# Tom Parr

Thomas "Old Tom" Parr (c. 1482/1483 (reputedly) – 13 November 1635) was an Englishman who was said to have lived for 152 years. A portrait of Parr hangs at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, with an inscription which reads "Thomas Parr died at the age of 152 years 9 months" "The old old very old man or Thomas Parr, son of John Parr of Winington in the Parish of Alberbury who was born in the year 1483 in Rayne of King Edward IV being 152 years old in the year 1635." The portrait was once in the collection of the Leighton family of Loton Park, which is in Parr's home parish of Alberbury. == Biography == === Early life === Records vary, but Parr was allegedly born around 1482 or 1483, although he may have been born as recently as c.1565, in the parish of Alberbury, Shropshire.