Talk:William Hiseland

Age
Very surprising there is no questioning the authenticity of this character's story. This article assumes it is true. A few allegedlys might be appropriate, even if at a superficial glance I can't find any sources on google that question the validity of Hiseland's age at death. Documentary evidence pre 1800 is not particularly known for its accuracy, and I'll bet anyone a groat that Hiseland's father was called William - a soldier who served at Edgehill.1812ahill (talk) 10:57, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

The above notwithstanding, if we have his DoB, and age at death, why are we unclear over his year of death? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:16, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The Guinness Book of Records concedes his claimed age is based only on evidence from his tombstone. There seems to be a very long gap (almost 40 years) between the Civil War and the Williamite Campaign in Ireland in which a namesake son could have emerged from the veteran of Edgehill. I wonder if there is a William Hiseland in a published Wiltshire parish register that could fit with the claimed birthdate on the tombstone? Also the epitaph states he was 'above the Military Size' - what would that have been in his day? Given nutritional standards in his lifetime for men of his class it would have taken a tenaciously nourishing diet over such an exceptionally long life to maintain what is implied to be a tall stature in a society that had not discovered HRTs.Cloptonson (talk) 16:18, 15 May 2020 (UTC)


 * I also question the '111 years 37 days' given in the infobox for his age - 37 days is a too small time difference between a birthdate of 6 August and ensuing death date of 7 February, which indicates 6 months.Cloptonson (talk) 08:12, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Inconsistency re age and death year
The article seems to be inconstant as to whether (his claimed) age at death was 111 or 112. I think in part this is an issue connected with whether the point made at the end that ""1732" refers to what is now called 1733, as at that time the calendar year began on Lady Day, 25 March, and not on 1 January" is taken into account. Dunarc (talk) 21:05, 24 March 2022 (UTC)