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    printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in 1439, a standard based on the London dialects (Chancery Standard) had become established. This largely formed the...
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  • introduced the label '"Chancery Standard'" to describe writing from the King's Office of Chancery, which he claimed was the precursor of Standard English. Samuels...
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  • Curia Chancery Standard, of Late Middle English writing Chancery hand, either of two distinct styles of historical handwriting ITC Zapf Chancery, a family...
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    The term "chancery hand" can refer to either of two distinct styles of historical handwriting. A chancery hand was at first a form of handwriting for...
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  • from the late 12th century until the 1470s. During this time the Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English, became widespread and the printing...
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    The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales that followed a set of loose rules to avoid a slow pace of change and possible harshness...
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    Middle English. This form of English lasted until the 1470s, when the Chancery Standard (late Middle English), a London-based form of English, became widespread...
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    bookkeeping. In late medieval England, this led to the development of the Chancery Standard of Late Middle English, along with new forms of standardised calligraphy...
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    associated with London and spellings associated with the then-emergent Chancery Standard. In modern prose: When April with its sweet showers has pierced March's...
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    English language in government and his reign marks the appearance of Chancery Standard English as well as the adoption of English as the language of record...
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