Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10915 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chauncellourChancellor

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Puritas changed it: 220 times in 36 works
Consistency: 98.2% (220 of 224)
Reach if approved: ~235 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: chancellor
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 224 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (220 changes in 36 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 220)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Scriptures more reuerently. More reuerently! Let one speake for all. D^r. Bennet, a Lawyer, ChauncellourChancellor, and Vicar generall to Richard Fitz-Iames, Bishop of London, called before him one …
With rule
… Scriptures more reuerently. More reuerently! Let one speake for all. D^r. Bennet, a Lawyer, ChauncellourChancellor, and Vicar generall to Richard Fitz-Iames, Bishop of London, called before him one …
Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 2 · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… done, they shal be sent vnto the reuerend▪ Byshop of the dioces or his ChauncellourChancellor or officiall, to make the sayd Abiuration and confession in maner and forme following.
With rule
… done, they shal be sent vnto the reuerend▪ Byshop of the dioces or his ChauncellourChancellor or officiall, to make the sayd Abiuration and confession in maner and forme following.
François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. CXXIIII · Open in the reader
Printed
… she shall in the end reward those good Subiectes, as King Lewes did his ChauncellourChancellor, and send you emptie away that gape so fast afterward & answer you: that you …
With rule
… she shall in the end reward those good Subiectes, as King Lewes did his ChauncellourChancellor, and send you emptie away that gape so fast afterward & answer you: that you …
Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · Open in the reader
Printed
… the laſte tyme I was beefore you. There diddeſte thou ſaye (ꝙ my Lorde ChauncellourChancellor) that thou wouldſt ſtubbernli & manly maintein therronious doctrine in kīg Edwardz daies. My lorde …
With rule
… the laſte tyme I was beefore you. There diddeſte thou ſaye (ꝙ my Lorde ChauncellourChancellor) that thou wouldſt ſtubbernli & manly maintein therronious doctrine in kīg Edwardz daies. My lorde …
John Bradford · All the Examinations of the Martyr John Bradford · Open in the reader
Printed
… the death of the Duke of Northumberland of late, made euen with Thomas More ChauncellourChancellor that dyed for the Churche, so there should be one that should make euen …
With rule
… the death of the Duke of Northumberland of late, made euen with Thomas More ChauncellourChancellor that dyed for the Churche, so there should be one that should make euen …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · Open in the reader
Printed
… said Earle was arraigned in the Guild-hall, before the Lord Major, the Lord ChauncellourChancellor, and other Lords there in Commission; the speciall matter wherewith he was charged, was …
With rule
… said Earle was arraigned in the Guild-hall, before the Lord Major, the Lord ChauncellourChancellor, and other Lords there in Commission; the speciall matter wherewith he was charged, was …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… childe, more regarding the false machinations of detractors, then the faithfull allegations of his ChauncellourChancellor, in a spirit of furie sends some to demand his seale of him, and …
With rule
… childe, more regarding the false machinations of detractors, then the faithfull allegations of his ChauncellourChancellor, in a spirit of furie sends some to demand his seale of him, and …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ChauncellourChancellor, and other the Byſhops officers. And in dede when I came before the ChauncellourChancellor, hee threatned me greuouſly, and reuiled me, and rated me as though I had …
With rule
… ChauncellourChancellor, and other the Byſhops officers. And in dede when I came before the ChauncellourChancellor, hee threatned me greuouſly, and reuiled me, and rated me as though I had …
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

Printed
… Southhampton, Anthonie Browne, William Paulet, Iohn Baker, Rich, ChauncellourChancellor of the Augmentation, Winckfielde Vice-chauncellourChancellor.
With rule
… Southhampton, Anthonie Browne, William Paulet, Iohn Baker, Rich, ChauncellourChancellor of the Augmentation, Winckfielde Vice-chauncellourChancellor.
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
The chauncellourChancellor.
With rule
The chauncellourChancellor.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2054 · Open in the reader