Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50902 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

esquierEsquire

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

Puritas changed it: 50 times in 34 works
Consistency: 94.3% (50 of 53)
Reach if approved: ~56 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: esquire
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 53 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (50 changes in 34 works, 94.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 50)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Knight, Iohn Maynard Eſquire, Sir Henry Vane Knight, junior, William Pierpoint Eſquiet, William Wheeler EſquierEsquire, Sir Thomas Barrington Knight, Walter-Young EſquierEsquire, Sir Iohn Euelin Knight Herbert Palmer of …
With rule
… Knight, Iohn Maynard Eſquire, Sir Henry Vane Knight, junior, William Pierpoint Eſquiet, William Wheeler EſquierEsquire, Sir Thomas Barrington Knight, Walter-Young EſquierEsquire, Sir Iohn Euelin Knight Herbert Palmer of …
William Prynne · Truth Triumphing Over Falsehood · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
TO THE RIGHT WORſhipfull M. Iohn Hutton EſquierEsquire, George Gifford wiſheth health and increaſe of worſhip.
With rule
TO THE RIGHT WORſhipfull M. Iohn Hutton EſquierEsquire, George Gifford wiſheth health and increaſe of worſhip.
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · Open in the reader
Printed
¶TO THE RIGHT worshipful Maister Basil Felding EsquierEsquire, Thomas Becon wysheth the fauour of God, continual health and prosperous felicitie.
With rule
¶TO THE RIGHT worshipful Maister Basil Felding EsquierEsquire, Thomas Becon wysheth the fauour of God, continual health and prosperous felicitie.
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · Open in the reader
Printed
… the commendatorie teſtimonie of that graue and religious gentleman Mr. Iohn Butler of Toby EſquierEsquire, now alſo at reſt with the Lord. Hauing therefore nothing elſe whereby to expreſſe …
With rule
… the commendatorie teſtimonie of that graue and religious gentleman Mr. Iohn Butler of Toby EſquierEsquire, now alſo at reſt with the Lord. Hauing therefore nothing elſe whereby to expreſſe …
Thomas Stoughton · The Christians Sacrifice Better than all the Legal Sacrifices of Jews · Open in the reader
Printed
… particulars to your LL. conſideration. Thomas Gray of Langloy in the Countie of Leiceſter, EſquierEsquire, hauing bin heretofore Maiſter vnto Som. was by the Biſh. of Lond. &c. although …
With rule
… particulars to your LL. conſideration. Thomas Gray of Langloy in the Countie of Leiceſter, EſquierEsquire, hauing bin heretofore Maiſter vnto Som. was by the Biſh. of Lond. &c. although …
John Darrell · A Brief Apology Proving the Possession of William Sommers · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
TO The right worſhipfull, Maſter VVILLIAM HAKEVVILL, EſquierEsquire, R. G. Wiſheth (as in dutie he is bound) all increaſe of grace and …
With rule
TO The right worſhipfull, Maſter VVILLIAM HAKEVVILL, EſquierEsquire, R. G. Wiſheth (as in dutie he is bound) all increaſe of grace and …
Peter du Moulin Jr · A Letter Unto them of the Romish Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… in print, during the Parl. which book was then likewiſe anſwered by Francis Rouſe EſquierEsquire in a Booke called King James his Religion; No ſooner was the Parliament ended …
With rule
… in print, during the Parl. which book was then likewiſe anſwered by Francis Rouſe EſquierEsquire in a Booke called King James his Religion; No ſooner was the Parliament ended …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 159 · Open in the reader
Printed
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL MASTER ERASMVS DRYDEN EſquierEsquire, grace, and peace be multiplied.
With rule
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL MASTER ERASMVS DRYDEN EſquierEsquire, grace, and peace be multiplied.
John Dod · Seven Godly and Fruitful Sermons · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 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.