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Henry Jenkins (buried on 9 December 1670 in Bolton-on-Swale, North Riding of Yorkshire) was an English supercentenarian claimant said to have been 169 years old at his death.
He claimed to have been born in 1501, although parish registers were not required to be maintained until 1538. It is known that he lived at Ellerton on Swale, Scorton, North Yorkshire, Scorton, North Riding of Yorkshire and claimed to have been butler to Baron Conyers, Lord Conyers, of Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, Hornby Castle, where the Fountains Abbey, Abbot of Fountains was a frequent guest, and "did drink a hearty glass with his Lordship." He later followed the occupation of a fisherman and ended his life begging for alms.
Court of Chancery, Chancery Court records show that in 1667 Jenkins stated on oath that he was aged "one hundreth fifty and seven or thereabouts"; when asked by the judge which notable battle he remembered, he named Battle of Flodden Field, Flodden Field of 1513 and claimed to have carried arrows to the English archery, archers.
Although his birth date is undocumented, the date of Jenkins's death is known to within days, as his burial is recorded in the parish register of Bolton-on-Swale as having occurred on 9 December 1670. He is described as "a very aged and poor man".
In 1743, in his memory an obelisk was erected in the churchyard, and a plaque made of black marble was placed inside the church; the inscription on it, composed by Thomas Chapman (Master of Magdalene College), Dr Thomas Chapman, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, reads
In 1829, the journal ''The Mirror of Literature'' claimed that if Jenkins had followed his legal obligations, during his life he would have changed his religion eight times, between the reigns of Henry VII of England, Henry VII and Charles II of England, Charles II.
T. H. White's science fiction novel ''The Master: An Adventure Story'' (1957) compares the eponymous character, aged 150, with Jenkins.
The village of Kirkby Malzeard, North Yorkshire, had a pub named Henry Jenkins after him, until it closed on 29 June 2008.
Biography
He claimed to have been born in 1501, although parish registers were not required to be maintained until 1538. It is known that he lived at Ellerton on Swale, Scorton, North Yorkshire, Scorton, North Riding of Yorkshire and claimed to have been butler to Baron Conyers, Lord Conyers, of Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, Hornby Castle, where the Fountains Abbey, Abbot of Fountains was a frequent guest, and "did drink a hearty glass with his Lordship." He later followed the occupation of a fisherman and ended his life begging for alms.
Court of Chancery, Chancery Court records show that in 1667 Jenkins stated on oath that he was aged "one hundreth fifty and seven or thereabouts"; when asked by the judge which notable battle he remembered, he named Battle of Flodden Field, Flodden Field of 1513 and claimed to have carried arrows to the English archery, archers.
Although his birth date is undocumented, the date of Jenkins's death is known to within days, as his burial is recorded in the parish register of Bolton-on-Swale as having occurred on 9 December 1670. He is described as "a very aged and poor man".
In 1743, in his memory an obelisk was erected in the churchyard, and a plaque made of black marble was placed inside the church; the inscription on it, composed by Thomas Chapman (Master of Magdalene College), Dr Thomas Chapman, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, reads
In 1829, the journal ''The Mirror of Literature'' claimed that if Jenkins had followed his legal obligations, during his life he would have changed his religion eight times, between the reigns of Henry VII of England, Henry VII and Charles II of England, Charles II.
T. H. White's science fiction novel ''The Master: An Adventure Story'' (1957) compares the eponymous character, aged 150, with Jenkins.
The village of Kirkby Malzeard, North Yorkshire, had a pub named Henry Jenkins after him, until it closed on 29 June 2008.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkins, Henry People from Richmondshire (district) Longevity myths 1670 deaths Year of birth unknown 17th-century English people 16th-century English people