PARR, THOMAS (c. 14831635)

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PARR, THOMAS (c. 14831635) , English centenarian, known as " Old Parr," is reputed to have been horn in 1483, at Winning-ton. Shropshire, the son of a farmer. In 1500 he is said to have left his

home

and entered domestic service, and in 1518 to have returned to Winnington to occupy the small holding he then inherited on the death of his father. In 1563, at the age of eighty, he married his first wife, by whom he had a son and a daughter, bcth of whom died in infancy. At the age of 122, his first wife having died, he married again. His vigour seems to have been unimpaired, and when 130 years old he is said to have threshed corn. In 1635 his fame reached the ears of

Thomas

Howard, 2nd

earl

EARL

of Arundel, who resolved to exhibit him at court, and had him conveyed to London in a specially constructed litter. Here he was presented to King Charles I.,but the

change

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

of air and diet soon affected him, and the old man died at Lord Arundel's

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

in London, on the 14th of November 1635. He was buried in the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

transept of Westminster Abbey where the inscription over his grave reads: " Tho: Parr of ye county of Salopp Born in Ao 1483. He lived in ye reignes of Ten Princes viz. K. Edw. 4, K. Ed. V. K.

Rich

. 3. K. Hen. 7. K. Hen. 8. K. Edw. 6. Q. Ma. Q. Eliz. K. Ja. and K. Charles, aged 152 yeares and was buried here Nov. 15. 1635." A post-mortem examination made by the king's orders by Dr William

Harvey

, revealed the fact that his internal organs were in an unusually perfect state, and his cartilages unossified.

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