, of a different family from the former, was born in 1682, and became
, of a different family from the former,
was born in 1682, and became a fellow of Jesus college,
Cambridge. He was called by bishop Atterbury “a learned
hand,
” and is known to the republic of letters as editor of
St Chrysostom’s treatise “On the Priesthood.
” Two letters of his to Mr. Bonwicke are printed in “The Gentleman’s Magazine,
” in one of which he says, “I have at last
been prevailed on to undertake an edition of St. Chrysostom’s tsefi itfaxrvws, and I would beg the favour of you to
send me your octavo edition. I want a small volume to lay
by me; and the Latin version may be of some service to
me, if I cancel the interpretation of Fronto Ducaeus.
” A
second edition of this treatise was printed at Cambridge in
Greek and Latin, with notes, and a preliminary dissertation
against the pretended “Rights of the Church,
” &c. in
On
the Priesthood,
” a posthumous work by the Rev. John
Bunce, M. A. was published by his son (vicar of St. Stephen’s near Canterbury) in 1760. Mr. Hughes died Nov.
18, 1710, and was buried in the church of St. Nicholas,
Deptford, where there is a long Latin inscription to his
memory.