Richard Allen

was born in, or near to, Abendon in Berks, was originally of Ball. Coll. and as a member of that house he took one degree in Arts. Afterwards he was made one of the first Scholars of Pembr. Coll, proceeded in his faculty, was made Fellow, and at length beneficed near Ewelme in Oxfordshire. He hath written,

An antidote against heresie: or, a preservative for Protestants against the poyson of Papists, Anabaptists, &c. Lond. 1648. dedicated to his Uncles Sir Tho. Gainsford Kt, Clar. 1649. and Humph. Huddleston Esq. One of both his names, but after in time, was Pastor of Henfield in Sussex, and Author of Englands Distemper, their cause and cure according to the judgment of famous Princes, Peers, Parliaments, &c. occasion’d by a learned Frier, accusing the whole Nation of Perjury for abjuring Transubstantiation; and sent to the Author for a reply. Lond. 1677. qu. in 3 sh and an half. Whether this Rich. Allen was ever of Oxon I know not. I shall make mention of Rich. Allein among these Writers under the year 1681.