1 FEBRUARY 1930, Page 21

THOMAS PARR.

The Salopian, Thomas Parr, is reputed, I believe, to have attained a greater age than any other Englishman. He died in London, and was buried in Westminster Abbey on November 15th, 1635. He is said to have been born in 1483, and this date is always, so far as I know, taken for granted. On what historical evidence (if any) does it rest ? Parish registers and records did not appear until the following century.—(Rev.) G. -S. LIEwnss, Weston, Hawkstone, Shrewsbury.