John Allen (archdeacon of Salop)

John Allen (25 May 1810 - 13 December 1886)^[1] was Archdeacon of Salop from 15 December 1847 until 23 March 1886.^[2]

Allen was born at Burton, Pembrokeshire where his father was the rector. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[3] He was ordained in 1834 and became a Lecturer at King's College London. In 1846 he became Vicar of Prees, a post he held until 1883.

References

^ Obituary. The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 17, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31945
^ Shropshire Parish registers. Diocese of Lichfield. Phillimore, W.P.W. (Ed) Lichfield, Shropshire Parish Register Society, 1913
^ Venn, John & Venn, John Archibald. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, Cambridge University Press Part I vol. i p37

v t e Archdeacons of Salop
High Medieval	Herbert Grammaticus Gilbert Roger (I) Richard Peche Robert de Insula Thomas Nevil Ralph de Maidstone Alexander de Swereford Walter of Kirkham Peter de Radnor Roger (II) William de Montfort
Late Medieval	Philip de Cornubia Richard de Bernard Ralph de Normanville William de Preston William de Shrouesbury John Knode Philip Lee William de Neuport/Newport John Howbell Thomas Chestrefeld/Wursop Gregory Newport John Weborn Thomas Salisbury Thomas Lye John Fox Edmund Hals Richard Sherborne Adam Grafton Joachim Bretunne Richard Strete David Pole
Early modern	William Hill Thomas Bolt Godfrey Goldsborough Roger Dod Valentine Cary Thomas Master William Jeffrey William Arnway Robert Powell Griffith Vaughan Samuel Garret John Holt William Vyse Egerton Leigh John Woodhouse Hugh Owen Edward Bather John Allen
Late modern	Thomas Lloyd Charles Maude Horace Lambart Horace Carpenter Sidney Austerberry Bob Jeffery George Frost John Hall Paul Thomas

v t e Diocese of Lichfield
Lichfield Cathedral Bishop's House, Lichfield St Mary's House, Lichfield Area scheme (1992–present)
Office holders	Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield Tim Wambunya, area Bishop of Wolverhampton Sarah Bullock, area Bishop of Shrewsbury Matthew Parker, area Bishop of Stafford Jan McFarlane, Dean of Lichfield and honorary assistant bishop Anne Hollinghurst, Principal of The Queen's Foundation and honorary assistant bishop AEO: the Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Sue Weller, Archdeacon of Lichfield Megan Smith, Archdeacon of Stoke Archdeacon of Salop (vacant) Archdeacon of Walsall (vacant)
Provincial episcopal visitors	Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Chester (12th century – 1541; erected into Chester diocese) Archdeacon of Stafford (12 C. – 1980; renamed to Lichfield archdeaconry) Archdeacon of Coventry (12 C. – 1837; moved to Worcester then erected into Coventry diocese) Archdeacon of Derby (12th C. – 1884; moved to Southwell then erected into Derby diocese)