HENRY JENKINS, of Ellerton in Yorkshire?, who lived to the surprizing. Age of 169. which is 16 Years longer than Old Parr. 4. THOMAS PARR, aged 152 Years. Thomas Parr, the son of John Parr of Winnington,in the parish of Alherbury in Shropshire, was born in 1483, in_the_reign of Edward IV., and resided in the Strand, London, anno 1635, consequently at the age of 152 years and some odd months. He lived in the reigns of ten kings and queens, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. He is said to have been a man of a very different stamina from the rest of mankind, for a person who had seen him, describes him thus: "From head to heel his body had all over "A quick-set, thick-set, natʼral hairy cover." When he was about 152 years of age, he was brought up to London by Thomas Earl of Arundel, and carried to Court*. The King said to him, "You have lived “ longer than other men : what have you done more than "other men ?" He replied, "I did penance when I was "an hundred years old." His great rules for longevity are well known" Keep your head cool by temperance; 66 your feet warm by exercise; rise early, and go soon to "bed; and if you are inclined to get fat, keep your eyes "open, and your mouth shut." Or in other words, "Be “ moderate both in your sleep and diet."When his body was dissected, all his inward parts appeared so healthy, that if he had not changed his diet and air, he might perhaps have lived a good while longert. 5. HENRY JENKINS, aged 169 Years. The birth-place of Henry Jenkins is unknown, but there is satisfactory evidence of his great longevity. At the age of between ten and twelve, he was sent to North Allerton with a horse-load of arrows, previous to the battle of Flowden, which was fought on the 9th of September, 1513; and as he died on the 8.h day of December, 1670, he must have been then about 169 years. He had been * Temple's Essay on Health. Code of Health, 2d edit. vol iv. p. 337. + There is a particular account of Old Parr in the Harleian Miscellany, vol. vii. p. 66; and in the Phil. Trans. vol. iii. p. 866. There is an anato mical account of the person and dissection of Thomas Parr, by the cele brated Dr. Harvey, an abstract of which is printed in the 3d edition of the Code of Health, Appendix, p. 21. |