Alleyn, Of Hatfield. Created June 24, 1629. Extinct Sept. 15, 1759.
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Richard Alleyn, descended from a family settled at Thaxtead, in Essex, died 23rd June, 1527, possessed of a considerable estate in the same county, and was s. by his eldest son,
Sir John Alleyn, an eminent citizen of London who was sheriff in 1518, and lord mayor in 1525 and again in 1535. Dying unmarried in 1544, he... His next brother and successor,
John Alleyn, wedding Margaret, elder daughter and co-heir of Gyles Leigh, esq...