Henry Peirse of Bedale, Member of Parliament for Northallerton, landed proprietor of Bedale
Dates: 1692-1759
Biography
Henry Peirse was a Yorkshire landowner and Member of Parliament for Northallerton. He inherited the Bedale estate and began transforming the old manor house into Bedale Hall in the 1730s.
Notes / Sources
The source gives his birth as 1692 and death as 1759.
Research sources:
- McCall, The Early History of Bedale, pp. 71-72; Yorkshire Gardens Trust, Bedale Park report, identifying Henry Peirse I as a principal owner from about 1716. — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/The_Early_History_of_Bedale_in_the_North_Riding_of_Yorkshire_%28IA_earlyhistoryofbe01mcca%29.pdf
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