Thomas Alleyne

Thomas Alleyne was an English priest of the sixteenth century; he was from Uttoxeter.

In his will he endowed three schools:

  • The Thomas Alleyne School, Stevenage, Hertfordshire,
  • Alleyne's High School, Stone, Staffordshire
  • Thomas Alleyne's High School, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.

He was buried in Stevenage on 3 August 1558, from which year all three schools date.

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