Jabez Hughes 1684/5-1731
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Jabez HUGHES 1684/5-1731
Biographical Note
Younger son of John Hughes, clerk in a London insurance office; the family had a strong puritan tradition and he was probably educated at dissenting academies in London. He had administrative work in the Stamp Office but like his brother John his main activities were literary ones, as a poet, literary editor and a translator. After his death it transpired that he had embezzled around £4000 of public funds between 1729 and 1731, and his estate was sued for reimbursement.
Books
Hughes's library was sold by retail sale in London, along with the books of his brother John, beginning 31 January 1733. No catalogue survives, but the sale was advertised in several newspapers.
Sources
- Alston, R. C., Inventory of sale catalogues ... 1676-1800, St Philip, 2010.
- Pritchard, Jonathan. "Hughes, Jabez (1684/5–1731), translator." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.