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ALLEN, FIFIELD, son of Ralph Allen, St. Mary’s parish, Oxford, mercer; b. 12 Jan 1699; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1715; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1718, matr. 17 Jun 1718, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1718 - void 9 Nov 1737 (expiry year of grace as R. of St. Anne & St. Agnes, London), Tutor 1725-35; BA 1722; MA 29 Jan 1724/5; BD 17 Jan 1733/4; DD 18 Jan 1736/7; ordained; Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire, 1730; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 11 Oct 1734; Rector of St. Anne and St. Agnes, Aldersgate, London, from 18 Oct 1736; Archdeacon of St. Albans 14 Oct 1738-41, Archdeacon of Middlesex from 6 May 1741; Perpetual Curate, St. Paul’s, Hammersmith, 1740-51; Rector of Gilston, Hants. [Gelston, Herts. ?] 1743-6/7; Vicar of Chigwell, Essex from 1746/7; Sub-Dean of Chapel Royal from 2 Dec 1751; editor, The Three Electras, 1729, used as a text-book at the School; lic. to m. 1st, 14 Oct 1738 Ann, sister of Charles Toll (qv); m. 2nd, 4 [or 6 (IGI)] Feb 1755 Frances Grainger, St. Bride, Fleet Street, London; d. 26 Apr 1764.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.