Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10824 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

glocesterGloucester

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it: 983 times in 236 works
Consistency: 99.0% (983 of 992)
Reach if approved: ~1,042 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gloucester
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 992 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (983 changes in 236 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 983)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… a great conflicte betweene the the Biſhopps off the realme and the Biſhoppe off GloceſterGloucester Maiſter Hooper / a man worthie off perpetuall memorie / whom we heare to be burned …
With rule
… a great conflicte betweene the the Biſhopps off the realme and the Biſhoppe off GloceſterGloucester Maiſter Hooper / a man worthie off perpetuall memorie / whom we heare to be burned …
William Whittingham · Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort · p. XLII · Open in the reader
Printed
… EDWARD Lord Bishop of Norwich, NICHOLAS Lord Bishop of Hereford, WILLIAM Lord Bishop of GlocesterGloucester.
With rule
… EDWARD Lord Bishop of Norwich, NICHOLAS Lord Bishop of Hereford, WILLIAM Lord Bishop of GlocesterGloucester.
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… Charity and Peaceableneſs of that excellent Man, as well as I did, or as GloceſterGloucester, Chicheſter and London did, and his Writings teſtifie, he would not have turned my …
With rule
… Charity and Peaceableneſs of that excellent Man, as well as I did, or as GloceſterGloucester, Chicheſter and London did, and his Writings teſtifie, he would not have turned my …
Richard Baxter · Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was crowned three times every year, all his reign, at three ſeveral places, viz. GloceſterGloucester, Wincheſter, and Weſtminſter, but death hath long ſince put a period to his Crown …
With rule
… was crowned three times every year, all his reign, at three ſeveral places, viz. GloceſterGloucester, Wincheſter, and Weſtminſter, but death hath long ſince put a period to his Crown …
Thomas Brooks · A Word in Season to this Present Generation · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… following he was delivered to some of the Queens Guard, who conveied him to GlocesterGloucester, and when he came neer the City, much people met him, who cryed, and …
With rule
… following he was delivered to some of the Queens Guard, who conveied him to GlocesterGloucester, and when he came neer the City, much people met him, who cryed, and …
Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History · p. 500 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that having been kept bare of food, as ſome Souldiers, that went to releive GloceſterGloucester, when they came home to the Cittie, they killed themſelves with eating full, and …
With rule
… that having been kept bare of food, as ſome Souldiers, that went to releive GloceſterGloucester, when they came home to the Cittie, they killed themſelves with eating full, and …
Walter Cradock · Gospel Holiness · p. 301 · Open in the reader
Printed
B: 1: a: Two Benefactors to Oxford lefte out viz: HVMPH. Duke of GloceſterGloucester and R. LICHFIELD Arch-deacon of Middleſex. B 3. a hāme…d, for broken B …
With rule
B: 1: a: Two Benefactors to Oxford lefte out viz: HVMPH. Duke of GloceſterGloucester and R. LICHFIELD Arch-deacon of Middleſex. B 3. a hāme…d, for broken B …
Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the one by the Bishop of the Place, the other by the Earle of GlocesterGloucester constrained to abide the Christian Sabbath, whence on their owne they would not be …
With rule
… the one by the Bishop of the Place, the other by the Earle of GlocesterGloucester constrained to abide the Christian Sabbath, whence on their owne they would not be …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 104 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Canterburys Doom A56144

Printed
… removing it from its former ſtation in the midſt; Doctor Smith then Biſhop of GLOCESTERGLOUCESTER oppoſed it with much earneſtneſſe; and ſeriouſly proteſted to the DEANE and the Prebends …
With rule
… removing it from its former ſtation in the midſt; Doctor Smith then Biſhop of GLOCESTERGLOUCESTER oppoſed it with much earneſtneſſe; and ſeriouſly proteſted to the DEANE and the Prebends …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 A68508

Printed
… In XXI. Sermons in the Pariſh Church of MEYSEY-HAMPTON in the Dioceſſe of GLOCESTERGLOUCESTER.
With rule
… In XXI. Sermons in the Pariſh Church of MEYSEY-HAMPTON in the Dioceſſe of GLOCESTERGLOUCESTER.
Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 · Open in the reader

Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 A70866

Printed
GLoceſterGloucester, A Prohibition to him not to compell any by Eccleſiaſtical cenſures, or the Popes …
With rule
GLoceſterGloucester, A Prohibition to him not to compell any by Eccleſiaſtical cenſures, or the Popes …
William Prynne · Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
GLoceſterGloucester, G. de Mandeville, p. 338. Gilbert de Clare his actions, 558, 559, 721, 788. Richard de Clare his actions …
With rule
GLoceſterGloucester, G. de Mandeville, p. 338. Gilbert de Clare his actions, 558, 559, 721, 788. Richard de Clare his actions …
William Prynne · Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 · Open in the reader