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| Keywords: people indoor Or so the painting claims. Parr was no doubt much younger, but still a very old man when he died. Parr was said to have been born in 1483 near Shrewsbury, possibly at Wollaston. He supposedly joined the army around 1500 and did not marry until he was 80 years old. He had two children, both of whom died in infancy. Parr attributed his long life to his vegetarian diet and moral temperance, although when he was about 100 years old he purportedly had an affair and fathered a child born out of wedlock. After the death of his first wife, he married a second time at the alleged age of 122. As news of his purported age spread, 'Old Parr' became a national celebrity and was painted by Rubens and Van Dyck. In 1635, Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, visited Parr and brought him to London to meet Charles I. Charles asked what Parr had done that was greater than any other man, and the latter replied that he had performed penance (for his affair) at the age of 100. Parr was treated as a spectacle in London, but the change in food and environment apparently led to his death. The king arranged for him to be buried in Westminster Abbey on November 15, 1635.[1] The inscription of his gravestone reads: THO: PARR OF YE COUNTY OF SALLOP. BORNE IN AD: 1483. HE LIVED IN YE REIGNES OF TEN PRINCES VIZ: K.ED.4. K.ED.5.K.RICH.3. K.HEN.7.K.HEN.8.K.EDW.6.Q.MA.Q.ELIZ K.JA. & K. CHARLES. AGED 152 YEARES. & WAS BURYED HERE NOVEMB. 15. 1635. William Harvey (1578-1657), the physician who discovered the circulation of the blood,[2] performed a post-mortem on Parr's body.[3][4] The results were published in the book De ortu et natura sanguinis by John Betts as an attachment. According to P. Lüth the results of the autopsy suggest that Thomas Parr was probably under 70 years of age.[5] It is possible that Parr's records were confused with those of his grandfather.[4] Parr did not claim to remember specific events from the 15th century. Or so the painting claims. Parr was no doubt much younger, but still a very old man when he died. Parr was said to have been born in 1483 near Shrewsbury, possibly at Wollaston. He supposedly joined the army around 1500 and did not marry until he was 80 years old. He had two children, both of whom died in infancy. Parr attributed his long life to his vegetarian diet and moral temperance, although when he was about 100 years old he purportedly had an affair and fathered a child born out of wedlock. After the death of his first wife, he married a second time at the alleged age of 122. As news of his purported age spread, 'Old Parr' became a national celebrity and was painted by Rubens and Van Dyck. In 1635, Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, visited Parr and brought him to London to meet Charles I. Charles asked what Parr had done that was greater than any other man, and the latter replied that he had performed penance (for his affair) at the age of 100. Parr was treated as a spectacle in London, but the change in food and environment apparently led to his death. The king arranged for him to be buried in Westminster Abbey on November 15, 1635.[1] The inscription of his gravestone reads: THO: PARR OF YE COUNTY OF SALLOP. BORNE IN AD: 1483. HE LIVED IN YE REIGNES OF TEN PRINCES VIZ: K.ED.4. K.ED.5.K.RICH.3. K.HEN.7.K.HEN.8.K.EDW.6.Q.MA.Q.ELIZ K.JA. & K. CHARLES. AGED 152 YEARES. & WAS BURYED HERE NOVEMB. 15. 1635. William Harvey (1578-1657), the physician who discovered the circulation of the blood,[2] performed a post-mortem on Parr's body.[3][4] The results were published in the book De ortu et natura sanguinis by John Betts as an attachment. According to P. Lüth the results of the autopsy suggest that Thomas Parr was probably under 70 years of age.[5] It is possible that Parr's records were confused with those of his grandfather.[4] Parr did not claim to remember specific events from the 15th century. | ||||
