Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50109 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ethelredÆthelred

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

Puritas changed it: 483 times in 45 works
Consistency: 99.1% (483 of 487)
Reach if approved: ~522 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 497 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (483 changes in 45 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 483)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Eight ſuch Lawes are there recited of Canutus his making, the like of King EthelredÆthelred, Edgar, Edmund, Aethelſtane, Ina King of the Weſt Saxons, and King Alfred.
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… Eight ſuch Lawes are there recited of Canutus his making, the like of King EthelredÆthelred, Edgar, Edmund, Aethelſtane, Ina King of the Weſt Saxons, and King Alfred.
Henry Hammond · A Reply to the Catholic Gentlemans Answer · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
() King EthelredÆthelred, Anno 996. by his Charter gave certain Lands to the Monastery of St. Alban, and …
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() King EthelredÆthelred, Anno 996. by his Charter gave certain Lands to the Monastery of St. Alban, and …
William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods True Saints Part 1 and 2 · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Clergy as well as Laity, did swear Allegiance to Canutus; without any Discharge from EthelredÆthelred, while living, or his Son after him.
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… Clergy as well as Laity, did swear Allegiance to Canutus; without any Discharge from EthelredÆthelred, while living, or his Son after him.
Edward Stillingfleet · Unreasonableness of a New Separation Because of Oaths · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… jurisdiction, was then in full force against the Popes praetensions.) 4. By our Kings, Canutus, EthelredÆthelred, Edgar, Edmund, Aethelstane, Ina, Alfred, making of Laws in Ecclesiastical matters, the severals whereof …
With rule
… jurisdiction, was then in full force against the Popes praetensions.) 4. By our Kings, Canutus, EthelredÆthelred, Edgar, Edmund, Aethelstane, Ina, Alfred, making of Laws in Ecclesiastical matters, the severals whereof …
Henry Hammond · Brief Account of One Suggestion of the Romanist · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the Regn of K. Edgar, was finiſhed & confirmed in the reign of K. EthelredÆthelred, Anno Christi 981. Quando omnipotentis gr…tia it miſericord… Angl▪ patria, Sanctorum in ea degentium …
With rule
… in the Regn of K. Edgar, was finiſhed & confirmed in the reign of K. EthelredÆthelred, Anno Christi 981. Quando omnipotentis gr…tia it miſericord… Angl▪ patria, Sanctorum in ea degentium …
William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints Part 2 · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Castle, had it not beene yeelded up to them beyond expectation: as Mary Smith, EthelredÆthelred Huddy, Ioane Battin, Thomas Thomas, and Michael Spark ſenior witneſſe.
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… Castle, had it not beene yeelded up to them beyond expectation: as Mary Smith, EthelredÆthelred Huddy, Ioane Battin, Thomas Thomas, and Michael Spark ſenior witneſſe.
William Prynne · Relation of the Prosecution of Nathaniel Fiennes · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… together 5. yeares. Ethelbald maried Iudith his Stepmother, his Fathers wife. After these two, succeeded EthelredÆthelred, his third sonne, he was so incumbred with the Danes, that he and his …
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… together 5. yeares. Ethelbald maried Iudith his Stepmother, his Fathers wife. After these two, succeeded EthelredÆthelred, his third sonne, he was so incumbred with the Danes, that he and his …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in his Mothers Belly, and having six elder Brethren by the same father King EthelredÆthelred:
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… in his Mothers Belly, and having six elder Brethren by the same father King EthelredÆthelred:
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 20 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

Printed
King ETHELREDÆTHELRED his Fault in the Font, Cent. 10. ¶. 43. why Surnamed the unready, ¶ 49.
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King ETHELREDÆTHELRED his Fault in the Font, Cent. 10. ¶. 43. why Surnamed the unready, ¶ 49.
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · Open in the reader

Observations of all the Kings of England A50052

Printed
ETHELREDÆTHELRED.
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ETHELREDÆTHELRED.
Edward Leigh · Observations of all the Kings of England · p. 39 · Open in the reader

The History of Britain A50902

Printed
EThelredÆthelred the third, Son of Ethelwolf, at his firſt An. Dom. 866 coming to the Crown …
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EThelredÆthelred the third, Son of Ethelwolf, at his firſt An. Dom. 866 coming to the Crown …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
EThelredÆthelred ſecond Son of Edgar by Elfrida (for Edmund An. Dom. 979 dy'd a Child) his …
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EThelredÆthelred ſecond Son of Edgar by Elfrida (for Edmund An. Dom. 979 dy'd a Child) his …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 243 · Open in the reader