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  • 10 - Archdeacon Elizeus Burgess's articles for Rochester archdeaconry, c. 1632

  • Edited by Kenneth Fincham, University of Kent, Canterbury
  • Book:
    Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church: II. 1625–1642
    Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    01 September 2018
    Print publication:
    30 April 1998, pp 75-80

  • Summary

    Articles to be inquired of, by the church-wardnes and sworn-men, in the visitation holden by the Arch-deacon of Rochester. In the yeere of our Lord Christ, 163[].

    Constitutions ecclesiasticall.

  • Whether have you in your church or chappell, the booke of constitutions or canons ecclesiasticall, published by his highnes authority, under the great seale of England: and whether hath your minister read the same, or some part thereof, upon Sondaies and holidayes, in the afternoone before divine service, according to his maiesties pleasure in that behalfe, yea or no?

    • Divine service.

  • Whether is divine service diligently and distinctly read in your church or chappell (by your minister) at morning and evening praier, upon Sondayes and holidaies, and on weeke daies appointed, according to the prescript forme of the booke of common praier: and whether are the sacraments duly administred, and all things else (touching divine service) performed according to the said booke, and no otherwise?

    • Minister.

  • Whether doth your minister usually pray for the king and queenes maiesty, with addition of such titles and stiles, as are due to his highnes: and exhort the people to obedience to his maiesty, and the magistrates under him?

  • Whether is your minister a preacher licenced: if yea, then by whom: if he be no preacher, doth he then procure sermons to be preached among you monthly, by a licensed preacher: and when there is no sermon, doth he reade some one of the homilies allowed?

  • Whether hath your minister more benefices then one: if he hath, then at which doth he most abide: and whether doth he maintaine in the benefice where he doth not reside, a preacher licensed, and preach himselfe usually every sabbath in the place where he is resident: or in some other church or chappell neere adioyning, having no lawfull cause to the contrary?

  • Whether doe you know, or have heard say, that any who have heretofore beene admitted into the holy orders of deacon or preist, have afterwards voluntarily relinquished the same, and used himselfe in the course of his life as a lay-man?

  • 6 - Articles from the lower house of convocation, 1580

  • from 2 - Supplementary texts
  • Edited by Gerald Bray
  • Book:
    The Anglican Canons, 1529–1947
    Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    30 August 2018
    Print publication:
    30 April 1998, pp 766-769

  • Summary

    Articles delivered to the lords from the lower house of convocation.

    1. That no bishop henceforth shall make any ministers but such as shall be of age full twenty-four years and a graduate of the university, or at the least able in the Latin tongue to yield an account of his faith according to the articles of religion agreed upon in the convocation, and that in such sort that he can note the sentences of Scripture whereupon the truth of the said articles is grounded. And if any patron shall present any minister to any benefice which shall not be in this sort qualified, that it shall be lawful for the bishop to refuse such presentee and shall not be constrained either by double quarrel or Quare impedit to institute any such. The bishop that shall do contrary to this order, upon proof thereof, to be suspended by the archbishop from making of ministers for the space of two years.

    2. That there shall not henceforth be used any commutation of penance but in rare respects, that is to say, either for some great value or dignity of the person or for fear of some desperate event that will follow in the party that should be put to open shame. And at such time his penalty of money to be large, according to the ability of that person, and by the ordinary with good witnesses, to be employed either to the relief of the poor or other necessary and godly uses, and yet even in this respect the party offending, beside such pain of money, shall ever make in his parish church some satisfaction to the congregation by declaring openly his repentant and sorrowful mind for such offence committed. And here is earnestly to be desired that in all other respects and towards all other persons there may be some more strait punishment to be assigned by ecclesiastical judges for adultery, whoredom and incest than now by ecclesiastical laws they can do, whether it be by imprisonment joined with open penance, or otherwise.

  • Textual Conventions

  • Edited by Kenneth Fincham, University of Kent, Canterbury
  • Book:
    Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church: II. 1625–1642
    Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    01 September 2018
    Print publication:
    30 April 1998, pp xxix-xxx

  • Summary

    The original spelling and punctuation have been retained, except where the latter obscures the sense of a passage, standard abbreviations of English and Latin words have been extended, and capitalization modernized. Typographical omissions have been supplied, and placed within square brackets.

    Collations:

    Some sets of articles are numbered consecutively though they contain several sections, grouped under different headings. In collating these sets, references are made simply to numbers of individual articles. Other sets, however, are divided into a series of separately-numbered sections. These latter sections are here given numbers, printed in bold type both in the text and in the collations. Numbers of individual articles are printed in Roman type: when two sets are collated, the derivative has the numbers of its articles placed in brackets, while the original does not. In a few cases, the derivative has a different sequence of sections from the original, to which attention is drawn in the footnotes, and in these cases those sectional numbers in the derivative varying from the original are also placed in brackets. In most cases, the original and derivative share the same sequence of sections, the numbers of which are printed without brackets.

    In collating sets, individual articles are placed in one of four categories: Identical, Modification, Omission and Addition. Each needs some explanation.

    Identical: This category includes not just the exact reproduction in the derivative of an individual article from the original, but also an article in the derivative which contains very minor variations in construction or phraseology, which make no difference to the sense or purpose of the original article. For example, in his enquiries for London diocese in 1612, based on a set for London diocese in 1605, Bishop John King added ‘touching the premisses’ to the end of article 4 in Section 1, which, nevertheless, is entered in the collation in Volume I as ‘identical’. To count every tiny change, however trivial, is neither useful nor economical. Articles in this category are listed by section and number.

  • 2 - Chapter headings of William Lyndwood's Provinciale (1433) with sources

  • from 3 - Appendixes
  • Edited by Gerald Bray
  • Book:
    The Anglican Canons, 1529–1947
    Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    30 August 2018
    Print publication:
    30 April 1998, pp 862-886

  • Summary

    The following table gives the canons contained in William Lyndwood's Provinciale, as printed in the Oxford edition of 1679, with their sources. Lyndwood's own stated sources are listed first, with an explanation of them based on modern critical research. For canons before 1313 critical editions exist, and they are given preference here, with Lyndwood's date placed in brackets. For post-1313 canons there is no critical edition, and Lyndwood's dates and order have been retained, unless there is good evidence to believe otherwise. In these cases, however, the reader is directed to the critical assessment of the source material given at the beginning of the list.

    Lyndwood s work was patterned on the Decretales or Liber extra (X) of Pope Gregory IX, issued on 5 September 1234, and each chapter is collated with that collection, for ease of reference. The numbers in parentheses after individual canons refer to the page numbers in the 1679 edition.

    Lyndwood's Sources

    1. Archbishop Stephen Langton (1207-28). His canons were promulgated at the council of Oxford, 17 April 1222. Modern scholarship has confirmed this identification.

    2. Archbishop Richard Wethershed (1229-31). His canons were supposedly issued in 1229, but have now been shown to belong to Archbishop Richard of Dover (1174-84), who published them in 1175 (WBB, 983-92) However, all but three of Dover's canons were in turn culled from earlier sources, which found their way into the Decretum Gratiani. The five canons cited by Lyndwood may be traced back as follows:

    1: Pope Alexander III (1159-81) to Bishop Roger of Worcester (1163-79); there is no date, but it must have been sometime in the years 1164-74).

    5: A collage of four decretals, one of Pope Urban II (1088-99) (D, 70 c. 2 - Fr, I, 257); one of Pope Innocent I (401-17) (D, 71 c. 2 - Fr, I, 258); canon 6 of the council of Chalcedon, 451 (D, 70 с. 1 - Fr, I, 257 - C.O.D., 90) and canon 21 of the third council of Carthage, 397 (D, 72 c. 2 - Fr, 1,259-60).

  • 4 - The canons of 1571*

  • from 1 - Texts with commentary
  • Edited by Gerald Bray
  • Book:
    The Anglican Canons, 1529–1947
    Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    30 August 2018
    Print publication:
    30 April 1998, pp 172-210

  • Summary

    Liber quorundam canonum disciplinae ecclesiae Anglicanae anno MDLXXI. Sequuntur in hoc libello certi quidam articuli de sacro ministerio et procuratione ecclesiarum in quos piene consensum est in synodo a domino Matthaeo archiepiscopo Cantuariensi et totius Angliae primate et metropolitano, et reliquis omnibus eius provinciae episcopis, partim personaliter praesentibus in synodo inchoata Londini in aede divi Pauli tertio die Aprilis MDLXXI.

    1. De episcopis.

    1. Omnes episcopi diligenter docebunt evangelium, non tantum in ecclesiis cathedralibus, quibus praesunt, sed etiam passim per omnes ecclesias suae cuiusque dioeceseos, ubi maxime putabunt expedire.

    2. Imprimis autem cohortabuntur populum ad lectionem, et auditionem Sacrarum Scripturarum; utque satis temporibus conveniant ad suas quique ecclesias, et diligenter auscultent sacris contionatoribus; utque submisse et audiant pias preces, quae a ministro dicentur, et una precentor ipsi, et caelestium mysteriorum, ut nunc in ecclesiis nostris auctoritate, et iussu totius regni legitime et pie procurantur, sint participes.

    3. Episcopus quisque ante calendas Septembris próximas [1 September 1571] advocabit ad se omnes publicos contionatores, quicunque erunt in sua cuiusque dioecesi, et ab illis repetet facultates contionandi, quas habent, auctentico sigillo consignatas, easque vel retinebit apud se vel extinguet. Deinde, delecto illorum

    A book of certain canons concerning some part of the discipline of the Church of England, In the year of our Lord 1571. Here followeth in this book some certain articles of the holy ministry and of the offices of the church fully agreed upon by Matthew, archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and metropolitan, and all other bishops of the same province, which were partly present in person and partly subscribed by the hands of their proctors, in a synod begun at London, in the church of St Paul, the third day of April 1571.

    1. Bishops.

    1. All bishops shall diligently teach the gospel, not only in their cathedral churches which they govern, but also indifferently in all the churches of every their diocese, where they shall think it most needful.

  • 17 - Dean Richard Steward's orders for the peculiar of Chichester deanery, 1635

  • Edited by Kenneth Fincham, University of Kent, Canterbury
  • Book:
    Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church: II. 1625–1642
    Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    01 September 2018
    Print publication:
    30 April 1998, pp 124-125

  • Summary

    [17 January 1635, in Chichester Cathedral, before Dean Steward and Thomas Neville, his commissary.]

    Quo die dominus decanus monuit prefatos magistros Nicholum Harrison Robertum Johnson Robertum Randall Willelmum Winch Johannem Guye Willelmum Chaundler Thomam Hooke et Willelmum Alridge ministros antedictos, that hereafter they duly instruct the youth of their severall parrishes every Sunday in the afternoone in the fundamentall poynts of religion after a catecheticall way.

    And that they doe their best to informe theire churchwardens of all such of their parrishioners as absent themselves from there owne parrish churches either at morning or evening prayers on Sundayes and holy dayes and cause them to bee presented.

    Ac etiam monuit prefactos Johannem Wilcher Henricum Clarke Johannem Butcher Johannem Ansell Danielem Marton Richardum Mihell Richardum Mosse Robertum Knowler nomas [sic] Sandham Robertum Haseler et Johannem Longhurst gordianos predictos that from henceforth they diligently inquire and take notice of all such of their severall parrishioners as shall absent themselves from their owne parrish churches at morning or evening prayers on Sundayes or holy dayes and duly and truely present all such as they shall finde offending therein sub pena iuris.

    [5 December 1635, in Chichester Cathedral, before Dean Steward and Thomas Neville.]

    Quibus die et loco dominus decanus antedictus prefatis magistris Roberto Johnson Thome Hooke Johanni Payne Willelmo Speed Johanni Taylor Johanni Guye Willelmo Winch Willelmo Chaundler et Roberto Randall et eorum cuilibet sic (ut prefertur) citatis et personaliter comparentibus stricte et peremptorie iniunxit that they and every of them from henceforth shall and doe duly and diligendy catechise the youth of their severall parrishes every Sunday half an houre before evening prayers by questyon and answere in the playnest manner according to the catechisme set downe in the booke of common prayer. And as by the cannon they are enioyned. And hee allsoe advised them that for the more orderly discharging of this duty they the said ministers require of every housholder within theire severall parrishes a note of the names of all their children and servants.

  • 8 - The principal ecclesiastical courts

  • from 3 - Appendixes
  • Edited by Gerald Bray
  • Book:
    The Anglican Canons, 1529–1947
    Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    30 August 2018
    Print publication:
    30 April 1998, pp 906-910

  • Summary

    The following list is a guide to the principal ecclesiastical courts. The dates given are those during which they exercised ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England and/or Ireland, however theoretically in some cases. Courts said to have been established in 1072 are those which trace their origins to the ordinance of William I, traditionally said to have been given in that year, though in fact the courts concerned were probably not functioning on a regular basis for a century or more after that. For a fuller treatment, see the relevant section in the introduction.

    Higher courts

    Audience courts (from early times to 1 March 1965). Each archbishop possessed his own audience court, over which he presided in person. These courts were active until 1640, but they seem to have died out after that, although there is some evidence that the one in York may have been functioning into the eighteenth century. They were formally abolished on 1 March 1965.

    Convocation (c. 1250 - 1 March 1965). Apparently designated for dealing with proven cases of heresy sent to the archbishop by a bishop of the province, but it is questionable whether it was ever used in this way. Any rights the convocations may have had to hear such cases lapsed in 1965.

    Court of ecclesiastical causes reserved (since 1 March 1965). Established to hear all cases involving doctrine or ritual matters, on which it is now the final court of appeal.

    Court of peculiars (from early times to 11 January 1858). This court was established to deal with the thirteen London parishes which belonged to the jurisdiction of the archbishop of Canterbury. From c. 1280 until 1666 it met in the church of St Mary-le-Bow, under the presidency of its dean, who was known as the dean of the arches (from the name of the church). From the early sixteenth century it was effectively merged with the provincial appeals court, which came to be known by the title of its lesser component.

  • 8 - Bishop Godfrey Goodman's articles for Gloucester diocese, 1631

  • Edited by Kenneth Fincham, University of Kent, Canterbury
  • Book:
    Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church: II. 1625–1642
    Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    01 September 2018
    Print publication:
    30 April 1998, pp 42-55

  • Summary

    Articles to be enquired of in the third visitation of the right reverend father in God, Godfrey, Lord Bishop of Gloucester, holden anno 1631.

    Advertisements.

  • That every incumbent or curate, indeavour (as far forth as he can) especially in market townes, to reade short morning prayers at six a clock before men goe to their labours. Secondly, that preachers doe not intend so much, either long preaching, or often preaching, as painefull and profitable preaching. Thirdly, considering the miserable distractions of the Church, that they doe not labour to nourish and increase controversies in religion, but rather to reconcile them; and to this end, that they interpret all things to the best on every side, that in their prayers they use these, or words to the like effect; ‘Grant, O Lord that all they that doe professe thy holy name, may agree in the truth of thy holy word, and live in unitie, and godly love’: and that they instruct their auditors in poynts of devotion, pietie, charity, mortification, and such like necessary principles and articles of our faith, wherein all Christians agree; rather then in the niceties, curiosities, and subtilties of schoole-learning, wherein the differences doe most consist, and whereof the people are not so capable.

  • That the incumbent and church-wardens doe instantly present, what land belongs to their church, and what utensiles, and in whose hands and custody they are: and when any man is presented for a crime, if within five or six court-dayes after his presentment, the partie bee not put to some open punishment in the same parish, where the offence was committed; then it may be supposed, that he hath made a commutation; which, as it is wholy to be imployed in charitable workes, so my lord bishop is resolved, that hereafter it shall be bestowed in setting poore people on worke, wherein my lord will use the helpe of the incumbent, the church-wardens, and some other of the parish, who, sometimes taking the advice and direction of the next iustice of peace, may see it imployed to that purpose; and therefore my lord desires them to be carefull, as in presenting the crime, so in calling for the commutation.

  • 7 - The canons of 1597 (1598)*

  • from 1 - Texts with commentary
  • Edited by Gerald Bray
  • Book:
    The Anglican Canons, 1529–1947
    Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    30 August 2018
    Print publication:
    30 April 1998, pp 232-257

  • Summary

    The chapters or ecclesiastical constitutions drawn up by the archbishop, bishops and other clergy of the province of Canterbury in the synod begun at London on the twenty-fifth day of the month of October 1597, in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of her most serene highness in Christ, Lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc., and later approved and confirmed by her royal majesty and promulged by the same royal authority, under the great seal of England, that they might be more diligently observed both in the province of Canterbury and in the province of York

    That suitable persons be admitted to holy orders and ecclesiastical benefices (as they are called).

    1 [33]. First, care must be taken that henceforth no-one be ordained who has not also, at the same time as his own presentation to some benefice within the diocese or jurisdiction of the same bishop from whom he seeks holy orders, shown that the benefice is then vacant, or who has not given the same bishop a certain, true and indubitable certificate concerning some church within the diocese or jurisdiction of the said bishop, in which he may minister to the cure of souls, or who has not been enrolled in some cathedral or collegiate church, or college in Cambridge or Oxford, or at least, who is not soon to be admitted by the same bishop to some benefice with the intention of serving the cure (as it is called) then being vacant.

    2 [34]. Finally, no bishop shall henceforth ordain anyone who is not from his own diocese unless he has graduated from either of our universities, or unless he brings letters dimissory (as they are known) from his own diocesan bishop, has already attained the age of twenty-four years and has also received some academic degree

    etiam in altera dictarum academiarum gradum aliquem scholasticum susceperit; vel saltern, nisi rationem fidei suae iuxta articulos illos religionis in synodo episcoporum et cleri approbatos Latino sermone reddere possit, adeo ut sacrarum litterarum testimonia, quibus eorundem articulorum Veritas innititur, recitare etiam valeat;

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