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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