James Hurdis

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James Hurdis was a clergyman and a poet. He was born in Bishopstone, East Sussex in 1763. Local shepherds at this time used to catch birds in small cage traps to sell as songbirds. It is said that Hurdis used to free the trapped birds but used to leave a few coins in their place to compensate the shepherds.

He was the vicar for the West Sussex village of Burpham and it was here he wrote "The Village Curate". In 1793 he was appointed a Professor of Poetry at Oxford University.

He died in 1801 and there is a memorial to him in Bishopstone Church. The local town hall in Seaford, East Sussex is named Hurdis House in his honour.

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