Articles of visitation and enquiry concerning matters ecclesiasticall according to the laws and canons of the Church of England, exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens, and side-men of every parish within the diocese of Worcester / by the right Reverend Father in God, John, Lord Bishop of Worcester.

TIT. II. Concerning the Church-yard, Houses, Glebes, Tithes or Rents belonging to the Church. (Book 2)

I. IS your Church-yard sufficiently senced with Walls, Rails, or Pales, and decently kept from all annoy∣ance and encroachment? Are the trées therein preserved?

II. Is the Mansion-house of your Minister, with all o∣ther houses thereto belonging, kept in good repair? Have any of them béen pulled down or defaced? Hath any en∣croached upon the Land thereto belonging, or felled the Trées there on growing?

III. Have you a perfect Terrier of all Glebe-lands, Gar∣dens, Orchards, and Tenements belonging to your Par∣sonage or Vicarage? Also a particular List of such Pensi∣ons, Tithes, Rents, Customs, and other yearly Profits within or without your Parish, as belong thereto? Are any of them withheld from your Minister? and by whom?

IV. Have any of the ancient Glebe-lands belonging to your Parsonage or Vicarage béen taken away, or alienated by Lease, Sale, or Exchange, without License from the Ordinary, and the frée consent of the Incumbent? Have any Inclosures béen made in your Parish to the detriment of the Church?