Henry Pearce & Sons - Silversmith

Pearce and Sons was founded in Grantham, Lincolnshire in 1838 by Henry Pearce. He had four sons who helped him expand by opening further shops in Huddersfield, Leeds and Leicester. The Leicester business was opened in Gallowtree Gate by Henry’s son William Pearce. He and his assistant Charles Brook did a roaring trade and by 1911 had expanded again to open a shop in York. The business expanded once more taking over the Jewellers W. Mansell in Lincoln in 1947 and then a shop in Melton Mowbray in 1969. To this day, Pearce’s, the Jeweller of Melton Mowbray can trace their origins back as direct descendants of the Charles Brook who established the Leicester business with William Pearce.