Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50480 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chancelourChancellor

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

Puritas changed it: 139 times in 52 works
Consistency: 94.5% (139 of 147)
Reach if approved: ~154 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: chancellor
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 147 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (139 changes in 52 works, 94.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 139)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Lord ChancelourChancellor; as the Archbishop of Yorke; Some take place of the Lord ChancelourChancellor too; as the Archbishop of Canterbury.
With rule
… the Lord ChancelourChancellor; as the Archbishop of Yorke; Some take place of the Lord ChancelourChancellor too; as the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 311 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is, None shall obtaine offices by suite, or for reward, but upon desert. The ChancelourChancellor, Treasurer, or Keeper of the privy Seale, Steward of the Kings house, the Kings …
With rule
… is, None shall obtaine offices by suite, or for reward, but upon desert. The ChancelourChancellor, Treasurer, or Keeper of the privy Seale, Steward of the Kings house, the Kings …
Robert Bolton · Two Sermons Preached at Northampton · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that this unlikenesse maketh, nothing to the question. And yet it sheweth, that a ChancelourChancellor may in civill matters, where no conscience can be pretended, take more upon him …
With rule
… that this unlikenesse maketh, nothing to the question. And yet it sheweth, that a ChancelourChancellor may in civill matters, where no conscience can be pretended, take more upon him …
William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the Parliament House, the Speaker made to him an Oration, which the Lord ChancelourChancellor was used to answere, but at this time the King would answer himselfe, the …
With rule
… to the Parliament House, the Speaker made to him an Oration, which the Lord ChancelourChancellor was used to answere, but at this time the King would answer himselfe, the …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… times Chair-man in that Committee. As alſo the Lord Steel, now the Lord ChancelourChancellor of Ireland) hath done the like; this hundreds (and many in this City) know …
With rule
… times Chair-man in that Committee. As alſo the Lord Steel, now the Lord ChancelourChancellor of Ireland) hath done the like; this hundreds (and many in this City) know …
Ralph Farmer · The Lord Cravens Case · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with them, and deposed certaine spirituall men from their office of dignity, as the ChancelourChancellor, the Privy seale, the Treasurer, and such other, in whose roomes he placed temporall …
With rule
… with them, and deposed certaine spirituall men from their office of dignity, as the ChancelourChancellor, the Privy seale, the Treasurer, and such other, in whose roomes he placed temporall …
William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all his Lands and honour. This violent oppreſſour was made Earle of Arran, and ChancelourChancellor of the Kingdome. At that time the deſigne was cleere and confeſſed, to bring …
With rule
… all his Lands and honour. This violent oppreſſour was made Earle of Arran, and ChancelourChancellor of the Kingdome. At that time the deſigne was cleere and confeſſed, to bring …
Robert Baillie · A Historical Vindication of the Government of the Church of Scotland · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… before God afterward, when hee made his recantation, that hee was commanded by the ChancelourChancellor and Secretar for the time to set foorth the Declaration and promised, if God …
With rule
… before God afterward, when hee made his recantation, that hee was commanded by the ChancelourChancellor and Secretar for the time to set foorth the Declaration and promised, if God …
David Calderwood · An Answer to Forbes Peaceable Warning · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

Printed
… publiſhe his decrees, to make retourne off thexecution: VVincheſter his Chauncelour, Lincolne his vice chancelourChancellor, Saliſburie his chanter, VVorceſter his chaplaine, Rocheſter his croſ bearer when that bagage was …
With rule
… publiſhe his decrees, to make retourne off thexecution: VVincheſter his Chauncelour, Lincolne his vice chancelourChancellor, Saliſburie his chanter, VVorceſter his chaplaine, Rocheſter his croſ bearer when that bagage was …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. DCXLIII · Open in the reader

A Second Manuduction A19149

Printed
… stile & authoritie was fully set forth in the same commission. Neyther did the sayd chancelourChancellor offer to visit but in the kings name & authoritie, to the sayd Bishop committed …
With rule
… stile & authoritie was fully set forth in the same commission. Neyther did the sayd chancelourChancellor offer to visit but in the kings name & authoritie, to the sayd Bishop committed …
William Ames · A Second Manuduction · p. 24 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
… bred fellow, then Master of Jesus Colledge in Cambridge, once Proctour, and thrice Vice-chancelourChancellor of that University. He was one of the Translators of the Bible, and a …
With rule
… bred fellow, then Master of Jesus Colledge in Cambridge, once Proctour, and thrice Vice-chancelourChancellor of that University. He was one of the Translators of the Bible, and a …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
Anno 1592. being then the second time Vice-chancelourChancellor of Cambridge, he was consecrated Bishop of Bath and Wells, and defeated all causelesse …
With rule
Anno 1592. being then the second time Vice-chancelourChancellor of Cambridge, he was consecrated Bishop of Bath and Wells, and defeated all causelesse …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… both had one and the same Foundress, Margaret Countess of Richmond. He was Vice-chancelourChancellor of Cambridge, Anno 1612. Dean of Saint Pauls, and at last Bishop of Exeter. A …
With rule
… both had one and the same Foundress, Margaret Countess of Richmond. He was Vice-chancelourChancellor of Cambridge, Anno 1612. Dean of Saint Pauls, and at last Bishop of Exeter. A …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 305 · Open in the reader