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|Person=Henry Hughes
|First name=Henry
|Last name=Hughes
|Occupation=Rope merchant
|Mariner occupation=Purser
|Training=Not apprentice
|Citizen=Unknown
|Literacy=Signature
|Has opening text=Henry Hughes
|Has signoff text=H Hughes
|Transcription image={{#transcription-image: }}
|Language skills=English language,
|Res town=Deptford
|Res county=Kent
|Res country=England
|Birth year=1632
|Death year=1680
|Probate date=January 10, 1680
|First deposition age=24
|Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/71 f.20r Annotate,
|Deposition date(s)=Feb 23 1656
|Has infobox completed=Yes
|Has synthesis completed=No
|Has HCA evidence completed=No
|Has source comment completed=No
|Type of ship=Shore based trade, Merchant ship
|Role in Silver Ship litigation=None
}}
==Biographical synthesis==
Henry Hughes (b. ca. 1634; d. poss. ca. 1680). Rope merchant.

Purser of the ship the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' from 1651 to 1653, and specifically on her voyage in the Eastern Mediterranean in 1652.

Henry Hughes was presumably related to George Hughes, who was the master and commander of the ship of which George Hughes was purser. Henry Hughes also kept the accounts of the ship for her owners, which he produced in the High Court of Admiralty in April 1659 to confirm outanding debts to ship suppliers by the exeecutrix of the deceased George Hughes.<ref>[[HCA 13/73 f.203r Annotate|HCA 13/73 f.203r]]</ref>

George Hughes, the master of the ''Thomas Bonadventure;; may be the same George Hughes, mariner of Depftford "being now outward bound on a voyage to the Straits", whose will was proved on October 13th 1657.<ref>[[PROB 11/269/54 Will of George Hughes, Mariner being now outward bound on a Voyage to the Straits of Deptford, Kent 13 October 1657|</ref>

Resident in 1656 and again in 1659 in Deptford in the county of Kent.

==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
'''February 1656'''

Twenty-four year old Henry Hughes deposed on February 23rd 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>[[HCA 13/71 f.20r Annotate|HCA 13/71 f.20r]]</ref> He was examined on an allegation dated February 1st 1656 on behalf of Keate in the cause of "Keate Jennings and others against ffrederick Chowne and others"<ref>[[HCA 13/71 f.19r Annotate|HCA 13/71 f.19r]]</ref>

Henry Hughes recalled the voyage of the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' in 1652, and her taking in of cotton wool and gall at Cyprus in May 1652, saying " he was Purser of the sayd shipp the voyage in question and tooke an aććompt of her lading".<ref>[[HCA 13/71 f.20r Annotate|HCA 13/71 f.20r]]</ref>

'''April 1659'''

Twenty-eight year old Henry Hughes deposed on April 29th 1659 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Jane Hughes in "A busines of examination of witnesses on the behalfe of Jane Hughes concerning the shipp the Thomas Bonadventures and against the owners of the said ship".<ref>[[HCA 13/73 f.203r Annotate|HCA 13/73 f.203r]]</ref>

The case concerned outsanding debts to ship suppliers owing by the executrix of the deceased master of the ''Thomas Bonadventure''.

Henry Hughes stated that the master of the ''Thomas Bonadventure'', George Hughes, was dead. Henry Hughes stated that he had been made master by the owners and proprietors of the ship and had commanded her on several voyages.This he knew "because hee this deponent saw him execute the said place of master for all the said time, and went voyages in her in the yeeres 1651. 1652 and 1653 as purser of her, and kept the account as to the said owners"..<ref>[[HCA 13/73 f.203r Annotate|HCA 13/73 f.203r]]</ref>

Hughes had the ship's book of accounts with him in Court, and was able to confirm that:

: George Hughes did lay out, disburse and expend diverse summes of money amounting in all to elaven hundred fourtie and eight pounds sterling in abd about the said shipps provisioning, repairing, mens wages and other necessarie occasions, which hee knoweth because hee this deponent as purser aforesaid kept the accounts of the said shipps expenses and charges and of the said masters disbursements thereabouts, and hath the said accounts now with him, and further saith that over and besides the said summes soe disbursed by the said George Hughes amounting as aforesaid, there are due to severall tradesmen of whom commodities and aterialls were taken for the said shipps use and service within the time aforesaid wherein the said George hughes was soe master of her, severall summes of money amounting in all to the summe of foure hundred and eightie pounds and fourteene shillings, which with the foresaid summe disbursed as aforesaid amounts in all to sixteene hundred twenty nine pounds and thirteene shillings as by the said booke of accounts is to be seen, and saith that all the said moneys were due to the said George in his life time and by him payable, and are still due to and payable by Jane Hughes his Executrix, and saith the said owners [?haveing] perused the said account have allowed and approved thereof, and acknowledged the said moneys to be due as aforesaid"..<ref>[[HCA 13/73 f.203r Annotate|HCA 13/73 f.203r]]</ref>

==Comment on sources==
'''1645'''

PROB 11/194/439 Will of Thomas Hughes of Deptford, Kent 04 December 1645

'''1657'''

PROB 11/269/54 Will of George Hughes, Mariner being now outward bound on a Voyage to the Straits of Deptford, Kent 13 October 1657

'''1673'''

PROB 4/19534 Hughes, Thomas, of Deptford, Kent 1673 14 Jan. (1671)

'''1677'''

PROB 11/355/320 Will of Elizabeth Hughes, Widow of Deptford, Kent 29 November 1677

'''1680'''

PROB 11/362/51 Will of Henry Hughes of Deptford, Kent 10 January 1680

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 Twenty-four year old Henry Hughes deposed on February 23rd 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty.<ref>[[HCA 13/71 f.20r Annotate|HCA 13/71 f.20r]]</ref> He was examined on an allegation dated February 1st 1656 on behalf of Keate in the cause of "Keate Jennings and others against ffrederick Chowne and others"<ref>[[HCA 13/71 f.19r Annotate|HCA 13/71 f.19r]]</ref>
-Henry Hughes recalled the voyage of the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' in 1652, and her taking in of cotton wool and gall at Cyprus in May 1652, saying "he was Purser of the sayd shipp the voyage in question and tooke an aććompt of her lading".<ref>[[HCA 13/71 f.20r Annotate|HCA 13/71 f.20r]]</ref>
+Henry Hughes recalled the voyage of the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' in 1652, and her taking in bales of cotton wool and bags of galls at Cyprus in May 1652, saying "he was purser of the sayd shipp the voyage in question and tooke an aććompt of her lading".<ref>[[HCA 13/71 f.20r Annotate|HCA 13/71 f.20r]]</ref>
 '''April 1659'''
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 The case concerned outsanding debts to ship suppliers owing by the executrix of the deceased master of the ''Thomas Bonadventure''.
-Henry Hughes stated that the master of the ''Thomas Bonadventure'', George Hughes, was dead. Henry Hughes stated that he had been made master by the owners and proprietors of the ship and had commanded her on several voyages.This he knew "because hee this deponent saw him execute the said place of master for all the said time, and went voyages in her in the yeeres 1651. 1652 and 1653 as purser of her, and kept the account as to the said owners".<ref>[[HCA 13/73 f.203r Annotate|HCA 13/73 f.203r]]</ref>
+Henry Hughes stated that the master of the ''Thomas Bonadventure'', George Hughes, was dead. Henry Hughes stated that he had been made master by the owners and proprietors of the ship and had commanded her on several voyages.This he knew "because hee this deponent saw him execute the said place of master for all the said time, and went voyages in her in the yeeres 1651, 1652 and 1653 as purser of her, and kept the account as to the said owners".<ref>[[HCA 13/73 f.203r Annotate|HCA 13/73 f.203r]]</ref>
 Hughes had the ship's book of accounts with him in Court, and was able to confirm that:

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 Purser of the ship the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' from 1651 to 1653, and specifically on her voyage in the Eastern Mediterranean in 1652.
-Henry Hughes was presumably related to George Hughes, who was the master and commander of the ship of which George Hughes was purser. Henry Hughes also kept the accounts of the ship for her owners, which he produced in the High Court of Admiralty in April 1659 to confirm outanding debts to ship suppliers by the exeecutrix of the deceased George Hughes.<ref>[[HCA 13/73 f.203r Annotate|HCA 13/73 f.203r]]</ref>
+Henry Hughes was presumably related to George Hughes, who was the master and commander of the ship of which George Hughes was purser. Henry Hughes also kept the accounts of the ship for her owners, which he produced in the High Court of Admiralty in April 1659 to confirm outanding debts to ship suppliers by the executrix of the deceased George Hughes.<ref>[[HCA 13/73 f.203r Annotate|HCA 13/73 f.203r]]</ref>
 George Hughes, the master of the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' may be the same George Hughes, mariner of Depftford "being now outward bound on a voyage to the Straits", whose will was proved on October 13th 1657.<ref>[[PROB 11/269/54 Will of George Hughes, Mariner being now outward bound on a Voyage to the Straits of Deptford, Kent 13 October 1657|</ref>

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 }}
 ==Biographical synthesis==
-'''Henry Hughes (b. ca. 1634; d. poss. ca. 1680). Rope merchant.'''
+'''Henry Hughes (b. ca. 1634; d. poss. ca. 1680, Deptford). Rope merchant.'''
 Purser of the ship the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' from 1651 to 1653, and specifically on her voyage in the Eastern Mediterranean in 1652.

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 |Occupation=Rope merchant
 |Mariner occupation=Purser
 |Training=Not apprentice
 |Citizen=Unknown

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 |Has opening text=Henry Hughes
 |Has signoff text=H Hughes
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+|Transcription image={{#transcription-image:  }}
 |Language skills=English language,
 |Res town=Deptford
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 }}
 ==Biographical synthesis==
-Henry Hughes (b. ca. 1634; d. poss. ca. 1680). Rope merchant.
+'''Henry Hughes (b. ca. 1634; d. poss. ca. 1680). Rope merchant.'''
 Purser of the ship the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' from 1651 to 1653, and specifically on her voyage in the Eastern Mediterranean in 1652.
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 Henry Hughes was presumably related to George Hughes, who was the master and commander of the ship of which George Hughes was purser. Henry Hughes also kept the accounts of the ship for her owners, which he produced in the High Court of Admiralty in April 1659 to confirm outanding debts to ship suppliers by the exeecutrix of the deceased George Hughes.<ref>[[HCA 13/73 f.203r Annotate|HCA 13/73 f.203r]]</ref>
-George Hughes, the master of the ''Thomas Bonadventure;; may be the same George Hughes, mariner of Depftford "being now outward bound on a voyage to the Straits", whose will was proved on October 13th 1657.<ref>[[PROB 11/269/54 Will of George Hughes, Mariner being now outward bound on a Voyage to the Straits of Deptford, Kent 13 October 1657|</ref>
+George Hughes, the master of the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' may be the same George Hughes, mariner of Depftford "being now outward bound on a voyage to the Straits", whose will was proved on October 13th 1657.<ref>[[PROB 11/269/54 Will of George Hughes, Mariner being now outward bound on a Voyage to the Straits of Deptford, Kent 13 October 1657|</ref>
 Resident in 1656 and again in 1659 in Deptford in the county of Kent.