties declaration.

    Being by Gods ordinance, according to our iust title, defender of the faith, and supreame governour of the Church, within these our dominions, wee hold it most agreeable to this our kingly office, and our owne religious zeale, to conserve and maintaine the Church committed to our charge in die unity of true religion, and in the bond of peace: and not to suffer unnecessary disputations, altercations, or questions to bee raysed, which may nourish faction both in the Church and common-wealth. Wee have therefore upon mature deliberation, and with the advise of so many of our bishops as might conveniently bee called together, thought fitte to make this declaration following.

    That the articles of the Church of England (which have been allowed and authorized heretofore, and which our clergie generally, have subscribed unto) do containe the true doctrine of the Church of England, agreeable to Gods word: which wee doe therefore ratifie and confirme, requiring all our loving subiects to continue in the uniforme profession thereof; and prohibiting the least difference from the sayd articles, which to that end wee commaund to be new printed, and this our declaration to be published therewith.

    That we are supreame governour of the Church of England: and that if any difference arise about the externall policie, concerning iniunctions, canons, or other constitutions whatsoever thereto belonging: the clergie in their convocation is to order and settle them, having first obtained leave under our broad seale so to doe: and wee approving their sayd ordinances and constitutions, providing that none be made contrary to the lawes and customes of the land.

    That out of our princely care, that the churchmen may doe the worke which is proper unto them, the bishops and clergie, from time to time in convocation, upon their humble desire shall have licence under our broad sede, to deliberate of, and to doe dl such things, as being made plaine by them, and assented unto by us, shall concerne the settled continuance of the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England now established: from which we will not endure any varying, or departing in the least degree.

  • 20 - The Irish canons of 1871

  • from 2 - Supplementary texts
  • Edited by Gerald Bray
  • Book:
    The Anglican Canons, 1529–1947
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    Boydell & Brewer
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  • Summary

    1 (3). Of the prescribed form of divine service.

    That form of liturgy and divine service which is comprised in the book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments, or which may be otherwise prescribed by the lawful authority of the Church of Ireland, and no other, shall be used in the churches of the same.

    [On 3 May 1945 there was a lengthy addition to this canon, as follows:

    Provided that, subject as herein provided, it shall be lawful to hold in a church or cathedral of the Church of Ireland a special service at which a recognized minister of a Christian denomination other than the Church of Ireland or a church in communion therewith may deliver an address, but so that

    a. express permission shall have been given by the ordinary for the holding of such service and the delivery of such address,

    b. such permission shall not be given unless the ordinary has been satisfied that both the incumbent and the churchwardens of the church concerned so desire,

    c. such special service shall not be in substitution for any of the prescribed services of the Church of Ireland,

    d. the form of such service and the mode in which it is used shall be approved by the ordinary, and

    e. such permission shall be given at the discretion of the ordinary, and only

    1. upon a notable occasion of a public or supra-denominational kind, whether national, civic or in connection with social welfare; or

    2. in respect of an interdenominational service having for its object the reunion of the churches, or in connection with foreign missions.

    This was deleted on 17 May 1962 and replaced by the following:

    A minister or accredited preacher of such Christian denominations not in full communion with the Church of Ireland as may from time to time be specified by the house of bishops may, with the permission of the bishop or other the ordinary, in such circumstances as may from time to time be prescribed by the house of bishops, deliver an address in any church or cathedral of the Church of Ireland at a service other than holy communion, which permission shall be without prejudice to the normal maintenance of the recognized rules of church order.

  • 4 - Articles for government, 1563

  • from 2 - Supplementary texts
  • Edited by Gerald Bray
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    The Anglican Canons, 1529–1947
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  • Summary

    Articles drawn out by some certain and were exhibited to be admitted by authority, but not so allowed.

    1. The bishop of the diocese to gain jurisdiction in the sites of the late monasteries and to appoint them to several parish churches if they be of no parish already.

    Whereas in sundry places of this realm commonly the sites of the late monasteries, abbeys, priories, nunneries, cells, houses of prayer, hospitals, colleges and other religious and ecclesiastical houses and divers other places to the same belonging heretofore have been of the peculiar jurisdiction of the late abbots, priors and other governors masters and heads of the said houses, and have been exempt from all visitations and other jurisdiction of the ordinary within whose diocese they were situate, and as yet are, parts whereof neither were nor yet are of any several parish or parishes and so have remained since the several dissolutions of the said late monasteries, and having at this day neither church nor chapel certain whereunto to resort either to hear common prayer or to be partakers of the sacraments, by reason whereof great disorder and licentious living, with manifest contempt of religious and divine service, heretofore hath and daily doth grow, to the great displeasure of Almighty God and evil example of Christian people; for reformation whereof it may be enacted etc. that all and singular exempt and particular jurisdictions of the said sites and other places to the same belonging may utterly from henceforth cease and may be extinguished, and that it may be lawful for the bishop of the diocese where such exempt places are, to assign and limit of what several parishes the said places or any of them and the inhabitants thereof shall be. And the said bishop and archdeacon to have ordinary jurisdiction over them in all causes ecclesiastical to all respects as he hath in any other place or places of his diocese where he is ordinary. Provided that this order shall not extend to the site of any late monastery, priory, and neither to the site jurisdiction or jurisdictions or privilege where any cathedral or collegiate church or college is now erected or endowed withal, but that the same and the jurisdiction thereunto belonging shall still remain as it doth at this present.

  • 30 - Archdeacon William Kingsley's injunctions to the churchwardens of St Margaret, Canterbury, 1639

  • Edited by Kenneth Fincham, University of Kent, Canterbury
  • Book:
    Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church: II. 1625–1642
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  • Summary

    [6 February 1639, in St Margaret's Church, before William Kingsley, Archdeacon of Canterbury.]

    Comparuerunt personaliter magister Richardus Birkhened notarius publicus et Thomas Gilbert oeconomi moderni ecclesiae pariochialis Sanctae Margaretae civitatis et archidiaconatus Cantuariensis quos dominus peremptorìe monuit

  • That they the churchwardens take care that there be noe omission of divine service in regard of preaching.

  • That there be catechizing on Sundayes in the afternoone before evening prayer and that after warning given they take care the children be duly sent.

  • That in divine service forenone and afternoone the very order of the booke of common prayer bee observed without appointing singing psalmes at either, in stedd of Te Deum, Jubilate, Magnificat, or Nunc Dimittis.

  • That the sermons in the afternoone (if any) bee by way of catechising according to the kings maiesties iniunctions.

  • That the holydayes be duly observed and that the churchwardens present neglecters of prayers on those day es, noe shopps open or workers in divine service time.

  • That the said churchwardens place themselves and other church officers soe as they may best see due order kept in the church.

  • That they seate all other householders in the body of the church and side chancells orderly according to their qualities, and place the youth and children maides and girles soe as each sexe may sitt togeather orderly by them selves and not in eminent seates with their parents.

  • That the seates in the body of the church be all made decent and conformable especially that next the pulpit and the two former seates in the middle isle which by reason of their heights are hinderances to those behind them.

  • That the body of the church over the middle isle be decently seeled to the example of other places, St Margaretts being in the eye of all the jurisdiction.

  • That if roome be wanting in the church and side chancells the seates shalbe made decent for the young men in the chancell and others of the better ranck to sitt in.

  • That the seates or stooles for servants at the end of the pewes on the north side of the church be taken away because they exceedingly take upp that isle.

  • That the clarke have a convenient seate made for him in the eye of the minister and as nere to him as may bee.

  • 13 - Archbishop William Laud's metropolitical articles for Lincoln diocese, 1634

  • Edited by Kenneth Fincham, University of Kent, Canterbury
  • Book:
    Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church: II. 1625–1642
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  • Summary

    Articles to be enquired of in the metropoliticall visitation of the most reverend father, William, by Gods providence, Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England; and. Metropolitan: in and for the dioces of Lincolne in the yeere of our Lord God 1634, and in the first yeere of his graces translation.

    Concerning the church, the ornaments thereof, and the churches possessions.

  • Whether have you in your severall churches, and chappels, the whole bible of the largest volume, and the booke of common prayer, both fairely and substantially bound. A font of stone, set up in the ancient usuali place: a convenient and decent communion table, with a carpet of silke, or some other decent stuffe, continually laid upon the same at time of divine service, and a faire linnen cloth thereon, at the time of the receiving of the holy communion. And whether is the same table placed in such convenient sort within the chancell or church, as that the minister may be best heard in his prayer and administration: and that the greatest number may communicate. And whether is it so used out of time of divine service, as is not agreeable to the holy use of it; as by sitting on it, throwing hats on it, writing on it, or is it abused to other prophaner uses: and are the ten commandements set upon the east end of your church or chappell where the people may best see and reade them, and other sen[ten]ces of holy scripture, written on the walles likewise for that purpose.

  • Whether are the afternoones sermons, in your severall parishes, turned into catechizing by question and answer; according to the forme prescribed in the booke of common praier? And whether doth every lecturer reade divine service, according to the liturgy printed by authoritie, in his surplice and hood before the lecture? And whether are his maiesties instructions in all things duly observed?

  • Whether have you in your said church or chappel, a convenient seat for your minister to reade service in, together with a comely pulpet set up in a convenient place, with a decent cloath or cushion for the same, a comely large surplice, a faire communion cup, with a cover of silver, a flagon of silver, tinne, or pewter,

  • 11 - The Scottish canons of 1636

  • from 1 - Texts with commentary
  • Edited by Gerald Bray
  • Book:
    The Anglican Canons, 1529–1947
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  • Summary

    Charles R.

    We, out of our royal care for the maintenance of the present estate and government of the Church of Scotland, having diligently, and with great content, considered all the canons and constitutions after following, and finding the same such, as we are persuaded, will be profitable not only to our clergy, but to the whole church of that our kingdom, if so they be well observed, have for us, our heirs and lawful successors, of our especial grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, given, and by these presents do give our royal assent unto all the said canons, orders and constitutions, and to all and everything in them contained, as they are afterwards set down.

    And further, we do not only by our prerogative royal and supreme authority in causes ecclesiastical, ratify and confirm, by these our letters patents, the said canons, orders and constitutions, and all and everything in them contained, but likewise we command by our authority royal and by these our letters patents, the same to be diligently observed and executed, by all our loving subjects of that our kingdom, both within the provinces of St Andrews and Glasgow, in all points wherein they do or may concern every or any of them, according to this our will and pleasure, hereby expressed and declared. And for the better observation of them, we straightly charge and command all archbishops, bishops and all others that exercise any ecclesiastical jurisdiction within that our realm, to see and procure (so much as in them lieth) all and every of the same canons, orders and constitutions, to be in all points duly observed; not sparing to execute the penalties in them severally mentioned, upon any that shall willingly and wilfully break or neglect to observe the same, as they tender the honour of God, the peace of the church, the tranquillity of the kingdom and their service and duty to us their king and sovereign.

    Given at our manor of Greenwich, the 23rd of May 1635.

  • 17 - The injunctions of William III, 1695

  • from 2 - Supplementary texts
  • Edited by Gerald Bray
  • Book:
    The Anglican Canons, 1529–1947
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    30 April 1998, pp 830-832

  • Summary

    Injunctions given by the king's majesty to the archbishops of this realm, to be communicated by them to the bishops and the rest of the clergy.

    To the most reverend father in God, our right trusty and right entirely beloved counsellor Thomas, lord archbishop of Canterbury, and to the most reverend father in God John, lord archbishop of York.

    William R.

    Most reverend father in God, our right trusty and right entirely beloved counsellor, and most reverend father in God, we greet you well. We being very sensible that nothing can more effectually conduce to the honour and glory of God and the support of the protestant religion than the protecting and maintaining of the Church of England, as it is by law established, which we are resolved to do with the utmost of our power, have therefore upon mature deliberation with you and other our bishops, by virtue of our royal and supreme authority, thought fit, with the advice of our privy council, to ordain and publish the following injunctions.

    1 [34-5]. That the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth canons concerning ordinations be strictly observed.

    2. That every person to be admitted to holy orders do signify his name and the place of his abode to the bishop fourteen days before he is ordained, to the end that inquiry may be made into his life and conversation. And that he appear at the furthest on Thursday in ember week, that so such, who upon examination shall be found fit, may have time to prepare themselves by fasting and prayer, before the day of ordination.

    3 [33]. That every bishop shall be well satisfied that all persons that are to be ordained have a real title with a sufficient maintenance, according to the thirty-third canon, in which matter we require the bishops to use an especial care.

    4. That a certificate of the age of the person to be ordained be brought, if it can be, out of the parish register, or at least a certificate very well attested“

  • 27 - Bishop William Juxon's injunctions for Barstable deanery, London diocese, 1637

  • Edited by Kenneth Fincham, University of Kent, Canterbury
  • Book:
    Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church: II. 1625–1642
    Published by:
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  • Summary

    [5 September 1637, at Ingatestone, Essex, before Arthur Duck, Vicar-General to Bishop Juxon.]

    Injunctio ad clerum

  • To bowe at the name of Jesus.

  • The communion table to be rayled.

  • Their prayers before the sermon to be short according to the canon.

  • To catechise and especially the schoolemasters according to the Church catechism.

  • To stand up at the gospell the creed and Gloria Patri.

  • Inioynd to have responsails in the service.

  • To observe holydayes which are now out of use in these parts.

  • None to hold a lecture but by publicke allowance.

  • Complaint of the disorder of many ministers in drinking etc.

  • Monisht not to marry by the archdeacons authority. And the officiali Mr Harvey. sayes that he may then bring them to the Bishop of Londons or my Lord of Canterburys office if he can not doe them himself.

  • 14 - The five articles of Perth, 1618

  • from 2 - Supplementary texts
  • Edited by Gerald Bray
  • Book:
    The Anglican Canons, 1529–1947
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    30 April 1998, pp 823-824

  • Summary

    1. Seeing we are commanded by God himself, that when we come to worship Him, we fall down and kneel before the Lord our Maker, and considering withal that there is no part of divine worship more heavenly and spiritual than is the holy receiving of the blessed body and blood of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, like as the most humble and reverent gesture of our body in our meditation and the lifting up of our hearts best becometh so divine and sacred an action; therefore, notwithstanding that our church hath used since the reformation of religion to celebrate the holy communion to the people sitting, by reason of the great abuse of kneeling used the idolatrous worship of the sacrament by the papists, yet seeing all memory of bypast superstitions is past, in reverence of God and in due regard of so divine a mystery, and in remembrance of so mystical an union as we are made partakers of, the assembly thinketh good, that the blessed sacrament be celebrated hereafter, meekly and reverently upon their knees.

    2. If any good Christian visited with long sickness, and known to the pastor, by reason of his present infirmity, to be unable to resort to the church for receiving the holy communion, or being sick, shall declare to the pastor, upon his conscience, that he thinks his sickness to be deadly, and shall earnestly desire to receive the same in his house, the minister shall not deny him so great a comfort, lawful warning being given to him the night before, and that there be three or four of good religion and conversation, free of all lawful impediments, present with the sick person, to communicate with him, who must also provide a convenient place in his house, and all things necessary for the reverent administration thereof, according to the order prescribed in the church.

    3. The minister shall often admonish the people that they defer not the baptizing of infants any longer than the next Lord's day after the child be born; unless upon a great and reasonable cause declared to the minister, and by him approved, the same be continued.

  • 24 - Bishop John Thornborough's articles for Worcester cathedral, 1636

  • Edited by Kenneth Fincham, University of Kent, Canterbury
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    Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church: II. 1625–1642
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  • Summary

    Articles to be inquired of for the chathedral church in the visitation of the right reverend father John Lord Bishopp of Worcester, anno domini1636.

  • Whether any member of this church, at his first admission doth sweare to observe such statutes as have beene hitherto used as statutes and not contrary to the lawes of the realme of England.

  • Are your deane and praebendaries resident uppon the denry and praebends as uppon theyre other benefices and who have beene absent and how long for the yeare last past.

  • Whether your devine service be used and the sacraments administred in due time and according to the booke of common prayer.

  • Whether all the members of your church especiallye your praebendaryes and eccleciasticall persons doe use desent garments, and atires as all gradiats theyre surplises and hoods and all other inferiors theyre surplise and capp.

  • Whether the praebendaryes and preachers of your church doe yearly preach the full number of sermons appoynted by the statutes and ordinances of the saide church in theyre owne persons or by others and who doe most usually preach them.

  • Whether the mumiments and evidences of the church be safely kept and in such manner as is required by the statutes thereof.

  • Whether the cathedrall church be in sufficient repaire both in the body chancell and all other places belonging to the saide church and are the howses and edifices belonging to the deane and prebendaryes and to all other members who are allowed be [sic] the statutes of your church to have howses kept in good repaire as of statute is required.

  • Whether be there within your church or percuncts thereof any usurers drunckards adulterers fornicaters incestious persons symonists open recustants or such as neglect to repare to the church to service or doe not receave the communion threice in the yeare or are famed or vehemently suspected of any of the crimes aforesaid.

  • What lay dwellers and inmates are there within the percunts of your church and who are they and what inclosures or inchrochments are made by any in or uppon your church, or churchyarde and by whom or what or wherein or [sic] they:

Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church: II. 1625–1642
  • Edited by Kenneth Fincham
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    01 September 2018
    Print publication:
    30 April 1998
  • 'Sets a standard of excellence which will gain the society a high reputation... Documents which have for much too long been inaccessible to ecclesiastical and social historians, and which they cannot afford to ignore.' JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 'An important sourcebook for research about early seventeenth-century religious and social history.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT (Following on from the highly-praised first volume of visitation articles, covering the years 1603-25) This selection of articles and injunctions issued by archbishops, bishops, archdeacons, and other ecclesiastical ordinaries in the early Stuart church concentrates on the church of Charles I, from his accession in 1625 to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642. The volume traces the impact of Laudian reforms as well as the defensive reaction of the Church hierarchy in 1641-2. The range of churchmanship included is broad, stretching from the articles and injunctions of Laudian enthusiasts such as bishops Wren and Montagu to those issued by Calvinist episcopalians such as Hall and Thornborough. The introduction places these texts in their historical and historiographical contexts, and an appendix lists all surviving sets of visitation articles for the years 1603-1642. The volume will be a valuable work of reference for anyone interested in the government and ideals of the early Stuart church. Dr KENNETH FINCHAM is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

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