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 Academy, Stevenage, Hertfordshire,
• Alleyne's Academy, 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.

References

• Dictionary of National Biography - Thomas Alleyne