Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50812 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

westm̄Westminster

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

Puritas changed it: 60 times in 2 works
Consistency: 98.3% (60 of 61)
Reach if approved: ~64 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 61 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (60 changes in 2 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (4 of 60)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of .xvi. yeres, by force of an acte of parliamēt in the statute of Westm̄Westminster the fyrste.
With rule
… of .xvi. yeres, by force of an acte of parliamēt in the statute of Westm̄Westminster the fyrste.
Richard Taverner · The Principal Laws of England · Open in the reader
Printed
Marleb. cap. 12. and Weſtm̄Westminster 2. cap. 2. A Iuris vtrum is ſuch a reall plea founded vpon the right for …
With rule
Marleb. cap. 12. and Weſtm̄Westminster 2. cap. 2. A Iuris vtrum is ſuch a reall plea founded vpon the right for …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 292 · Open in the reader
Printed
Weſtm̄Westminster 2. cap. 41. The King (founder of a Religious houſe) may ſeiſe lands which he gaue …
With rule
Weſtm̄Westminster 2. cap. 41. The King (founder of a Religious houſe) may ſeiſe lands which he gaue …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the lādes for euer, bicause this condicion doth stande wyth the forenamed statute of Westm̄Westminster seconde whyche prohibiteth suche alienaciōs to be made.
With rule
… the lādes for euer, bicause this condicion doth stande wyth the forenamed statute of Westm̄Westminster seconde whyche prohibiteth suche alienaciōs to be made.
Richard Taverner · The Principal Laws of England · p. 28 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.