IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Henry Pert
Played by Mathew Baynton
Henry Pert, a sixteenth-century gentleman of Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, recorded in coroners' reports as having shot himself in the head with his own bow. Portrayed in comedy sketches as the historical figure.
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