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==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
 
==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
 
Thirty-two year old Thomas Bonfoy deposed on June 6th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Sir John Barker.<ref>[[HCA 13/71 f.236v Annotate|HCA 13/71 f.236v]]</ref>
 
Thirty-two year old Thomas Bonfoy deposed on June 6th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Sir John Barker.<ref>[[HCA 13/71 f.236v Annotate|HCA 13/71 f.236v]]</ref>
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A year later, Thomas Bonfoy and fellow London merchant Henry Negus freighted, victualled and manned the ship the ''Successe'' (Master: William Goodlad) in 1657. This was for a voyage from London to the Canaries, then to New England, back to the Canaries and home to London. The outward lading from London consisted of bayes, sayes, linen and piece goods, whereas the return lading from the Canaries to London consisted of pipes of Canary wine for the joint account of Bonfoy and Negus.<ref>[[HCA 13/74 f.114r Annotate|HCA 13/74 f.114r]]</ref> Henry Negus was of a similar age to Thomas Bonfoy, declaring his age as thirty-two in his deposition in April 1656 concerning shipment of wine from Teneriff.<ref>[[HCA 13/71 f.174v Annotate|HCA 13/71 f.174v]]</ref>
  
 
==Comment on sources==
 
==Comment on sources==

Latest revision as of 23:08, May 31, 2017



Thomas Bonfoy
Person Thomas Bonfoy
Title
First name Thomas
Middle name(s)
Last name Bonfoy
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Spouse of
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Occupation Merchant
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Training Not apprentice
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Has opening text Thomas Bonfoy
Has signoff text Thomas Bonfoy
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Language skills English language
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Res country England
Birth year 1624
Marriage year
Death year 1669
Probate date November 10, 1669
First deposition age 32
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/71 f.236v Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Jun 6 1656
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Has HCA evidence completed No
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Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation None


Biographical synthesis

Thomas Bonfoy (b. ca. 1624; d. ca. 1669). Merchant.

Resident in London in 1656.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Thirty-two year old Thomas Bonfoy deposed on June 6th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Sir John Barker.[1]

A year later, Thomas Bonfoy and fellow London merchant Henry Negus freighted, victualled and manned the ship the Successe (Master: William Goodlad) in 1657. This was for a voyage from London to the Canaries, then to New England, back to the Canaries and home to London. The outward lading from London consisted of bayes, sayes, linen and piece goods, whereas the return lading from the Canaries to London consisted of pipes of Canary wine for the joint account of Bonfoy and Negus.[2] Henry Negus was of a similar age to Thomas Bonfoy, declaring his age as thirty-two in his deposition in April 1656 concerning shipment of wine from Teneriff.[3]

Comment on sources

1621

PROB 11/138/261 Will of John Bonfoy, Draper of London 12 October 1621

1651

PROB 11/215/173 Will of Samuell Bonfoy, Gentleman of Hayes, Middlesex 27 January 1651

1669

PROB 11/331/324 Will of Thomas Bonfoy of Hammersmith, Middlesex 10 November 1669

Undated

"BONFOY, Thomas

Dep Vintry, 1664 Ald Bread Street, 24 Jun 1664-3 Jul 1666, disch, F £920 (1) St Thomas Apostle, 1660-4, St Catherine Cree, 1666, Hammersmith, Middx, 1669 (2) DYE, PW, 1665 (3) d Oct-Nov 1669, bur ? Abbott Ripton, Hunts (4) Will PCC 133 Coke pr, 10 Nov 1669 f Samuel Bonfoy of Hayes, Middx, m Audrey Wilford, mar 1654, Lettice, da of Sir Thomas Barker (5) Merchant, Eastland C, adm by R, 1661 (6) Personalty, 1670, £9,087, Estate of Nicholas or Thomas BONFOY worth £2,000 p a in 1660 (7) Land Hunts, Norf, Oxon (4) Kt, 27 Apr 1665 (1) Capt Blue Regt, Mar 1660, Oct 1660 Bro of Nicholas BONFOY, Cous of Sir Thomas DAVIES Da Susan mar Sir Charles Caesar (8)

¶(1) Beaven, I, p 51 (2) VBk, St Thomas Apostle, VBk, St Catherine Cree, will (3) Beaven, I, p 51, TLMAS, V, p 447 (4) Will (5) Boyd 10520, 10519 See Nicholas BONFOY for detail of parents (6) (6) Le Neve, p 88, Hinton, Eastland Trade, Appdx C4 (7) CSB, II, 241, Wotton, Eng Barts, IV, p 320 (8) Will, Le Neve, p 88"[4]

"BONFOY, Nicholas

Co Co Bishopsgate Within, 1658, 1660 Ald Broad Street, 20 Oct 1664-7 Mar 1666, disch, F £620 (1) St Helen, 1650, Ealing, Middx, 1672 (2) CLO, M, 1665 (3) b 1619, d Nov 1672 (4) PCC Admon, Dec 1672 f Samuel Bonfoy of Hayes, Middx, m Audrey, da of John Wilford, of I o W, mar 1650, at AH London Wall, Mary, da of Nicholas Shepperd, gent, and Anne Millett of Harrow, Middx (5) Levant, cloth-merchant EIC, fr, 1669, by R (6) Personalty, Dec 1674, £8,602 Estate of Nicholas or Thomas BONFOY worth £2,000 p a in 1660 Shipping (£850) EIC stock, 1669, 1670 (7) City property and land Middx (£1,080 in 1672/3) (8) Wid Mary mar Robert ASKE Bro of Thomas BONFOY Cous of Sir Thomas DAVIES (9)

(1) Beaven, I, p 76 (2) Boyd 4088, CSB, II 346b/Inv (3) Beaven, II, p 97 (4) Boyd 4088 (5) Boyd 4088, 10519, f was s of Sebastian Bonfoy of St Andrew Holborn, merchant, and Alice, sis of Hugh Audley (6) CSB, II, 346b, Inv, Cal Min EIC, 1668-70, p 186 (7) CSB, II, 346b, Wotton, Eng Barts, IV, p 370, CSB, II, 346b/Inv, Cal Min EIC (8) CSB, II, 346b/Inv (9) Boyd 28199, 10519, 10520, will of Thomas BONFOY"[5]
  1. HCA 13/71 f.236v
  2. HCA 13/74 f.114r
  3. HCA 13/71 f.174v
  4. J R Woodhead, 'Backwell - Byfield', in The Rulers of London 1660-1689 A Biographical Record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (London, 1966), pp. 21-42. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-rulers/1660-89/pp21-42; accessed 18 October 2016
  5. J R Woodhead, 'Backwell - Byfield', in The Rulers of London 1660-1689 A Biographical Record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (London, 1966), pp. 21-42. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-rulers/1660-89/pp21-42; accessed 18 October 2016