Thomas Hurdis

Thomas Hurdis D.D. (d. 29 March 1784) was a Canon of Windsor from 1766 - 1784^[1]

Family

He was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Hurdis (c.1674-1733) Vicar of Ringmer 1727-1733.

Career

He was educated at Merton College, Oxford where he graduated DD.

He was appointed:

Vicar of Seaford 1734 - 1779^[2]
Canon of York
Vicar of Amport, Hampshire
Custos of St Mary’s Hospital, Chichester
Prebendary of Middleton in Chichester 1755 - 1784
Vicar of Wantage

He was appointed to the fourth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1766 and held this until he died in 1784.

A monument to him was erected in Chichester Cathedral

Notes

↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
↑ Tory and Whig. The Parliamentary Papers of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford and William Hay, M.P. for Seaford. 1716 - 1753. Edward Harley, Boydell & Brewer, 1998

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