Kirby, R. S. [Editor]; Kirby, R. S. [Oth.]: Kirby's Wonderful And Eccentric Museum; Or, Magazine Of Remarkable Characters: Including All The Curiosities Of Nature And Art, From The Remotest Period To The Present Time, Drawn from every authentic Source. Illustrated With One Hundred And Twenty-Four Engravings. Chiefly Taken from Rare And Curious Prints Or Original Drawings. Six Volumes (Vol. VI.) (London: R.S. Kirby, 1820)

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Jane Petrie,—113, of Peterhead, in Scotland; died
1798.
Mr. Price,—113, of Ledbury, Hertfordshire. His wife
was 109. They lived together in great harmony, upwards
of 80 years. Died 1770.
James Roberts,—113, of Penny Bridge, Lancashire;
died 1764.
Peter Schurman,—113, of Groningen, in Holland;
died 1763.
Elizabeth Stoneham,—113, of the village of Chick-
ley, Berks; died 1768.
Ann Simms,—113, of Studley Green, Wilts. Till within
a few days of her death, she was able to walk to and from
the seat of the Marquis of Lansdown, near three miles from
Studley. She had been, and continued, till upwards of 100
years of age, the most noted poacher in that part of the
country ; and frequently boasted of selling to gentlemen, the
fish taken out of their own ponds. Her coffin and shroud
she had purchased, and kept in her apartment more than
twenty years. Died 1785.
Jonathan Simpson, Esq. — 113. He died at his son’s
house in Buckinghamshire, 1788.
John Tucker,— 113, fisherman, Itching Ferry, South-
ampton ; died 1806.
Anne Welling,—113, of Northall, in the parish of
Eddlesborough, Bucks; died 1747.
Margaret Wylie,—113, of Lidsdale, in Scotland;
died 1753.
Thomas Azbey,—112, of Chelsea College ; died 1737.
Janet Blair,—-112, of Monimusk, Aberdeenshire; died
1759-
Captain Bromfish,—112, of Koningsberg, in Prussia.
He had been in that service ninety-three years. Died Ja-
nuary, 1761.
Sarah Brown,-—112, of South Waltham, Norfolk;
died 1761.