“He is to see that the Parishioners come to Church every Sunday and Holiday, and to present the Names of such who are absent to the Ordinary, or to levy 12d. for every offence, _per Stat. 5_ and _6 Ed., 1 Eliz. cap. 1_.” “Arresting a Minister going to or returning from Church may be punished by Indictment or bound to Good Behaviour. The Offence is the same if a Layman be arrested. Quarreling in Church or Church Yard, if a Layman may be suspended _ab ingressio Ecclesiæ_; if a Clergyman, _ab officio_. But if a Weapon be drawn with intent to strike, the Party may be convicted, etc., and Judgment to lose one of his Ears by cutting it off, and if no Ears, to be marked in the Cheek with the Letter F.” _5_ and _6 Ed. VI. cap. 4_. _Seats in Churches._ “The Ordinary may place and displace whom he thinks fit.” “A Man may have a Seat in a Church appendant to his House, and may prescribe for it, etc. But one cannot prescribe to a Seat in the _Body of the Church_ generally.” _Roll. Abr., 2 Pars. 288._ “The case is the same in an _Isle of a Church_.” _2 Cro. 367._ “_Presentments_” are to be made by the Church Wardens, usually twice a year, but cannot be compelled oftener than once a year, except at the Visitation of the Bishop. The Articles commonly exhibited to them to make their Presentments may be reduced thus, viz.: _To Things which concern_ the Church, the Parson, the Parishioners. _And First, to those Things which concern the Church; as_, Alms, whether a Box for that Purpose; Assessments, whether made for repairs; Bells and Bell Ropes, if in Repair; Bible, whether in Folio; Canons, whether a Book thereof; Carpet; Chest, with three Locks; Church and Chancel in Repair; Creed in fair Letters; Cups and Covers for Bread, etc.; Cushion for Pulpit; Desk for Reader; Lord’s Prayer in fair Letters; Marriage, a Table of Degrees; Monuments safely kept; Parsonage House in Repair; Church Yard well Fenced; Commandments in Fair Letters; Common Prayer-Book; Communion Table; Flaggon; Font; Grave Stones well kept; Queen’s Arms, set up; Register Book in Parchment; Supplies, whether any; Table-cloth; Tombs well kept. 2. _Those Things which concern the Parson_: Articles 39, if read twice a Year; Baptizing with Godfathers; Canons, if read once a Year; Catechising Children; Common Prayer, if read, etc.; Dead, if he bury them; Doctrine, if he preach good; Gown, if he preach in it; _Homilies_, if read or he preach; _January_ 30th, if observed; May 29th, if observed; Marrying privately; _November_ 5th, if observed; Preaching every _Sunday_; Peace Maker; Perambulation; Sacrament, if celebrated; Sedition, if vented; Sick, if visited; Sober Life; Surplice, if wear it. 3. _Those Things which concern Parishioners_: