 On 21 December 1683 the EIC court issued a formal revocation of Hedges' commission, which reached him on 17 July 1684.He accordingly left Hoogly, embarked on 30 December, visited Persia on his way, and landed at Dover on 4 April 1687.On 6 March 1688 he was knighted by James II, and became a member of the Mercers' Company.