He was visited by Thomas, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and was persuaded to visit the King in London.
His intelligence and venerable demeanor impressed every one, and crowds thronged to see him and pay him homage.

The journey to London, together with the excitement and change of mode of living, undoubtedly hastened his death, which occurred in less than a year.

He was one hundred and fifty-two years and nine months old, and had lived under nine Kings of England.

Harvey examined his body and at the necropsy his internal organs were found in a most perfect state.

His cartilages were not even ossified, as is the case generally with the very aged.