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Andrew Paschall

Church of england clergyman

Born: 1631

Died: 1696

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John Aubrey

Antiquary and biographer

Born: 12 March 1626

Elected to the Royal Society Fellowship: 20/05/1663

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John Aubrey

Reports of a phenomennon like the aurora borealis observed in Somerset. A case in Bridgewater of a briony root being passed off fraudulently as a Mandrake, exposed by Paschall. Concerning language development and development of a universal language. Summarised in another hand at the head of the document as: "observations of an unusual meteor' and 'some particulars relating to the universal character'

13 January 1674 Sender: Andrew Paschall Reference number: EL/P1/55

1676

Details of a new design of beehive; observations of lead mines in the Mendip hills and comparing them to those in Derbyshire and Somerset; observations of wells; that an account of the Roman coins found in Somerset will be sent; postscript with a recipe to deal with worms in people Read to the Royal Society on 27 January 1675

18 January 1676 Sender: Andrew Paschall Reference number: EL/P1/56