ALLEN, JOHN (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 Ockendon, 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
Nottingham 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.
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