John Courtail

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''John Courtail''' (bapt. 18 July 1715 – 25 February 1806) was an English cleric, Archdeacon of Lewes from 1770 until 1806.<ref>”Chichester Diocese Clergy Lists:Clergy succession from the earliest times to the year 1900" Hennessy, G: London, St Peter's Press, 1900</ref>

Courtail was born at Exeter, the son of French parents. He matriculated at Clare College, Cambridge in 1732, graduating B.A. in 1736 and M.A. in 1739. He was a Fellow of Clare from 1736, becoming senior proctor. He was rector of Great Gransden and Burwash, becoming Archdeacon of Lewes in 1770.<ref>{{acad|id=CRTL731J|name=Courtail, John}}</ref> James Hurdis became Courtail's curate at Burwash in 1786, and dedicated to him the 1788 poem ''The Village Curate''.<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=14251|first=Christopher|last=Whittick|title=Hurdis, James}}</ref>

He died in Burwash, aged 90.<ref>{{cite news |title=Home News |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000230/18060303/019/0004 |access-date=14 November 2023 |work=Hampshire Chronicle |date=3 March 1806 |page=4 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

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