No one really knows when, or indeed why Thomas Parr started to tell his neighbours he was born in 1483. His story is a strange one, that's for sure, with him maintaining he was 152 at the time of his death.

His purported longevity catapulted him from his sleepy Shropshire home to the court of King Charles I. I've written about the Owd Fella below!

https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/05/understanding-owd-parr-shropshires-old.html

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