Item, whether they do lightly call any Perſons before them, ex officio, and put thē to their purgacion, without vrgent ſuſpicion or infamy proued.

Item, whether the Biſhop haue not preached without diſſimulacion, agaynſt the vſurped power of the Biſhop of Rome, and ſetfurth the kynges Maieſties Iuriſdiction to be the onely ſupreme power in al his realmes and dominions.

Whether the Biſhop haue perſonally preachede in any of your churches, or any wher with in this dioceſſe, and how ofte in the yere.

Item, whether he and hys officers haue diligētly executed for their part, our late Kynges Iniunctions and his letters miſſiues, for a due order in the religion of Chriſte, and cauſed the ſayde Iniunctions and letters, to be diligently put in execution thorough his Dioceſſe.

Item, whether he hath learned and diſcrete officers vnder him, that do without any reſpect of perſones punyſhe ſuch crymes, as apperteyneth to Eccleſiaſticall iuriſdiction.

Item, whether he or any of his officers, do take any money or other gifte, to hyde & cloke adultery, or any other notorious vyce, that ought by them to be puniſhed.

Item, if any commutacion of penaunce haue ben made to a pecuniary ſome, to what purpoſe theſame hathe bene conuerted, and what good dedes hath bene done with theſame, and ſpecify theſame deedes.

Item whether the biſhop hath ſuche chaplaines aboute hym, as been hable to preache the woorde of God, and do theſame purely and ſyncerely, and how ofte in the yere, how many thei be, and what be their names.

ITem whether Perſones, Vicars and Curates, and euery of them, haue iuſtly and truely without diſſimulaciō, preached againſt the vſurped power, and pretenſed aucthoritie & iuriſoicciō of the biſhop of Rome.

Item whether thei haue preached and declared, that the Kynges Maieſties power, aucthoritie, and preeminence, is within this Realme and the dominiōs of theſame, the moſte ſupreme and higheſt vnder God.

Item, whether any perſone hath by writyng, Cyphryng, Printyng, preachyng, or teachyng, deede, or acte, obſtinatly holden and ſtand with, to extoll, ſet furthe, maintein or defende, the aucthoritie, iuriſdiccion or power of the biſhopp of Rome, or of his Sea, heretofore claimed and vſurped: or by any pretenſe, obſtinatly or maliciouſly inuēted any thyng for the extollyng of the ſame, or any parte therof.

Item, whether thei haue declared to their Pariſhioners the articles concernyng the abrogacion of certain ſuperfluous holy daies, and dooen their indeuoure, to perſwade their ſaied Pariſhioners to kepe and obſerue theſame articles inuiolably, and whether any of thoſe abrogated daies hath ſithens theſaied abrogacion, been kept as holy daies, contrary to theſaid articles, and by whoſe occaſion thei wer ſo kept.

Whether there doo remain not taken doune in your Churches, Chapelles, or els where, any miſuſed Images, with Pilgrimages, clothes, ſtones, ſhoes, offerynges, kiſſynges, Candelſtickes, trindilles of waxe, and ſuche other like, and whether there doo remain not delaied and deſtroyed, any Shrines, coueryng of Shrines, or any other monument of Idolatrie, Superſticiō and Hypocryſy.

Whether thei haue not diligently taught vpon the Sondaies and holy daies, their Pariſhioners, and ſpecially the youth, their Pater noſter, the Articles of our faithe, and the Tenne commaundemetes in Engliſh, and whether thei haue expounded and declared the vnderſtandyng of theſame.

Whether thei haue diligently, duely & reuerently, miniſtered the ſacramētes in their cures.

Whether ſuch beneficed men, as be lawfully abſent from their benefices, doo leaue their cure to a rude and vnlearned perſone, and not to an honeſt, well learned and expert Curate.

Whether thei haue prouided & laied in ſome conuenient place of the churche where thei haue cure, a bible of the largeſt volume in Engliſhe.

Whether Perſones, Vicars, Curates, Chaū tery Prieſtes, and other ſtipendaries be commō haunters and reſorters to Tauernes and alehouſes, geuing themſelfes to exceſſiue drinkyng riotyng, and plaiyng at vulawfull games, and apply not themſelfes chiefly to the ſtudy of ſcripture, teachyng of youthe, or ſome other honeſt and Godly exerciſe.

Whether thei be reſident vpon their benefices, and kepe hoſpitalitie or no: and if thei be abſēt or kepe no hoſpitalitie, whether thei do make due diſtribucion emonges the poore Pariſhioners or no.

Whether thei hauyng yerely to diſpēd in ſpirituall promociōs an C. l. do not find cōpetenly one ſcolar in any vniuerſitie, or at ſome grāmet ſcole, and for aſmany C. l. as euery of them may diſpend, ſo many ſcolars likewiſe be founde by them, and what be their names that thei ſo find.

Whether thei kepe their Chauncelles, Rectories, Vicarages, and all other houſes apperteynyng to them, in due reparacions.

Whether thei haue euery lent, required their Pariſhioners in their confeſſion, to recite their Pater noſter, tharticles of our faith, and the tenne commaundementes in Engliſhe.

Whether thei haue coūſailed or moued their Pariſhioners, rather to praie in a toungue not knowen then in Engliſhe, or to put their truſte in any preſcribed numbre of praiers, as in ſaiyng ouer a numbre of beades or other like.

Whether thei haue preached, or cauſed to bee preached purely and ſyncerely the word of God & the faith of chriſt in euery of their cures, euery quarter of the yere once at the leaſt: Exhortyng their Pariſhioners to the workes commaunded by ſcripture, and not to workes diuiſed by mannes phantaſies.

Whether in their ſermōs, their haue exhorted the fathers and Mothers, Maſters, and gouernors of youth, to bryng theim vp in ſome verteous ſtudy or occupacion.

Whether thei haue exhorted the people to obediēce to the kynges Maieſtie and his officers and to charitie and loue, one to another.

Whether thei haue moued the people to read and heare the ſcripture in Engliſhe, & haue not diſcoraged theim from readyng and hearyng of theſame ſuche as be not prohibited ſo to do.

Whether thei haue declare to their pariſhioners, that thei ought to knowe and vnderſtand the Pater noſter, the articles of our faith, and ten cōmaundemētes in Engliſhe, before thei ſhould receiue the bleſſed Sacrament of the aulter.

Whether thei haue taught the people the true vſe of Images, whiche is onely to put theim in remembraunce of the Godly and verteous lifes of them that thei do repreſent: and haue taught that if theſaied people vſe the Images for any other purpoſe, thei committe Idolatrie, to the greate daunger of their ſoules.

Whether thei haue declared, and to their wittes and power haue perſwaded the people, that the maner and kynde of faſtyng in Lent & other dayes in the yere, is but a meere poſitiue lawe, and that therfore all perſons hauing iuſte cauſe of ſickenes, or neceſſitie, or beyng licenced by the kynges Maieſtie, may temperately eate all kyndes of meate without grudge or ſcruple of conſcience.

Whether your Parſonnes, Vicars, and Curates haue ſhewed and declared vnto you, the true vſe of ceremonies, that is to ſay: That they be no workers, nor woorkes of ſaluacion, but onely outwarde ſignes and tookens to put vs in remembraunce of thynges, of higher perfection.

Whether they haue admitted any mā to preache in their cures, not beynge lawfully licenced thereunto, or haue refuſed or repelled ſuche to preache, as haue bene ſo licenced.

Whether they, which haue ſpoken and declared any thyng, for the ſettingfurth of pilgrimages; fayned reliques, images, or any ſuch ſuperſticion, haue not openly recanted theſame.

Whether they haue one boke or regiſtre ſauefely kept, wherin they write the daye of euery wedding, chriſtening, and buriyng.

Whether the kinges Iniunccions wer quarterly red or not.

Whether they haue declared to theyr paryſhyoners; that ſaincte Markes daye, and the euens of the abrogated holy dayes, ſhould not be faſted.

Whether the knollynge at the Aues be vſed.

Whether they haue the proceſſion boke in Engliſh, & in their proceſſions vſe none other Letany, but that, whiche is ſetfurthe in theſame boke. And whether thei omitte theſame Engliſh Letany at any tyme in their proceſſions:& whether they haue had theſame Letany as ofte as they were commaunded.

Whether they haue put out of their churche bokes, this woorde Papa, and the name and ſeriuce of Thomas Becket, and prayers hauynge rubricies, conteyning Pardons or indulgences and all other ſuperlticious legēdes & prayers.

Whether they bid the beades accordynge to the ordre preſcribed by our late ſouereigne lord kyng Henry the. VIII.

Whether they or any of them, haue been admitted to their benefices by Simony, or by any other vnlaufull meanes.

Whether in theyr maſſes they vſe not the collectes made for the Kyng, and make not ſpeciall mencion of hys Maieſties name in theſame.

Whether they or any of them, doo kepe mo benefices, and other Eccleſiaſtical promocions then they ought to do, not hauynge ſufficient licences and diſpenſaciōs therunto, and howe many they kepe, and theyr names. ,:,

WHether you knowe anye perſon, that is a letter of the worde of God, to be redde in Engliſh: So that it bee mekely, humbly, & reuerently done, & without diſturbaunce of the people, and by them that haue authoritie there to.

Whether you knowe any perſon ſpirituall or temporall, which doeth let the woorde of God, to be preached, or that the Kinges Iniunctions ſhould not be duely executed.

Whether any perſone hath obſtinately and maliciouſly, without a iuſte & reaſonable cauſe, broken the laudable ceremonies of the Church, commaunded to be obſerued, or ſuperſticiouſly abuſed theſame: as in caſtynge of holy Water vpon theyr beddes and other places, and bearyng about them holy breade, or makyng croſſes of woodde vpon Palme Sundaye, or bleſſyng with the holy Candell, thinkyng therby to put awaye ſynnes, dryue awaye deuilles, dreames, and phantaſies, or puttynge truſte or confidence of ſaluaciō in theſame ceremonies, whereas they be ordeined only to put vs in remembraunce of the benefites, whiche we haue receyued by Chriſte.

Whether any perſon ſpirituall or temporall, kepe the Church holy daye, and the dedication day, at any other tyme, then is appointed by the ordinaunce made in that behalfe by the Kinges Maieſtie.

Whether Matens, Maſſe, and Euenſong, be kept at due houres in the Churche.

Whether any bee braulers, ſlaunderers, chiders, ſcolders, and ſowers of diſcorde, betwene one perſone and another.

Whether any bee common ſwearers, or blaſphemers of the name of God.

Whether any vſe, lewde, vnchaſt, vnhoneſt, & filthy communicacion, ſonges or ballettes.

Whether any doo vſe to common, Iangle or talke in the Churche, at the tyme of the diuine ſeruice, Preachyng, Readyng, or declaryng the worde of God.

Whether any do obſtinatly kepe and defend any erronious opinion, contrary to the worde of God, and faith of Chriſt.

Whether any commit adultery, fornicacion, or inceſt, or bee common baudes, and receiuors of ſuche naughtie perſones.

Whether you knowe any that vſe Charmes. Sorrery, Enchauntmentes, Witchecraft, ſotheſaiyng, or any other like crafte inuented by the deuill.

Whether you knowe any to be maried within the degrees prohibited by the lawe of God, or that bee ſeperated and diuorced without a iuſte cauſe, approued by the law of God, and whether any ſuche haue maried again.

Whether the Churche, Pulpit, and other neceſſary thinges apperteinyng to theſame, he ſufficiently repaired.

Whether you know any to haue made priuie contractes of Matrimony, not callyng twoo or more thereunto.

Whether any haue maried ſolempnely without bannes aſkyng.

Whether you knowe any that haue taken vpon theim, the execucion of any mannes teſtament, or be admitted to the adminiſtraciō of the goodes of the dedde, whiche do not duely diſtribute theſame goodes, accordyng to the truſt cō mitted vnto theim, and ſpecially ſuche goodes, as wer geuen and bequethed, or appointed to be diſtributed emong the poore people, repairyng of high waies, finding of poore ſcholars, or mariage of poore maides.

To what vſes and intentes, all ſuche gyftes and bequeſtes, of cattail, money, and other thynges, as in tymes paſt wer made, for the findyng of tapers, candelles, or lampes, in the Churche, be now employed, and whether thei be embecilled and withholden, and by whom.

Whether there bee any perſones, commonly enfamed of adultrie, fornicacion, common ſwearyng, blaſphemyng the name of God, dronckenneſſe. Simony, or other notorious crime, whom the biſhop, Archedeacon, or other his ordinary, for fauor or feare, haue not corrected accordyngly, although thei haue been ſundery tymes preſented, and detected in viſitacion, or otherwyſe lawfully accuſed.

Whether there be any other primars, vſed by them that doo not vnderſtande Latyn, then the Englyſh Pryme, rſethfurth by the kynges Maieſtie: And whither they that vnderſtand Latin, do vſe any other then the latin primar ſettfurth by lyke authoritie.

Whether there be any other Grāmer taught in any ſchole, within the realme, then that which is ſetfurth by the kynges Maieſtie.

Whether they knowe any alienacion of landes, tenementes, iewelles or goodes, perteyning to the Churche.