Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #49999 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chancellourChancellor

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

Puritas changed it: 1,126 times in 294 works
Consistency: 99.7% (1,126 of 1,129)
Reach if approved: ~1,186 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: chancellor
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,129 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,126 changes in 294 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,126)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that by the mouth of Doctor Heath, then Arch-Biſhop of Yorke, and Lord ChancellourChancellor of England, ſo as ſhe was forth with openly proclaimed Queen of England, and …
With rule
… that by the mouth of Doctor Heath, then Arch-Biſhop of Yorke, and Lord ChancellourChancellor of England, ſo as ſhe was forth with openly proclaimed Queen of England, and …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 353 · Open in the reader
Printed
… minde by the meaneſt meſſenger, we would receiue it dutifully; but if my Lord ChancellourChancellor, or ſome great ſtateſ-man ſhould in perſon publiſh his pleaſure, we would attend …
With rule
… minde by the meaneſt meſſenger, we would receiue it dutifully; but if my Lord ChancellourChancellor, or ſome great ſtateſ-man ſhould in perſon publiſh his pleaſure, we would attend …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL ARTHVR DVCKE, D^r. of the Ciuill Lawes, ChancellourChancellor to the Right Honourable and Reuerend Father in God, WILLIAM Lord Biſhop of London …
With rule
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL ARTHVR DVCKE, D^r. of the Ciuill Lawes, ChancellourChancellor to the Right Honourable and Reuerend Father in God, WILLIAM Lord Biſhop of London …
Nehemiah Rogers · Sermon Preached at Second Triennial Visitation · Open in the reader
Printed
… or ſo ignorant of the law, that he would receiue a man for L. ChancellourChancellor, L. Treaſurer, or Lord Chiefe Iuſtice, that were not able to ſhew any commiſſion …
With rule
… or ſo ignorant of the law, that he would receiue a man for L. ChancellourChancellor, L. Treaſurer, or Lord Chiefe Iuſtice, that were not able to ſhew any commiſſion …
Anthony Wotton · Run from Rome · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he is once Excommunicated, there is no remedy, but he muſt trudg to the ChancellourChancellor or Officiall for abſolution, who after he hath once abſolved his Purſe of a …
With rule
… he is once Excommunicated, there is no remedy, but he muſt trudg to the ChancellourChancellor or Officiall for abſolution, who after he hath once abſolved his Purſe of a …
John Canne · A Necessity of Separation from the Church of England · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
MY Lord ChancellourChancellor, This businesse is of very great concernment to me, and not small in the …
With rule
MY Lord ChancellourChancellor, This businesse is of very great concernment to me, and not small in the …
Archibald Argyll · Speech and Plea to the Parliament of Scotland · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be my Curate at Kidderminster); this Man being Houshold Chaplain to the Lord ChancellourChancellor, was appointed to preach before the King; where the Crowd had high Expectations of …
With rule
… to be my Curate at Kidderminster); this Man being Houshold Chaplain to the Lord ChancellourChancellor, was appointed to preach before the King; where the Crowd had high Expectations of …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 380 · Open in the reader
Printed
In that place I abode ten dayes, after which time, the ChancellourChancellor (who now appeared as the ſole Author of my Impriſonment) ſent for me to …
With rule
In that place I abode ten dayes, after which time, the ChancellourChancellor (who now appeared as the ſole Author of my Impriſonment) ſent for me to …
Edward Bagshaw · The Case and Usage of Edward Bagshaw · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 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.

The Opening of the Great Seal of England A91237

Printed
… no authority. And Chap. 4. Sect. 2. p. 233. Thus OUR ANCIENTS ORDAINED A SEALE, AND A CHANCELLOURCHANCELLOR FOR TO KEEPE IT, and to give remeliable WRITS to all perſons without delay …
With rule
… no authority. And Chap. 4. Sect. 2. p. 233. Thus OUR ANCIENTS ORDAINED A SEALE, AND A CHANCELLOURCHANCELLOR FOR TO KEEPE IT, and to give remeliable WRITS to all perſons without delay …
William Prynne · The Opening of the Great Seal of England · p. 14 · Open in the reader