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brought before a court of law to give evidence, lie testified 

 to one hundred and twenty years : having been born before 

 parish-registers were kept, these only having been established 

 by the 30th of Henry VIII. 



This seemed so extraordinary, that Jenkins was cross- 

 questioned with reference to historical occurrences. What 

 remarkable battle or event had happened in his memory? 

 ' Flodden Field,' said Jenkins ; ' I being then turned twelve 

 years of age.' How did he live ? ' By thatching and salmon- 

 fishing. I was thatching when served with your subpoena, 

 and can dub a hook with any man in Yorkshire.' 



Reference to Flodden Field brought more cross-question- 

 ing. His reply was consistent, and still more confirmatory. 

 When eleven or twelve years old, he said, he was sent to 

 Northallerton in the North Riding, with a horse-load of 

 arrows to be used in the battle of Flodden Field. From 

 Northallerton the arrows were sent on to the field of battle 

 by a bigger boy ; all the men being employed getting-in the 

 harvest. The battle of Flodden Field was fought September 

 9th, 1513. 



Being farther questioned, Jenkins said that he had been 

 butler to Lord Conyers of Hornby Castle, when Marmaduke 

 Brodelay, lord abbot of Fountains, did frequently visit his 

 lord, and drink a hearty glass with him ; that his lord often 

 sent him to' inquire how the abbot did, who always sent for 

 him to his lodgings, and, after ceremonies, besides wassal (a 

 liquor made from apples, sugar, and ale), ordered him a 

 quarter of a yard of roast beef for his dinner (for that monas- 

 teries did deliver their guests' meat by measure) and a great 

 black-jack of strong drink. 



Being next questioned whether he remembered the dis- 

 solution of religious houses, he said, 'Very well;' that he was 

 between thirty and forty years old when the order came to 

 dissolve those in Yorkshire ; that great lamentation was made, 

 and the county all in a tumult when the monks were turned 



