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Authorised form of nameAlleyn; John (1621 - 1663); barrister
Other forms of surnameAlleyne
Allen
Dates1621 - 1663
NationalityBritish
Date of birth2 March 1621
Date of death26 June 1663
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Little Waltham, Essex, England, Europe
OccupationBarrister
ActivityEducation:
Emmanuel College, Cambridge (matriculated 1639); Gray's Inn (admitted 1642)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1649); MP for Michael [Mitchell], Cornwall (1660)
Membership categoryOriginal Fellow
Date of election20/05/1663
Other Royal Society activityProposed on 8 May 1661
RelationshipsParents: Giles Allen and Elizabeth Massam
OtherInfoIn his role as MP, Alleyn was appointed to 31 committees and held 11 recorded speeches, which voiced the general view of the Presbyterian opposition. Amongst some ecclesiastical matters, he was involved in the committee to establish the names of the regicides in 1660. He was friends with Sir John Finch (1663), although it is not clear whether Finch brought him into the Society's circles. Upon Alleyn's death in June 1663, he left £300 as a fund to apprentice poor boys from the parish of Little Waltham.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Venn; Henning
References:
Michael Hunter, 'The Social Bias and Changing Fortunes of an Early Scientific Institution: An Analysis of the Membership of the Royal Society, 1660-1685' in NR 1976-7 vol 31 pp 9-114
Notes:
Alleyn did not sign the Society's first Charter book in May 1663 and died shortly after in June. The election date is Alleyn's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously admitted into the Society on 15 May 1661.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/23560541
CodeNA8100
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