What does "Potochoterophii Fohsiensis" possibly mean in a Latin cryptogram from "Cocker's Decimal Arithmetic" textbook?

Question

I was reading an old math textbook, Cocker's Decimal Arithmetic, and came across this cryptogram:

The question I have is about the beginning of the text:

Anixo guo Anamfiggino Jorammi Lehkeg Lofoxrofeholrii Torgiemgig Im Xonifafu Disohemiemgi Puwinasigfeho.

Since the vowels haven't been changed, it's easy to decipher this, using a simple substitution cipher:

Amico suo Amantissimo Johanni Perkes Potochoterophii Fohsiensis in Comitatu Wigoreniensi Ludimagistero.

Which translates roughly to:

To his dearest friend John Perkes [Potochoterophii Fohsiensis] in County Worcestershire Schoolmaster.

And this is where I got stuck. Can anyone help me figure out what "Potochoterophii Fohsiensis" might mean, or point me to resources to help me figure it out?

Answer 1

The text is corrupt: the first word is meant to be Ptochotrophii, as reflected in e.g. this transcription from an encyclopedia from 1837. Ptochotrophium is a variant of ptochotropheum, which is a Latinisation of Greek πτωχοτροφεῖον 'poorhouse (lit. beggar-feedery)'.
The second word, too, is messed up: it should be Fohliensis (nom. Fohliens). This presumably identifies the specific poorhouse—Fohl's or Fohley's?—but a quick google does not yield a list of 17th-century poorhouses in Worcestershire, so that's where the search runs dry.

These aren't the only errors in the text: Disohemiemgi/Wigoreniensi should be Disohmiemgi/Wigorniensi, Lèpeag should be lpeag, roughèg should be rouhg, feheafige should be fheafige, ruuz pe should be runzpe, and John Hawkins' name at the end is actually given as John Hawkims. These seem to be transmission errors, not Hawkins' own mistakes.