The Bearcrofts of Worcester were a branch of an old-established family of landed gentry whose estate was at Mere Hall in the parish of Hanbury.
[3] He was educated at Charterhouse School, of which he was elected a scholar on the nomination of Lord Somers in July 1710.
In 1737 he published An Historical Account of Thomas Sutton, Esquire, and of his foundation in Charter-house,[4] which supplied the bulk of the material for Robert Smythe's history in 1808.
He also intended to publish a collection of the rules and orders of the Charterhouse, but was prevented by the governors, some extracts only being printed in a quarto pamphlet and distributed among the officers of the house.
[7] In Nichols's Bowyer, Bearcroft is spoken of as "a worthy man, but with no great talents for writing".