[tetris11]

> Various theories existed for his size, including that his mother choked on a gherkin while pregnant, but he probably had a growth hormone deficiency caused by a pituitary gland disorder.

> No details of his captivity were recorded except that he claimed to have grown to 45 inches (110 centimetres) during this time, doubling his height after 30 years of age,[9] which he attributed to the hardships he had suffered.

Hormones are amazing, I wonder if there's any literature on what triggered his later growth

[mechanicum]

I mean, 25 years and 27 inches later, and only reappearing after the queen Hudson served had died, with no tale of exactly where he’d been or how he got back… the cynical explanation would be that he was simply a different man claiming to be Hudson in the hope of a handout from the restored monarchy.

[exasperaited]

That too. This sort of stuff happened a lot; Perkin Warbeck and Lambert Simnel etc.

[exasperaited]

While it's possible it was something like finally getting proper nutrition or that something delayed puberty, or some random circumstance that caused his pituitary to start working again, like one too many hilaaaaarious slaps on the head, it's probably more likely the historical record was simply inaccurate/falsified/mythologised, and he reached his full height more or less at adulthood. After all, there were likely no really unimpeachable records of his earlier height.