Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50379 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

westmerlandWestmorland

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

Puritas changed it: 172 times in 62 works
Consistency: 98.8% (172 of 174)
Reach if approved: ~183 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: westmoreland
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 174 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (172 changes in 62 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 172)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
WestmerlandWestmorland, Ralf de Nevil, Earl thereof summoned, 21, (p. 1. d. 27.) 23, (d. 3.) R. 2. 1, (d. 37.) 2, p. 1. d. 3.) 3, (d …
With rule
WestmerlandWestmorland, Ralf de Nevil, Earl thereof summoned, 21, (p. 1. d. 27.) 23, (d. 3.) R. 2. 1, (d. 37.) 2, p. 1. d. 3.) 3, (d …
William Prynne · A Brief Register Calendar Part 1 · p. 259 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Popes Bulls was here ſcattered among the Papiſts, the Earls of Northumberland and WestmerlandWestmorland, and ſundry other their complices, fell out in actual rebellion. But that not taking …
With rule
… the Popes Bulls was here ſcattered among the Papiſts, the Earls of Northumberland and WestmerlandWestmorland, and ſundry other their complices, fell out in actual rebellion. But that not taking …
John Welch · Popery Anatomized · p. 477 · Open in the reader
Printed
… That proſes the Name of the LORD JESUS, IN THE COUNTIES OF Cumberland, and WeſtmerlandWestmorland, BOTH Magiſtratates, and People.
With rule
… That proſes the Name of the LORD JESUS, IN THE COUNTIES OF Cumberland, and WeſtmerlandWestmorland, BOTH Magiſtratates, and People.
Richard Gilpin · The Agreement of the Associated Ministers and Churches · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Committee, gave his free conſent, and was very well contented, that the Committee of WestmerlandWestmorland ſhould receive that firſt Moyety due to his Son John, and that Sir Henry …
With rule
… Committee, gave his free conſent, and was very well contented, that the Committee of WestmerlandWestmorland ſhould receive that firſt Moyety due to his Son John, and that Sir Henry …
Cuthbert Sydenham · An Anatomy of John Lilburns Spirit · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
The next night the Garles of Northumberland and WestmerlandWestmorland, with sundry principall Gentlemen, fled vnto Hatlew in Scotland: The other Rebels were shortly …
With rule
The next night the Garles of Northumberland and WestmerlandWestmorland, with sundry principall Gentlemen, fled vnto Hatlew in Scotland: The other Rebels were shortly …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 393 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and its sense, see that judicious Agreement of the Associated Ministers of Cumberlan… and WestmerlandWestmorland, pag. 47. where they take notice of Mr. Blakes questioning it.
With rule
… and its sense, see that judicious Agreement of the Associated Ministers of Cumberlan… and WestmerlandWestmorland, pag. 47. where they take notice of Mr. Blakes questioning it.
Richard Baxter · Right to Sacraments · Open in the reader
Printed
… Forces, they fled with a small Company into Scotland; from whence, the Earl of WestmerlandWestmorland made his Escape into the Low Countries, where he lived, though poorly, to a …
With rule
… Forces, they fled with a small Company into Scotland; from whence, the Earl of WestmerlandWestmorland made his Escape into the Low Countries, where he lived, though poorly, to a …
Samuel Clarke · The History of the Life Reign and Death of Queen Elizabeth · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no fewer then the Marquesse of Winchester, Duke of Norfolk, Earls of Arundel, Northumberland, WestmerlandWestmorland, Pembroke and Leicester combining against him, taking advantage about his making over some moneys …
With rule
… no fewer then the Marquesse of Winchester, Duke of Norfolk, Earls of Arundel, Northumberland, WestmerlandWestmorland, Pembroke and Leicester combining against him, taking advantage about his making over some moneys …
Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 268 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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 History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
WESTMERLANDWESTMORLAND hath Cumberland on the West and North, Lancashire on the South, Bishoprick and Yorkshire …
With rule
WESTMERLANDWESTMORLAND hath Cumberland on the West and North, Lancashire on the South, Bishoprick and Yorkshire …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 135 · Open in the reader

Jurisdictions A87798

Printed
… in the County of DARBY, hee ſhall demand that Mannor in the Counties of WESTMERLANDWESTMORLAND, and DARBY.
With rule
… in the County of DARBY, hee ſhall demand that Mannor in the Counties of WESTMERLANDWESTMORLAND, and DARBY.
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 7 · Open in the reader