Edmund Allen

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Edmund Allen (or Edmond, or Alen, or Edmonde Aellen) (about 1519—1559), a native of Norfolk, England, elected fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1536, became their steward in 1539, and not long after obtained leave of the society to go and study abroad. He became, according to Strype, a great proficient in the Greek and Latin tongues, an eminent Protestant divine, and a learned minister of the gospel. He was in exile during the reign of Mary; but Elizabeth, on coming to the crown, appointed him one of her chaplains, gave him a commission to act under her as an ambassador, and promoted him to the see of Rochester, which however he did not live to fill. It is said he was buried in the church of St. Thomas Apostle, in London, August 30, 1559.

He translated into English, Alex. Alesii De Authoritate Verbi Dei (12mo) and Phil. Melanch. super utraque Sacramenti Specie, et de Authoritate Episcoporum (12mo, 1543), whilst abroad; as likewise, Conrad. Pelicanus super Apocalipsin. He wrote A Christian Introduction for Youth (1548 and 1550, 12mo; 1551, 8vo).

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1. Rose, Hugh James [1853] (1857). A New General Biographical Dictionary, London: B. Fellowes et al.