Chapter Lodbrog to Longevity of L by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Long-Sword, William I. of Normandy, son of Rollo, assassinated by the count of Flanders (920–943).

Long Tom Coffin, a sailor of heroic character and most amiable disposition, introduced by Fenimore Cooper of New York in his novel called The Pilot (1823). Fitzball has dramatized the story.

Longaville , a young lord attending on Ferdinand king of Navarre. He promises to spend three years in study with the king, during which time no woman is to approach the court; but no sooner has he signed the compact than he falls in love with Maria. When he proposes to her, she defers his suit for twelve months, and she promises to change her “black gown for a faithful friend” if he then remains of the same mind.

A man of sovereign parts he is esteemed;
Well fitted in arts, glorious in arms:
Nothing becomes him ill; that he would well,
The only soil of his fair virtue’s gloss…
Is a sharp wit matched with too blunt a will;
Whose edge…none spares that come within his power.
   —Shakespeare: Love’s Labour’s Lost, act ii. sc. I (1594).

Longchamp, bishop of Ely, high justiciary of England during the absence of king Richard Cœur de Lion.—Sir W. Scott: The Talisman (time, Richard I.).

Longevity. Lord Bacon cites the cases of persons who have died between the ages of 150 and 160 years, and asserts that the citations rest on the most satisfactory evidence.

The Manchester Iris (October 11, 1823) speaks of a couple then “living,” the husband 128 and the wife 126 years of age. (See Notes and Queries, February 21, 1891, p. 144.)

The following is a list of persons of note in Great Britain, who have exceeded 100 years:—

(1) Bowels (James), of Killingworth, Warwickshire, died November, 1756, at the age of 153.

(2) Carn (Thomas), according to the parish register of St. Leonard’s Church, Shropshire, died January 22, 1588, at the age of 207!! If this entry is correct, he was born in the age of Richard II., and died in that of Elizabeth.

(3) Catharine, countess of Desmond (fifteenth century), died at the age of 140.

(4) Evans (Henry), a Welshman, died at the age of 129 (1642–1771).

(5) Finch (Margaret) died at the age of 109. (See Margaret Finch.)

(6) Gibson (Margaret) died at the age of 136 or 141. (See Margaret Gibson.)

(7) Hastings (Henry), Charles I.s forester, died at the age of 102 (1537–1639).

(8) Laugher (Thomas), of Markley, Worcestershire, died at the age of 107 (1700–1807).

His mother reached the age of 108.

(9) Lufkin (The Rev.) died at the age of III, and was rector of Offord 57 years (1621–1678). He did “duty” to the last, and preached the Sunday before his death.—Parish Register.

(10) Jenkins (Henry) died at the age of 169 (1591–1670, October 8).

Ufland, professor of medicine in Jena University, investigated this case.

(11) Kirton (George), of Yorkshire, died at the age of 125. (See Notes and Queries, January 28, 1893, p. 66.)

(12) Macklin or Maclaughlin (Charles), playwright and actor, died at the age of 107 (1690–1797).