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Alen, John
Alen, John (1476–1534), archbishop of Dublin 1529–34, an experienced lawyer and aggressive administrator. He was a close ally of Henry VIII's lord chancellor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who secured his provision in September 1529 to Dublin, where he was consecrated on 13 March 1530. Using his dual position as lord chancellor and archbishop, Alen tried to reassert the authority and jurisdiction of the see of Dublin, compiling for this purpose a register of see records dating back to the Anglo‐Norman conquest. But the fall of Wolsey early in his episcopate fatally undermined him, and left him exposed when Henry VIII imposed a large fine on him for infringing royal jurisdiction. Desperate to increase his income, Alen clashed with the influential Fitz‐Gerald family. When the Kildare rebellion broke out, Alen sought to flee to England, but his ship ran aground at Clontarf and he was seized by Thomas FitzGerald, who ‘brained and hacked him in gobbets’.
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"Alen, John." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Alen, John." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-AlenJohn.html "Alen, John." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-AlenJohn.html |
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Alen, Sir John
Alen, Sir John (d. 1561), appointed master of the rolls in 1533 as part of Thomas Cromwell's bureaucratic drive against Kildare hegemony; by 1538 he was lord chancellor, heading the commission for the dissolution of the monasteries. In 1546 he highlighted St Leger's squandering of monastic revenues, but was jailed for having benefited illicitly himself. Reinstated as chancellor between 1548 and 1550, Alen saw off St Leger, retrieved his monastic leases, and advised on the Laois‐Offaly plantation.
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"Alen, Sir John." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Alen, Sir John." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-AlenSirJohn.html "Alen, Sir John." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-AlenSirJohn.html |
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