FIrſt, whether that the Biſhop, Archedeacons, and other, hauynge iuriſdiccion Eccleſiaſticall, haue cauſed onely to be ſong or ſayde the Engliſh Proceſſion in their Cathedrall churche, & other churches of their Dioceſſe.

Item, whether your Biſhop, Chauncelor, Commiſſarie, Archedeacon, or Officiall be propenſe and light in excommunicating of men, for a litle Lucre.

Item, whether they or any of them, for one mans treſpaſſe, haue taken away from the people, and the whole pariſhioners, their diuine ſeruice, as for violatyng & ſuſpending the churche yeardes and ſuche lyke.

Item, whether thei do take exceſſiue ſomes of money for conſecratinge agayne either of the church yeardes, or of any other ornamentes for the vſe of alters, or of belles, where is no nede of conſecracion, but is ſuperſticiouſe and lucratiue.

Item, whether that they or any of them take any great exactions, for inſtitucions, inducciōs aſſignations of pencions, or for any other mater Eccleſiaſticall.

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, agaynſte the vſurped power of the Biſhop of Rome, and ſetfurth the kynges of Maieſties Iuriſdiction to bee the onely ſupreme power in all his realmes and dominions.

Whether the Biſhop haue perſonally preached 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 ſuche 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 hathe bene done with theſame, and ſpecify theſame deedes.

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

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

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

Item, whether any perſone hath by writyng, Cyphryng, Printyng, preachyng, or teachynge, dede, or acte, obſtinately holden and ſtand with, to extoll, ſet furthe, maintein or defende, the aucthoritie, iuriſdiccion or power of the Biſhop 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 they haue declared to theyr Pariſhioners the articles concernyng the abrogacion of certayn ſuperfluous holy dayes, and dooen their indeuoure, to perſwade their ſayed Pariſhioners to kepe and obſerue theſame articles inuiolably, and whether any of thoſe abrogated daies hath ſithens theſayed abrogacion, been kept as holy dayes, contrary to theſaid articles, and by whoſe occaſion they were ſo kept.

Whether there do remayne 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 do remayne not delayed and deſtroyed, any Shrines, coueryng of Shrines, or any other monumēts of Idolatrie, Superſticiō and Hypocryſy.

Whether thei haue not diligently taught vpon the Sondaies and holy daies, their Pariſhioners, and ſpecially ye youth, their Pater noſter, the Articles of oure faythe, and the Tenne commaundemētes 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 vnlawfull 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 they hauing yerely to diſpēd in ſpirituall promociōs an. C.l. do not find cōpetenly one ſcolar in any vniuerſitie, or at ſome grāmer 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, & the Tēne commaundementes in Engliſhe.

Whether thei haue coūſailed or moued theyr Pariſhioners, rather to praye in a toungue not knowen, then in Engliſhe, or to put their truſte in any preſcribed numbre of prayers, 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 mā nes phantaſies.

Whether in their ſermōs, they 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 declared to their pariſhioners, that thei ought to knowe and vnderſtande the Pater noſter, the Articles of our faith, & 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 vertoous lifes of them that thei do repreſent: and haue taught that if theſayed people vſe the Images for any other purpoſe, thei committe Idolatrie, to the greate daunger of their ſoules.

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

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

Whether thei haue admitted any mā to preache in their cures, not beynge lawfully licenced thereunto, or haue refuſed or repelled ſuche too 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 weddynge, chriſteninge, and buriynge.

Whether the kinges Iniunccions wer quarterly red or not.

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

Whether the knollynge at the Aues bee vſed.

Whether they haue the proceſſion boke in Engliſhe, & 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 Letanye as ofte as they were commaunded.

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

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

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 mencyon of hys Maieſties name in theſame.

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

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