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'''John Alleyn''' (died 25 March 1686) was a seventeenth-century [[London]] [[surgeon]] and the fifth Master of the [[College of God's Gift]].
==Early life==
He was of the son of [[Matthias Alleyn]], the second Master of the same college and was of St Margaret's parish near [[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]]. His father had been a cousin of the Founder of the college, [[Edward Alleyn]] and he was the last Warden or Master to have a definite family relationship to the Founder. He did not remain unmarried<ref name="DCRoll">Ormiston, T. L., (1926), ''Dulwich College Register'',page 10, (J J Keliher & Co Ltd: London)</ref> but in other respects met [[Edward Alleyn]]'s requirements as laid out the Deed of Foundation of the [[College of God's Gift#1619: Foundation: The College of God's Gift at Dulwich|College of God's Gift in Dulwich]], which was soon colloquially referred to as "Dulwich College", that the Master and Warden should always be unmarried and of Alleyn's blood, and surname, or failing that of his surname.<ref name="GG8">Hodges, S, (1981), ''God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College'', page 8, (Heinemann: London)</ref> His wife, Lucia, bore him a son who died as an infant.
==Career==
Before becoming Warden on 5 April 1669, he had practiced as a surgeon. He became Master on 24 January 1677/1678. He has been grouped as one of the ''"sad procession of non-entities"'' who, with few exceptions, had little regard to furthering Alleyn's directions to provide every poor scholar with adequate preparation for the world.<ref name="GG17">Hodges, S, (1981), ''God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College'', page 17, (Heinemann: London)</ref> However, he was known to be skilled in music, practiced as a surgeon, and was awarded an Honorary [[Doctor of Civil Law|DCL]] by the [[University of Oxford]] in January 1670.
He died on 25 March 1686. He was buried in the College Chapel along with his wife.<ref name="DCRoll"/>
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