Church Church of England Installed never Nationality English Role Clergyman Successor Edmund Gheast Diocese Diocese of Rochester | Elected 1559 Term ended 1559 (death) Name Edmund Allen Died 1559 Predecessor Maurice Griffith | |
Buried 30 August 1559, St Thomas Apostle, London Place of burial St Thomas the Apostle, London, United Kingdom Alma mater Corpus Christi College, Cambridge | ||
Edmund Allen (or Edmond, or Alen, or Edmonde Aellen; c. 1519 – 1559) was an English clergyman and scholar.
A native of Norfolk, England, Allen was elected fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1536. He became steward of Corpus in 1539, and not long after obtained leave of the society to go and study abroad. He became, according to John Strype, a great proficient in the Greek and Latin tongues, an eminent divine, and a learned minister of the gospel. He was in exile during the reign of Mary I; but Elizabeth I, 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, 30 August 1559.
He translated into English De Authoritate Verbi Dei by Alexander Aless and in 1543 works of Philipp Melancthon while he was abroad. He also wrote A Christian Introduction for Youth.