Whereas the office & duty of church wardens & the reparacon [sic] of churches, chappells, & churchyards, are of ecciacoll [sic] cognizance & belong to the eccliasticall [sic] co[urts?], : and it being found that by the delay, [...]pnes, & obstinacy of offenders that eccliasticall [sic] censures are not regarded, and thereby churches, chappells & churchyards become ruinous. (Early English books online.)