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willielmusWilhelmus

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

Puritas changed it
313 times in 38 works
Consistency
96.9% (313 of 323)
Reach if approved
~339 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
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Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
323 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (313 changes in 38 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 313)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Consilio, ad Parliamenta sua post festum Sancti Hillarii, et etiam post Pascha, Anno 18 E. 1. WillielmusWilhelmus de Wasthull quaeritur Domino Regi et ejus Consilio, per quandam petitionem, against a deceit …
    With rule
    … Consilio, ad Parliamenta sua post festum Sancti Hillarii, et etiam post Pascha, Anno 18 E. 1. WillielmusWilhelmus de Wasthull quaeritur Domino Regi et ejus Consilio, per quandam petitionem, against a deceit …

    William Prynne · A Brief Register Calendar Part 1 · p. 367 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … William the Conqueror to Remigius Biſhop of Lincolu, and all other Biſhops and Archdeacons: WillielmusWilhelmus Dei Gratia, &c. Propterea mando & regia auctoritate praecipio, ut nullus Epiſcopus, vel Archidiaconus de …
    With rule
    … William the Conqueror to Remigius Biſhop of Lincolu, and all other Biſhops and Archdeacons: WillielmusWilhelmus Dei Gratia, &c. Propterea mando & regia auctoritate praecipio, ut nullus Epiſcopus, vel Archidiaconus de …

    William Prynne · Legal Resolution of Two Queries · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ac caetera facere quae Parlamenti tempore ibidem imminent facienda; in quibus omnibus & singulis, Nos WillielmusWilhelmus Cantuar. Archiepiscopus, totius Angliae Primas, & Apostolicae sedis Legatus, pro nobis, nostrisque Suffraganeis, Coëpiscopis, & Confratribus …
    With rule
    … ac caetera facere quae Parlamenti tempore ibidem imminent facienda; in quibus omnibus & singulis, Nos WillielmusWilhelmus Cantuar. Archiepiscopus, totius Angliae Primas, & Apostolicae sedis Legatus, pro nobis, nostrisque Suffraganeis, Coëpiscopis, & Confratribus …

    Edward Stillingfleet · Concerning the Bishops Right to Vote in Parliament in Capital Cases · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … as this cloſe of it manifeſts. Quae omnia praedicta, ut rata permaneant & inconcuſſa, ego WillielmusWilhelmus de Rupibus, & ego Joannes de Pratellis, & ego WillielmusWilhelmus Briwere, per praeceptum Regis Angliae Domini …
    With rule
    … as this cloſe of it manifeſts. Quae omnia praedicta, ut rata permaneant & inconcuſſa, ego WillielmusWilhelmus de Rupibus, & ego Joannes de Pratellis, & ego WillielmusWilhelmus Briwere, per praeceptum Regis Angliae Domini …

    William Prynne · The Opening of the Great Seal of England · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Anno 435, 445, 454, 465, 498, 516. Galfridus Monumetenſis, Hiſtor. Regum Brit. l. 9. c. 7, 8. &c. during the Britiſh Kings reigns. WillielmusWilhelmus Malmesburienſis, de Geſtis Regum Angl: l. 2. c. 4. 6. 9. 13. Mat. Weſtminster, Flores Hiſt. pars 1. Anno 855, 871, 924, 940, 946, 959, 973, 974, 975, 979, 1016, 1035, 1042. Leges …
    With rule
    … Anno 435, 445, 454, 465, 498, 516. Galfridus Monumetenſis, Hiſtor. Regum Brit. l. 9. c. 7, 8. &c. during the Britiſh Kings reigns. WillielmusWilhelmus Malmesburienſis, de Geſtis Regum Angl: l. 2. c. 4. 6. 9. 13. Mat. Weſtminster, Flores Hiſt. pars 1. Anno 855, 871, 924, 940, 946, 959, 973, 974, 975, 979, 1016, 1035, 1042. Leges …

    William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints · p. 225 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … immolat daemonibus &c. The 2. is Saxo Grammaticus, Historiae Danicae l. 6. Francofurti 1576, p. 103. The 3. is WillielmusWilhelmus Malmesburiensis, De Gestis Regum Anglorum, l. 2, c. 10, Francofurti 16…1, p. 67, 68. The 4. is Gulielmus Parisiensis, De …
    With rule
    … immolat daemonibus &c. The 2. is Saxo Grammaticus, Historiae Danicae l. 6. Francofurti 1576, p. 103. The 3. is WillielmusWilhelmus Malmesburiensis, De Gestis Regum Anglorum, l. 2, c. 10, Francofurti 16…1, p. 67, 68. The 4. is Gulielmus Parisiensis, De …

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 688 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    WillielmusWilhelmus Gratiâ Dei Rex Anglorum, Comitibus; Vicecomitibus, & omnibus Francigenis & Anglis qui in Epiſcopatu Remigii Epiſcopi …
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    WillielmusWilhelmus Gratiâ Dei Rex Anglorum, Comitibus; Vicecomitibus, & omnibus Francigenis & Anglis qui in Epiſcopatu Remigii Epiſcopi …

    Christopher Elderfield · The Civil Right of Tithes · p. 115 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of that Deane of Pauls) have made shipwracke both of Conscience and soule to. WillielmusWilhelmus Nubrigensis speaking of Hugh Bishop of Duresine, for intermedling with the procuration of temporall …
    With rule
    … of that Deane of Pauls) have made shipwracke both of Conscience and soule to. WillielmusWilhelmus Nubrigensis speaking of Hugh Bishop of Duresine, for intermedling with the procuration of temporall …

    William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 431 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

8 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 History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    3 WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS BRIEWERE,]
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    3 WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS BRIEWERE,]

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 103 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    27. WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS BREWER] His Mother unable (to make the most Charitable Constructions) to maintain, cast him …
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    27. WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS BREWER] His Mother unable (to make the most Charitable Constructions) to maintain, cast him …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 268 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    23. WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS CROWMER.]
    With rule
    23. WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS CROWMER.]

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 95 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    3. RICHARDUS BRAKENBURY, Mil. & WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS CHENEY.]
    With rule
    3. RICHARDUS BRAKENBURY, Mil. & WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS CHENEY.]

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 95 · Open in the reader

Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws A42925

  • Printed
    … ROBERTUS Dux NORMANNIAE Frater Tertii RICHARDI, ab JEROSOLIMIS rediens, apud NICEAM Civitatem. Cui ſucceſſit WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS BASTARD filius ejus in puerili aetate, qui ANGLIAM postea conquiſivit; pater WILLIELMI Regis RUFI …
    With rule
    … ROBERTUS Dux NORMANNIAE Frater Tertii RICHARDI, ab JEROSOLIMIS rediens, apud NICEAM Civitatem. Cui ſucceſſit WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS BASTARD filius ejus in puerili aetate, qui ANGLIAM postea conquiſivit; pater WILLIELMI Regis RUFI …

    John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · p. 59 · Open in the reader

The Exact Recorder A56172

  • Printed
    … Henry Spelman hath published Incipiunt Leges S. Edwardi Regis, quas in Anglia tenuit; & quas WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS HAERES & cognatus suus POSTEA CONFIRMAVIT. To which I shall likewise subjoyn the words of …
    With rule
    … Henry Spelman hath published Incipiunt Leges S. Edwardi Regis, quas in Anglia tenuit; & quas WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS HAERES & cognatus suus POSTEA CONFIRMAVIT. To which I shall likewise subjoyn the words of …

    William Prynne · The Exact Recorder · p. 384 · Open in the reader

Vindication of Fundamental Rights and Governments of English Freemen A91268

  • Printed
    … Henry Spelman hath publiſhed Incipiunt Leges S. Edwardi Regis, quas in Anglia tenuit; & quas WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS HAERES & cognatus ſuus POSTEA CONFIRMAVIT. To which I ſhall likewiſe ſubjoyn the words of …
    With rule
    … Henry Spelman hath publiſhed Incipiunt Leges S. Edwardi Regis, quas in Anglia tenuit; & quas WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS HAERES & cognatus ſuus POSTEA CONFIRMAVIT. To which I ſhall likewiſe ſubjoyn the words of …

    William Prynne · Vindication of Fundamental Rights and Governments of English Freemen · p. 384 · Open in the reader

Historical Vindication Part 3 A91297

  • Printed
    … Henry Spelman hath publiſhed Incipiunt Leges S. Edwardi Regis, quas in Anglia tenuit; & quas WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS HAERES & cognatus ſuus POSTEA CONFIRMAVIT. To which I ſhall likewiſe ſubjoyn the words of …
    With rule
    … Henry Spelman hath publiſhed Incipiunt Leges S. Edwardi Regis, quas in Anglia tenuit; & quas WILLIELMUSWILHELMUS HAERES & cognatus ſuus POSTEA CONFIRMAVIT. To which I ſhall likewiſe ſubjoyn the words of …

    William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 3 · p. 384 · Open in the reader