JOHN

See also:

• ALLEN, BOG OF
• ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
• ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
• ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
• JOHN ALLEN (1476–1534)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)
• ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)

ALLEN (1476–1534)  , English divine, after studying at both Oxford and Cambridge, was sent by Archbishop Warham on an ecclesiastical mission to Rome . On his return he held a number of livings in succession, and in 1516 was rector of South Ockenden, Essex, and prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral . In the suppression of the minor monasteries in 1524–1525 he gave Wolsey much assistance, and became prebendary of Not,tingham in 1526 and of St Paul's, London, in 1527 . These prebends he resigned in 1528 on his election as archbishop of Dublin . For four years he was chancellor of Ireland but his career was full of trouble . In 1531 he was fined under the Statutes of Provisors and Praemunire, and in 1534 met a violent death at the hands of Lord Thomas Fitzgerald's followers .