Background
He was the only son of Edward Allen and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Bennett.
He was the only son of Edward Allen and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Bennett.
He was educated at Gray"s Inn and then at Street John"s College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1622 and a Master of Arts in 1626.
Allen became governor of Barnet in 1634 and was knighted in 1639. During the English Civil War, he was first Commissioner for Assessment, then of Array. He was served as Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer for London and Middlesex in 1660, and was appointed Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace of the latter county a year later.
In 1661, Allen entered the English House of Commons, sitting for Middlesex until 1679.
Allen died in 1681 and was buried in Finchley.
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