Thomas Bonfoy
| Thomas Bonfoy | |
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| Person | Thomas Bonfoy |
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| First name | Thomas |
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| Last name | Bonfoy |
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| Occupation | Merchant |
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| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Thomas Bonfoy |
| Has signoff text | Thomas Bonfoy |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1624 |
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| 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 |
| How complete is this biography? | |
| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
| Ship classification | |
| Type of ship | N/A |
| 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]- ↑ HCA 13/71 f.236v
- ↑ HCA 13/74 f.114r
- ↑ HCA 13/71 f.174v
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
