Jenkins was buried at Bolton-upon-Swale. A handsome pyramid marks his grave, as the oldest Englishman upon record, and in the church is a monument to his memory, with the following inscription, written by Dr. Thomas Chapman:—

Blush not marble!

To rescue from oblivion

The memory of

Henry Jenkins,

A person obscure in birth,

But of a life truly memorable,

For

He was enriched

With the goods of nature