Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50541 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chauncellorChancellor

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

Puritas changed it: 118 times in 27 works
Consistency: 96.7% (118 of 122)
Reach if approved: ~128 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: chancellor
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 122 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (118 changes in 27 works, 96.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 118)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Cecill, Knight of the Garter, Baron of Burghley, Lord high Treaſurer of England, and ChauncellorChancellor of the Vniuerſitie of Cambridge: Grace and peace.
With rule
… Cecill, Knight of the Garter, Baron of Burghley, Lord high Treaſurer of England, and ChauncellorChancellor of the Vniuerſitie of Cambridge: Grace and peace.
George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · Open in the reader
Printed
… reſts not one letter or tittle vnſcraped out. Then Chriſt Ieſus is made a ChauncellorChancellor of the Father to cancell, to blot out at his pleaſure, and as hee …
With rule
… reſts not one letter or tittle vnſcraped out. Then Chriſt Ieſus is made a ChauncellorChancellor of the Father to cancell, to blot out at his pleaſure, and as hee …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon Colossians · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a popiſh recuſant (but of conſcience: not of a trayterous obſtinacy) to continew Lord ChauncellorChancellor; Whether it were not cōvenient, that faithfull Miniſters ſhould continewe their godlie and profitable …
With rule
… a popiſh recuſant (but of conſcience: not of a trayterous obſtinacy) to continew Lord ChauncellorChancellor; Whether it were not cōvenient, that faithfull Miniſters ſhould continewe their godlie and profitable …
William Bradshaw · A Trial of Subscription · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… plain to childrē that Chriſt in ſo ſaying cōmandeth. At theſe wordes, the lorde ChauncellorChancellor made a great toying & trifling at the imperatiue mode, & fel to propoſing or examining …
With rule
… plain to childrē that Chriſt in ſo ſaying cōmandeth. At theſe wordes, the lorde ChauncellorChancellor made a great toying & trifling at the imperatiue mode, & fel to propoſing or examining …
John Bradford · All the Examinations of the Martyr John Bradford · Open in the reader
Printed
… example of the lyke had bene nothing for your purpoſe: as if my Lorde ChauncellorChancellor ſhould ſay to ſome Ieſuites, Yee runne into daunger of treaſon, not knowing the …
With rule
… example of the lyke had bene nothing for your purpoſe: as if my Lorde ChauncellorChancellor ſhould ſay to ſome Ieſuites, Yee runne into daunger of treaſon, not knowing the …
William Charke · A Reply to a Censure · Open in the reader
Printed
… Charles and Queene Mary entered Oxford, being to be there entertained by me as ChauncellorChancellor of the Vniverſity. Auguſt 30. on Tueſday I entertained them at Saint Iohns Colledge. It …
With rule
… Charles and Queene Mary entered Oxford, being to be there entertained by me as ChauncellorChancellor of the Vniverſity. Auguſt 30. on Tueſday I entertained them at Saint Iohns Colledge. It …
William Prynne · Life of William Laud · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and if you make it any better it is worse. At which words the ChauncellorChancellor sent her to the bishops Prison to the keeper called Fellow, with many threatning …
With rule
… and if you make it any better it is worse. At which words the ChauncellorChancellor sent her to the bishops Prison to the keeper called Fellow, with many threatning …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2023 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ever for his holy name. So John Lithall, An. 1558. being questioned before the ChauncellorChancellor both concerning himselfe, and some others, that hee knew; answered, If you have any …
With rule
… and ever for his holy name. So John Lithall, An. 1558. being questioned before the ChauncellorChancellor both concerning himselfe, and some others, that hee knew; answered, If you have any …
William Prynne · Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations · p. 235 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

1 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.

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

Printed
Anno 1552, Renat Poyet, the ſonne of William Poyet, which was chauncellorChancellor of Fraunce, for the conſtant witneſſing of the truth, was burned at Salmure.
With rule
Anno 1552, Renat Poyet, the ſonne of William Poyet, which was chauncellorChancellor of Fraunce, for the conſtant witneſſing of the truth, was burned at Salmure.
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 455 · Open in the reader